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(While the Scriptural references are certainly not subjective, my commentary may be and sometimes is somewhat subjective.)
 Cast/Crew Details Courtesy Internet Movie Database Production (US): Young Hannibal Productions Ltd., Carthago Films S.a.r.l., Dino De Laurentiis Company, Ingenious Film Partners, Quinta Communications USA Inc., Zephyr Films Ltd. Distribution (US): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Weinstein Company, The Director(s): Peter Webber Producer(s): Tarak Ben Ammar, Tarak Ben Ammar, James Clayton, Chris Curling, Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Lorenzo De Maio, Petr Moravec, Duncan Reid, Phil Robertson, Guy Tannahill Screenplay and Novel by: Thomas Harris Cinematography/Camera: Ben Davis Music: Ilan Eshkeri Shigeru Umebayashi Film Editing: Valerio Bonelli, Pietro Scalia Casting: Leo Davis Production Design: Allan Starski Viewed At: Driftwood Theater 6 Hannibal Rising (R). Another cheek-eating gorefest. Not as gory as the 2001 face-eating, "eat your wife" Hannibal but gory enough. There are two reasons I decided to conduct analysis of this film: 1) to maintain mathematical integrity of our "R-13" finding -- one cannot make claims of PG-13 films being "R-13" without empirical evidence of "R" 2) to do an analysis of an implied hardcore R film chronologically adjacent to Norbit as a comparison. Guess what? Hannibal Rising earned a higher final score than Norbit. Norbit is rated PG-13. Hannibal Rising is rated R. A sign of the times. Get to those children! As a convenience, below is a scoring data comparative between Norbit and Hannibal Rising .  Though both films earned a score of zero in programming investigated by the Wanton Violence/Crime (W) investigation area, rest assured the violence in Hannibal Rising is much more extreme than in Norbit, but the sheer number of episodes of violence in Norbit makes the magnitude of its violence envelope equivalent to that of Hannibal Rising. This is another perfect application of our CAP Rule of 1000 which states that a film with hundreds of episodes of violence of the "lesser" kind is as morally influential (and possibly more so) than that of a film with fewer but more extreme episodes of violence. In this version, we see Hannibal Lecture grow up and find out what tortures he suffered to make him the way he is. It's all about childhood, isn't it? Every evil we perform seems to be in some way connected to our parents. While in some cases such is true, childhood development cannot be a catch-all for every little misbehavior that crops up as an adult. At some point we must each accept accountability. But there seems to rarely be any personal accountability any more -- there's always something convenient on which to blame our "mistakes" which are in reality our poor choices. But then, to say we make poor choices rather than mistakes would place the "blame" on ourselves and we mustn't do that. Heaven forbid that we might actually feel a little sinful. Oh, my! I said the "s" word! I have been saying for years that the entertainment industry, whether intentional, promotes freedom from authority, freedom from consequences and freedom from accountability. Hannibal Rising is no exception. Second Timothy 2:52 says "Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules." It seems nowadays that "the athlete" who doesn't follow the Rules can somehow blame his parents, manufacture a subculture and claim special rights of some kind. As children in 1944 World War II, French-born Hannibal Lecture (Aaron Thomas at 8 years old, Gaspard Ulliel) and his sister, Mischa (Helena Lia Tachovska) are separated from their parents (Richard Leaf, Ingeborga Dapkunaite) who were killed during a Russian attack of a Nazi warplane near their Lithuanian home. So is his sister killed. Not by the Nazis or the Russians but by ugly marauders. For food. If there is any programming in this film to manufacture ugly emotions, this subplot is it. The portrayals of the screaming little girl being stalked, assaulted and killed for food are brutal and vile. But the filmmakers didn't leave it at that. They kept using flashbacks, fanning the flames of the manufactured emotions. I wonder what effect such acting will have on young Helena's teen years and adulthood. Maybe, if she later "competes as an athlete" and she fails, such trauma would be the cause of the failure? Maybe in this scenario it would be all her parents' fault. They let her perform in the movie, didn't they? And I wonder what her angel said to God. In Matthew 18:10 God tells us to "take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. "Despise" in Matt 18:10 is kataphroneo {kat-af-ron-eh'-o} which means to condemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing of, to look down upon (which includes abuse, even by influence, lying to them, enticing/teasing them, frightening them, seducing them and/or their thoughts, etc.). By the way, "little ones" is mikros {mik-ros'} meaning less by birth, younger. All of your children are "less by birth" than you. All of them are "younger." So, "little ones" includes at-home teens. Eight years later, Hannibal reunites with his uncle's widow, Lady Murasaki Shikibu (Gong Li) in France. Living with Shikibu, she teaches Hannibal the way of the sword. And it is not a celibate relationship. But Hannibal did not journey to France to reunite with his Aunt but to locate the ones who killed his sister for food. He finds them. One by one, taking advantage of what he had learned about the sword, the medical arts and the "culinary delight" in facial cheeks. There is little benefit to provide the individual investigation area discussions of the content as we have been doing. Please rely on the listing in the Findings/Scoring section if you wish to see a line-by-line itemization of the findings. SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ] or bold. If you wish to have full context available, the Blue Letter Bible is a convenient source. If you use the Blue Letter Bible, a new window will open. Close it to return here or use "Window" in your browser's menu bar to alternate between the CAP page and the Blue Letter Bible page. CHAPTER/VERSE Likewise there is little benefit of listing all the violations of the Scriptures of God-breathed morality. If I were to do so, the list would likely extend to about two feet below yours. Let the Scriptures in the Selected Scriptures below suffice. ***Selected Scriptures of Armour against the influence of the entertainment industry*** As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie. |
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 Wanton Violence/Crime (W) Impudence/Hate (I) Sexual Immorality (S) Drugs/Alcohol (D): Offense to God (O) Murder/Suicide (M) |
| There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our more than eight years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
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