Agreed, I also enjoy both. Manhunter blows Red Dragon out of the water, but thats not to say that Red Dragon isnt pretty good.

fucking a rights. i saw this movie when i was a youngster and i went out and bought the tape (yes a tape) the following week

i never saw red dragon, didnt feel i needed to. i did however see the one with the brain open at the dinner table thingy. that felt like peter jackson's earlier efforts but in a serious attempt. fucking brutal essentially.

You know, I actually have never really cared for Silence of the Lambs. The only reason I watched Hannibal (I really liked it) was because of Ridley Scott.

I don't know if it helps one way or the other which order you watch Manhunter/Red Dragon in. I'll agree with Return, Manhunter is the far superior film, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give Red Dragon a go.

Man, this was my favortie movie of all time for awhile...get the two disc special edition, this truly rocks. Red Dragon is closer to the book...that's three actual books I read...actually when my mom was in Hospital in 1999 and I was traveling 2 hours each way to see her everyday I got Hannibal on book/on/tape...was read by the author and very cool...but they both are very entertaining to me...I have a hard time with CSI..because I'm thinking Peterson is Will Grahama...not Grissom.

I myself personall love Red Dragon, it was easily my favorite of all the hannibal films. i will definetly check out Manhunter.

i hope its not a case of preferring the one you saw first ..

i think Manhunter is far superior to Red Dragon ...
in a seperate class of quality altogether.

I like Red Dragon better than Manhunter...I thought Manhunter was a little lame...

Manhunter is my favorite Harris adaption because it was handled with a lot more subtlety which gave it a chilling realism. The others were a bit too overblown for me.

I had this soundtrack on tape in 1988...was very hard to find but was really great group of songs and instrumentals.