I consider this show to be the only show I've seen to date where the full creative potential of the material is being used. Not only does Hannibal's third season beautifully translate the world Thomas Harris built in his novels but it changes it just enough to transform into something really spectacular.
Hannibal tried to teach its viewers true beauty in a visceral and bloody world. This is not a realistic portrayal of characters and more a hyper psychological representation of good and evil with Will and Hannibal circling each other throughout the seasons and it's been done beautifully in absolutely every regard under the team led by Bryan Fuller.
This season/series finally brings this excellent show on another level yet again with a conclusion that's bound to be jawdropping, inspiring and emotional. We see Will and Hannibal finally reconnect again after living apart for two years, we see the Red Dragons cunningness and absolutely brutal nature be topped yet again with a performance from Richard Armitage that's Award worthy, we see a beautiful and well thought out ending to every character that actually works as a series finale which it wasn't supposed to be.
It is operatic filmmaking brought to perfection by the all equally superb cinematography, set and costume design, lighting, direction and writing, foremost the minimalistic acting of the cast and Mikkelsen; probably the best representation of Hannibal in film yet, where each movement and line seems dangerous and eerie, in scenes of him being locked in his "cage" he seemed to be lurking like a caged animal.
The shows writing gets absurdly pretentious in a positive way, it's a supernatural show where blood and mutilation is beautiful and the human psychic is a playground for monsters. We're not supposed to understand the characters, we're supposed to be transported to a place where poetry and melodies express themselves through disfigured corpses and broken and deeply disturbed individuals, to a place where Hannibal Lecter is the devil incarnate roaming the world.
It is in my opinion one of the few shows that can be considered art and it will hold a very dear place in my heart as something that inspired, shocked and transcended me every week.
Save yourselves.. and thank Bryan Fuller
