Movie Characterization: Hannibal and Harry

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 14503

Now I know that's a very strange title for this message but please 
read on. 

I saw Hannibal partly because my friends wanted too, but I actually 
found it interesting, if not just a bit too gory. Anyway I didn't 
read the book until AFTER I'd read the movie. That's not a usual 
situation with me, but in this case...

So I thought about it and (of course) enjoyed the book better. 
However I finally realised what made me like the book better. 
Characterization. In the movie I knew I was supposed to hate Paul 
Krendler, and Mason Verger, and Rinaldo Pazzi, but I didn't know WHY 
I was hating them. A movie can only be so long and often we don't get 
the chance to get inside the people's heads. (Though we do 
Krendler's, literally. *yuck!*)

So it hit me what I'm worried about in Harry Potter. What if they 
can't convey the Snape's bitterness, or the trio's friendship. If 
they paint these character's who we know so well as just black and 
white. I'd much rather see a special moment between the three of them 
than a Special Effects ridden Quidditch match (though I do love 
Quidditch!). 

A character's actions without the meaning behind them is meaningless, 
and that's my biggest worry about the upcoming Harry movie.

Scott