Do you like Clarice Starling ? (from book)

[Chris]

I liked Clarice from the book and Jodie did her well but I was picturing someone more feminine than Jodie. But heck who am I to judge.

[Natasha]

Chris French wrote: "I liked Clarice from the book and Jodie did her well but I was picturing someone more feminine than Jodie. But heck who am I to judge."

Did you check out that link? :)

[John]

During Clarice's first interview with Dr. Lecter he says:

Do you know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. You’re a well-scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste. Your eyes are like cheap birthstones—all surface shine when you stalk some little answer. And you’re bright behind them, aren’t you? Desperate not to be like your mother. Good nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you’re not more than one generation out of the mines, Officer Starling. Is it the West Virginia Starlings or the Okie Starlings, Officer?

I think Jodie Foster was perfect.

[Natasha]

John wrote: "During Clarice's first interview with Dr. Lecter he says:

Do you know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. You’re a well-scrubbed, hustling rube..."

No, not really. That's why I asked this. Foster was different from this Clarice, both in appearance and behavior.

[Marshall]

I think the actress that plays Clarice in the other movies follows the physical description from the book closer, but I prefer Jodie because she seems a little tougher. Maybe it's the prominent nose.

[Craig]

Yes, I like her. She's not always kind or right, she has her flaws, but ultimately, she's good and uses her drive and intelligence to serve others as a would-be law enforcement professional, even if she does so for her own personal satisfaction.

[Poindexter]

I think Jodie Foster was the perfect Clarice, though having read the book after seeing the movie, maybe I was envisioning her as I read.

I try to ignore what happened in Hannibal, though... Harris really butchered (metaphorically speaking) her character at the end in the worst possible way.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Jodie Foster was fine as Clarice, although not outstanding. I don't mind her. I disliked Julian Moore though because I can never stand her in movies - she has a smug arrogance that I find a turn off.

The end of Hannibal (book form) was certainly daring Poindexter. I actually loved the ending of the book, it was a shock but fit into the dark psychology and gritty-as-hell realism of the world built.

[Angelo]

Poindexter wrote: "I think Jodie Foster was the perfect Clarice, though having read the book after seeing the movie, maybe I was envisioning her as I read.

I try to ignore what happened in Hannibal, though... Harris..."

Yup, I agree completely - I thought Jodie Foster was perfect.

I also read the book after seeing the film though, so I inevitably was picturing Jodie Foster as I read. I did think the interplay between Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins was incredible though. Another actress might have been closer to the Clarice of Thomas Harris' book, but they may not have worked so well with Anthony Hopkins. Who knows?

I have reread and rewatched both the book and film a million times though, so I genuinely love both.

Oh, and I thought Harris trampled all over Clarice at the end of Hannibal too. It still ranks for me as one of the most disappointing endings I've read.

Funnily enough, Erin, the main reason I didn't like it was because it felt really unbelievable to me, and (again, to me) jarred with the rest of the world built by Harris. It was certainly dark though I guess. ;-)

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Angelo wrote: "Funnily enough, Erin, the main reason I didn't like it was because it felt really unbelievable to me, and (again, to me) jarred with the rest of the world built by Harris. It was certainly dark though I guess. ;-)

Definitely dark enough - and I think your opinion is the more popular one over mine. But it's one of those situations where some people will hate it, some love it, and not many will be neutral to it.

[Deanna]

I read the book before seeing the movie and I really liked Clarice. I am probably one of the few that didn't like Jodie Foster in the movie because she wasn't who I pictured when I read the book. Not that she isn't a great actress or didn't do a good job. Just wasn't what I pictured.

[Sherlindreah]

I'm not crazy about the way Jodie Foster acts in general and in particular in this movie.definitively julianne Moore

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Sherlindreah wrote: "I'm not crazy about the way Jodie Foster acts in general and in particular in this movie.definitively julianne Moore"

Me too, always found her overrated, but to each their own.

[Tim]

Starling is interesting. Lecter sees her potential and seduces her over to the dark side without her even noticing. Foster never realised this, which is probably why she is good in the part - and why she didn't do the second movie. This is all in 'Silence'. 'Hannibal' is a confirmation.