Thomas Harris had his own thoughts on how the next chapter was to be written on Hannibal Lector and he did in the book "Hannibal". Ridly Scott had his idea of what happened and he showed it to us on the screen in the film "Hannibal". They had some similarities and some major differences. Some may have been good and that is for the audience to decide. The beginning of the film starts different then …showed first 75 words of 639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 639 total…close they are together. In the film nothing like this even close happens. In the film Starling is just chasing Lector and he is in love with her. There maybe some little hints that he is in love with her but she shows no intrust in Lector. The reason they did not make Starling fall in love with Lector in the film is because the audience could not accept them together and her eating people.