come on though, you think hopkins is really a stinkin cannibal? sure he plays the part, but he doesn't do a consecutive job. It was 2 different carachters between the 2 movies. sure they had the same name, but he didn't play it right at all the second time. well he played it really good, but he didn't play the same person... first movie, he once in a while lost control, and was mainly a thinker. in the second one, he was very controlled, and more a "doctor" than a pyschiatrist.