yeah, now when i read the books, i actually see the characters...
however, in this new movie, i feel that victor krum and cedric diggory's parts were not cast properly... Cedric is supposed to be this dashingly handsom man (and while they have everyone treat this guy like he's really handsom... he's not...) and victor krum's supposed to be this really ugly guy, kinda prehistoric looking, and really dumb, but he's not ugly (although he is very russian looking), and they don't really make him seem anything...
I feel like a lot of the character development was left out in this movie as well... i just all around like the book better, but that goes for almost every movie that was made after a book (the green mile, the notebook, hearts in atlantis, jurrasic park, etc...)