Ageing, Lupin's looks, Beanless, Snape's costume

[Tabouli]

Gwen:
> HOWEVER, I also believe that none of the guys--Snape, Lupin, Black, or
Pettigrew--are looking too young these days. They've all had hard lives.
Lupin's described as being prematurely grey and looking very tired and
frail. I wouldn't be surprised if he also looked more like a man ten years
his senior. And that may also be a reason behind choosing Rickman--to go
with an "older" look to show that none of these folks have had an easy time of it.<

Possibly.  Though we have conflicting evidence on our hands here.  If wizards live until they're 150 or so, and McGonagall is still dark at 70, surely wizards age slower, at least after reaching adulthood.  There's also the 13yo Ron ogling Madame Rosmerta, who must be over 40 if she knew MWPP when they were in school.  Now, it's of course not impossible that a boy might fancy an attractive, voluptuous woman in her 40s, but it's still quite a stretch for the pubescent Ron at 13 (unless, of course, wizards age slower and the perception of age is different, and she is in Muggle terms maybe early to mid thirties in appearance).

I see Lupin as slight and small to medium height, yet conveying strength.  Boyish slenderness of face and body, and a full head of hair, but lined and greying, conveying the odd impression of a young man from a distance who looks increasingly older as the viewer approaches.  My main objection to Ewan is that he's too broad and muscly by far for my mental Lupin (not that the casting crew are likely to ask for my advice, but O well), unless he could waste back to Trainspotting thinness again.  Actually, with my own tastes for slim men, I thought he was at his most fanciable then: in Moulin Rouge (she says, digging a moat around her fenced bunker and putting a Giant Squid in it) he didn't do much for me.  Nicole was looking lovely though... she seemed warmer than I've seen her in other films.

As for Rowan Atkinson, AAAAAAG!  The Mr Bean series had its moments, and I'm told Blackadder was amusing, but I can't *stand* his cameos in all the British comedy films of the last 8 years!  How has he managed to convince otherwise intelligent moviemakers that playing Mr Bean (bumbling and contorted facial expressions) in a random role (priest, doctor, etc.) in a Britcom will automatically make it the cutting edge of comedy?  His "Holy Goat" lines as priest in Four Weddings, for example, were about as funny as your average Knock Knock joke.  Surely they couldn't inflict him on Harry, in *any* role.

Rachel:
> The whole costume also seemed specifically designed
to make Alan Rickman look as old and as heavy as
humanly possible

Catherine:
> Snape's costume made him look heavy.  Of course, shooting him from below 
didn't  help much as it accented the double chin.

My thoughts exactly.  Snape should be GAUNT and PASTY and fortyish at the most, not double chinned and heavy and mid fifties, or whatever Rickman is.  High collars, turtlenecks, cheongsam collars and co  are *not* becoming to the round/broad face or the double chin, because they shorten and broaden further.

Tabouli (who tries to avoid such clothing herself, as her face is broadish, but finds that attractive warm jumpers almost invariably have turtlenecks)


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