Snape

[clio44a]

Of course you are not alone with your impression that they botcherd 
the Potion Speech. *pats Susannas arm*
I for one know a lot of people who didn't like that scene. One of my 
favourites, too, btw. I actually can put a finger on a little detail 
that bothers me a lot (anyone interested?): Snape leaves open the 
door when he storms into the room. As if that would ever happen!


--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Susanne Schmid <pigwidgeon37 at y...> wrote:
> As for Rickman as Snape, he certainly doesn't correspond to the 
idea I had formed of him in my imagination (that would be a young 
Jeremy Irons), but I think the voice makes up at least for part of 
it. The only problem is that a Snape of Rickman's age would merely be 
a bitter old man, whereas a 35 YO Snape who behaves as he does 
becomes far more intriguing. Pity they couldn't get Daniel Day-Lewis, 
I think he would have made a very good Snape.


Yes, a young Jeremy Irons (like when played in House of Spirits, you 
know, when the young Lord Trueba or whatever his name is chases after 
the girl on the horse?) would have been perfect. Well, a younger Alan 
Rickman would have been great, too. But D. Day-Lewis? C'mon, Snape 
has to look repulsive! 
As far as I know Rickman was the first choice for the character. JKR 
requested him, because she said this was how she always imagined 
Snape to be. As I have learned from the posts here and on other 
boards, for the most American and English Rickman stands for a 
certain archetype of character. Dark, brooding etc., but with a lot 
of emotion and deep romantic feelings below the surface. Correct me 
if I'm wrong, I didn't even know his name before the HPmovie, only 
his face from 'Dogma'. Now, if people associate those traits with a 
character Rickman is playing, and JKR still wanted him to play Snape, 
you must wonder about where that character is heading.
 

> Sorry to be cynical, but I didn't buy all this "we're working so 
close together"- stuff for a single minute. I think I already 
mentioned it in a previous post, so it seems to become my ceterum 
censeo: When a (desperate) author sells his/her first book, they 
don't give a damn about the film rights, because they simply don't 
believe that their book will ever make it to the big screen. I 
suppose that, after the success of the first books, JKR's contracts 
and in particular the clause concerning film rights will have 
dramatically changed. But I'm 100% convinced that she didn't have 
much to say about the PS/SS film- that demonstration of harmony was 
mostly for publicity.
> 
> Susanna/pigwidgeon37


I fear you are right. So let it be you ceterum censeo. Cato was 
proven right in the end as well, wasn't he?
If it wasn't so much fun I'd say we should leave the movie alone and 
concentrate on the books for speculations and interpratations. After 
all there we can be sure that no big company had had its fingers in 
the plot.

Clio