Our impressions

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "David" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Ruth thought Rickman was brilliant.  (OK, one comment from me - he 
> did well, but he conveyed, except for that first lesson, a 
> misunderstood good guy, not someone who hates Harry - the script's 
> fault, not AR's, IMO)
> 
IMHO, this was exactly the right way to play Snape.  Remember, Harry THINKS 
Snape hates him, but has no hard evidence.  I  think Snape is hard on Harry for 
the same reason Dumbledore left him with the Dursleys -- so celebrity doesn't 
go to his head.  If he hated him, we wouldn't have that scene where he wishes 
harry good luck in the quidditch game against Slytherin.  Also, he's 
undoubtedly disappointed that Harry's not IN Slyterhin.