James & Lily in the Mirror of Erised

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Kristin" <Alyeskakc at a...> wrote:
.  So maybe 
> what he sees in the Mirror is what he imagines his parents to 
look 
> like if they were still alive. This could explain the age difference, 
> they would be in their 30's then. Just a thought. 

I agree, it would have looked very odd to see twenty year old 
parents standing behind an eleven year old kid.  
      Additionally, it has to be plausible that  James, Lupin, Sirius 
and Snape were  contemporaries   The decision to make 
James and Lily look older must have been conditioned by the 
choice of Alan Rickman as Snape (which I wouldn't change for a 
sack of  galleons.) 
   James could have been made to look obviously younger in the 
photo at the end, but that might have made him difficult to 
recognize in such a brief glimpse.
   I  think the relationship between Snape and James was wisely 
left out of this movie. We're going to learn about it in PoA anyway. 
It also saves Dumbledore from having to give two life debt 
explanations. I hope there's MWPP flashbacks on PoA.That 
would  solve the problem of what Harry is going to see across 
the lake. He can see the flashback James he's been imagining.

Pippin