[HPFGU-Movie] Snape not shown long-term

[Gabriel Edson]

> 2. We never see Harry get that Snape hates HIM, not just that he's
> particularly unpleasant. We know he's more unpleasant toward Harry,
> but H. never even wonders about it, and Dumbledore never told him that
> James saved Snape's life...I agree with most cuts from the book, but
> this one I think was important, very important, for setting up
> future emotion.

I too was REALLY bothered by that. Because they cut out so much, you never get a real sense of time. You don't see that this was a long-term, ongoing thing that made Harry miserable every time he knew he was going to Potions class. You didn't get to see Snape single him out and pick at him EVERY DAY. Also, they cut out Snape picking points away from Griffindor daily for no real reason. ("Potter! Why didn't you tell him not to add the porcupine quills? Thought it would make you look better?" etc) 

In my mind, cutting out Snape essentially cheating against Griffindor made the final scene where Dumbledore hands out all those points to Griffindor look terrible. The Slytherins may be jerks, but they are still children and students at Hogwarts. It looks like Dumbledore just took his favorites and gave them enough points to yank the cup out of Slytherin's hands at the last minute. It seemed a cruel thing to do to the whole other table of children. Granted, Harry and the others did really cool things, but it still looks like favoritism until you know that Slytherin has been essentially cheating points out during the whole year.

-Gabriel


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