See it with a Muggle/ Snape Opinions

[clio at unicum.de]

Hi everyone, being a long-time silent observer, I have finally 
decided to post for the first time.
 

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Zarleycat at a... wrote:

> My main problem with the film is with Snape. 
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>It's almost as if the film is 
> presenting a kinder, gentler Snape.  Not exactly warm and cuddly, 
but 
> decidedly not as nasty as the book version.
>

I totally agree with you. My first thought was -oh, no they got him 
all wrong. After thinking about it for a while I think they changed 
him a little on pupose. What purpose, I'm not sure about. 
 
> I'm not a big fan of the Rickman portrayal.  

Neither am I, but I started to ask myself if his version of Snape is 
the one JKR really intended. I mean she specifically requested 
Rickman for the job. And he got some extra background information on 
the character that is not in the books (or so is the rumor). So maybe 
his play is a little bit foreshadowing of the REAL Snape, yet to see 
through Harry's eyes in book 5? I hope not, because although being a 
bigtime Snape fan, I hope he will never turn out kind, gentle and 
sadly misunderstood.


> Did anyone else think of the movie "The Gladiator" as the 
Gryffindor 
> Quidditch team prepared to take the field?

I felt strongly remembered of the scene in Spartacus, when the 
galdiators have to wait in that wooden shack until they are send out 
for the trial fights.

Clio