Snape (MINOR SPOILERS )

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Amanda wrote:

<a complaint about Snape-less reviews>

Considering he appears in the movie in no more than half a dozen 
scenes (off the top of my head), and in each one he's absolutely NOT 
the focus of attention, is that any surprise?

His big centrepieces in the book, catching the boys coming into 
Hogwarts at the beginning, and the Potions class, are gone.

His remaining big moments are limited to reading the paper to the 
boys, at the duelling club and at the discovery of Mrs Norris, 
although there are a few further glimpses of him here and there.

The only one of those scenes worthy of note is the duelling club, in 
which (by design) he plays second fiddle to Lockhart; as this is 
Brannagh's big scene, of course all the comment is about him. 

McGonagall gets considerably more screen time, and she's hardly ever 
mentioned in the reviews (and then usually only because she takes 
over from Binns as the source of information about the Chamber). 
Snape is no longer presented as the villain of the piece, so Lucius's 
big moments in that role take over any need to comment on Snape's 
involvement in that side of the plot. 

In other words, Snape is little more than a bit player in this movie 
and Alan Rickman doesn't get any set pieces to be OTT, so to be 
brutally honest, the part and its performance aren't worthy of 
comment. Of course, Rickman is good (we'd expect nothing less) and 
Snape is creepy (ditto), but neither has any standout moments. 

I'm sure that'll change by the time PoA comes out, though. :-)