CoS SPOILERS: All Snape, and nothing but Snape

[melclaros]

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> 
> My husband Jan had pointed out that in the first movie, Rickman's
> interpretation seemed to be trying to be, well, serpentine. Fixed 
stares,
> abrupt shifts of attention--what a predator does. For those of us 
who have
> seen Alan Rickman in many movies, fluidity is his norm, and the 
abruptness
> of some of his movements stood out more. And in CoS, here we find 
him
> stalking around the desk, projecting menace. No other word for it 
than
> "stalking." Lovely.
> 


Absolutely. Snapeoholics will never have enough Snape until there is 
a "Life of Snape" movie made but hey...

Great analysis, I couldn't agree more. Rickman is perfect and I think 
he has a read on the character that far out reaches the director's! 
HOPEFULLY this new director will allow him to demonstrate it.
Continuing on the Serpent theme....several of my fellow Snape fans 
have commented that when he threw that spell at the duelling scene to 
get rid of the snake the way he pronouced it sounded a lot like 
parseltongue. No, it wasn't (it was gorgeous though, wasn't it? 
Espescially since Lockhart had just screwed it up) but just the way 
he said it and the way it sort of hung on Harry's conversation with 
the snake makes several of us wonder (I've wondered in the past 
anyway) Is Snape also a parselmouth?
BTW, I'm new here, just crossed over from the book site to see what 
the buzz was on the new movie and I must say I'm delighted to "meet" 
so many Snape afficianados!
Melpomene