Flabby Snape?

nithya_rachel nithya_rachel at hotmail.com
Sun Nov 17 22:37:01 UTC 2002



Ok, I don't want people yelling at me, especially after so many 
people have said Snape was just right in this film....but didn't the 
facial make up for Rickman leave something to be desired? Snape was 
more pasty pale, with more of a sag to his cheeks - some what more 
puffy than in PS/SS...I was dissapointed.

Now don't get me wrong - I simply ADORE Rickman as Snape. He was my 
highlight in the previous movie, much like Jason Issacs is in this 
one. I went to the move more for my Snape fix than I'd be willing to 
admit...and thats why I'm nitpicking! :)

In the books, Snape menaces more by his arrogance, and sweeping 
movements are more his style (bat-like imagery). Here, it was more a 
creepy kind of scary.I felt that Rickman had to work extra hard to 
bring out the arrogant, cold Snape given that he mostly had just his 
eyes to work with - He's muffled up to his neck making only sideways 
tilts of his head at all noticeable, and the puffy cheeks usually 
hamper his mouth....oh well, that could also be just me! He wasn't 
clean-cut in the first move to begin with.

Overall, Snape was great..but didn't quite live up to the promise of 
the last movie. Maybe I should go see both again and verify that!

Errol
Who was absolutely character assasinated in the movie. (Did they 
think I was Pig?)





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