[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Another observation worth mentioning...

[Karen]

On Friday, January 27, 2006, at 09:09 PM, Sue Wartell wrote:
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> I loved the twins in this scene, but personally I
> thought Snape's behavior was way out of line with his
> character.  He can be mean and nasty, but he has
> always been physically aloof, and having him wandering
> around smacking kids just didn't fit my conception of
> the character at all.  My impression of the character
> as Rickman portrays him is that he avoids any form of
> connection - including physical contact - with others.
>  I haven't seen the movies nearly as often as many of
> you, though, so that may be my bias from my reading of
> the books coloring what I remember from the films.

I think that this was a particularly "British" scene. I have a feeling 
that this might have been a typical scene in an older British school. 
That was something I loved about the last two films but particularly 
this one is that it had a very Etonian feel (or my impression of such 
from reading British novesl anyway) about it. I've never felt that 
Snape would connect in an affectionate way, but I certainly wouldn't 
put this past him :D