Oh my Goodness!! Final HBP trailer

[Carol]

Carol:
Lost my post so I'll try again. :-(

Kemper wrote:
> > Pause the video at 1 minute 24 sec.
> > The still shot is a picture that rolls a thousand eyes.
> 
Carol earlier:
> > I did. Who is it supposed to be? <snip>

Kemper responded:
> Boo me.  Pause at 1 minute 33 sec... or you can just watch with attention to time the run time. <snip>

Carol again:
I don't want to boo you, silly boy. I just want to understand what you're talking about. At 1:24 (where you first told us to pause the video) I see Tom Riddle(?) bending over backwards with his mouth open. At 1:33 (where you told us to pause this time), I see Hermione on the verge of tears (and who can blame her after all that snogging between Ron and Lavender)? I don't understand why you think that's "a picture that rolls a thousand eyes." Or maybe the version you're watching has a different timeframe?

Carol earlier:
> > Did anyone catch Snape near the end responding (or so it appears in the trailer) to "Fight back, you coward?" Viewers who haven't seen the films will be convinced that he's evil. I liked the uncanonical "It's over" moment.

Kemper responded: 
> As for the Snape scene... I had to watch it a few times because I wasn't sure if he was deflecting Harry's attacks with a wand or his robe.  I decided I could see a twig.

Carol again:
I just rewatched with attention to the times and came up with five different Snape moments, 1:52 ("It's over"), 1:59 (probably "Avada Kedavra," but we don't hear him speak), 2:00 (turning around in front of Hagrid's burning hut), 2:07 (right after "Fight back, you coward! Fight back!"), and a distance scene at 2:08. At 2:07, the scene where you think you see a stick, I clearly see him holding his wand to one side, then there's a smoky-looking spell (which must be Harry's because it's not coming from Snape's wand), and then the spell is gone and Snape's wand is pointing downward on the other side. Clearly, he's deflected Harry's spell. In the distance scene, I can see him holding out his wand and Harry flying head over heels. IOW, Snape has clearly followed Harry's advice to fight back--and I think movie audiences will see him the way Harry does, as a murdering traitor who attacked Harry. (But I'm hoping there's a shade of ambiguity, especially in his facial expressions and his reluctance to fight back. A lot depends on how Michael Gambon delivers his lines, especially "Severus, please!" If they've cut that line, they've ruined the scene.)

Kemper: 
> I hope the 'it's over' isn't right before he AK's DD; that would take away the impact from the silence that comes before the AK.  Well... that's my read on the book anyway.

Carol:
Based on the lighting and angle and Snape's expression, I think "It's over," spoken softly in almost a tone of regret, comes right before "Avada Kedavra." I do think it will take away from the horrific impact of the scene in the book, which was so shocking that it had even me, a devoted Snape fan, doubting his loyalties and feeling that Rowling had tricked and betrayed me. But it's clear that the filmmakers have altered that scene, with Snape signalling Harry to keep quiet in one of the other trailers--I think the Japanese oen. (How Snape can see Harry when Draco and the real DEs can't is unclear.) 

Anyway, if you're viewing the trailer from the You Tube link, I suggest viewing it again from Moviefone in the biggest HD version that your monitor allows. Here's the link:

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/27063/main

Carol, hoping she remembered everything from her lost post!