HBP: the Good, the Not So Good, and the Ridiculous (Spoilers)

[Richard Shepard]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> Carol responds:
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> It seems to me that they've made Snape seem wholly evil rather than ambiguous, but there ought to be hints for the attentive viewer that DD's trust in Snape is justified, just as there were in the books.
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I am in the frustating position of having recently seen the movie twice, but with a suprisingly foggy memory of the book.  I am going to begin rereading the whole series this weekend, because I think the movies are becoming more strongly ingrained in my memory than the books.  And we all know there are considerable differences.  

As to Snape's character in the movie.  The filmakers definitely dropped out some conversations and actions, but the beauty of film is we get facial expressions :)  In my opinion, Alan Rickman conveys the inner turmoil with his fine acting.  Harry is perhaps more in doubt of Snape's efforts in the movie version, but the audience gets treated to some clear ambiguity and unease coming off Snape.

Thanks,
Richard