Fun at the Movies

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> Montavilla47:
> I had this secret hope that they would cast Judi Dench as Umbridge, because...
> well, don't tell her I said this, but she looks a bit toad-like to me.  I think she 
> would have been terrifying as Umbridge and it would have been great to see her 
> and Maggie Smith go at it in that counseling session with Harry.

Potioncat:
Me too! But I don't think she looks frog-like. I didn't think they'd find anyone to fit the description. So the two top contenders in my mind were Dench and Staunton. Actually, I thought of Pam Ferras (sp) and Miriam Margoiles (sp) but they had both been cast in the movies already.

The interesting thing is that Staunton has played both plain and unattractive characters so I was surprised that the movie made her so attractive as Umbridge. It went againt the book, but it worked.

 
> Montavilla47:
> So true! :)  Plus, Snape looked really good in that film.  Again, I think it had
> to do with the color palette of the film (something I almost never notice).  
> Another favorite moment for me is when Snape appears out of the darkness
> while Harry is searching for Peter.  That whole scene is great.

Potioncat:
I didn't think Snape looked good at all. Especially in the Shrieking Shack. Foreshaddowing? But I liked the hallway scene too. And I liked the interaction between Snape and the portrait.

My son is already anticipating a trip to Universal Studios and the Harry Potter section. I keep repeating my mantra, "I'm not going into the Shrieking Shack."