Casting decisions (was: Half-Blood Prince)

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:

> they've allowed Snape to be almost humorous at times -- 
> like in GoF, where he comes up behind Ron 
> & Harry three times and shoves their heads down for talking.  
> I adore Alan Rickman, so I love the way he puts his special 
> brand of annoyance into the scene, but, really, canon!Snape 
> would never have done it that way.


zanooda:  

You are sooo right - Snape is never funny in the books, but in the 
movies he is (or almost is :-)). In addition to your example, there 
is one scene in PoA, when Harry wanders the castle at night with the 
Map and meets Snape, and at some point Harry says something 
like "now, if you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you lowered 
your wand". Here is Harry out of bed after the hours and being rude, 
and Snape doesn't even attempt to give him a detention :-)!

A little later, after Harry and Lupin leave with the Map, a portrait 
says something like: "Are you deaf? Put out the light!" - and Snape 
obeys :-). That was really funny, but so un-Snapeish :-)! Yes, Snape 
has definitely gone soft in the movies :-). But Rickman is great 
anyway - I don't accept him as Snape because he is so old, but no one 
can deny that he is great, great, great :-).