Chef Snape - Scream - Death Eaters

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13466

SML wrote:

>Good grief!  Not only does Harry Potter get boys to read a book... 
Now he's
>going to teach them how to COOK!

LOL!  We can only hope so!

I bet little Sev started out just like you and your sister...except 
that he actually ate the stuff (correction: fed it to his sister's 
puppy).  But now he demands a little more precision from his students.

Katie wrote of the scream:

>It looks cartoonish, not realistic.  

It'll depend on the context.  If the preceding shot is of 
something really scary and their screams sound really scared, it'll be 
fine, IMO.

>There *are* points in the book that 
>could look cartoonish (say, Ron and his slugs for example...) but 
this 
>scene just really sorta bothered me :/

Ugh, add that to Scenes I Don't Want to See.  But if Columbus directs 
CoS, we can bet it'll be in there.  Nothing wrong with a little 
grossout humor--I laughed so hard when Ron snorted slugs all over the 
pumpkin patch--but it might make me ill.

Naama wrote:

>I think the problem arises for us 
>because Voldemort and his supporters are supposed to be totally evil. 
>That makes it contradictory for them to have any attribute that we 
>think of as good - loyalty, courage, perseverance.

Yes, and I think they do have those attributes.  Loyalty, courage, and 
perseverance are three perfect examples of qualities that one can put 
to the service of good ends or evil ones.  I think V's followers are 
motivated by a lust for power (plus a good dose of race hatred), and 
whatever qualities they have that could be powerful forces for good 
are turned to evil.

One of my favorite lines (I have a lot of those <g>)--hope it makes it 
into the film:  "There is neither good nor evil, there is only power, 
and those too weak to seek it..." (Quirrell's new creed, 291 US ed, 
"The Man with Two Faces").  The difference between good people and 
evil ones isn't usually their talents, or even many of their qualities 
such as loyalty, IMO; it's their choice of where to put those 
energies.  And whether they want power for themselves or use it only 
for the good of others.  Harry can get the Stone only because he 
doesn't want to use it for unworthy ends, i.e., because he refuses to 
abuse, or even use, its power.

Basically good people can fall prey to the love of power, also--that's 
what Dumbledore says is happening to Fudge ("you are blinded by the 
love of the office you hold," GF page whatever, "The Parting of the 
Ways").  Fudge is (probably) the farthest thing from a Death Eater, 
and he has used his power mostly to good ends thus far, but now that 
he has to choose between that power and facing the truth, he seems to 
be failing.  

But anyway, I think by the end of GF, it's going to take a lot of pure 
terrorizing to keep the DE's in line.  As Marvin wrote:

>On the other hand, perhaps some will be so impressed by Voldy's
>resurrection that their faith will be redoubled.  Well, except for 
>Harry out-dueling him, of course.  So what kind of conversations will 
>the Death Eaters have amongst themselves...

I really wonder what V said to them all after Harry Portkeyed out of 
there.  Voldemort, thinking fast:  "Okay, the only way that could've 
happened is if Potter's wand has a feather from the same phoenix as 
mine!  What are the chances--one in a million!  Right, boys?  Right?!" 
 Death Eaters mutter to themselves, thinking, "Yeah, there's always 
some excuse:  'His mother was there.' 'It was his wand.'"  I think 
it's going to take a lot of Crucios to whip them into shape.  They've 
got to be wondering whether they've backed the right horse.

This is triggering some thoughts about wands, but I'll post them 
separately.

Amy Z

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  The snake jerked its head toward Uncle Vernon
and Dudley, then raised its eyes to the ceiling.  
It gave Harry a look that said quite plainly:
  "*I get that all the time*."
                -HP and the Philosopher's Stone 
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