Lupin Loved Lily

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Snow:

A bit more exposed to Lupin's character in the upcoming movie than in
the book. They may have let the cat out of the bag a bit early. Go to
this site, scroll down to trailer that says "I recognized you
immediately"


http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=trailer&id=1808404334&intl=us


"David Burgess" wrote:

Sorry; I've been away from the action for a while; turmoil at the 
office.

I watched this clip and saw, not necessarily that Lupin loved Lily, 
but
that she was one of those people that everybody loved. Always there to
help, looking out to do the right thing: everything that's good and 
noble
about Harry is a reflection of his mother.

The problem with the movie (movies in general, in fact) is that, in 
order
to make sense of specific actions but compress the story into 
a 'single
bag of popcorn' event, some things have to be alluded to (all mention 
of
the dead chickens is deleted from CoS, except for one fleeting glimpse
when Hagrid runs into DD's office) and others have to be distilled. 
This
book is the first glimpse we get into the lives of the senior 
Potters, so
a lot of what we enjoyed in allusion and word pictures in canon gets
dropped into the film as exposition in one conversation. We have to
understand, for the movie to work, that Lily was universally beloved.
>From the book, we get hints and drops here and there of how neat she 
was.
In the movie, we get all of that from Lupin.

I'm going to the midnight show tonight. I hope I"m not disapoointed.


Snow again:

When Lupin said this line in the POA clip: "Yes, oh yes I knew her"

he appeared as if he was in blissful thought of a long lost love. 
Must be my interpretation of the scene.

The next several lines however seem, to me, to be the most 
provoking: "Your mother was there for me at a time when no one else 
was
 She had a way of seeing the beauty in others
most especially 
when that person couldn't see it in themselves."  

When a woman acts sweet and kind to a man the way Lupin describes 
here, I can defiantly see that man falling in love with her even if 
it isn't intentional. It's kind of like falling in love with your 
rescuer. Lily was there for him when he had no one and didn't feel 
good about himself.  Again, just my interpretation. 

As far as the movie, can't wait to see it! I am a bit jealous that 
wherever you are they have a midnight run. I've checked all of our 
listings and there isn't anyone starting the show at midnight. I have 
to wait till tomorrow night because my daughter is playing in the 
orchestra at graduation and she wont let me go without her. 

Snow