MOVIE: Comparisons

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> Zara:
> I did not mind this, but think this would have been completely the wrong choice in the book. Too heavyhanded. And also, I liked in the book that Snape's injury was so severe he was barely able to speak at all. He said quite a bit more in the movie! Which I think the poor audience probably needed, so I do not begrudge it.
> 
> Anyway, Snape does acknowlegde Harry as Lily's son in the books without this addition, in his memories, in what is my favorite scene of the book series, that only made it onto screen in truncated, mashed up form. (Don't get me wrong, it was a lovely, artfully done truncated mashed up form that miraculously preserved so much of what was in the book, but I would not trade it for the original).
> 
> DH, "The Prince's Tale":
> "I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger
> for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter's
> son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for
> slaughter—"
>


Alla:

See, I preferred what movie did so much to what was in the book during Snape's death, you know? I did not care that it was heavy handed, that one line would have made all the difference for me to feel something positive and pity like when Snape died. Yes, he acknowledged Harry as Lily's son to Dumbledore, but he never acknowledged that to Harry and I really needed to hear that. I would love to movie- contaminate Snape's death in my head :)

JMO,

Alla