"Lumos!" *wands light up* "Accio Horcrux!" "There's not a magic that will work in here." Venus: "But the wands--!!"
Snape and Lily left me feeling very uncomfortable. I didn't know what I was supposed to do with myself, how I was supposed to feel during that final scene. I just fidgeted.
Yeah, I recall it being awkward in the books, too, the Snape/Lily thing. Snape's redemption chapter near the end of the book I didn't like, mostly because it was too long and boring. She hammered that fucker down too much. Needed an edit. That's how I remember it.
and BAHAHA, perfect. Fiennes plays Voldemort almost like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. Dan and I were doing impressions afterwards of Voldemort recalling the hug.
Voldemort: I was going in for the bro-fist, and then the boy reached out an arm and it was unavoidable...
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Voldemort: I hear children like to be embraced physically to demonstrate...what is that word again? Ah, affection.
I can't decide if it irks me or not that all references to Lily and Snape falling out over the Mudblood/Deatheater thing irks me or not. I can understand it being cut for pacing, but when I rewatched OotP yesterday, I realized they had cut Lily's part out of that memory, too. So...I guess they had always planned to alter it to begin with? I suppose the audience is to infer something happened? I dunno. I guess the core message remains the same - Snape was one of the good guys all along, even if his motivations are sad and kinda really pathetic.
Aging Rickman down was also kind of...odd. The teen actor for Snape would've been in his early twenties by the time this film came out - couldn't they have used him for some of the scenes? Maybe they wanted to keep Rickman's acting talent - that scene did require a steady hand at drama.
Snape's whole arch was always awkward for me, moreso in the books. I think that may be a personal thing, though. I'd have to reread the books to figure it out more, cause this whole thing's drifted for me with age.
It was relatively well done in the books. I sort of rolled my eyes at the "Snape loves Lily" cliche, but then again, Snape is pitiful enough that I can't say it struck me as out of character. The bigger problem with the movies is that they had only the developing material to work with, instead of a completed arc. Decisions to cut or remove things in earlier sections had to be made based on present knowledge rather than a full picture of what's to come. I'll be interested to see if they wind up remaking the films in a few decades.
Also, I applaud my sweet grammar skills in my first reply.
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"Accio Horcrux!"
"There's not a magic that will work in here."
Venus: "But the wands--!!"
Snape and Lily left me feeling very uncomfortable. I didn't know what I was supposed to do with myself, how I was supposed to feel during that final scene. I just fidgeted.
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and BAHAHA, perfect. Fiennes plays Voldemort almost like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. Dan and I were doing impressions afterwards of Voldemort recalling the hug.
Voldemort: I was going in for the bro-fist, and then the boy reached out an arm and it was unavoidable...
and
Voldemort: I hear children like to be embraced physically to demonstrate...what is that word again? Ah, affection.
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Aging Rickman down was also kind of...odd. The teen actor for Snape would've been in his early twenties by the time this film came out - couldn't they have used him for some of the scenes? Maybe they wanted to keep Rickman's acting talent - that scene did require a steady hand at drama.
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Also, I applaud my sweet grammar skills in my first reply.
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Unable to interpret: Did you enjoy it or---?
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It was ok. Frankly I think I'm just burnt out on Harry Potter still, and it was the insane fandom that did it for me.
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