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« Reply #1575 on: July 02, 2009, 01:19:54 PM » |
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Here ya go SIP.   We can all see where Snape is spending his free time since he's been liberated from Hogwarts. ; ) As for the images-I love the muggle elements of Snape's house. I think this might be less easy to pick up on for Moviegoers whom haven't read the books becuase the movies have already blended so much of the Muggle/Wizard lines already. But upon seeing these images now I feel silly for not realizing how many clues JKR put out there in Chapter ONE as to WHO the HBP actually was. It was all right there under the reader's nose. |
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« Reply #1576 on: July 02, 2009, 01:28:10 PM » |
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Unlike someone else whose name I won't mention, *coughJamescough*, Snape's wand is right there, by his side, at the ready.  Excellent observation!  |
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« Reply #1577 on: July 02, 2009, 03:29:20 PM » |
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...But upon seeing these images now I feel silly for not realizing how many clues JKR put out there in Chapter ONE as to WHO the HBP actually was. It was all right there under the reader's nose. Not quite THAT easy - she was specific that the light was NOT electrical and we never saw into the kitchen to see whether it was truly muggle. BTW - it IS 4:30 in the afternoon - one can see out the kitchen window that it isn't 'dark' out (but raining). Whomever designed this set did a wonderful job. The style is even 'old' for the 60s - more '30s or '40s, so it was probably already getting a bit shabby when he was a kid. And I love the extra plank of wood on top of one bookcase, so he can put even more books on top, even where there wouldn't have been bookcase to put them on! |
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« Reply #1578 on: July 03, 2009, 08:51:28 AM » |
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Not quite THAT easy - she was specific that the light was NOT electrical and we never saw into the kitchen to see whether it was truly muggle. True, but this is the movie, and there's less time to set things up. In the book Bellatrix makes it clear that Spinner's End is a muggle neighborhood. We don't yet know if that conversation is in the movie. I hope it is. Besides, I always found it jarring in the book that Snape used candles for light in a muggle house. The house would have had electricity. He apparently grew up in that house and would have been comfortable with electricity. Why use candles? Was JKR trying to confuse the issue? Was she afraid to give away too much too soon? Why bother to mention the type of light Snape used? If Snape was that uncomfortable with the muggleness of the house, would he have continued to live there? Frankly, electric light is far superior to candlelight. I see Snape as a practical kind of guy; he would use electricity if it was available. |
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« Reply #1579 on: July 03, 2009, 09:04:42 AM » |
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Not quite THAT easy - she was specific that the light was NOT electrical and we never saw into the kitchen to see whether it was truly muggle. True, but this is the movie, and there's less time to set things up. In the book Bellatrix makes it clear that Spinner's End is a muggle neighborhood. We don't yet know if that conversation is in the movie. I hope it is. Besides, I always found it jarring in the book that Snape used candles for light in a muggle house. The house would have had electricity. He apparently grew up in that house and would have been comfortable with electricity. Why use candles? Was JKR trying to confuse the issue? Was she afraid to give away too much too soon? Why bother to mention the type of light Snape used? If Snape was that uncomfortable with the muggleness of the house, would he have continued to live there? Frankly, electric light is far superior to candlelight. I see Snape as a practical kind of guy; he would use electricity if it was available. I feel exactly the same way. I never understood why Snape's house was so dark in the book if it is in a Muggle neighborhood and why he didn't have electricity. So I'm glad they put that in the movie. ...But upon seeing these images now I feel silly for not realizing how many clues JKR put out there in Chapter ONE as to WHO the HBP actually was. It was all right there under the reader's nose. Not quite THAT easy - she was specific that the light was NOT electrical and we never saw into the kitchen to see whether it was truly muggle. BTW - it IS 4:30 in the afternoon - one can see out the kitchen window that it isn't 'dark' out (but raining). Whomever designed this set did a wonderful job. The style is even 'old' for the 60s - more '30s or '40s, so it was probably already getting a bit shabby when he was a kid. And I love the extra plank of wood on top of one bookcase, so he can put even more books on top, even where there wouldn't have been bookcase to put them on! Ha - I didn't notice that! Awesome! Unlike someone else whose name I won't mention, *coughJamescough*, Snape's wand is right there, by his side, at the ready. OMG - that is lovely!!! What a nice detail - good eye, Olwen!  |
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      Mugglecast: Okay, do you have a favorite villain? David Heyman: Voldemort. Mugglecast: Voldemort, really? Heyman: Actually, I love Snape but he's not really a villain is he? Mugglecast: (all three podcasters in unison) NO! . . . ~ Transcript HereDan Radcliffe when asked if he would play Snape in a future HP movie: “I don’t think so, but only because Alan Rickman is so indelibly printed
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« Reply #1580 on: July 03, 2009, 05:24:56 PM » |
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« Reply #1581 on: July 04, 2009, 12:45:47 PM » |
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The HBP "First Look" at HBP! Boushh posted these on CoS: |
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Mugglecast: Okay, do you have a favorite villain? David Heyman: Voldemort. Mugglecast: Voldemort, really? Heyman: Actually, I love Snape but he's not really a villain is he? Mugglecast: (all three podcasters in unison) NO! . . . ~ Transcript HereDan Radcliffe when asked if he would play Snape in a future HP movie: “I don’t think so, but only because Alan Rickman is so indelibly printed
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« Reply #1582 on: July 04, 2009, 11:50:57 PM » |
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« Reply #1583 on: July 05, 2009, 04:20:05 PM » |
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« Reply #1584 on: July 05, 2009, 06:43:06 PM » |
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Some interesting reviews - italics mine. ...leading to the real confrontation between Dumbledore and Malfoy and Severus, who no longer troubles to disguise his true allegiance. from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-film-1003990567.storyIt's this chapter in the Potter saga that obliges the always nasty but ambiguously motivated Severus Snape to show his true colors, and the indispensable Rickman delivers, as always, with line readings that are delicacies of the infinitely mordant kind. He is periodically egged on by the insidious Bellatrix Lestrange, a role Helena Bonham Carter plays with such mesmerizing abandon that one hopes the role fully pays off in the final chapter. from http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940610.html?categoryid=31&cs=1Whaaat? Have these guys read DH? |
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« Reply #1585 on: July 05, 2009, 07:04:28 PM » |
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It's really surprising, but either they have NOT read DH, or they're trying not to spoil the whole thing for the movie-only viewers. I wonder what they'll think, looking back at Rickman's performance in HBP, when they really find out what the score is in two years or so!  |
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« Reply #1586 on: July 05, 2009, 07:19:50 PM » |
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It's really surprising, but either they have NOT read DH, or they're trying not to spoil the whole thing for the movie-only viewers. I wonder what they'll think, looking back at Rickman's performance in HBP, when they really find out what the score is in two years or so! This has always rather been my position. However, unless they're being very subtle  , they're doing more than preserving the mystery. They're using deliberate misdirection. Maybe they know the truth about Snape's loyalties, and think he really gives himself away as Dumbledore's man in HBP. I don't really care what the reviewers say, I'm going to the movie and plan on enjoying myself. It just surprised me to see two such statements in reviews today. |
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« Reply #1587 on: July 05, 2009, 10:55:24 PM » |
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There's at least one reviewer who's never read the HP books -- Roger Ebert; so it's at least possible that these guys haven't either.
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« Reply #1588 on: July 06, 2009, 08:51:18 AM » |
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I'm shaking my head over those reviews. It's like "here we go again" because there will once again be part of society convinced that Snape is "Teh Evol" and some sort of Machiavellian Prince.  I may vomit . . . again. I'll be curious to hear what Roger Ebert has to say about HBP. |
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Mugglecast: Okay, do you have a favorite villain? David Heyman: Voldemort. Mugglecast: Voldemort, really? Heyman: Actually, I love Snape but he's not really a villain is he? Mugglecast: (all three podcasters in unison) NO! . . . ~ Transcript HereDan Radcliffe when asked if he would play Snape in a future HP movie: “I don’t think so, but only because Alan Rickman is so indelibly printed
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« Reply #1589 on: July 06, 2009, 11:11:34 AM » |
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Prince, yes (and prince of our hearts ) . Machiavelian, no. |
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