The Harry Potter Thread (SPOILERS)

[Silver Springs]

[GypsySorcerer]

The epilogue was ridiculous; I wish it hadn't even been included. Overall, I loved it, and bawled through "The Prince's Tale." I f*cking love Alan Rickman.

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

The epilogue was ridiculous; I wish it hadn't even been included. Overall, I loved it, and bawled through "The Prince's Tale." I f*cking love Alan Rickman.

Even in the book it felt ridiculous, so I wouldn't think too much on it. And I agree with you whole heartedly! I've always been a fan of Mr Rickman, and he's just spectacular in this final installment. His voice... *swoon*. I'm afraid I'm with the "He deserves an Oscar for that performance" mob lol. He was utterly heartbreaking in his revelation of his persona outside of his stoic cynicism.

[ButterCookie]

There were so many things ripping my mind in two during The Prince's Tale. Alan's performance, crying over how much Snape loved Lily and how much of a MILF Geraldine Somerville is.

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

There were so many things ripping my mind in two during The Prince's Tale. Alan's performance, crying over how much Snape loved Lily and how much of a MILF Geraldine Somerville is.

It certainly was an amazing scene. Personally I'd call it the greatest scene in the entire franchise, closely followed by his death itself. I never thought that CoS would remain my favourite of the series, but DHp2 did a wondrous job in shifting it to second place. Just a shame that my favourite had to include the death of my most beloved character.

[Erin]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

This scene in particular tore me up. Look how he's completely ignoring baby Harry. Poor Snape. Alan Rickman is always wonderful in everything he does.

[daniellaaarisen]

All of the major faults of the film seemed so insignificant to me thanks to "The Prince's Tale." That made up for everything. Alan Rickman, you absolutely killed it.

[WildHearted]

Overall, I have to say I was kind of disappointed. I must be one of the few who was never too big on the Snape/Lily thing. I guess because I'd been hearing people speculate it for years before the book came out, that I was never really shocked/surprised/enthralled/moved by it in the book. I teared up a little at Snape's death but was more interested in Dumbledore saying that Harry was meant to die all along than anything they revealed about Snape and Lily.

My point is, is that the way they portrayed that in the film did nothing to rectify how they messed up or omitted a whole bunch of other stuff. For me, at least. There was a lot of little things but this is what bothered me the most:

- Three Words: Grindelwald and Dumbledore. WHERE WAS IT?

- They did an awful job explaining the Helena Ravenclaw / Diadem thing. In fact, I wouldn't even say they explained it at all. If you hadn't of read the book, how on earth were you supposed to understand why she wanted the diadem destroyed or what her deal was anyway?

- The end of the battle. Why didn't the Neville/Nagini stuff and Harry/Voldemort stuff happen in front of the crowd like it did in the book? It took away the greatness for them to be alone when all of that happened. Also, I could have done without the 5 minutes of Harry/Voldy jumping off cliffs and zooming around the castle. After all that, his death was pretty anti-climatic.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

After all that, his death was pretty anti-climatic.

Totally agreed. And the scene immediately after the death, when Harry's just walking through the Great Hall and people occasionally turn to smile at him.... HE JUST DEFEATED THE MOST EVIL WIZARD OF ALL TIME. CHEER YOU ASSHOLES.

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Totally agreed. And the scene immediately after the death, when Harry's just walking through the Great Hall and people occasionally turn to smile at him.... HE JUST DEFEATED THE MOST EVIL WIZARD OF ALL TIME. CHEER YOU ASSHOLES.

I was waiting for the fan fair, too, and was ultimately disappointed. Despite Voldemort's death having meant to be the pinnacle moment of the movie, it was overshadows dramatically by Snape's. His death was probably the most well done of the entire series, never mind segment.

[bucklind17]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Totally agreed. And the scene immediately after the death, when Harry's just walking through the Great Hall and people occasionally turn to smile at him.... HE JUST DEFEATED THE MOST EVIL WIZARD OF ALL TIME. CHEER YOU ASSHOLES.

So much this! No one even noticed he was there! Ridiculous.

[Silver Springs]

Random thought, but did anybody else notice that the boy actor of Severus Snape resembled a young Christina Ricci?

[ButterCookie]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

Random thought, but did anybody else notice that the boy actor of Severus Snape resembled a young Christina Ricci?

LOL! I do now you mention it!

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

LOL! I do now you mention it!

I thought it was just me over analysing everything as per usual, but the resemblance is striking. He really does look as though he was made up by Tim Burton, which is a little disconcerting when you think about it. Lawd....How messed up would this movie franchise be if Tim Burton held the reigns?! I'm worryingly curious as to how that would look, though it I guess in hindsight is the kind of curious that makes people watch car crashes for a glimpse of a gory injury.

[ButterCookie]

I actually thought that the way they did the Tale of the Three Brothers in part 1 was very Tim Burton. I'd be interested to see what he did with that story.