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Eight movies of "so much like your father" just so he could deliver the "you have your mother's eyes" line, that one time; and undo all Harry's doubts and fears

Eight movies of "so much like your father" just so he could deliver the "you have your mother's eyes" line, that one time; and undo all Harry's doubts and fears in that one moment.

iscrewyou 11y ago
##SPOILER!##!!
- eric_the_read 11y ago
  The book was out 9 years ago, and the movie was ~4 years ago. I'm going to say this one's legit. If you haven't seen or read it by now, it's your own dang fault.
  - sageikosa 11y ago
    ...and that chick from the crying game was really a dude.... - Mayor Quimby
  - TallGuyShort 11y ago
    The parent post also really doesn't divulge anything about the plot.
- zyxley 11y ago
  Rosebud was his sled.
BocceBaal 11y ago
and he kills Dumbledore!
JoshTriplett 11y ago
Honestly, I don't think that plot device worked at all in either the book or the movie, and no amount of good acting could make it convincing. Roald-Dahl-style crazy dystopias don't stretch out to longer works very well. (They're not that good in shorter works, either.)
- sageikosa 11y ago
  I didn't read the books, so all my knowledge is from the movies. I am probably not alone in this regards. And I am married to a children's librarian who has read them all, so I've already heard the criticism, to which I answer I don't read much fiction, but I enjoy watching it. I like to condense my make-believe. That aside, I think if you hadn't read the books, you might consider it more convincing since you weren't expecting it; which I didn't, and in retrospect the build up was pretty good given how Harry starts getting tired of hearing people put those two lines together and started finishing it himself to move past that part of the dialog. I've read that Rowlings let Rickman in on it fairly early so he could understand the motivation and avoid just being a rock-monster.
  - eridius 11y ago
    > I've read that Rowlings let Rickman in on it fairly early so he could understand the motivation and avoid just being a rock-monster. I read that too. I just went and found a source for it too: http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/harry-potter-alan-rickman-looks-back-on-decade-of-dark-magic/#/0 http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/harry-potter-alan-rick.... It contains this amusing tidbit: > “It was quite amusing, too, because there were times when a director would tell Alan what to do in a scene and he would say something like, ‘No I can’t do that – I know what is going to happen and you don’t,’” said “Potter” producer David Heyman. “He had a real understanding of the character and now looking back, you can see there was always more going on there – a look, an expression, a sentiment — that hint at what is to come … the shadow that he casts in these films is a huge one and the emotion he conveys is immeasurable.”
- eridius 11y ago
  I thought it worked alright in the books. Rowling dropped enough hints about Snape and so the ending made me happy. But I admit it wasn't really executed all that well, it really just depended on the reader wanting things to turn out that way. But in the movies, I thought it worked extremely well. And that's entirely due to Alan Rickman. Usually the movie is worse than the book, right? Alan Rickman's Snape was so perfect, and he managed to convey everything about Snape that the books wished they could. Now I'm tempted to go back and rewatch all the movies in a row just so I can pay extra attention to Snape.

Eight movies of "so much like your father" just so he could deliver the "you have your mother's eyes" line, that one time; and undo all Harry's doubts and fears in that one moment.

iscrewyou 11y ago

##SPOILER!##!!

eric_the_read 11y ago
The book was out 9 years ago, and the movie was ~4 years ago. I'm going to say this one's legit. If you haven't seen or read it by now, it's your own dang fault.
- sageikosa 11y ago
  ...and that chick from the crying game was really a dude.... - Mayor Quimby
- TallGuyShort 11y ago
  The parent post also really doesn't divulge anything about the plot.
zyxley 11y ago
Rosebud was his sled.

BocceBaal 11y ago

and he kills Dumbledore!

JoshTriplett 11y ago

Honestly, I don't think that plot device worked at all in either the book or the movie, and no amount of good acting could make it convincing. Roald-Dahl-style crazy dystopias don't stretch out to longer works very well. (They're not that good in shorter works, either.)

sageikosa 11y ago
I didn't read the books, so all my knowledge is from the movies. I am probably not alone in this regards. And I am married to a children's librarian who has read them all, so I've already heard the criticism, to which I answer I don't read much fiction, but I enjoy watching it. I like to condense my make-believe. That aside, I think if you hadn't read the books, you might consider it more convincing since you weren't expecting it; which I didn't, and in retrospect the build up was pretty good given how Harry starts getting tired of hearing people put those two lines together and started finishing it himself to move past that part of the dialog. I've read that Rowlings let Rickman in on it fairly early so he could understand the motivation and avoid just being a rock-monster.
- eridius 11y ago
  > I've read that Rowlings let Rickman in on it fairly early so he could understand the motivation and avoid just being a rock-monster. I read that too. I just went and found a source for it too: http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/harry-potter-alan-rickman-looks-back-on-decade-of-dark-magic/#/0 http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/harry-potter-alan-rick.... It contains this amusing tidbit: > “It was quite amusing, too, because there were times when a director would tell Alan what to do in a scene and he would say something like, ‘No I can’t do that – I know what is going to happen and you don’t,’” said “Potter” producer David Heyman. “He had a real understanding of the character and now looking back, you can see there was always more going on there – a look, an expression, a sentiment — that hint at what is to come … the shadow that he casts in these films is a huge one and the emotion he conveys is immeasurable.”
eridius 11y ago
I thought it worked alright in the books. Rowling dropped enough hints about Snape and so the ending made me happy. But I admit it wasn't really executed all that well, it really just depended on the reader wanting things to turn out that way. But in the movies, I thought it worked extremely well. And that's entirely due to Alan Rickman. Usually the movie is worse than the book, right? Alan Rickman's Snape was so perfect, and he managed to convey everything about Snape that the books wished they could. Now I'm tempted to go back and rewatch all the movies in a row just so I can pay extra attention to Snape.