Quotes of the Week ~ Movie Snape and Alan Rickman
Special thanks for many of these quotes to stn5 and fifthoffive
(lots of 5s, lol) on Harry Potter Network
Well, that was emotional. Alan Rickman had me in actual tears in the cinema. What a performance. Good work team.
~ Matthew Lewis on Twitter
...the performance that I found the most moving was Alan Rickman. I’ll have said this in interviews a lot recently, and I’ll keep saying it, because I do think it’s the film performance of his career. I think he should get nominations for best supporting actor because it’s so touching and heart-wrenching and beautiful, what he does. I’m really thrilled to share the screen with him.
~ Dan Radcliffe to Digital Spy
Which character would you rather be other than the role you played?
Snape is one of my favorite characters in the book. Especially in this film where we learn more about him. He's got this really kind of tragic love story that changes alot of people's views on Snape so it's great.
~ Rupert Grint being interviewed on the Red Carpet in New York City
Many critics have defined the books as a story of love after death: Harry for his parents, Harry for Dumbledore, even a certain serpentine teacher for a young woman whose ardent memory he will spend his life cherishing and protecting. We know from earlier episodes that Voldemort is simply evil, Dumbledore complicatedly wise and good. In the finale we see, in sudden clarity, the murky motives of another father figure. The change provides the film's most throbbing revelation: a bereft wizard holding the lifeless body of his beloved, as, behind this plangent Pietà, a one-year-old child sobs. The scene gives evidence that, of the story's several heroes, Harry has not sacrificed the most.
~ Time.com Review
More Quotes Here
Which for me boils down to this: More Alan Rickman, please. That may sound like a quixotic request; although I haven't read the books, I know how the story turns out in a general way, and was hoping this would mean more screen time for Severus Snape, whose portrayal by Rickman is a highlight of the series for me. Those who study the books warn that this might not be the case, which would be a shame; Rickman is perfect in the role, the oily black hair framing his face, cape flying behind him as he spits out some stern line or another in his proper British accent. He's menacing, all right, but also magnetic. He's perfect.
~ Arizona Republic
Rickman has mainly worked from a narrow palette on this long walk on the dark side, honing his lip curl and nostril flare, keeping those eyelids in a permanent state of hooded menace. Here at last his Professor Snape (pictured above) reveals news colours as his ghastly demise is barely seen through mullioned windows, but loudly reported in thwacks and thuds. Black, it turns out, is the new white. Good stuff
~ The Arts Desk
...he's the only character who has spent the entire movie (and book) series with a secret past, a hidden agenda. (Dumbledore's past isn't concealed, just unprobed.) Long before we meet Snape, he and Dumbledore have agreed he should protect Harry at all costs, including the cost of his life.
He's like a John le Carré agent who has gone so far underground that even people on his side think he belongs to the enemy. These agents work steadily, disliked and mistrusted, serving their causes without hope of reward or recognition.
...he's good at what he does. He is acknowledged to be a skilled, if harsh, teacher. He is an able spy who has thoroughly fooled even Voldemort, let alone his hot-headed minions.
He doesn't make mistakes in judgment or let foolish sentiment cloud his mind. He has moved beyond an unloved adolescence to rise to a position of authority, yet he hasn't misused power for personal gain.
Do I want to hug him? No, but I'd have dinner with him. I don't want him as my boss or my uncle or my next-door neighbor. But he'll stick in memory after dreamy Dumbledore, stalwart Harry and galumphing Ron fade away.
~ "Severus Snape Casts His Spell" in The Charlotte Observer
(lots of 5s, lol) on Harry Potter Network
Well, that was emotional. Alan Rickman had me in actual tears in the cinema. What a performance. Good work team.
~ Matthew Lewis on Twitter
...the performance that I found the most moving was Alan Rickman. I’ll have said this in interviews a lot recently, and I’ll keep saying it, because I do think it’s the film performance of his career. I think he should get nominations for best supporting actor because it’s so touching and heart-wrenching and beautiful, what he does. I’m really thrilled to share the screen with him.
~ Dan Radcliffe to Digital Spy
Which character would you rather be other than the role you played?
Snape is one of my favorite characters in the book. Especially in this film where we learn more about him. He's got this really kind of tragic love story that changes alot of people's views on Snape so it's great.
~ Rupert Grint being interviewed on the Red Carpet in New York City
Many critics have defined the books as a story of love after death: Harry for his parents, Harry for Dumbledore, even a certain serpentine teacher for a young woman whose ardent memory he will spend his life cherishing and protecting. We know from earlier episodes that Voldemort is simply evil, Dumbledore complicatedly wise and good. In the finale we see, in sudden clarity, the murky motives of another father figure. The change provides the film's most throbbing revelation: a bereft wizard holding the lifeless body of his beloved, as, behind this plangent Pietà, a one-year-old child sobs. The scene gives evidence that, of the story's several heroes, Harry has not sacrificed the most.
~ Time.com Review
More Quotes Here
Which for me boils down to this: More Alan Rickman, please. That may sound like a quixotic request; although I haven't read the books, I know how the story turns out in a general way, and was hoping this would mean more screen time for Severus Snape, whose portrayal by Rickman is a highlight of the series for me. Those who study the books warn that this might not be the case, which would be a shame; Rickman is perfect in the role, the oily black hair framing his face, cape flying behind him as he spits out some stern line or another in his proper British accent. He's menacing, all right, but also magnetic. He's perfect.
~ Arizona Republic
Rickman has mainly worked from a narrow palette on this long walk on the dark side, honing his lip curl and nostril flare, keeping those eyelids in a permanent state of hooded menace. Here at last his Professor Snape (pictured above) reveals news colours as his ghastly demise is barely seen through mullioned windows, but loudly reported in thwacks and thuds. Black, it turns out, is the new white. Good stuff
~ The Arts Desk
...he's the only character who has spent the entire movie (and book) series with a secret past, a hidden agenda. (Dumbledore's past isn't concealed, just unprobed.) Long before we meet Snape, he and Dumbledore have agreed he should protect Harry at all costs, including the cost of his life.
He's like a John le Carré agent who has gone so far underground that even people on his side think he belongs to the enemy. These agents work steadily, disliked and mistrusted, serving their causes without hope of reward or recognition.
...he's good at what he does. He is acknowledged to be a skilled, if harsh, teacher. He is an able spy who has thoroughly fooled even Voldemort, let alone his hot-headed minions.
He doesn't make mistakes in judgment or let foolish sentiment cloud his mind. He has moved beyond an unloved adolescence to rise to a position of authority, yet he hasn't misused power for personal gain.
Do I want to hug him? No, but I'd have dinner with him. I don't want him as my boss or my uncle or my next-door neighbor. But he'll stick in memory after dreamy Dumbledore, stalwart Harry and galumphing Ron fade away.
~ "Severus Snape Casts His Spell" in The Charlotte Observer