Thoughts on Endings

[ceitfianna]

I don't have a lot of words about Norway or Amy Winehouse as any death is a loss and so many deaths at once is hard to comprehend. The thing I find scariest is how quickly the world turns these deaths to their own use instead of mourning and allowing time between death and anger. That's one of the dangers of how fast our connected world moves, a

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[skygawker]

Made me smile to hear your kind words about Borders and the students talking about it. :)

[ceitfianna]

Its hard to escape as I keep getting emails from Borders about the sale and then so many things on the SI listserve. I'll be sad to see it go.

[in_the_blue]

We might be the only two people on the planet who aren't fans of Snape. I actually found that pensieve scene to be pretty overdone, like they had to repeat the point they were trying to make in case we didn't get it the first three times. I'm still a fan of Alan Rickman, though. I can't bring myself to see Snape as a romantic hero no matter how hard I try. He did some very bad things along the way, and I hated seeing that whitewashed.

That aside, I like your recap of the film. It's kind of nice to see a quiet tribute. In the meantime, if you haven't seen it yet, here's a video of Jason Isaacs making a surprise visit to the Harry Potter panel at SDCC and talking about playing Lucius a bit. He's pretty great.

[ceitfianna]

Yes, there was too much of it. I actually liked how Dumbledore went, wait, you care about Harry and then its all about Lily. To me that showed how Snape works so well and the other parts could have been smaller. There was a bit too much of redeem Snape slightly at the expense of Dumbledore.

I mean Dumbledore did some rather messed up things too but he was fairly honest to Harry. Snape never took Harry on his own, all his interactions were colored by Lily and James, which I found rather sad and disturbing.

One thing I've always appreciated about the books is how there's a lot of grey area around everyone. The movies don't have quite as much of that which is a shame but I think something that wasn't a focus in how they made the movies.

[in_the_blue]

...and that's why we have books, so all the nuances can be appreciated in their great glory. Of course moviemakers have to pick and choose and they can't possibly be as inclusive as the books. So we have to go into them realizing that our interpretations probably won't be matched, and that's cool. It's when we expect them too meet all our own standards that we get disappointed.

Also, I should credit my friend pinkfinity with pointing out the Jason Isaacs video. She was actually one of the people running that panel.

[ceitfianna]

Yes, between the books and the movies, there's a great world to poke at. Oh yes, I'm always pleasantly surprised when something in a movie fits with my ideas but don't go in expecting it.

Its a great video as you'll see since I've passed it on. I love when actors are clearly excited about being part of something.

[essayel]

Nice review of the film. And I don't like Snape either - as a person. As a character in a book he's brilliant but as a human being he was lacking and I don't think the fact that he loved someone who died is a good excuse for being a total failure as a teacher to a whole generation of little Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs. Also I've met the guy that Book!Snape was based on so Sex Symbol!Snape doesn't fly either, no matter who played him in the film.

[ceitfianna]

Yes, he's a really interesting character but I wouldn't want anything to do with him.

Oh neat, how did you end up meeting the man he's based on?

[essayel]

I was 'being Roman' at Caerwent for a village fete and he was bouncing around dressed up as an ancient Briton. Some of his pupils at the school attended by JKR came over to chat to me and told me who he was and warned me that he was very proud of it. later he came to chat and told me himself. He has had a set of 'Snape' robes made and bought a wig and is licenced to do tours around the parts of Tewkesbury Cathedral that were used for HP films.

He's shorter than one would anticipate but other than being grey and short haired now he's a dead ringer for the description in the book.

[ceitfianna]

That sounds rather bizarre and kind of interesting all at once. He was recently mentioned in a Cracked.com article about fictional characters based on real people.

[dodger_sister]

I too started reading the HP books very late. I ended up tagging along with my cousin to see the first movie because I had nothing else to do and I ended up liking it enough to start reading the books. By book three, I was totally hooked. The farther along into the series I got, the more into I became, like each book got better and better

[ceitfianna]

First off, I love your icon. I was really happy with how the movies handled the last book since it was a complex one.

The Borders' closing is so sad, a lot of people at SI have connections to it so there were lots of thoughts. Now the going out of business sale has started and its even sadder. Though someone posted a sweet little sign near the door saying You are Beautiful that I took a picture of.

I'm still wandering in there but its sad how quickly things can change. Going from a quiet bookstore to going out of business and people asking the price of fixtures. Due to where I live, I walk by the store most days so its not easy.