For a second I thought you were saying that images in movies are more objectively true than words in books, and was about to go on a rant that involved Fight Club and some other things, but now I see you weren't saying that, so I'll belay. :)
*grin* No, I definitely wasn't saying that at all (though I would have been interested to hear the rant) - only that in the books we're aware that we're reading from Harry's POV, whereas the way it's presented on-screen is as though we're a fly on the wall.
And I don't think I meant to imply that the movies carry more weight than the books.
*ponders*
I think what I meant to say is that if Alan Rickman portrayed Snape solely by his canon lines, we'd have nothing more than a rather 2-dimensional and over-the-top 'mean teacher.' In the books he gets more scenes, we get to see more extensively how he interacts with others (Dumbledore, McGonagall, Filch, Remus,) and we also get Harry's inner thoughts on him - all which make Snape into a more fully realised character for us. The movies don't have that opportunity, so I can see why they might attempt to make it seem as though Snape has other concerns than just being mean to Harry. Not that he's not all about being mean to Harry in the books, but at least there we get the slowly developing picture that it's more about what Harry represents than who he is :-P
..that's not to say I actually like what they did to Snape in the movies. Especially PoA. Don't get me started on PoA.
I'm sure I wouldn't have re-read it on my own either, without y'all to discuss it with.
Well, I'm glad you did. I haven't read CoS since GoF or OotP came out, so the discussion on the house-elves alone made for fascinating stuff :-)
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*grin* No, I definitely wasn't saying that at all (though I would have been interested to hear the rant) - only that in the books we're aware that we're reading from Harry's POV, whereas the way it's presented on-screen is as though we're a fly on the wall.
And I don't think I meant to imply that the movies carry more weight than the books.
*ponders*
I think what I meant to say is that if Alan Rickman portrayed Snape solely by his canon lines, we'd have nothing more than a rather 2-dimensional and over-the-top 'mean teacher.' In the books he gets more scenes, we get to see more extensively how he interacts with others (Dumbledore, McGonagall, Filch, Remus,) and we also get Harry's inner thoughts on him - all which make Snape into a more fully realised character for us. The movies don't have that opportunity, so I can see why they might attempt to make it seem as though Snape has other concerns than just being mean to Harry. Not that he's not all about being mean to Harry in the books, but at least there we get the slowly developing picture that it's more about what Harry represents than who he is :-P
..that's not to say I actually like what they did to Snape in the movies. Especially PoA. Don't get me started on PoA.
I'm sure I wouldn't have re-read it on my own either, without y'all to discuss it with.
Well, I'm glad you did. I haven't read CoS since GoF or OotP came out, so the discussion on the house-elves alone made for fascinating stuff :-)