I can never understand how Snape apologetics can stand up for him when he CANONICALLY does this shit.
I can maybe, maybe, understand those who haven’t read the books standing up for him, because honestly the movies don’t cover all the horrible stuff he does. But those who have read the books and still stick up for him baffle me.
I mean, you don’t see anyone sticking up for the Dursley’s or Umbridge, when they do the same stuff to Harry as Snape. How is Snape any different?
The biggest problem with the Harry Potter movies…how do I put this?
They substituted too many original book scenes with new scenes but those new scenes did nothing to add to the atmosphere of Harry Potter. If anything, it ruined the atmosphere. And you’re left wondering why they had to add those scenes and why they didn’t keep the original scenes to begin with?
Like for example, look at Ron and Hermione’s relationship.
Deathly Hallows Part I added the scene where Ron and Hermione are playing the piano and a scene where Ron and Hermione are skipping rocks.
But the movie excluded the scene where Ron told Hermione that she could change her surname to Weasley and that he and his family would hide her because they loved her, because he loved her, and they would do anything to protect her.
Or look at how they changed the kiss. Why? Why was it necessary for them to randomly kiss after being chased by a Voldemort tidal wave? Why couldn’t they keep the original scene where Ron talked about how they needed to save the house-elves? Of course, it wouldn’t really make sense, because they never showed Hermione’s obsession with the house-elves to begin with.
Actually, that’s one of the biggest issues with Movie!Hermione. The problem isn’t that Emma Watson was too pretty. The problem was that the movies focused on Hermione’s perfection and her ability to always have an answer to the scene, instead of focusing on her anxiety under pressure or her obsessiveness or any other negative trait.
And don’t get me started on the butchering of Ron’s character.
Or look at Harry and Ginny’s relationship in the books verses the movies. The movies added a scene where Harry zipped up Ginny’s dress but they neglected to add the scene where they had a heart-to-heart talk about how difficult it was to maintain a relationship during war times and how they were putting their relationship on hold, even though it was hard, because they truly loved each other.
I could just start listing specifics.
Like how the Prisoner of Azkaban added the Monster Book of Monsters scene and the choir scene and the candy…smoke…ears scene but they didn’t add the scene where Sirius and Remus briefly explained their backstory or the scene where Sirius enters the tower to get Peter or the scene where Dumbledore and Harry talk about Pettigrew’s life-debt.
The Goblet of Fire movie added so many unnecessary scenes and cut out about ¾ of the scenes from the book in order to do so.
Order of the Phoenix put in a bunch of filler and ended up reducing the DA training to a montage with upbeat music.
The Half Blood Prince added all of these filler scenes for the sake of humor or filler but failed to really show Tom Riddle’s backstory. They added the scene where the Death Eaters attacked the Burrow but failed to add the extensive final battle in Hogwarts. They made sure to show every single moment of Harry getting high from Felix Felicis but never showed him coming to terms with the prophecy.
They even messed up the final battle between Harry and Voldemort. I mean, it was epic but they just…messed up.
Or just look at the Prince’s Tale. They literally changed every single scene and in doing so, they completely missed the point of Snape’s character.
They completely missed the points of a lot of characters.
They weren’t bad, per say, but they just…weren’t…accurate. And as much as I love them, there’s also a part of me that wishes that they could have come closer to capturing the character and atmosphere of Harry Potter.
The northern girl. Winterfell’s daughter. We heard she killed the king with a spell, and afterward changed into a wolf with big leathery wings like a bat, and flew out a tower window.
