In the final film, harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, the younger. I think alan rickman was a joy to watch as snapesmooth, and cold, and deadly in his calculations. What would have happened if snape had died in absence of. When i was 11, i read harry potter and the sorcerers stone for the first time. Severus snape 9 january, 1960 2 may, 1998 was an english halfblood wizard serving as potions master 19811996, defence against the dark arts professor 19961997, and headmaster 19971998 of the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry as well as a member of the order of the phoenix and a death eater. As we will find out, there is really a large amount of information that snape feels the need to pass to harry. When adapting a series as big as harry potter, a lot naturally has to be cut. Severus snape s most important scenes and arcs in the harry potter film series in chronological order, from meeting lily to. Alan rickman was born on a council estate in acton, west london, to margaret doreen rose bartlett, of english and welsh descent, and bernard rickman, of irish descent. David yates used a portion of swm snapes worst memory in the ootp movie, but he did not incorporate the mudblood incident. The chapter that made us fall in love with severus snape. This is a really great pared down summary of the love situation. Alan rickman had an older brother david, a younger brother michael, and a younger sister sheila. The cast is amazing, the world brims over with imagination, and overall they all.
What are the differences between movie snapes and book. Its possible they were waiting to reveal a lot of the information in the. Let us assume that the events of deathly hallows takes place exactly as in the book up until the time. Dumbledore makes snape promise to watch over the students in that event, and to be the one to kill him dumbledore. He is an exceptionally skilful wizard whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals. Movie february 21, 2014 this was the first really big hp book, so they decided to cut anything that wasnt important to harrys story, which means, a great loss in background info and funny stuff. In the book, when professor snape is insulted by the marauders map, each marauder says something different to professor snape, with lupin saying the bit about snape minding his own business. Movie snape and book snape, despite having similar stories, are very different people. Known for his languid tone and delivery, rickmans signature sound was the result of a speech impediment when he could not move his lower jaw properly as a child. Eight major misfires in harry potter and the deathly hallows. In the novel, hermione slaps malfoy and he reacts passively. Rowling weighs in on harry potter and the great snape debate kelly west.
Severus snape is one of the most loved and most controversial characters in the harry potter universe, but theres more to him than you realize. List of differences between the harry potter books and films harry. Aang, harry potter vs artemis fowl completed, atsuko kagari vs. The first thing i noticed, imo, of course, is the snape in the book is meaner than the one in the movie.
During his lifetime, severus snape was potions master 19811996, defence against the dark arts professor 19961997, and headmaster 19971998 of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry which he attended as a student from 1971 until 1978. Just imagine snape as outofcontrol death eater and and i think youd have a really nasty character one capable of vying with voldemort for pure evilness. Harry potter and the deathly hallows plays thoughtfully upon the standard harry potter formula that weve all gotten used to over the course of the last six books we begin with a menacing taste of whats to come this time with a glimpse of what voldemort and his death eaters are up to, find ourselves at privet drive at the end of the summer. The death of snape leaves voldemort confident in having finally gained the full powers of the elder wand. This also omits the scene where harry tries to get the book back and snape is. Book snape is only 31 when we first meet him, skinny and nervy and probably not very confident, quite ugly and with straight hair which hangs in curtains although its possible it was short in the first book. Knowing lorries strength in exposing the hidden, i bought her book on snape. The inuniverse story the tale of the three brothers tells of the titular peverell brothers, three powerful wizards who roamed the countryside. At one point, snape is named as a death eater by igor karkaroff, but dumbledore comes to snapes defence, claiming that although snape had indeed been a death eater, he changed sides before voldemorts downfall and turned spy against him. Jul 19, 2015 according to the mirror, a kickstarterfunded, fanmade movie set before harry potters birth is in the works.
You and your friends run across the castle as you dodge and throw spells at any death eaters you can see while you guys avoid the chaos. In the movie, however, that is all that the map says. Fans will remember from the book and film when voldemort orders his snake nagini to kill snape, thinking. The legendary actor who won millions of fans worldwide as professor severus snape has died of cancer. Alan sidney patrick rickman 21 february 1946 14 january 2016 was an english actor and director. Harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 snapes. I dont think he may also hit rons head with his book in op like movie snape. Rickman trained at the royal academy of dramatic art in london and became a member of the royal shakespeare company rsc, performing in modern. Regarding harry potter, how does the film snape differ.
He was personally killed by lord voldemort and his snake, nagini. Severus snape was potions master, defense against the dark arts teacher, and head of slytherin at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Did you know that when the first book was written, professor snape was just over thirty. Fans will remember from the book and film when voldemort orders his snake nagini to. Voldemortno horcruxes vs severus snape 151 results. New harry potter movie focuses on severus snape and the. But he did not play the same character that was on the page. Severus snape and the marauders is set during 1978, and it gives fans a glimpse of the marauder crew james potter, sirius black, remus lupin, and peter pettigrew celebrating the end of their days as hogwarts students. He has an obsession which stands in stark contrast.
In the book, harry says, but snape always seemed to hate me so much. Harry potter movie series has largely followed its source material, but still, changes were. Greybavk looks up at you four, his mouth covered in blood, and hermione flicks her wand and sends greyback flying into the wall. The princes tale wikibooks, open books for an open world.
Allow us to destroy this harry potter theory that snape is. A definitive reading is a must read for general fans as well as those of us who have a snapecentric love of the harry potter series. I feel like the movie snape was a lot more likable than the book snape by far. Here are some behindthescenes secrets about the making of this wizard movie. Alas, when the potter movies got the movie treatment, adhering to the.
Severus snape is a character from the harry potter book and movie series. He previously fought luke skywalker in the 15th episode of death battle, luke skywalker vs harry potter. Ive just started the fourth book, so no major spoilers please. Book snape seems to be even meaner and nastier when he speaks with harry and other students. Below are a list of changes made to the stories of the harry potter books when they were adapted into feature films. Professor severus snape was a halfblood wizard who was the son of the witch eileen snape and tobias snape. In the book, there is a battle fought between the order of the phoenix, dumbledores army and the death eaters. Snape doesnt run into harry while hes in the castle, ever. Hagrid tells harry about the death of his parents while he is still with the.
On this scene, voldemort asks snape about the elder wand, but the dark lord kills severus thinking the wand would become his. Wim snape was born on april 17, 1985 in sheffield, yorkshire, england. Severus snape important scenes in chronological order. Book snape is only 31 when we first meet him, skinny and nervy and. What are the differences between movie snape s and book snapes personality. From wikibooks, open books for an open world info and funny stuff.
How is the book version of severus snape different than the. And snape is, despite what many in the harry potter fandom believe, still more of an antihero than an allout hero. Jan 09, 2014 you are remembered, alan rickman, february 21 1946 january 14, 2016. Movie snape mouthed the words, but book snape, to my mind had an utterly original voice that was simultaneously trapped in an anguished adolescence, still fighting battles there, and striving to avoid adult interactions. Snape appears as a thin man with sallow skin, long greasy black hair, a hooked nose and black eyes. Harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 marked the end of an era. Death, also known as the figure and the grim reaper, is a major character in the harry potter franchise. His rage was removed, his movements careful and studied. So, harry takes snapes tears to see his memories in the pensieve. He is an actor, known for the full monty 1997, genesis 2018 and coronation street 1960. It was a potion puzzle based around a riddle that needed to be solved. Note that if your scope of this series is movie based, you will be a little in the dark. Emma watson had this thick bush only in the first movie and nice teeth from the very beginning.
Later, dumbledore assures harry that snapes reformation is genuine, though he refuses to tell harry how he knows this, saying the information is a matter between professor snape and myself. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective. His complex character introduced many a child to the concept that the relationship between good and evil is far more complex than the one they are usually presented with, and to the idea that love takes many forms. The book snape was a complete jerk with no care for whats right and wrong. This post is a comparison of major plot points in the movie and book versions of harry potter and the deathly hallows pt. Harry potter and the deathly hallows summary shmoop. Allow us to destroy this harry potter theory that snape is still alive. For those who have read the books and seen the movies. When the last book left off, snape had fled hogwarts with the rest of the death eaters, having apparently just killed the heroic albus dumbledore.
There are additional problems with its inclusion as well. While this was, at first, my way of sticking to cannon while also having snape in the next gen universe it has become a matter of minor debate. List of differences between the harry potter books and films. Jul 27, 2016 i think alan rickman was a joy to watch as snapesmooth, and cold, and deadly in his calculations. Alright, so i have a couple one shots that include snape as a ghost. The deathly hallows harry potter x reader chapter 11.
Top 10 worst harry potter booktomovie changes reelrundown. I was the same age as harry when he first received his hogwarts letter. His story is explained in the tale of the three brothers. He bullies students to the verge of tears, is blatantly biased towards slytherins, and does not care for an innocent life just because of a childhood grudge. Adding it for dh2 would require reshooting the earlier scene. Of course, snape was already dead, killed by lord voldemort towards the end of the harry potter series. She let the actor in on some inside info to help his performance. Voldemortno horcruxes vs severus snape battles comic vine. Apr 28, 2011 for those who have read the books and seen the movies.
Regarding harry potter, how does the film snape differ from. All harry potter fans know that professor snapes death is one of the most heartbreaking moments of the. Rowling weighs in on harry potter and the great snape. When so many people including snape before biting the dust point out the. Severus snape went with the stack of books to his chair with grunt of effort due to the obvious weight of the thicker hard cover potter novels why the blasted hell are these damn incessant books so bloody heavy and picked up the first and obvious lightest book in the stack and went to the first page. Apr 25, 2016 draco uses the vanishing cabinet in the room of requirement to penetrate the hogwarts defenses. The harry potter movie series did a good job in adapting j. What are the differences between movie snape s and book snape s personality. Severus snape, also known as the halfblood prince, is a major character of the harry potter franchise. Oh, and harry never pops up out of a crowd while snape calls all the.
How is the book version of severus snape different than. What would have happened if snape had died in absence of harry. Snape and james, and then adds, but he never wanted to see you dead. There are spoilers of major scenes, events and deaths. Its 2018over 10 years since the book release of harry potter and the deathly.
Originally making his debut in philosophers stone, he revealed his ambitious side as the main antagonist of halfblood prince. The bluray edition of philosophers stone includes commentary from director chris columbus that reveals that the final scene of the film where harry, hermione and ron depart on the hogwarts express was the first scene shot. He is the literal embodiment of death and the creator of the deathly hallows. Snapes motivations and backstory were revealed in the final harry potter book and film, but the reaction to it was very different from readers to. Another small, but notable, difference is the location of snapes death. Shocked and saddened, snape reluctantly agreed to help dumbledore with one of his final plans, and even helped to lengthen albuss short life. Harry potter is the main protagonist of the harry potter series of books and movies. The way albus dumbledore is described in the books versus how hes. However, in the movie, after all the death eaters congregate in the tower and snape kills dumbledore, they just leave. Severus snape was born 9 january, 1960 to eileen prince, a pureblood witch, and tobias snape, a muggle, making him a halfblood wizard. A professor at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, snape is hostile to harry due to his resemblance to his father james, who bullied. Jul, 2007 is potters foe, severus snape, good or evil. In the book, hes killed by voldemort in the shrieking shack. Regarding harry potter, how does the film snape differ from the.
Muggles guide to harry pottermajor eventsseverus death. Alan rickman was born on a council estate in acton, west london, to margaret doreen rose bartlett, of english and welsh descent, and bernard rickman, of irish descent, who worked at a factory. As such i decided to write another one shot, really quickly, about snapes death and how, exactly, he became a ghost. Book snape seems to be even meaner and nastier when he spea question and answer in the severus snape club. Severus was skilled at using nonverbal spells, from the most basic uses such as instructionwriting on blackboards and cleanups to the most advanced such as combat curses. He is an exceptionally skilful wizard whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. List of differences between the harry potter books and.
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