Severus Snape in Goblet of Fire

General impressions
This is what I wrote to my dearest friends when I came back from the movie, I thought I'd share the excitement with you all!

Wow!!!! It was wonderful!! We saw so much of Snape again!! Reminds me of the first movie except he didn't have much to say. But he was there so often! Yoohoo!! There will be so much images to publish when the DVD comes out!! I'm thrilled! And the funniest moment was in the Great Hall during a study session supervised by Snape while the boys kept whispering.... So funny!!!

The Death Eaters didn't look so KKKlan-like on the big screen, I'm glad. And the masks are great, too. The dancing we see of the Yule Ball is pretty much only what we see in the previews however. : ( We almost saw more thanks to promotion images! There were many funny moments, that was nice. I loved Albus in this movie, he looked so much more real and concerned.

Hermione looked a whole lot better on the big screen so it was not so bad afterall. I still wish we had seen Snape in ball attire along with Minerva and Albus. They deserve more and why would rotten-teeth Karkaroff get such a nice outfit, it's so illogical!! The rest was superb!!

In a word, I loved the movie and all those Snape moments will be cherished!! : D We finally saw the Potions storeroom! He he!! Not at all what I expected though but I'm glad nonetheless. He doesn't talk but his actions speak volumes! Like when he is the first one to notice the Goblet of Fire is still active before Potter's name is drawn out. Wonderful, just like him to notice such a weird occurrence by himself ; ) My aunt and cousin said Snape looked like a good guy and nicer in that movie. Good!!! Finally they're showing him in a better light!

It's just a shame there is no animosity or fear between Moody and Snape, that was missing in the movie unfortunately. But in the end when Barty Crouch junior is caught, it makes up for it.

At first, when Severus tells the Headmaster they should allow Potter to participate and see, I knew they wanted us to think he wanted him dead again, but we are wiser. For Snape, letting Harry participate is a way to unveil the culprit of such powerful magic as to be able to fool the Goblet of Fire. Or if Harry is the culprit, then he'll get what he asked for. Either way, Snape will be satisfied.

We do see Karkaroff and Snape together. No nightshirt but we at least see the veritaserum scene!! ^_^ Only mistake is that when Albus, Minerva and Snape rescued Harry from Moody at the very end, Albus was first. Can't Snape run faster than the other two?! He was supposed to be the first one, logically. But okay, he was there, good enough for me! HE had veritaserum ready at hand, too. Dear Snape, always thinking!!

There is one question though: at the Quidditch Cup, Voldemort said that they needed to gather their 'friends' (the Death Eaters). That would mean calling Snape or not?! That's an issue the book didn't have to deal with since it was an independent act on their part, unless my memory is faulty. My guess is that he was not there and/or was not contacted, and/or he simply refused to blow his cover for 'rumors' that the Dark Lord was about to come out again. After all, he avoided Karkaroff, so why not the other Death Eaters? It would be easy for him to say: "I'll answer to our Lord when he personally summons me, not before and being out on the precise night of the first Death Eater raid in years would not look good for my cover." Those are my reasons for believing he was not there.

General impressions This is what I wrote to my dearest friends when I came back from the movie, I thought I'd share the excitement with you all! "Wow!!!! It was wonderful!! We saw so much of Snape again!! Reminds me of the first movie except he didn't have much to say. But he was there so often! Yoohoo!! There will be so much images to publish when the DVD comes out!! I'm thrilled! And the funniest moment was in the Great Hall during a study session supervised by Snape while the boys kept whispering.... So funny!!! The Death Eaters didn't look so KKKlan-like on the big screen, I'm glad. And the masks are great, too. The dancing we see of the Yule Ball is pretty much only what we see in the previews however. : ( We almost saw more thanks to promotion images! There were many funny moments, that was nice. I loved Albus in this movie, he looked so much more real and concerned. Hermione looked a whole lot better on the big screen so it was not so bad afterall. I still wish we had seen Snape in ball attire along with Minerva and Albus. They deserve more and why would rotten-teeth Karkaroff get such a nice outfit, it's so illogical!! The rest was superb!! In a word, I loved the movie and all those Snape moments will be cherished!! : D We finally saw the Potions storeroom! He he!! Not at all what I expected though but I'm glad nonetheless. He doesn't talk but his actions speak volumes! Like when he is the first one to notice the Goblet of Fire is still active before Potter's name is drawn out. Wonderful, just like him to notice such a weird occurrence by himself ; ) My aunt and cousin said Snape looked like a good guy and nicer in that movie. Good!!! Finally they're showing him in a better light! It's just a shame there is no animosity or fear between Moody and Snape, that was missing in the movie unfortunately. But in the end when Barty Crouch junior is caught, it makes up for it. At first, when Severus tells the Headmaster they should allow Potter to participate and see, I knew they wanted us to think he wanted him dead again, but we are wiser. For Snape, letting Harry participate is a way to unveil the culprit of such powerful magic as to be able to fool the Goblet of Fire. Or if Harry is the culprit, then he'll get what he asked for. Either way, Snape will be satisfied. We do see Karkaroff and Snape together. No nightshirt but we at least see the veritaserum scene!! ^_^ Only mistake is that when Albus, Minerva and Snape rescued Harry from Moody at the very end, Albus was first. Can't Snape run faster than the other two?! He was supposed to be the first one, logically. But okay, he was there, good enough for me! HE had veritaserum ready at hand, too. Dear Snape, always thinking!! There is one question though: at the Quidditch Cup, Voldemort said that they needed to gather their 'friends' (the Death Eaters). That would mean calling Snape or not?! That's an issue the book didn't have to deal with since it was an independent act on their part, unless my memory is faulty. My guess is that he was not there and/or was not contacted, and/or he simply refused to blow his cover for 'rumors' that the Dark Lord was about to come out again. After all, he avoided Karkaroff, so why not the other Death Eaters? It would be easy for him to say: "I'll answer to our Lord when he personally summons me, not before and being out on the precise night of the first Death Eater raid in years would not look good for my cover." Those are my reasons for believing he was not there. Scene by Scene Analysis
Great Hall scene	We barely see Snape in this one but it's worth it nonetheless. I'm always looking forward to the High Table's sitting arrangement because it tells us so much about the director of the movie and Hogwarts' inner organization. In this movie, McGonagall and Snape are not sitting next to the Head Master. I believe they allowed their guests the privilege of seating since, if I remember well, the less important teachers are still on the sides. What I liked best about it is that Snape was in the background, he's heading there now (see picture below) looking at documents with Minerva. What those are, I have NO clue, unfortunately, but he's there to take care of school business.
Goblet of Fire - Harry Potter paper slip	LOVE this! While all the others were busy looking around, Snape was the first one to notice something was wrong with the Goblet of Fire. Yeah!! That's our Snape!! Always ready and he's all business. Reminds me of myself: already ready and prompt to react to anything unusual no matter how much fun I was having a second before. I'm always the first one or in the first ones to notice it when something goes wrong. Yep! That's why I was happy the directors allowed Snape to be the one to observe the strange phenomenon first ^_^ What's with Flitwick though?! Am I the only one who hates how he looks since movie3?! Is he trying to flirt with some ladies or did he meet with a bad hairdresser? Yuck! Sorry, had to get it out of my system ; )
	Of course I was glad Snape was part of the 'let's make sense of this mess' team. Flitwick and Sprout are not there, hence we know for sure Snape is a VERY important element to Hogwarts. Also, even if it's not really his personal concern, Snape wants to be there and to help, he wants to be involved. Some will say he's a busybody who wants to control everything, but I think when he does that, he's being his man-of-duty. He's there, ready to help, share his point of view and make sure some foolish decisions won't be reached without his telling his opinion first. Snapes, in my opinion, are helpful dedicated people, hence I never see his being there as annoying or out of place. To me, anyone who would like to help is welcome or else an institution may become too elitist and snobbish. In this case, Snape is a Dark Arts expert, and he knows something is going on with the Death Eaters (thanks to his Dark Mark) so of course he doesn't want to miss anything. He knows this may influence him in the end and that's why he's ready and he wants to help. See the image below, at first I thought he wasn't too happy to see Potter, but when I saw the movie, I understood that he looks rather concerned for him instead. He's thinking and trying to link all of these events together somehow and that makes him worry for Harry and the future. Therefore, I now really love this picture!! Picture below: While Crouch talked, we could see Snape being kind of nervous, not knowing exactly what to do. At least that's what I remember. Again, I think he was trying to sort out his ideas on all this and the consequences for Potter as well. It doesn't show and many fans will not believe it, but I'm sure Snape cares and doesn't want Potter to be harmed. Who would like to be enslaved by such a contest?! Who could rejoice! Snape knows Potter can't have done it on his own and he knows someone with dark powers did it, so of course he's worried, just like he was for Harry when he referred the Quidditch match in Book1. I like the way they used this scene with Snape ^_^ One last note about Moody: again I am not happy with Snape standing next to him. Karkaroff and Snape, okay I can understand that becauser Karkaroff seems to like hanging around dark ones though I was pleased in the movie, each time we saw them together, Snape looked totally indifferent. So yes, there was no animosity between those two which is a big shame. Even looking at him weirdly would have suffice, and Snape looking apprehensive in front of Moody or annoyed. But nothing. Maybe I missed one look but I'm pretty sure the whole movie was bare of such supposed hate between those two and that didn't make sense to me.
What to do?	That scene was very interesting. Again Snape looks concerned and doesn't know exactly what to do. His hands reveal a lot here as well. A shame I don't have a picture of the moment he told the Headmaster he disagreed with Minerva and thought it wiser to allow this to go on so they could see what happened next. Of course, many would think Snape was up to making sure Potter was hurt or eliminated, but I don't buy that. Snape is on hunting mode, he wants to discover who did this and the best way is to allow Potter to do it. Does he intend to make sure the boy survives or is he sure he won't die because he's always so lucky? Actually, that was a great flaw (in my humble opinion) of Book4: they allow him in but then they don't help him?! The professors seemed too static and inactive in that book. Loved the pensieve, very well done!!
First Task	I LOVE to see both of them sitting together in seemingly good companionship!! Okay, for Snape it is pretty good even though he seems tense ; ) I think he was focusing his attention on either one of these thoughts: "Why did I say this was a good idea?! What if the boy dies! Then we'll be in trouble!" But then, and it may be far-fetched, maybe Snape does believe strongly in the prophesy and knows that Harry will survive somehow. Yes, it is a probable theory. After all, that prophesy was heard by him!! Yes, he is not supposed to know the end of it, but somehow I believe Albus informed him of the rest of it. So yes, maybe Snape is thinking about how Potter will survive or how he may help him. Another thought that could be crossing his mind is: "Where is the culprit? Will he make a move today?" Maybe he's thinking about both in fact but one thing is for sure: he is concerned and very tensed. He's worried and it reminds me of when he was worried over Potter in Book1. Nice! If I remember well, we saw a shot of both teachers worried over Potter after the task begun. When the dragon hit the teachers' stand, it was nice seeing how Snape was worried and then thrown on the floor. He had Minerva to support and he looked annoyed, too. Funny-Tragic moment. Is he not happy to be disturbed? Does he think he'll miss the culprit once again like in Book1 when he had to put off the fire of his cape?!
Study Session scene	My favourite Snape-scene from now on! Better than "Page 394". I'm confident we all love the scene when Snape is supervising the study session! I was delighted! It's where I laughed the most and also the rest of the audience. That was nice! He keeps slapping the boys behind the head with a small thin book so they will stop talking and start studying. Ha ha! He didn't hit hard, it was the effect of surprise here, not hurting at all. They have a duty to do, study, and Snape will make sure they do it. The way he 'tells' the boys is very Snappish. I think this was when Granger handed in her booklet. He looked so serious in that shot. The background looks like it is from the Great Hall, too. I loved the way he accepted her booklet and took it from her. She didn't need words, she looked serious, too. I liked that very much. Hermione appreciates his toughness and his being strict about studying, and I believe he somehow also respects her for that and not telling the boys: "He hit you?! Now that's bad of him" No, Hermione doesn't comment because I believe she would like to allow herself to do it. I would! ; ) The moment when he looks again and has his "oh not again" expression about him is priceless!! For once, the whole audience knew the boys deserved it!! He he!! It's just like me in class when I see a student is still not doing what I told him to, even after giving him/her a consequence. I look annoyed, and then I try to make it obvious that I am there and that I don't want to warn them again. And that's what Snape did! The funniest part was when he got both his forearms in the air, pulled off his sleeves a bit in preparation for grasping their heads. To me, it's a kind of "last chance" thing. Why? Because Snape does very obvious gestures, so obvious that if the boys are still attentive to what's going on around them, they'll automatically turn around. That's a last-chance to me, but the boys were indeed oblivious to it all so Snape actually got to carry out what he had meant to. I do that myself very often, it's 'natural' for me to do it like this so of course it's very funny to see it on the big screen! I myself do obvious gestures before I do something about a student who's still not listening and doing what I said. It's part of our dramatic nature, too, I guess. Also, this is a very good way to avoid talking. Unless you had not noticed, Snapes don't like to say too much when there are other ways to do it. Gestures are essential and so effective. We know Snape uses them a lot and this moment was no different. He knows the boys are aware of what they should be doing so he won't waste his words by saying: "Be silent now", "Stop talking", "I told you!" Waste of time! If 14year old boys don't know the meaning of a study session yet, no usual way will work. Hence, Snape hitting the boys and annoying them as much as they annoy him ; ) I love Snape so much!! No, I'm not cruel and I try my best not to be biased but then again I didn't have such a harsh live as Severus did. But I do appreciate many of his teaching methods and I can tell you that by being fair makes the whole difference. So yes, I'm the living proof that Snapes can be good teachers if they let go of prejudices and grudges. Here's what my friend, Afictionado, said about it though she didn't see the movie: "I saw a TV programme about the GoF film and it showed Snape hitting Ron and Harry on the head with a book. Surprisingly I thought that was quite funny. He didn't hit them very hard and they are fourteen year old boys, not babies - it looked less out of balance than Snape's apparently irrational caustic attack on Harry in the first ever Potions class. Yes, I laughed at that bit in the GoF film. Didn't know what had led up to it, but I'm sure that by then the boys deserved it. There's a certain (I'm struggling to find a suitable word) 'laddishness' between Harry/Ron and Snape - I could almost imagine it turning into comradeship when the boys grow up. I could also picture the three of them meeting in a pub when they are much older - Harry & Ron about say 40 and therefore Snape about 60, a Harry a veteran Auror and Ron I'm not sure what but in some reasonable occupation; and them saying to Snape "You were such a b****** to us, but we did learn a lot" and Snape laughing perhaps with an attempt at a sneer but being pleased about it." New!!! Bigger and good quality, too! Click to see it full size! Thanks to Safiyyah!
The Yule Ball	He was there, he applauded the first dancing couples, he was not wearing anything special. NOthing more : ( I don't think I saw him when the Weird Sisters were playing though. I think he would never support such music for more than a minute, long enough to escape. To hell with duty, he's a Slytherin, he'd find another duty elsewhere and make it sound as though he was the only one to do it and the only volunteer, just so he could get away.
Potions Storeroom	I don't remember where it was exactly, I didn't know that was coming because Harry was walking by a corridor after visiting Albus. So I didn't think it was in the Dungeons which would be weird. But maybe for the needs of the movie they let that detail slip by. Well, as long as we were able to see Karkaroff showing his Dark Mark to Snape and Snape looking in disgust at him and very uncomfortable in his presence, it's fine. Snape didn't seem alarmed by Potter seeing him or else he would have said something about it. I think this proofs Snape knew Harry would come to know what was really going on very soon. I also think it's nice that Snape doesn't mind so much, he really must not feel so guilty anymore if that's any indication.
Veritaserum	I liked that as well, I was really hoping to see it. He said it was regulated for students, not regulated for everyone in French. I wonder if that was the same in the English version. However, I think he was rather posed and in control in that scene, he didn't look like `the big bad wolf' to me. He had reasonable doubts and we knew as much so both ways we knew Snape and Harry couldn't know what was going on. I'm glad we saw him in his storeroom however small it was. It made sense that Karkaroff cornered him there.
The Pensieve and Karkaroff	Here Snape's name was only mentioned so now all HP fans, those who read the books or those who only saw the movies, know Snape was once a Death Eater and that Dumbledore stood for him and defended him. It's a shame we didn't have time to see Harry's reaction to this though, if we saw it, it was too quick for me to catch and I was especially looking at Dumbledore defending Snape. Albus looked very confident and spoke with much eloquence. It showed he trusted Snape then. He also mentioned what we knew already: that he turned a spy BEFORE the fall of Voldemort at great personal risks. Good!
After Harry comes back with Diggory's body	Snape was one of the first to rush over, seeing that something bad had happened. I think I also detected his looking at Moody for a moment and maybe that's him who gave the alarm. I know he looked very appalled at Diggory's death and what had happened. In fact, he knew something had happened since his Dark Mark must have burnt black while he was out there (and it does prove he was not able to rush away to the Dark Lord). He knew and yet he looked very shocked and showed lots of emotion on his face. He was worried and was again trying to piece out this horrible macabre puzzle. I'm pretty sure he was already trying to do that and then maybe it is why he thought of Moody who was the one who placed the cup in the labyrinth.
Uncovering Moody's real identity	New image sent by a fan, obviously from Headpress International something - can't really make it all out so I didn't find any such website. Sorry! Again thanks to Safiyyah. I'm more than happy to have at least one shot of this scene!!! This scene was great (even though unexpectedly, Albus came rushing first when we know he can't possibly run as fast as Snape!). You could see Snape in hunting mode again. He was out to get the truth out of 'Moody' and to save Potter as well. I loved the way Albus lost his usual cool control over his emotions and was angry at 'Moody'. Snape had the veritaserum on hand of course, always useful our Snape! He rushed to help Albus and to get the truth out of Crouch. I liked the way he held his wand, ready to strike and help the Headmaster if need be. Did you see Snape look at Harry when he understood that Crouch jr had been the one using Polyjuice? It was very quick but I saw it and to me it meant: "So you were not the culprit, Potter. I was wrong" I don't know if Potter saw it that way, but to me, the fact that he would look Harry's way tells volumes about his thoughts. When Crouch jr revealed his secrets (not much if you ask me), the way Snape looks at him is impressive. His eyes are full of emotions. Snape points his wand at his cheek and presses deeper! You can almost 'hear' his mind: "So you're the one who stole from me for the Polyjuice Potion. And you had a hand in Voldemort's come back, you dirt!" Loved it!! He looked at Crouch jr with a kind of hate, surprised, realisation and resentfulness. Can't wait to have the DVD to look at this part in slow motion!! Of course he's resentful for that basta** to have brought back the Dark Lord! And in Snape's case, it's personal.