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Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide 07/17/09

no, no, no, no, no, no. the most important aspect of dumbeldore's death is not the fact that he dies, nor the fact that it makes harry angry, nor the fact that it makes everyone sad at a funeral. no, the more important aspect of dumbeldore's death is why he died, which isn't even in this book. As long as we know, after this film, that snape killed dumbledore when malfoy was supposed to we know everything that's actually important about dumbledore's death.

furthermore, pretending that we don't all know that Snape is good in the end or that snape being good wasn't incredibly predictable even in the novels and that therefore his pretend 'evil evil evil' should look more real just sounds silly.
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Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II 07/17/09

@tetracycloide: I found the ending way more complex and mysterious than the book, as in the movie it's made to seem as if Dumbledore purposefully intends for Harry to be a witness to both Snape and Draco's actions, and it's made to seem as if he's in fact pushing Snape into killing him to save Draco. Part of what's so interesting in the movie is that you do see Snape committing what would ordinarily be an evil act, but with trepidation on his face, while Dumbledore is in fact talking to him with kindness. It's a sort of mystery at the end, a very enigmatic one. I liked how it played out. It's a lot richer than simply going "OMG totes snape killed Dumbles! OMG EVIL1!! ZOMG." Reply

Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide 07/17/09

@Pope John Peeps II: no, you're totally wrong about everything ever and... wait... are we... what's the word? you do it with people that think the same things you do. got it, are we agreeing? Reply

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