We might be the only two people on the planet who aren't fans of Snape. I actually found that pensieve scene to be pretty overdone, like they had to repeat the point they were trying to make in case we didn't get it the first three times. I'm still a fan of Alan Rickman, though. I can't bring myself to see Snape as a romantic hero no matter how hard I try. He did some very bad things along the way, and I hated seeing that whitewashed.

That aside, I like your recap of the film. It's kind of nice to see a quiet tribute. In the meantime, if you haven't seen it yet, here's a video of Jason Isaacs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2EKGLBVQX8) making a surprise visit to the Harry Potter panel at SDCC and talking about playing Lucius a bit. He's pretty great.