Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)/Heartwarming
- The scene where Lupin tells Harry about his parents, combined with the soft music in the background, did it for me.
- Also, Harry and Sirius's goodbye at the end.
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Sirius: "It's cruel that I got to spend so much time with James and Lily and you so little. But know this, the ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them in here." (places his hand over Harry's heart) |
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- In order for the Patronus spell to work, one must think of a strong, happy memory. After a failed attempt, Harry mentioned that there is one memory that might be strong enough. He tried it and it managed to stop the Boggart Dementor. He later told Lupin that the memory was of his parents. Harry didn't even know if it was real or not, but it worked.
- A very quick moment, but one that also doubles as a CMOA, is when Harry, Hermione, and Ron are being threatened by werewolf-Lupin, and Snape's first, knee-jerk reaction is to get between the kids and the werewolf and throw out his arms in a "oh-no-you-don't" gesture. Even better because this wasn't a "oh, meh, I gotta go save Potter's sorry life again" moment; it was a knee-jerk reaction on Snape's part.
- He even does it twice: When he and the trio all fall to the ground after Lupin tries to attack them, he immediately jumps to his feet and throws out his arms again.
- I loved the implication in that scene that, while Snape may have his Jerkass moments and personally can't stand Harry and his friends, he's still a teacher, damnit, and he won't let anyone hurt his students.