Why Gambon is a Better Dumbledore Than Harris Was...

[daughterofthedust]

 Three words, fellow fans.

 Exactly. Like. Canon.

 I've been reading all these posts of late praising Harris'
Dumbledore, and I have to wonder...Did these people see the same films
I did?
 
 Are they simply used to him because he was first?
 
 Is it because he was a legendary actor who died?

 Some combination of more than one of the previous guesses?

 Because, really, Gambon IS just like canon. 

 He's eccectric....People complain about the rubber-banded beard, but
he IS supposed to appear batty to his opponents, folks. The
rubber-band seems right to me.

 He's clever, self-aware, and sarcastic....The time-turner scene and
the Buckbeak escape scene. Need I say more?

 And then there's Harris.  

 I'm not trying to insult a dead legend here, folks. I'm just stating
facts as I see them.  Harris played Dumbledore as a generic, wise,
old, wizard.

 Gambon played Dumbledore as established in Rowling's books. 

 Down to the silly rubberband.  ;-)