Why Gambon is a Better Dumbledore Than Harris Was...(not!)

[daughterofthedust]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "celestina707" <stargaz77 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "cincimaelder" 
> <cincimaelder at y...> wrote:
> > up for his first day of filming as Dumbledore. He had 
> > > asked Cuaron how he intepreted the character (who also hadn't 
> read 
> > > the books) to which Cuaron replied to "just go with what you feel
> > is 
> > > the character".  Gambon then "found" the character after makeup 
> and 
> > > wardrobe. Sigh. That is not doing the character justice, in my 
> > > opinion, escpecially with the mass world wide appeal and massive
> > fan 
> > 
> > Argggg!  That makes me mad,  "just go with what you feel...."  No
> > wonder he didn't seem like DD.  Perhaps if Cuaron knew what the
> > character was, it would have come off better.  Isn't that what the
> > director's supposed to do.  Good thing so many others in the cast
> > already knew who their characters were.  
> > 
> > MAE
> 
> 
> 
> Lets hope that Gambon has gotten some feedback from someone or read 
> some fan posts that there were many fans who were not too pleased 
> about his interpretation of Dumbledore. Maybe just maybe he will go a 
> little more in debth in GoF.  We have a new director, who I hope will 
> stay truer to the books than Cuaron.  Does anyone know if Mike Newell 
> has been interviewed, has he read any of the books or is familiar 
> with the franchise?? 
> 
> Celestina


Wow, 

Well, I guess I'll just have to be alone on this one. :-)

Harris came off as feeble and ill as he actually was, to me (I even
asked my companion at one of the screenings "Is he ill?").

Sometimes, I think some fans can get so caught up on whether or not
the makers of the movie have read the books, they themselves forget
what was in the book.

Regardless of whether Gambon read or didn't read it (apparrently
Harris didn't either). I still believe his characterization was spot on.

Harris seemed every bit the "generic wizard", to me. *shrug*

Gambon actually was Dumbledore.

I'm sure it was just pictured differently for different people, when
reading. 

I, myself, didn't picture a raspy-voiced old man, looking like death
warmed over.

I pictured, an older man, who still looked full of enough life, that
he could believeably scare Voldemort. 

And the caring about Harry thing? I thought that was a bit over-done 
ESPECIALLY in front of the other students in the previous film. I
believe Dumbledore would have more tact than that.

I'd site specific descriptive phrases from the books, but alas, I've
loaned them off.

Perhaps, I'm just fond of his characterization, because his makes a
more memorable impact on screen than, Harris'.

Again, there are wizards a'plenty, in moviedom. Many are just like
Harris' Dumbledore. Perhaps, I was just happy to FINALLy see one that
different. *shrug*

@)--/---
daughter

~~~A book is not a film. A film is not a book.~~~