Gambon as Dumbledore - Movie Spoiler

[celare_ulace]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Jason" <shrtbusryder2002 at y...> 
wrote:
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> > 
> > Good evening!
> > 
> > I think the same. I didn't like this new acting style very much 
> either. In my opinion even his voice isn't as kind and simply 
> *knowing* as Dumbledore's voice before. I think this and the 
> somewhat stricter features are what I dislike most about Gambon as 
> DD.
> > Richard Harris R.I.P.
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> > 
> > SnapesRaven
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> >   Spoiler below -  
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> >   Just saw a special screening this evening and we thoroughly 
> enjoyed 
> >   the movie, however I have a little problem with Gambon as 
> >   Dumbledore.  Visually he looks the part, but he talks too fast 
> and 
> >   moves too fast.  Richard Harris as Dumbledore better portrayed 
> the 
> >   part as described in the books.  He created the "presence" of 
> >   Dumbledore.   Did anyone else feel this way, or am I nuts?  
> > 
> >   "Brooke"
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> 
> Jason:
>    I never bought the Richard Harris dumbledore. He wasnt funny 
> enough. The new DD is funnier, but less awe inspiring. Mostly what 
i 
> picture when i read the books is Ian McKellens Gandalf. Any scene 
> involving Gandalf talking to a hobbit in LOTR seems like DD 
talking 
> to one of the kids. He's funny, he's powerful, he's large and in 
> charge! :-) 
> ]



I always thought canon DD oscillated a bit between Venerable-Wiseman 
and Quirky-Yet-Endearing-Eccentric; personally I would have likened 
him more to Merlin from T.H.White's 'The Sword in the Stone' than 
Gandalf. 
Either way, I found Gambon a big disappointment - he was neither 
charismatic nor sympathetic - I thought he all but phoned in his 
performance. Nitpicking rather, but that post-rescue: 'Yes, we did 
it, Professor,' 'Did what? Goodnight.' line was IMO a big mistake. 
It drove a wedge between DD and Harry which simply makes no 
canononical sense. Perhaps handled better it wouldn't have bothered 
me quite so much, but it was my least favourite moment in a film I 
really loved (close second, OT, was the Harry/Mr Weasley scene -
clunky, characterless and knocked my high opinion of Mark Thomas' 
acting ability).