PoA-In defense of Gambon, forshadowing, etc. !!small spoilers!!

[daughterofthedust]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Hewitt" <tahewitt at y...> 
wrote:
> Michael Gambon's Dumbledore seems to be the big controversial 
casting this time around, 
> but to tell you the truth, I like him a lot. Richard Harris's DD 
always seemed like a 
> stereotype of an old, wizened wizard to me. It was too much Merlin 
and not enough 
> humor.
> The playful, ageing hippie Dumbledore as played by Gambon is much 
closer to how I 
> imagined him, and it reinforces DD's status as one of the greatest 
living wizards. Think 
> about it-when you meet very intelligent people, they are almost 
always kind of offbeat, or 
> even weird. I say this with the highest regard-I'm not trying to 
make fun. I am naturally 
> attracted to people who don't swim well in the mainstream, and 
have a lot of friends who 
> are naturally offbeat.
> In my experience, it's been true. The more intelligent you are, 
the more you walk to the 
> beat of a different drummer. To play DD as Gambon does reinforces 
this connection 
> betwen being intellectually superior and, well,  kind of weird.
> 
> 
> On another topic:
> Another possible book 6-7 clue in the movie. In the scene where 
Harry is crying under his 
> invisibility cloak and Hermione comforts him, when Harry says 
somethig about Sirius 
> betraying his parents, you can see Ron in the background looking 
kind of dejected and left 
> out. Could this be forshadowing?
> My partner has been theorising that Ron will betray Harry in book 
6 or 7. Maybe not a 
> permanent or fatal betrayal, but a betrayal nonetheless. Jealousy, 
and a desire to break out 
> of his family's being poor will contribute to this. Percy succumbs 
to similar feelings, 
> combined with a drive for power, in book 5. Even the last name, 
Weasley, suggests this as 
> a possibility. The American Heritage dictionary tells us that 
to 'weasel out' is "to back out 
> of a situation or commitment in a sneaky or cowardly manner" (I 
must admit I've wondered 
> about the name Weasley for a long time, it seems at this point to 
run counter to much of 
> the name irony in the books. Maybe we just havent seen it become 
accurate yet). 
> 
> Tyler

Wow!

Great post and theory!! Make a lot of sense...

@)---/----daughter