Gambon as Dumbledore - Movie Spoiler

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

 "celare_ulace" wrote:
> 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. 

   Good comparison. 

> 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 

  Really? I loved that line. I took it not only as a gentle tease, 
but a reminder that they mustn't talk about what they've done. The 
fact that Hermione and Harry go in to do the exact same thing to poor 
Ron suggests to me that they took it in the same light.

"rowena_grunnionffitch"