Bring me the head...

[Jason in Alaska]

There's been a lot of talk about firing Gambon. I agree that I don't 
like his portrayal of Dumbledore in the latest film....but does the 
fault lie with him? Here are the people that deserve slaps, wedgies, 
howlers or envelopes of bubbertubber puss:
- Wardrobe, for dressing DD as though he is about to go to bed. A what 
the heck is up with the ponytail holder on the beard....that MUST go. I 
find it highly distracting, visually speaking.
- Makeup, for letting Hermione look cute all along. There was no magic 
transformation at the Yule Ball.
- Makeup, for never messing up Harry's hair enough
- Makeup, for what they did to Flitwick...for two movies he is balding, 
bearded and has white hair; then magically his aging is reversed, his 
hair turns black and he wears a groomed mustache.
- Writer, for misportraying several key characters.
	* Hermione - She knows WAY too much about the wizarding world that 
would not have been in books (the whole mudblood thing)
	* Hermione - She has know fear of speaking Voldie's name. I found that 
a significant growth in her when she starts using it in OotP
	* Dubledore - Angry DD is way out of character...you can probably 
count on one hand the number of times DD expresses exasperation with 
Harry...but you never see him as unglued as he was in GoF movie
	* Snape - I think he was perfectly cast, but he is too cold and 
calculating ... there isn't enough venom. Let's face it, in several 
books Snape almost busts blood vessels over things not working out the 
way he planned. It's like Gambon is playing Snape and Rickman is 
playing DD.
- Casting, for not casting Jim Dale as Aunt Marge :) I love his Aunt 
Marge voice.
- Director/Producer, for not having DD portrayed properly

I'm sure this list could go on, but I've run out of steam. I think they 
the producers were smart to get rid of Cuzon who killed the third movie 
for me. To this day I've only watched it once even though I own the DVD 
(I watched the bonus material, but not the movie).

Jason