Bring me the head

[Carla]

Jason in Alaska said:

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:

(snip)

- 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.

ME: I COULDN'T agree more. I can not BEAR to look at mini-Hitler! It is so
distracting. I miss original recipe Flitwick!

	* 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.

ME: You took the words right out of my mouth!
I anticipate every scene w/ Alan Rickman, and DO appreciate his skill w/
Snape. But I agree that we were cheated out of seeing him flip his wig, as
it were, at the end of PoA.
As for Dumbledore, it takes power away from his character to have him react
so loudly and aggressively, especially w/ the selection of Harry as a
Champion. It was not yet revealed how or why he was selected, so the scene
actually called for grave concern, as depicted in the book.  Dumbledore's
composure is such a barometer of a situation, that when he has cause to
"freak", then the viewer will know that that dung has indeed hit the fan.

~Carla

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