GOF - Starjackson's View and some additional thoughts on GoF!Snape

[Phyllis]

starjackson wrote:

<<I don't like Michael Gambon as Dumbledore.  Richard Harris was 
wonderful in the role, and Gambon just doesn't get it right.  I 
think it's a lapse on his part, as an actor, that he did not do some 
research on his part and at least talked to JKR or read some of the 
books.>>

I much preferred Harris to Gambon as Dumbledore as well.  I think 
it's the same thing I've experienced in comparing Stephen Fry's 
audiotapes to Jim Dale's - Fry just seems to have so thoroughly 
absorbed the books, while Dale (despite his wonderful varied voices) 
just seems to be reading the text.  Harris struck me as having 
completely absorbed what it means to be Dumbledore, while Gambon (to 
me) is just acting the part.

The lack of the Harry-Dumbledore debriefing at the end of the last 2 
movies may be contributing to this, however.  There was only a short 
debrief in GoF, and none whatsoever in PoA, so Gambon has never had 
the one-on-one Harry debriefing opportunity Harris had in the first 
two movies.  To me, it's these sessions that form the bond that 
exists between Harry and Dumbledore - the bond that then becomes the 
reason why Dumbledore can't bring himself to tell Harry about the 
prophecy and the reason why Harry becomes so incensed when Snape 
kills Dumbledore.  I suspect the moviemakers cut them out in an 
attempt to keep things moving along and to not repeat information, 
but (IMO) this omission is going to come back to haunt them in the 
last 3 movies.

starjackson:

<<Regarding the *books* themselves, I found it odd that Victor Krum 
never made another apperance in a HP book after GOF.  Usually JKR 
doesn't introduce a character and then not bring them back sometime 
later.>>

I don't think Krum will be back in Book 7 - I think JKR just used 
him as a way to make Ron jealous and wake Ron up to his true 
feelings about Hermione.  Now that he's recognized this, and now 
that they're finally together at the end of HBP, I think Krum will 
remain a distant memory.

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I had a few thoughts on GOF!Snape that I wanted to share.  I found 
it very out of character for Snape to say that Harry should try 
competing in the tournament after his name came out of the Goblet, 
rather than saying something akin to "Potter has been crossing lines 
ever since he came to this school."  I think if they had stuck with 
the book's version, the scene where Snape accused Harry of stealing 
ingredients from him and his threat to use Veritaserum would have 
been more understandable and believable.

Also, I know I can't expect the movie to follow the book in all 
respects, but I missed seeing Rickman blasting the rose bushes apart 
during the Yule Ball (wouldn't that have been more interesting than 
watching him hit Harry and Ron over the head repeatedly in study 
hall?) and not hearing his commentary on the Trio's "tangled love 
lives" during Potions class.  

~Phyllis