First Equus review!!!!!!! - Casting Dan

[Lizzie Mae Lilly]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, OctobersChild48 at ... wrote:
> 
> Michael Gambon as Dumbledore; one of my soapbox issues with the 
movies.
> I absolutely HATE his portrayal of DD, but I don't know who to 
blame. Richard 
> Harris was so perfect as DD, but there are definitely others who 
could have 
> stepped in and done just as well. Michael Gambon is not one of 
them. I know 
> what's his name(?) -- sorry, having a senior moment -- oh, I've got 
it(!), 
> Alphonse Cauron is responsible for the way Gambon played DD in POA. 
but since he was 
> not the director foe GOF, why wasn't his (Gambon's) performance 
better? 
> Perhaps Gambon just doesn't have it in him to play DD properly. And 
what's with the 
> costume change? They dressed HGarris the way DD is written in the 
books, but 
> they have Gambon in that ugly mauve robe that looks like a dressing 
gown, and 
> that stupid flat hat. Harris changed costumes several times, each 
one as 
> beautiful as the last, but Gambon has only worn that same ugly 
costume through both 
> movies he has been in. That can't be his fault, though.
> 

Cuaron has a lot to answer for besides Gambon's Dumbledore!  Poor 
Flitwick!  Even though the half-goblin wasn't what JKR had in mind 
(she said Flitwick was merely short with distant goblin blood); I 
thought he was adorable.  The current Flitwick is rather frightening 
IMO!!  And those sloppy uniforms . . . detentions all around for 
loose ties and shirttails hanging out!!  At least he didn't mess with 
Snape!

Lizzie Mae