[HPFGU-Movie] Re: hi, I'm new

[Valerie Flowe]

>  Plus Michael Gambon said he didn't want to try to imitate Harris'
>  portrayal of DD, he wanted to be different.
>  When I read the books I still hear Harris' voice as Dumbledore in my
>  mind.
>
>  Robert
>
We watched about 1/2 an hour of Sorcerer's Stone tonight before the 
kids went to bed. It always pains me to see Richard Harris in that 
first scene. He's so good and yet I know he won't last. I agree that 
the 'later Dumbledore' and especially Dumbledore of Book 7, is less 
genteel than in the first 2 books/films. Still, I also think of Richard 
Harris as the 'true' Dumbledore.
Tonight my husband said "why does Hogwarts look different  if every 
movie?!" Good point; again, directors vision. But I think the changes 
should be subtle so as not to disrupt the visual flow of the series. I 
understand that most people don't watch the films back to back (well, 
except for us Potter fanatics, ha!) but still. What's been so nice 
about this series is how hard they've tried to keep most of characters, 
major and minor, throughout the last 5 movies. I love that.
Valerie