DD or Gangalf - who is greater?

[dumbledore11214]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth Snape" 
<snapes_witch at ...> wrote:
>
> Surprisingly, I've read that Harris also didn't read the books, 
and I 
> definitely know that he didn't take advantage of the talk with Jo 
that 
> she offered to all the actors.  As far as I know the only adult 
actors 
> that did were AR and Robbie Coltrane.
> 
> Perhaps if Gambon had read PoA he would have told Cuaron that DD 
> wouldn't yell at Harry like that!  
> 
> Snape's Witch
>


Alla:

Okay, I read through this thread, I had read Gambon threads in the 
past and still did not quite figure it out.

Now let me disclaim first - I am not a fan of Gambon as an actor, I 
have not seen any of his work before I saw him as Dumbledore, but I 
certainly think that overall he did a very decent job with 
Dumbledore.

Except of course that scene where he is shaking Harry, that I 
thought was idiotic choice **on the director's behalf**.

But I do want to ask, putting aside his remarks about fans and 
books, which is I happen to find quite idiotic and bad PR ( DUH, if 
you want to stick with franchise, making remarks like this about 
books and fans is not the way to go, IMO), what are the problems 
people see with his **performance**?

I repeat with his **performance**. As I said above, that scene 
bugged me as well, but besides that scene I thought he was ideal 
choice to show how with Harry's outlook changes, Dumbledore changes 
and becomes more quirky, more down to earth, more human indeed, etc.

I mean, it is interesting since I think Harris was indeed perfect 
for the first two books to show that distant wise sage, whose eyes 
are twinkling and who can do no wrong, etc.

But, um, we know that **do no wrong** so not the case with 
Dumbledore.

I think Gambon is perfect for flawed Dumbledore.

IMO,

Alla