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Michael gambon dumbledore9/24/2023 He made Dumbledore less of the all powerful/wise, and rather boring/generic character he was in the early stories into someone more human and relatable. Gambon had some issues, but overall I think he worked out well. It also made the stuff from the seventh and eighth movies more believable, where we find out that Dumbledore had to make some very harsh decisions in his life (Spoilers: like when it shows Snape find out that Harry has to die at the right moment). It made for a more believable transition to the fifth movie where Harry spends a good deal of time being pissed at Dumbledore for blatantly avoiding him. I'd also argue that the harsher version of Dumbledore in the fourth movie was needed. I also doubt that he would have been as convincing in the later movies when we start seeing Dumbledore's many flaws. That wouldn't have worked well with the duels in the later ones. His age was already showing in the first two, when he had relatively little to do. While I liked them both, I don't think Harris would have done as well in the later movies. That would become a dilemma for those filmmakers at the last stages of the series. However it is really hard to imagine Harris' Dumbledore to fight. Damn.that moment from Gambon's first Dumbledore film revealed my childhood nightmare and i have a personal weakness on watching old people shout, so i hated him immediately. But Gambon.is a bit too serious and overbearing for me, especially when he shouts. His managerial skills in the school was likely to be the famous "Quiet Authority", which i appreciate all the authority like this. I know Gambon was doing the same thing like Harris' Dumbledore, but Harris' personality, delivery of speech and his voice is far more persuasive and appealing. And when you get his meaning, you will be taught and you will ponder the mistake. And his Dumbledore would not get angry easily but using humorous or philosophical language to reason out or satirize the situation or person. He is the wise old man that when he comforts me, i'd cry immediately as a kid. He is the kind of old man that i want him to be my grandpa(i have never met my grandpa since he died very early). I want to give Harris' Dumbledore a hug every time i see him in the movie. Apart from the GOF scene (which I entirely blame on the writing) I don't really see why people find fault in his portrayal, except he isn't Richard Harris. His overly-polite retorts to his "enemies", his private talks with Harry and Snape, his full-on shows of power toward Voldemort. I mean, I like Harris' take too, but for the role as written for the later films I think Gambon did a good job. Honestly, and I know I'm in the minority, I like Gambon's DD. Gambon played up the darker parts of DD, maybe too much at times, but that's the DD he (and his director) went with. Harris played a great grandpa, but probably wouldn't have done badass very well. Besides, why should Michael Gambon base his DD off of Chris Columbus's uber-family-friendly movie DD, when he took over the part under a completely different director, with a completely different movie-feel? By the time Gambon took the reigns, DD was becoming more obviously powerful badass to Harry, while in the first couple books it was more "I know he's powerful but he's such a grandpa". Then again, we all are.Eh, kind loving PS/SS Dumbledore is not the same as Voldemort-fighting OOTP Dumbledore (same person, totally different aspects of personality). What? Do nothing? Offer him up as *bait*? Potter is a *boy*, not a piece of meat!ĭon't let him know, though. However, if we are to truly discover the meaning of these events, perhaps we should, for the time being, let them unfold. Headmaster, I too find it difficult to believe this mere coincidence. Well, the devil with Barty and his rules! And since when did you accommodate the Ministry? Put an *end* to it! Don't let Potter compete!
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