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Originally Posted by wendybeth
I would have agreed with you, Chernabog, a few movies ago. Now that I've read the series, I think Gambon is really closer to the character in the book- not the early Grandfatherly Dumbledore, but the younger, more energetic and volatile one. I don't see his portrayal as Gandalf-like, but rather more like the book described: Sort of bohemian, intense, secretive, concerned but not above being duplicitous if necessary- more human, really. The freak-out in the GoF seemed out of place for Harris's Dumbledore, but not for the Dumbledore I now have in my mind's eye.
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I feel much the same as you, Wendy. Though I could have done with a bit more warmth at the end of OotP. Harris may have played that scene better. Granted, I think the scene in the movie was missing some essential dialogue. Not that I loved the movie any less; I really, really dug it. And I loved Gambon's performance except for that last scene, when I think it was really, really important for Dumbledore to show both is remorse and his affection.