Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (SPOILERS)

[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.