Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (SPOILERS)

[Chernabog]

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.

Perhaps like y'all who have read Deathly Hallows I will feel differently afterwards but.... ummm.... is there really any more character arc to Dumbledore AFTER he dies?

And I don't think Dumbledore was "energetic and volatile" in the first two books anyway. I just have zero emotional attachment to Gambon, yet I did have emotional attachment to the Dumbledore of the books and Harris' portrayal. I think Xharryb is dead-on in his analysis.

[wendybeth]

Yes, Cherny- there is. You will find out a lot of background info on Dumbledore that may surprise you- he's not always been the the person he was at the end. Really, it was after reading this book that I changed opinion of Gambon's Dumbledore.

Brigitte- maybe dotty isn't the right word, but remember Dumbledore's love of odd things and his sometimes 'out there' statements, designed to distract or diffuse a situation, but nonetheless striking others as a bit goofy? (Such as his 'few words' at the beginning of term, or how he speaks to persons like the Dursleys, or when he's trying to distract Minister Fudge, etc). Dumbledore, as written, is eccentric- genius, but an eccentric one.