Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - - (Spoiler zone)

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I'm a loner in the like-Gambon-as-Dumbledore camp. I found Harris to be far too benevolent and approachable. I like Dumbledore with a dangerous and maniacal quality.

You're not alone. Harris was a lovely and benevolent Dumbledore and was very well suited to the Dumbledore we got to know in the first two books. But we later see Dumbledore in high action, which would have been hard for Harris to do. Dumbledore is spry. Gambon is spry. Harris was, being ill, not so spry. So I love the energy Gambon brings. The sense of danger. And I really can't wait to see him in action during the scene from Book 5 where he takes down a bunch of people in his office.

I wish they'd kept the "Remember Cedric Diggory" line as is, though. It's always the little nonsensical differences that bother me about these adaptations, I think.

But Gambon and Gleeson were just where I wanted them to be in this film.