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re: Would Harry Potter had been better with Richard Harris living and playing out Dumbledore?
Posted on 10/19/21 at 8:37 am to OMLandshark
Posted on 10/19/21 at 8:37 am to OMLandshark
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I can’t imagine Richard Harris as Dumbledore after the Deathly Hallows
Are you saying that after Gambon's performance in Deathly Hallows, he is the only Dumbledore for you?
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 8:38 am to RebelTheBear
It would have been interesting to see how Harris would have handled Half-Blood Prince.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:08 am to CBandits82
The HBP movie had some serious problems with pacing and storytelling that were covered up by Gambon's performance. Easily his best work in the series. Would also be curious to see how Harris handled that film
Posted on 10/19/21 at 10:28 am to RebelTheBear
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Gambon did in Azkaban or HBP, and Gambon was great in both of those movies.
Agree 100% and he was. Something that gets lost in the argument for Harris/Gambon is that…in the books…Dumbledore is pretty quirky and weird as well as being calm and in control and while Gambon definitely nails the quirky in all the movies, he doesn’t get the balance right until HBP. He’s the perfect Dumbledore in that movie, calm, quirky and in the scene with the Inferi, or whatever the dead things are called, powerful as frick. I think Harris would have been great but I don’t know if we get the quirkiness that Dumbledore had in the books or get the sense of how powerful Dumbledore really was just because he was so frail.
Him and Voldy were just on another level from everyone else, even Snape, who was pretty damn powerful in his own right, probably the strongest not named the two above. And I don’t think Harris would have been able to show how strong Dumbledore was
Posted on 10/19/21 at 10:31 am to USMCTIGER1970
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Are you saying that after Gambon's performance in Deathly Hallows, he is the only Dumbledore for you?
I would say after HBP, he’s definitely the Dumbledore for me. And I wasn’t really a fan of him outside of Azkaban. He’s easily the best part of that movie. I don’t think it’s talked about enough. He absolutely nails that scene with Draco
Posted on 10/19/21 at 12:17 pm to WicKed WayZ
I preferred Harris. Would have been interesting to see the duel in OotP and seen if he could have pulled it off.
I wonder how the series would have turned out if Columbus had finished the series. I’ve always liked his movies more than some of the others. I know a lot of people feel differently, but I think he captured the books better, but also had less material to get through.
I wonder how the series would have turned out if Columbus had finished the series. I’ve always liked his movies more than some of the others. I know a lot of people feel differently, but I think he captured the books better, but also had less material to get through.
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 10/19/21 at 12:30 pm to RebelTheBear
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The HBP movie had some serious problems with pacing and storytelling that were covered up by Gambon's performance. Easily his best work in the series. Would also be curious to see how Harris handled that film
I wish they brought Cauron back and filmed the final three movies simultaneously. Cauron would have told the idiot producers who is responsible for a lot of the idiocy in HBP and DH Part 2 to frick right off and done it his way.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 1:03 pm to OMLandshark
Cauron definitely got Harry Potter the most right as far as how Books 3-7 should have been filmed. Columbus was the perfect choice for 1 and 2 but I don't think he would have done films 3-7 justice just because I don't think he could have handled the tone as well as Cauron.
They should have thrown a blank check at Cauron after Azkaban. He made stylistic choices in that movie that were basically poorly copied after that throughout the rest of the series.
They should have thrown a blank check at Cauron after Azkaban. He made stylistic choices in that movie that were basically poorly copied after that throughout the rest of the series.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 1:33 pm to Frac the world
Yes. Absolutely. Not even close. We were all cheated.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:38 pm to WicKed WayZ
I always thought that after 4, the direction was not as good. Except for HBP. Goblet is still my favorite since it really felt like the book for me.
Gambon crushed HBP and DH
OotP is my least favorite movie due to the style and direction of it.
Gambon crushed HBP and DH
OotP is my least favorite movie due to the style and direction of it.
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:44 pm to WicKed WayZ
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Cauron definitely got Harry Potter the most right as far as how Books 3-7 should have been filmed. Columbus was the perfect choice for 1 and 2 but I don't think he would have done films 3-7 justice just because I don't think he could have handled the tone as well as Cauron.
They should have thrown a blank check at Cauron after Azkaban. He made stylistic choices in that movie that were basically poorly copied after that throughout the rest of the series.
I disagree, some of the most annoying shite is in PoA. The random shite he threw in there like the whomping willow killing birds and other scene setting shite irks me. PoA is one of my least favorite, I know a lot of people see it as the gold standard though.
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Goblet is still my favorite since it really felt like the book for me.
My biggest problem with Goblet is it feels like a speedrun. Very quick pace.
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:51 pm to Dam Guide
Think I read somewhere that Gannon refused to read the books
Posted on 10/19/21 at 3:47 pm to Frac the world
Neither version was perfect but Harris' version was so...boring, almost pointless. A sweet kindly grandfather figure that didn't do jack in the plot. Gambon's version had flaws but at least he was an actual character.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 3:50 pm to Frac the world
I don't know if it was the direction, or Gambon, but I always felt he missed the mark when it came to Dumbledore's tone.
He just always seemed angry, and had none of the charm, playfulness, and knowing aloofness that Dumbledore displayed in the books.
He just always seemed angry, and had none of the charm, playfulness, and knowing aloofness that Dumbledore displayed in the books.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 4:33 pm to Dam Guide
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My biggest problem with Goblet is it feels like a speedrun. Very quick pace.
I think this is why Harry Potter would be better suited as a series.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 4:44 pm to boxcarbarney
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He just always seemed angry, and had none of the charm, playfulness, and knowing aloofness that Dumbledore displayed in the books.
Idk man. He seemed to nail all of that in Half Blood Prince
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:08 pm to bad93ex
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I think this is why Harry Potter would be better suited as a series.
Well that’s HBO’s bet to take on Lord of the Rings. It’s coming.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:12 pm to OMLandshark
Would love an HP series.
But they need to give it a few more years. Or just start over in a different era, like the time period they're setting the game, with new characters.
But they need to give it a few more years. Or just start over in a different era, like the time period they're setting the game, with new characters.
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:15 pm to WicKed WayZ
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Would love an HP series.
But they need to give it a few more years. Or just start over in a different era, like the time period they're setting the game, with new characters.
They’re making each book a season. I know the perfect casting for Snape though:
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:16 pm to WicKed WayZ
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But they need to give it a few more years.
It's been a decade since DH: Part II came out, it's in early production right now and by the time it is released it should be pretty fresh.
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