Which Dumbledore was better?

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First, Richard Harris?

Or, second, Michael Gambon?

Who played the part more like you think it should have been played?
 
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I've always liked Michael Gambon's portrayal. The change from "Chamber of Secrets" to "Prisoner of Azkaban" was pretty jarring, but I think Gambon gave Dumbledore a strength that Harris' portrayal lacked.
 
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Harris played it more like the Dumbledore in the book. The wise, all knowing, with a twinkle in his eye Dumbledore.

Having said that, I could not see Harris doing, physically, what Dumbledore had to do in the HP 5 and 6.
 
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I thought it worked out perfectly with the change, however unfortunate the circumstances causing it were. Harris played the grandfatherly type to perfection, and Gambon brought an edge to the character needed as the series darkened.
 
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dhendri said:
I thought it worked out perfectly with the change, however unfortunate the circumstances causing it were. Harris played the grandfatherly type to perfection, and Gambon brought an edge to the character needed as the series darkened.
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Pretty much.
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
hmmmmm.thought the exact opposite........thought harris was continueing his portrayel of marcus arelius
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It's been a while since I read them, but for instance in the film version of GOF, Gambon's protrayal had him raising his voice and almost going off when asking Harry if he put his name in the goblet. In the book I remembered Dumbledore remaining calm the entire time.

In the end Gambon's protrayal may have been better suited for the screen, but I thought his protrayal was a departure from the book.

And if I had that scene wrong in the book, then disregard everything I just said.
 
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dhendri said:
I thought it worked out perfectly with the change, however unfortunate the circumstances causing it were. Harris played the grandfatherly type to perfection, and Gambon brought an edge to the character needed as the series darkened.
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Except DD was not a dark character, at least not on the surface.



Harris by leaps and bounds. Gambon's DD irked me more times than not by acting very undumbledorish.

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VolsSportsFan said:
It's been a while since I read them, but for instance in the film version of GOF, Gambon's protrayal had him raising his voice and almost going off when asking Harry if he put his name in the goblet. In the book I remembered Dumbledore remaining calm the entire time. .
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Crazy, that was the exact scene I had in mind.
 
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