He's Played WAY More Than Dumbledore, You Know
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Mayanas — 19 years ago(January 28, 2007 10:01 AM)
Haha I rolled over laughing at that line and how he said it. Rolled over so bad that I had pause the dvd for a few minutes while I regained my breath. I then went over and used the line on the dog and I was rolling again.
When I finally recomposed I returned to the screen only to have to rewind a couple of seconds to give the cordless headphones time to connect and I had the honour of hearing the line one more time and in turn it had me cracking up again.
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Mayanas — 19 years ago(January 28, 2007 10:07 AM)
Yes he has.
I feel fairly tempted to flood the board with posts about every other film/play/interview/anything he has ever done just to get all the Dumbledore post out of the way and back on, lets say, page 7? 8? -
schizomanic — 19 years ago(February 02, 2007 01:57 AM)
Micahel Gambon is a really good actor. I've seen him in movies aother than Harry Potter Series and yes he was brilliant on those roles. I agree that he didnt really do a good job on the HP movies because I was and still comp7ecaring him to t he late Richard Harris ( who is really great btw). I know he's trying to make the character of Dumbledore his but i think he went to far. If you read the book, Dumbledore is always the calm and collective old wizard but Gambon played him as the opposite.
Will in the 5th movie, we will see dumbledore in action and i think Gambon will do a great job on that.
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bloodbathbaby — 19 years ago(February 26, 2007 09:09 PM)
He is kinda awesome isn't he?
and funny too.
Regarding on the HP movies, I'm actually quite happy that he's taken on the Dumbledore role.
Oh, he's not what i've pictured Dumby to be like at all..but he's Gambonand i love him!
Like he gives a damn about what the lil kids think of him
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Memories-Of-Murder — 19 years ago(February 27, 2007 10:59 AM)
Sir Michael Gambon is one of my favorite actor. i first noticed him in the british TV series The Singing Detective. Since then i have been a fan of his work. A truly great actor. He is the real deal.
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MonicaBale — 18 years ago(April 15, 2007 10:38 AM)
I haven't seen him in THe Signing Detective, but I loved him in The Cook The Thief, the wife and her lover That was early 90's.. Followed his work ever since, he is an amazing actor.
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cadgemeister — 18 years ago(May 23, 2007 08:29 AM)
I think he's got the part of Dumbledore all wrong - but in every other film I've seen him in he has been superb. His portrayal of Spica in "The Cook The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" stands head and shoulders above all of the rest as his best performance to date.
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Yargg — 18 years ago(May 25, 2007 09:10 AM)
Now, what would you say makes the portrayal wrong? He is too angry? Too short? Speaks in an Irish accent?
Gambon didn't get the role of Dumbledore "all wrong". He got it all Gambon- The keeper of the city keys put shutters on the dreams.
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Yargg — 18 years ago(May 25, 2007 09:18 AM)
BTW:
I thought he was great in The Cook, the Thief, Layer Cake, The Insider, Open Range, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Charlotte Gray, which would qualify as rubbish if Gambon hadn't been in it.- The keeper of the city keys put shutters on the dreams.
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cadgemeister — 18 years ago(May 26, 2007 10:11 AM)
"Now, what would you say makes the portrayal wrong? He is too angry? Too short? Speaks in an Irish accent?
Gambon didn't get the role of Dumbledore "all wrong". He got it all Gambon"
He plays Dumbledore far too aggresively, I'm not saying it's a bad performance per se, just he hasn't depicted the character properly. Although that is more the fault of the director and screenwriter; especially seen as Gambon hasn't read any of the books. -
Master_of_the_Pride — 18 years ago(December 25, 2007 11:12 PM)
Perhaps I gave this board a perfunctory look but nobody seems to have mentioned The Insider: his performance as Russell Crowe's boss, one of the "seven dwarves", the seven heads of the American tobacco industry, is chilling.
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nonplussed — 18 years ago(December 09, 2007 06:25 PM)
Great in Layer Cake! I loved the chemistry between him and Judi Dench in Cranford even though he was only in it for two episodes and he was so gentle which I loved because it was nice to see a different side to his acting.
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kasspian — 18 years ago(January 18, 2008 05:41 PM)
You all should watch Othello with Maggie Smith and see if you can catch Michael Gambon in the background somewhere. He has no lines, and plays various background parts. He's a soldier for the most part. It's incredible. They're both in their late 20s in that movie/play.
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inlovewithmyguitar21 — 18 years ago(February 22, 2008 05:28 AM)
I just saw him in amazing grace and he was excellent in it! That's a good movie.. but yeah he's been in plenty of other things and it's kind of funny how no matter how many other great roles he's been in we'll see him as dumbledore.
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