Letters to the Editor
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Excellent movie, review
Usually I don't agree with S.Z.'s take on movies, and I waited to see this movie ...okay, I watched it twice... before reading her review.
And for once I think she watched the same movie I did. While I would have liked to see more of the elements from the book in the movie, I was very happy with it, and like SZ, see it as a powerful movie about growing up.
One of the criticisms I've heard of the movie is that the new Dumbledore isn't 'right'. Although I think Richard Harris was perfect, Michael Gambon brings an energy and urgancy to the character that is appropriate. And he ties it back to the growing-up-thing. One of the scary things about growing up is realizing that your parents and teachers, the already-grown-up, don't always have the answers.
Gambon's Dumbledore is aware of the gravity of the situation, of the past, of the future, and through a myriad of small cracks, he reveals it to Harry.