I decided today that I am going to do a website based soley on my hatred of the Harry Potter movies. The fans of the books will understand how I feel. When the first Harry Potter movie came out I was incredibly excited. I thought it would be impossible for producers and directors to ruin such a strong and entertaining plot. Unfortunately, the images and feelings the book brought were nearly completely absent from the movie. While the movie was still entertaining to those who had never read the books, it was a huge dissappointment for me and I’m sure for many other true fans. Not too far into the series they changed directors, and Richard Harris (the first Dumbledore) died. This only made the movies worse. Michael Gambon was brought on to play the part of Dumbledore, and the next movie was made. When I first saw “Prisoner of Azkaban” and laid eyes on the new Dumbledore I thought I didn’t like him just because he looked so much less like my idea of Dumbledore than Richard Harris. I was wrong. It soon became apparent that Michael Gambon didn’t act like I expected Dumbledore to act. I find this a little strange, because the character of Dumbledore had been present through several novels at that point, and it was pretty obvious what kind of a person he is. I decided to read Michael Gambon’s take on the role, and he said something about wanting to make the character his own. I realize that if you want to be passionate about a role you should make the character own, but it does not mean that you make up a character and try to be them instead. Michael Gambon obviously doesn’t understand the basic premise of acting which is to try and be like someone else, as opposed to making someone else, in this case a fictional character, like you. But Gambon isn’t the only problem. For some reason Hollywood thinks that sacrificing any action sequences in favor of character development is going too far. If you actually care about the characters in a movie that makes it a “chick flick” right? I feel what is very nearly rage against those who make the Harry Potter movies. So my new anti-Harry-Potter-Movies website will include clips from the movies that I have improved, will allow for clips that anyone else has improved, and will be a place to share your opinions about the movies.

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