After watching the first one, I can only come to one conclusion. Dumbledore is not fit to be an educator. Seriously, that was my lasting impression after watching the movie. Not, "Ooh, quiddich is so cool," or, "Wow, that was a really engrossing story. I can't wait to watch the next one!" No. Dumbledore is kind of a dick.
Kind of a dick.We are not even going to broach the subject of how opening a school of witchcraft and wizardry is irresponsible in the first place. No, let's just skip to what has been observed in the first movie (because that's all I've watched so far). First of all, he doesn't hide how partial he is to Harry Potter. Yes, teachers and administrative staff at schools have students they like more than others, but blatantly flaunting it is unprofessional.
Secondly, he emotionally scars a quarter of the students by giving them a prize and then taking it back just so Harry Potter can have it. What kind of way to handle things is that? Yeah, so the kids in the Slitherin house are into the dark magic. You made it that way, how can you spite them for that? You are creating a panoply of enemies who will grow to resent you because you chose Harry Potter over everyone. Why is he such a prince?
All I can hope for the sake of all the muggles and the children attending the school that the second Dumbledore turns out to be a more fair headmaster, but judging from the way the first one went, I'm guessing the special treatment will be a series long theme. Sigh...
Sorry to crush your hopes so early, Dumbledore doesn't change much, except for when the actor dies & they swap in a new guy in the third movie. Even when feigning indifference to Harry in one of the later films, it ends up being a dick move. Still, good ol' Albus has some cool toys, like the penseive & a pet phoenix.
ReplyDeleteAs for Potter being a prince, well, he survived a headshot from the baddest mofo in the land. That's kinda special, even if he didn't do much on his own, what with being a baby and all.