What Do You Think Of Dolores Umbridge?, Is Imelda Staunton the perfect "toad"?!! |
 Oct 19 2006, 10:00 AM
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Missus Lupin and Mistress Crouch Posts: 5,269 Joined: 4:57am January 28, 2005    |
 It was one of the most hotlly anticipated images from the forthcoming OotP film - Imelda Staunton as Dolores Jane Umbridge! In the books, she is described as follows.. QUOTE She looked just like a large, pale toad. She was rather squat with a broad, flabby face, as little neck as Uncle Vernon and a very wide, slack mouth. Her eyes were large, round and slightly bulging. Even the little black velvet bow perched on top of her short curly hair put him in mind of a large fly she was about to catch on a long sticky tongue. and... QUOTE She looked "like somebody's maiden aunt: squat, with short, curly, mouse-brown hair in which she had placed a horrible pink Alice band that matched the fluffy pink cardigan she wore over her robes. So does Imelda stand up to your vision of one of the most stadistic teachers ever to enter Hogwarts? 
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Oct 19 2006, 10:10 AM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 105 Joined: 8:26am June 3, 2006 Location: Germany |
to be honest, i imagined dolores umbridge to be other then the actress is like. i always thought that she looks like a toad, small and fat. thats how i thought she would be like.
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Oct 19 2006, 10:11 AM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 136 Joined: 6:10am May 9, 2006 Location: Teabag Central |
I think she's too petite/pretty for Umbridge - I'm sure she'll act the part superbly as she's a brilliant actress, but she doesn't look right, no matter how much pink they put her in. Toad-like and flabby are not adjectives which spring to mind looking at those images. Umbridge needs to be fat and ugly!
I've said before in the casting thread that my perfect choice for Umbridge would be Annette Badland, but ho hum... Shouldn't really whinge about it, they've been pretty spot-on with most of their casting so far 
-------------------- Fairy tales are more than true. Not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. ~ G.K. Chesterton
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Oct 19 2006, 10:18 AM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 107 Joined: 7:21am August 3, 2006 |
she doesn't look evil
but know i think of it, umbridge is not discribed as evil, she just is. hope she will act good |
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 Oct 19 2006, 10:38 AM
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Leaky's Official Donut Maker and Mosquito Man  Posts: 11,140 Joined: 10:51am August 25, 2005 Location: Playing kal-toh with Professor Snape |
I'm not sure whether to vote perfect or almost perfect. In the top pic with her throwing Trelawney out, she looks exactly like a pink toad. Well, a toad-looking person, anyhowz. She disctincly has the look & attitude of an evil, despicable loathsome pink toad. In the second pic she looks kind of like a distant relative of the Queen taking afternoon tea. But, at least they got it right with her office. They actually took notice of the importance of her decor, as part of her personality.
It will be interesting to see her in motion. 
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Oct 19 2006, 11:11 AM
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Quality Quidditch Supplies Test-Flyer Posts: 1,275 Joined: 11:03am October 24, 2005 Location: Volunteering to ref the next Thunderer - Warrior game |
I think at the moment she looks almost perfect - maybe a bit too pretty - I would have imagined a far uglier face. My son said he thought she would be fatter
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Oct 19 2006, 11:24 AM
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Doctor Filibuster's Junior Assistant Posts: 1,978 Joined: 3:07pm August 9, 2005 |
I voted none of the above.
 If there had been a so-so response I would've chosen that.Her facial expressions in those photos are perfect, as well as the wardrobe and office decor, but her physical traits are a lot more attractive than the Umbridge I had pictured. But I think that won't matter. I think she'll be perfect when we see her in action. -------------------- "Bite me." -- Melissa Anelli (lol)
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Oct 19 2006, 11:52 AM
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Keeper of the Monkeys  Posts: 1,190 Joined: 10:45pm February 19, 2006 Location: lingering outside the room of requirements with a fine bottle of sherry |
Well, I may very well be one in a million, but I dont like her. She seems to pretty for the roll. And theres no pink bow on her head.
I guess even though she is a fat toad, I still imagined her face to be sallow and darker. She may very well be great in action though. She may truly turn out to be a brilliant Umbridge. Time will tell. -------------------- Avator thanks to the wonderful Leaky Galleries
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Oct 19 2006, 01:53 PM
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Forever an Honorary Gallery Goddess Posts: 3,035 Joined: 10:34am July 9, 2005 Location: swapping knitting patterns with Dumbledore |
I voted almost perfect. I do like the look a lot. The pink clothes, the perfectly coifed hair, and she does look short/squat in the Sacking Trelawny image. She's not really toadlike though, so I had to vote the way I did.
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Oct 19 2006, 01:58 PM
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Disgruntled House-Elf at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 416 Joined: 11:32pm October 3, 2006 Location: Somewhere at Hogwarts (check the Marauders' Map) |
I'm not quite a fan of her look. She is not "magic" enough for me. Has nothing of a witch, actually. She reminds me a bit Vernon's sister!
 I'm not complaining though. I'm sure she'll do a great job as an actrice in OTP... But the look is far from what I imagine(d) when reading the book. -------------------- |
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