Originally posted by EmperorSidious2 If your powerful enough than you can overcome it eith one meaning that voldemort isnt as powerful as you want him to be. Dumbledore was protecting Harry so it's not surprising that he wasn't just going all out. However when he did go on the offense he got results. Your one to talk Mrs. Voldemort. I'm not a fanboy you are though.
You aren't making sense. If he wanted to protect Harry why not go all out? Going all out will protect Harry more then holding back. If Dumbledore got killed because he had decided to hold back then everyone would of been pretty much screwed.
They aren't peers, they are enemies. Actually he doesn't outshine dumbledore in feats. Having the elder wand doesn't make dumbledore look bad because he it was a stalemate. Again voldemort never came close to defeating dumbledore while every offensive thing dumbledore did, expelliarmus, water spell and blew voldemort fire back got him some good results.
If we assume the Elder Wand is indeed an incredibly powerful magical article then yes it does make Dumbledore look bad that he couldn't defeat Voldemort even though he had it, and that the best he could do is fend him off. It would mean that without the Elder wand when you compare their own personal power Voldemorts power would be superior.
I suppose you could make arguments it is mostly hype. After all, Dumbledore said he and Grindewald were equal, with him perhaps being a shade better..so you'd think once Grindy got his hands on the elder wand he'd rise above Dumbledore, but apparently that wasn't the case. On the other hand, it is also entirely possible that Dumbledores power grew at a rate much more rapidly then Grindewalds and that is why he was able to defeat him.
Books can be referenced if in need of answers the movie doesn't provide or just to answer questions.
This makes no sense. There is no reason to specify movie versions and then say you can use certain things from the books.
For instance of someone ask what happened to Harry's wand you can say that Harry used the elder wand to fix it.
If someone asked that the correct answer would be "we are never told, but at least in the books it gets fixed".
How about the death of Remus and Tonks. It's never said in the movies who killed them, so do we just assume that random death eaters killed them or go with the specifics.
When in the books does it say who killed Remus and Tonks? Harry doesn't see them die he just see's their dead bodies later on. I know that their killers HAVE been named, but I assumed that came from other things like interviews with JK or something, since I'm struggling to remember when someone in the book tells Harry who killed them.
Either way though, for movie versions we just assumed they died in the battle. Who specifically got in the killing blow doesn't matter, all that matters is they died fighting for what they believed in.
Also if you want to cite books then some of your argument falls apart. Like your "he was busy defending Harry!" argument. In the books Harry specifically notes the only time Dumbledore seemed concerned about him was when Voldemort tried to possess him. But I'm guessing that will be something from the books you conveniently do not want to use?