From the Guardian:
Favourite movie wizards
1. Gandalf (The Lord Of The Rings) 44%
2. Dumbledore (Harry Potter) 17%
3. Harry Potter (Harry Potter) 9%
4. Merlin (The Sword in the Stone) 6%
5. The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz) 2%
Man, I'd TOTALLY vote for the D&D kid from Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors before I'd vote for the other guys on this list. He was AWESOME.
If we open it up to book wizards: I vote for Howl.
Actually, while we're at it, if we open the movie poll up to magic users in general... in that case, I vote for David Bowie's Jareth. (As long as I avoid looking at his scary silver spandex.)
Re: Spandex - You want to look away but you just just can't. Apparently Bowie lives above our new library branch and comes down once in a while. How on earth does no one mention that scene to him every time they see his face?
Posted by: Fuse #8 | 10 July 2007 at 09:10 AM
I would have voted for Rincewind or Granny Weatherwax (both from the Disc World series).
Posted by: Adam S. | 10 July 2007 at 02:10 PM
Ahah. Labyrith was my favourite film when I was four. By the time I was seven I had a massive crush on Jareth. Yeah, I know it's stupid, but it beat H from Steps, who my friend was salivating over. I know every word off by heart to that film.
Sure Howl's groovy too, and Rincewind definately.
Posted by: Sylvia | 10 July 2007 at 02:31 PM
If asked the question, Howl might not have come to mind, but I love Howl. I vote for Howl!!!
Posted by: jmfausti | 10 July 2007 at 02:55 PM
Is it bad that I think that poll made perfect sense? Except for the fact that the Wizard of Oz shouldn't have been there. He wasn't even a wizard, yeesh.
Posted by: Shrieky | 10 July 2007 at 08:50 PM
He was a very good man!
Just not a very good wizard.
Posted by: J. L. Bell | 12 July 2007 at 05:37 PM