Hairy Potter

You can’t judge a book by its cover, but I fear you can judge the “Harry Potter” movie by last Sunday’s Calendar cover photo.

First, Harry’s not hairy--at least, not in the right way. Author J.K. Rowling makes it very clear that Potter has knotty, gnarly, black hair, not lovely auburn Beatle-cut locks, like actor Daniel Radcliffe.

And the glasses are too delicate; they should be gawky, thick affairs. Radcliffe looks like a well-fed prep school boy; Harry is skinny to the point of malnutrition!

Unimportant quibbles? Not with Chris Columbus as director. Add things up, and I’ll bet we get “Home Alone” with magic wands. Sounds like Rowling sold the “Potter” rights to Voldemort.

JOY A. CHUCK

Los Angeles

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I showed my four children the picture of Harry and Hedwig on the front of Calendar and waited for their exclamations of delight. The only response I received was a disgusted, “That is not what Harry’s hair looks like.”

I hope the makers of this film are paying attention to detail, because the children certainly are.

CYNTHIA HOLLER-LALLY

Long Beach