Cover photo

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

> Amy wrote:
> 
> I'm gonna second Al on this one--Daniel Radcliffe doesn't =look= 
like 
> my Harry (nor does Rupert Grint look a thing like my Ron)*, but he 
> =acts= exactly right.  

Well, thank goodness!  I'm so pleased to hear that.  I'll give the 
filmmakers a LOT of leeway on appearances of the characters, but darn 
it, they have to be able to act.  There is nothing -- nothing -- 
worse in a film than a child actor who can't act.  And if they can't 
act, it only gets worse as they get older when they can't rely on 
cuteness anymore.  So you've all made me feel much better.

I'm more than willing to overlook things like Ron's height.  As for 
Emma's hair, I think it is perfect and very witch-like.  I also like 
the fact that Emma is younger and seems smaller.

As for Dan's hair not being sufficiently messy, or Emma's not being 
bushy, I don't mind.  If you try to overdo these things, you can have 
actors end up looking like caricatures.  Better to just have the kids 
look natural.  

And that is where things seem to have gone badly amiss with Draco.  
The hair looks way wrong; someone tried way to hard to make him match 
the book.  I think they wanted to find a way to have him stand out in 
a sea of students.  I'll give the filmmakers a pass on this, because 
mistakes do happen.  But I only give out one pass.

Cindy (who will buy just this one issue of Vanity Fair, if you all 
promise not to tell anyone)