Wands and Qudditch Pitch Architecture (was Take *7*)

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" <Aberforths_Goat at Y...> wrote:
 in GoF the final task is carried out on
> the Quidditch pitch, which has been set up with a great maze made of
> twenty-foot high hedgerows (ch. 31). Of course, Flint hunters have often
> wondered how the spectators managed to see anything from their seats - but
> with the movie's stands, the problem is solved.
> 
> So is it possible that Jo's own thinking about quidditch pitches has also
> developed a bit since PS - and that the stands in the movie version of PS
> are an import from GoF?

I would love to think that they're planning that far ahead, even though it would 
be inconsistent with the books.  Why would anyone care if the spectators could 
see the action in Task 3, when obviously they couldn't see it in Task 2, which 
was underwater?  And if the spectators *could* see the participants in Task 
3, then of course the participants could see the spectators, too, and Harry 
wouldn't need to be using his wand for orientation, so it's not a flint.  But the 
towers and elimination of the wand/compass would be an OK modification for 
the film, IMHO.