[HPforGrownups] Re: MOVIE: The Turban & Other Wrongs

[Tandy, Heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 27315

I also thought they were chairs, probably for the same reasons as Megan,
like
> "He [Harry] slipped into a seat between Ron and
> Hermione athe the Gryffindor table..." (PS 220)
> "He [Harry] and Hermione sat down on either side of Ron, who had saved
> them seats." (POA 91)
> "Percy, who was sitting a few seats down..." (POA 92)
> "Harry dropped into a seat at the Gryffindor table..." (POA 96)

HOWEVER, I am more willing to give them a pass on using chairs than I am on
their putting Quirrell into a turban before the break-in, simply because
they were actually dealing with a real life room in their Great Hall scenes,
not a set, and benches for 400 take up less space than chairs do - it
might've been a space issue, or a configuration issue, and I'm willing to
allow that as something that *may have to* be different on screen than in
the book, simply because Chris Columbus can't actually use magic to make the
room larger, sad as that is.