MOVIE: Chairs

[Joy M]

No: HPFGUIDX 27338

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bak42" <bak42 at n...> wrote:
> Here's some more evidence of benches in the Great Hall taken from 
GoF
> Chapter 37.
> They did it, all of them; the benches scraped as everyone in the 
Hall stood,
> and raised their goblets, and echoed, in one load, low, rumbling 
voice,
> "Cedric Diggory."

>   --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> 
wrote:
>   > Actually, it's more specific than that. I took to doing a little
>   > research after I wrote that email and found:
>   >
>   > Harry clapped loudly with the rest as Ron collapsed into the 
chair
>   > next to him. (SS, after the sorting)
>   >
>   > People throughout the hall were swiveling around to see who had
>   > received the Howler, and Ron sank so low in his chair that only 
his
>   > crimson forehead could be seen. (when Ron received the Howler 
in CS)
>   >
>   > Harry suddenly realized who Ginny looked like. She was rocking
>   > backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby 
did
>   > when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden
>   information.
>   > (also in CS, when Ginny tried to tell Harry and Ron about what 
has
>   > been happening to her)
>   >
>   > I'm sure there are more. But clearly there are supposed to be
>   chairs
>   > in the Great Hall.
>   >
> 
Cindy wrote:
> 
>   Also, there's a smidge of evidence that they use benches in the 
Great
>   Hall, some of the time at least.  When Ron wishes to invite Krum 
to
>   sit at the Gryffindor table, he says:
> 
>   "Over here!  Come and sit over here!" Ron hissed.  "Over here!
>   Hermione, budge up, make a space."  Unless Ron is proposing that 
Krum
>   sit in Hermione's lap, they must be seated on benches, not chairs.

Frmo SS/PS, chapter 8:
"There were a hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts: wide, 
sweeping ones; narrow, rickety ones; some that led somewhere 
different on a Friday...."

Clearly, the staircases are not the only feature of Hogwarts that 
changes.  Based on the evidence provided by Cindy, Brandon, Steve and 
others I think it's clear that the Great Hall has chairs on Monday, 
Wednesday and Fridays, and benches on Tuesday, Thursday and 
Saturdays.  And, although JKR doesn't mention it, I firmly believe 
that on Sundays the students sit on magically floating cushions.

Also, based on variations noticed between the books and the movie 
set, it looks like the location of each House's table in the Great 
Hall also changes periodically.

--Joywitch