[onewhitetree]

You guys are forgetting one thing. This does not, by any means, make all the mistakes go away, but it is an explanation for the "quick change" ones, such as Frodo jumping from pouring tea to sipping it in nanoseconds, Gimli and Legolas's hair changes, and the Ring's being on or off the chain. Think of all the scenes that were cut for a decent theatre running time. All or many or the inconsistencies could have been resolved in those (which, hopefully we will find out completely when the DVD is released). If you think about it, those small problems are probably nothing compared to the inconsistency if they had taken out different scenes, etc.