Distances

[The Saucepan Man]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The thing is that continually showing time going by to illustrate the true distance these characters are travelling would become incredibly tedious real fast. Those of us that know the distances just have to assume that a few days goes by between some of these cuts. There's really nothing in the films to suggest otherwise. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I agree with you on that score, HC. What I found slightly unrealistic, however, was the way in which locations appeared to be too close together in actual shots, ie Minas Tirith/Osgiliath and Mount Doom/Barad-Dur/Morannon. I realise that it was important in the film to establish the relationship between these places, but it looked strange from the persepective of someone who is aware of the actual distances between these places.