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Anastasia · 10-11-2002, 06:43 AM

Is it just me, or does JRRT underestimate time in his books?

eg. I'm reading FOTR again now and after Khazad-Dum it says smth like "He led them on for another 3 hours" and it makes 3 hours sound like nothing at all... or in Rivendell it says "The hobbits had been nearly two months in the House of Elrond" in the same kind of way and that doesnt really seem..well...realistic. And in the Council of Elrond Gandalf says "That was seventeen years ago" in the same kind of way as "that was last week"...

Maybe its just me, but...
Or it could be that time was drastically cut in the film and this influenced my outlook on the whole of LOTR?

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10-11-2002, 06:43 AM	#1
Anastasia Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 91	Time Is it just me, or does JRRT underestimate time in his books? eg. I'm reading FOTR again now and after Khazad-Dum it says smth like "He led them on for another 3 hours" and it makes 3 hours sound like nothing at all... or in Rivendell it says "The hobbits had been nearly two months in the House of Elrond" in the same kind of way and that doesnt really seem..well...realistic. And in the Council of Elrond Gandalf says "That was seventeen years ago" in the same kind of way as "that was last week"... Maybe its just me, but... Or it could be that time was drastically cut in the film and this influenced my outlook on the whole of LOTR? [ October 11, 2002: Message edited by: Anastasia ] __________________ Aw, you've done grand, laddie! Now you know what you have to do: Burn the house down. Burn 'em all! ~The Leprechaun from The Simpsons.