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I'm not sure I'm following the problem here Doug.<P>Aragorn says that by nightfall these hills will be swarming with orcs, but that doesn't imply what time of day it is. Indeed, if it is several hours to the safety of Lothlorien, it still may be fairly early in the day.<P>Just because the journey to Lorien is covered in a couple of shots, doesn't mean it only took ten minutes. If they stuck true to impling the actual timelines, the movie would be little more then endlessly plodding along Fellowship members. Similarly, the fact that they are jogging to the forest is necessary to imply some sense of urgency and threat. They need to keep the movie moving. Does this make 100% logistic sense? Of course not, but it is necessary.<P>Once in the forest, Haldir leads them to the safety of the flets, as he does in the book. They arrived in the forest late in the day and are safely on the flets at nightfall. This makes sense to me.<P>There the true discussion as to whether they'll be allowed into Calas Galadhon begins. It's Aragorn doing most of the discussion (it is Legolas mostly in the book), but I think it is necessary to show that Aragorn is the leader here. The decision is made and by the next evening they are in Calas Galadhon.<P>Again, I don't think I see a problem.<P>H.C.