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Originally Posted by AbercrombieOfRohan
when Denethor lights himself on fire and in the next shot is shown falling off the cliff, wouldn't he have had to run like 300 yards in a matter of seconds?
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He would have needed to run (while aflame) a lot more than 300 yards, given that his attempted self-immolation took place in a chamber in Rath Dinen, which is the other side of the White Tower. So, his route would have taken him up Rath Dinen, through (or past) the Citadel, across the courtyard and off the end. And he started off in the wrong direction. Now that takes either superhuman speed or superhuman fire-resistance.
Funnily enough, I only noticed this about the fourth time I watched the film, but now I'm aware of it it really irritates me. Still, the flaming jump off the edge was poorly conceived (as were many elements of the preceding scene) in any event. One of the low spots of RotK.