If your only source is the movies, one of the annoying gripes about them is they have this deceptive editing that makes it seem like Frodo left the Shire within a relatively short timespan after the birthday party.

Frodo got the ring on the 22nd of September of 3001. He leaves Bag End on the 23rd of September...of 3018.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Someone should edit the movie to have a transparency of a calendar having its pages blown in the wind until it lands on 3018.

[–] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, I have always from the first time I saw the movies thought that's what they needed. A five second clip of that and nothing else about the movie has to change!

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Hear me out, SpongeBob style voice over with "17 years later"

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