Other mistake: After the trees wake up when the General is saying that they can still win if they retreat to the river, in the background there is a catapult that picks up a rock and never goes high enough to throw the rock or drop it, but when it comes back down, the rock is missing.
Other mistake: As the Telmarines advance out of the woods, there is a shot in which the mounted troops ride through a gap in the foot soldiers, then turn to line up in front. It is clear that this is a second take because the grass where the horsemen are about to ride is already trampled.
Answer: I'm sure they do. But to advance the storyline in the time they have, it's time consuming for the filmmakers to show that. We just have to suspend our disbelief and assume.
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