It starts a little slow as Boromir makes his journey, but things pick up later as more people start moving around.
If nothing else, I learned a ton about what was actually going on.
Kind of crazy how much Gandalf moves around throughout the whole thing. Eru really should have given him wings.
If you want to delve deeper into this, get The Atlas of Middle Earth. It includes maps of all the journeys of all the stories. Including silmarillion wars, etc.