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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 538568" data-attributes="member: 4">Well, I haven't seen it so I can't say for sure.&nbsp; But ....I think the whole &quot;capture the ring-bearer and start moving toward Minas Tirith&quot; bit is a plot device, and even moreso is the encounter with the Nazgul.&nbsp; That Nazgul, I'm betting, will report back to Sauron that the ring was last sensed in Osgiliath (or wherever the encounter takes place, but near Minas Tirith, right?) and thus Sauron, unable to conceive that the ring could be on its way to Mordor to be destroyed will naturally assume it's on its way to Minas Tirith.&nbsp; It's a different route to the same place, and to me it gets us there.&nbsp; Now we don't have to bother with trying to convince the audience that Sauron is kinda-sorta guessing that the ring is on its way to Minas Tirith because of various circumstantial evidence (Aragorn taunting him through the palantir, etc.).&nbsp; Faramir, in the meantime, will also arrive to his &quot;character place&quot; along a different road, but he will get there (I'll bet he's practically already there by the end of TTT, that's another thing I will be looking for).&nbsp; So it's a bit of a detour, but for a slightly truncated plot I think it does the trick.&nbsp; We'll have to see how it plays out in film three...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 538568, member: 4"] Well, I haven't seen it so I can't say for sure. But .... I think the whole "capture the ring-bearer and start moving toward Minas Tirith" bit is a plot device, and even moreso is the encounter with the Nazgul. That Nazgul, I'm betting, will report back to Sauron that the ring was last sensed in Osgiliath (or wherever the encounter takes place, but near Minas Tirith, right?) and thus Sauron, unable to conceive that the ring could be on its way to Mordor to be destroyed will naturally assume it's on its way to Minas Tirith. It's a different route to the same place, and to me it gets us there. Now we don't have to bother with trying to convince the audience that Sauron is kinda-sorta guessing that the ring is on its way to Minas Tirith because of various circumstantial evidence (Aragorn taunting him through the palantir, etc.). Faramir, in the meantime, will also arrive to his "character place" along a different road, but he will get there (I'll bet he's practically already there by the end of TTT, that's another thing I will be looking for). So it's a bit of a detour, but for a slightly truncated plot I think it does the trick. We'll have to see how it plays out in film three... [/QUOTE]

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