LotR2-TTT_Seq23

[Essex]

very late posting on this, BUT re the nazgul/frodo scene

Is it just me or does this scene make no sense? Why would the Nazgûl break off the attack? Why would, in film three, would Sauron think that his One Ring, his Precious, is anywhere near Isengard or Meduseld? Wouldn’t he know that the Ring is now most likely in Minas Tirith? At least that gives him a good reason to assail the place in earnest.

This also didn't make sense to me until

1/ I listnened to the director's commentary and he says that he based this scene on the book part in minas morgul where frodo is tempted to give himself away to the lord of the nazgul. So I can kind of (just about) accept this.

plus

2/ I also heard that posted a year or two back (!!!!) on this site that only 7 nazgul were present at the black gate at the end of rotk - therefore as well as the WK being killed, in movie LOTR so was this nazgul and his steed, and therefore they didn't make it back to mordor to inform Sauron that the ring wasn't near isengard but was in osgiliath......