Gandalf Vs. The Witch King

Originally Posted by Gurthang

I'm not sure that would have worked. If you take Sauron out of Mordor, then he probably takes all of his army with him. Meaning that the ending would be Frodo and Sam strolling across an empty plain towards Mt. Doom while Sauron's entire force crushes everyone else at Minas Tirith. Frodo and Sam destroy the Ring, defeating Sauron, but die in Mt. Doom, which doesn't matter because everyone else has died already anyway. Kind of a killer ending.

I guess it's all down to imagination and opinion as to what could have worked and what could have not. But remember, there are some scene changes in the LOTR that PJ did that I would not have expected to see in my wildest dreams. On that front, having Sauron playing a greater part in the battles would not look so out of place that everybody would lose sleep over it!