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[Trotter]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

The timeline issue is the key one. Cirith Ungol takes place during the siege of Minas Tirith. It would not have worked to have the siege of MT/Cirith Ungol as the climax of the second film, particularly after Helm's Deep. I think that Jackson and co made the correct choice here.

Yeah, as I said, the entire film would've had to have been reworked, which is something I wish they would have done. I would've had Frodo, Sam, and Gollum for the last half hour of the movie, and then bring them in later in ROTK so that the timelines would fit.


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