Saucepan, your point on the watchers
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I was hoping that this would be in the Extended Edition but, having watched the theatrical version on DVD the other day, I am now doubtful. Jackson avoided Sam using the Ring because he wanted the audience to think that it had been taken by the Orcs who had captured Frodo right up to the moment when Sam reveals it. So, assuming he wants to maintain this approach in the EE, Sam would have to use some other way of getting past the Watchers.
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As Estel points out, he uses the phial. But (and this may well need another thread) the reason why Sam does not put on the Ring is that Jackson has made it/Sauron too powerful in all the three films. Whenever the wearer puts on the ring he is almost instantly 'seen' by Sauron (except for Bilbo 17 years earlier). For movie Sam to wear the Ring in Mordor would have been suicide. If properly done throughout the films, and handled differently, we could have had Sam wear the Ring. Sauron was hindered by his own darkness he created around the borders of Mordor (I paraphrased that last sentence very badly from the book!)
This changes the story dramatically for me. No Ring Bearing for Sam, no final trip to the West before he dies to see Frodo again. And indeed, movie Frodo left on the LAST ship to the West. (That's why Celeborn was on it as well)
Sorry for hijacking this thread......!