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Gandalf's decision to leave the battle makes some sense, as he wasn't engaged and no one else could save Faramir. In the movie, however, the city is being overrun and the situation looks to be pretty hopeless.
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Pippin: Can't you save Faramir?
Gandalf: Maybe I can, but if I do, then others will die, I fear. Well, I must come, since no other help can reach him. But evil and sorrow will come of this.
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Same in the book as the film. It's a difficult choice, but Gandalf feels it needs to be done. It's as you say in your point above. No one else could save him so Gandalf felt he had to try. Evil will come of it in the book as well. The gates were broke and it was only a matter of time before the forces of evil entered. So no real difference.....