Gandalf Vs. The Witch King

Originally Posted by Essex

ah, and there's the rub. you said it yourself. I THINK not. You do not know. it is all circumstantial evidence.

Are you in effect accusing Gandalf the White, Aragorn, & Legolas of lying, or at least exaggerating?

I don't believe Gandalf is arrogant, probably a bit too cautious & unsure of himself on rare ocassions.

He feared the Balrog in the book & film but defeated it. He was anxious of the WK due to its great ability to influence the battle for ME on Minas Tirith (in the book). But the likelihood is that he would be too much for the WK in the end ...... the WK would withdraw after finding out for itself that it can match Gandalf but cannot defeat him, & would then cast its terror on the battlefield instead etc.

That is what PJ should have done in the film. One of the few errors in what was otherwise a great effort by PJ & Co.