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Originally Posted by Aspengc8

It actually drifted away from the book on quite a few things...

Spoiler!

In the Battle of Azanulbizar, Azog is not killed by Dáin (who appears to be absent in this first film). Instead he fights Thorin Oakenshield after beheading Thror. During the duel, Thorin cuts off Azog's left arm and the Orc army flees, dragging their wounded leader with them back inside Moria. Thorin later believes Azog to have died from his wounds. This is not how it happens in the book.. at all. Also the scene where they encounter the Goblin King has Gandalf disemboweling him when in the book is killed when Gandalf's magic 'flash' saves them.

I am currently reading The Hobbit. It seems that the Gandalf in the books is not as much of a bad a$$ as the way he is portrayed in the LOTR movies. Not that he is weak or anything, but not nearly as powerful and confident. Of course, I have yet to see the movie, The Hobbit. I also haven't read TLOTR but plan to read it in the near future. So take that with a grain of salt, I guess.