the sirmarillion is one of my fav books of all time.... really like the historical stuff abt middle earth and the origins of the elves,men and dwarves and also hobbits...
The first half. All that talking without thorough explanation. Two of the biggest questions I have is... why can't Gandalf get the birds to fetch them all the way to the destination from the beginning? Why does he use Bilbo's house as meeting point without his consent? He also disappears for no reason and predictably appears at the right time. Why doesn't he use his magic as much as he obviously needed to anyway? Also, what is with the rocks that started fighting each other? Seems like this movie is made purely for the fans of the book. Still good to watch, given that I was ignoring these gaps.
the stone giants were in the book and it was not explained in the book why were they fighting