Azog isn't in the book

The five armies are made up of the dwarves, the men of laketown, the mirkwood elves, the orcsgoblins and. He is about to kill the hobbit when the moth returns to gandalf. This blog is meant to document some of the details that went into editing peter jacksons three hobbit films down into a single 3hour movie that, i think, follows tolkiens original story as lovingly as possible. While azogs involvement in the hobbit trilogy was greatly expanded, it presented us with a very important nemesis. Thorin kills azog the defiler hobbit art, o hobbit, azog the defiler. This is chapter 12, inside information, in the 2019 theatrical audiobook of the hobbit produced by bluefax.

I am to play azog in peter jacksons lord of the rings lotr two part prequel the hobbit based on the book by j. In the book, bolg is killed by beorn during the battle of the five armies. He is uninterested in yaznegs excuses, and kills him for his failure. In the book kindhearted heroic men, a bit stubborn, and loving to troll people now and then. Its not a question of remaining faithful to the book, but placing some of your.

This sparked off the war of the dwarves and the orcs which went on for 9 years before azog. With martin freeman, ian mckellen, richard armitage, andy serkis. In the movie, he is killed by legolas, outside of the main battle. Although some viewers did not appreciate the addition of azog since it compromised the movie by making it stick less to the book. Five things changedexpanded from the book for the hobbit. Azog does not appear in the hobbit, having been killed by dain ii ironfoot many years earlier in the story. The necromancer is mentioned in the hobbit and is basically the explanation for gandalfs disappearances in that book. The hobbit was one of the early fantasy book ive read and together the lord of the rings was something that i loved. The escape from the goblin caves is abandoned in favor of transitioning to bilbo and gollums exchange. This doesnt seem familiar from the book, but perhaps my memory isnt so good. Bilbos not a conservative gentleman hobbit, who gets carried away by his curiosity for adventure, but a timid teenager.

The company is instead trapped by a group of wargs who live in the area. Azog is made far more interesting than he ever was in the books or, should i say, the appendices. The tolkien nerds guide to the hobbit peter jacksons blockbuster movie draws upon stories behind stories behind stories, just as j. Lord of the rings vs game of thrones read op battles. Tolkeins 1937 classic fantasy novel the hobbit and one of the two main antagonists along with smaug of sir peter jacksons adapted liveaction film trilogy, being the main antagonist of. Why didnt gandalf simply destroy azog during their. Azog wanting to end the line of durin, smaug terrorizing erebor, even the elves refusing to help themall of it ties into rauns dark and mysterious past, and shes looking to make things right.

Was azog as strong and powerful in the hobbit book as he is in the movies. Keep in mind azog was swatting away groups of dwarves who typically weigh. This scene is not in the book, and adds a violent battle that somewhat changes the tone of the. In reality, she isnt even a character in the book, with this being. Azog from the hobbit auj by grantgoboom on deviantart. In reality, she isnt even a character in the book, with this being someone that was totally made up to give a female warrior to the films. The hobbit tells a fantastic story of adventure, danger, friendship, and courage, and serves as a prequel to the even more immersive and epic book series, the lord of the rings. As the wargs tear yazneg apart, azog angrily demands the rest of the orcs send word out he is placing a bounty on the dwarf kings head. The average lifespan of an orc is unknown, but it is conceivable that he was one of those sent to moria by sauron in about t. Having grown both age and reading experience, i can now easily say that the book isnt free from defects not simply a more childish theme, but the actual structure of the book, useless characters, twisted character. In the books the five armies are dwarves, men, elves, orc, and wargs. Are there any tolkien lord of the rings books that. R tolkien that takes place in the fictional world of middle earth, which is the setting of most of the authors works.

I was as irritated as most people when i heard that peter jackson would split the hobbit into three movies because it was obviously a decision based on nothing more than getting as much money as possible, but even i never imagined that he would stoop to making a movie like battle of the five armies a. This computer generated azog isnt unique to the first hobbit film, it is, in fact, the same techniques and technologies used for the gollum character also in this film, and the lotr trilogy of films 4. Azog is defiantly superior in strength, decapitating a horse isnt completely impossible for a normal human to do, hes best feat was putting enough pressure to outright explode oberyns head like a melon, which is notably superhuman, but still nothing compared to sending several dwarves, all armored in full and heavy looking plate, off their. Battle of the 25 armies plus a couple of random giant mountain goats.

Bolgs father azog is killed by thorin in the movie, also away from the battlefield. By jennifer vineyard cnn when people complain about the nearly threehour length of the first installment of the hobbit film trilogy because the source book is. In the books, gandalf indeed fears that sauron could ally with the dragon, but the dark lord isnt concerned with the battle of five armies or erebor. Gandalf says that sauron wants to conquer the lonely mountain because of its strategic position. Scenes and characters added to the hobbit films fandango. The addition of azog isnt really a complaint for me. Tolkiens 1937 novel the hobbit, as well as a supporting character in the lord of the rings. Azogs son, bolg, does appear in the hobbit to get revenge, but appears only at the battle of five. Given there are signs that orcs hold somewhat have a hierarchy and we do see from the books that bolgs motivation is based on a grudge. Why didnt azog wait to attack until the elves and dwarves had.

Another cg character but think about ittolkien created azog and while his backstory isnt fleshed out much like countless other characters, his purpose in the book is. Between initial casting and final edit my character was renamed bolg, who in the tolkein book is the son of azog. The reader doesnt follow gandalf to the necromancer and only finds out in fellowship of the ring who the necromancer really is. Azog, also known as azog the defiler, is a background antagonist in j.

For an orc, was azogs motivation in the hobbit films. When azog had them cornered with wargs and many other orcs, and gandalf was clearly outnumbered. According to the author, azog was slain years earlier by a dwarf named dain who appears in the battle of the five armies. The red viper game of thrones vs azog the defiler the. When it appears that thorin is about to be killed, bilbo jumps to his aid and rescue him.

Gandalf isnt a powerful mage, but a wellinformed homeless guy, radagast is another one, and a schizophrenic in addition. The only full account of the event is tolkiens description of the battle of azanulbizar in appendix a to the lord of the rings. The battle of the five armies covers roughly the last 60 pages of the book, chronicling the demise of the dragon smaug benedict cumberbatch and the struggle to gain dominion over the lonely mountain and its treasures. Im going to point out firstly that, although azog isnt a character in the book, i think this is a valid question in both book and movie canon. Azog was the leader of the orcs in the north, while lurtz seems to be the leader of. Tauriel is an elf that was completely made up for the hobbit movies. Within the hobbit, azog plays a big part in the movie, appearing as one of the. Keep in mind that jackson isnt allowed to use some of tolkins. So it isnt out of the realm of possibility that an all powerful orc leader would hold a grudge. This vengeful orc one of the main villains in the hobbit films isnt even alive in tolkiens version of the story. But this isnt over, not yet till he falls forever anyways. After a short fight, azog personally directs his attention toward bilbo. In the book the wargs talk and they have more of an alliance with the orc rather than being ow.

We see his master is none other than azog the defiler. These events are related by the narrator, gandalf and thorin during the unexpected. The distinction between orcs and hobbits isnt exactly clear, the two groups may be somewhat interchangeable, but i dont think theyre completely so. Azog is depicted in the films as a huge, fearsomelooking and herculean orc, the most developed example of the orc species in all of middleearth. Also, the book is quite different by the time we get to the battle of five armies. In the book, the orc legions are commanded by azogs son bolg, who appears in desolation of smaug as the leader of the orcs who track the dwarves to laketown. Having read the book, i can safely say that, yes, the eagles are the fifth army, tolkien himself explicitly states, in the book, that it was a battle fought between men, elves, dwarves, orcs, and eagles. At the theater, a gamefaqs message board topic titled bolg is supposed to be azogs son. A reluctant hobbit, bilbo baggins, sets out to the lonely mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon smaug. In the book the hobbit azog is little more than just a name.

Why didnt azog wait to attack until the elves and dwarves. So, she joins in the dwarves to reclaim erebor, capturing the hearts of many on her way. I should say that while i dont think jacksons storytelling was as concise and characterdriven as it could have. To be straight about it, yes, azog is a tolkien creation. And while i can honestly say i have told you the truth, i may not have told you all of it. Information about azog as told by balin in the movie never makes it to the book is taking from the silmarillion and unfinished tales. Unlike any other orcs seen in peter jacksons films, azog and his band speak using the orkish language rather than in english, refuses to speak in common speech. Azog in the hobbit movie is one of the main antagonist, while lurtz was a fairly important minor character. There and back again, or the hobbit in 3 hours there. In the book azog was already dead, and his son bolg lead the goblin army in the battle of the 5 armies. You stood up looking at azog above who was still in slight pain on his wrist and the line of durin will still live. Apparently, these are drawn in from obscure places in tolkien, like his silmarillion i wouldnt know, havent read it which means. Some hobbit fans will be surprised to find two prominent characters in the movie who were not in the book another wizard, named radagast the brown, and a lead villain called azog, the pale orc. The company has found the way into erebor, but their quest isnt over yet.

It was a decision that worked out fine, as the elf is a great character, but when it comes to being truthful to the book, this character simply wasnt. The book is packed with more than 1,000 images of concept artwork, photographs and development paintings by the artists working behind the scenes to. Im generally a book purist, but i loved how jackson brought the characters more to life i mean, im getting to know about some of the dwarves more than i did in tolkiens book this isnt an insult to him, but he mainly focused on gandalf, bilbo, and thorin, and while thats fine, i would have liked more information on the others, that said, bofur. He was the first hobbit to become famous in the world at large, and was one of the few to. Although it isnt clear why, when he actually manages to disable. He was anecdotally slain by thorins cousin dain ironfoot. Azog is large, covered in scars, and most noticeably, is pale as snow. The addition of azog added action to the movie, which otherwise there wouldnt be much of. Although his book counterpart was also a villain, the first film makes him willing to answer azogs bounty on thorins head. In the book, the goblins wanted them destroyed simply because they considered them spies and a threat even though the dwarves never wanted any trouble with the goblins. Azog the defiler vs the mountain much faster and likely a bit stronger.