The movie is like the book. Please. Not exactly. Most movies that are made from books are not exactly like the book.
License is taken. It is called movie making.
I've read literally everything Tolkien has written...
I saw the first two Hobbit movies...They had plenty of license taken...really didn't mind it as I'm not one of the "book purist" who gets their panties in a wad...
What I don't like is Jackson pretty much is inventing an extra storyline...with added characters and such...
There was plenty of "book" to make two good movies...
He just added a bunch of stuff to make a third movie simply for profit...
God bless America...