Originally Posted by
Laurcus
Comments like this really make me want to kick Peter Jackson in the balls. That's right up there with the misconception that the Witch King can only be killed by a woman.
1. The movies nerf Gandalf.
2. Even in the books, Gandalf nerfs himself, because God and the king of the Valar told him not to crunk everything in sight with his awesome powers. He doesn't actually use magic though. Wizard and magic are terms made up by the common folk of Middle Earth to try and gives things beyond their understanding a label that makes sense to them. Gandalf changes reality, his powers are far beyond magic.
3. When I say Gandalf can do things like destroy the moon, and shatter dimensions, I'm not joking or exaggerating. Aside from Eru Iluvatar, (the literal Christian god) the 4 most powerful beings in LOTRs are, in this order, Manwe, Gandalf and Morgoth/Sauron. And before anyone that thinks they know the lore says that all the Valar are stronger than Gandalf, and that Morgoth was the strongest Vala and Sauron was the strongest Maia, that's incorrect. Evil weakens overtime in LOTRs, (Tolkien said so) and as of the Fourth Age it's been over 10,000 years since Morgoth and Sauron fell. Morgoth lost more power than Sauron, and Tolkien stated they're now equal as a result. And Gandalf was nearly equal with the Valar, (as was Sauron, their power was very close) before he got the power boost of becoming Gandalf the White. Also, Sauron didn't die at the end of LOTRs, Tolkien intended to write another book, but he died before he could finish it. The final book was going to detail Dagor Dagorath, the "battle of battles" where Morgoth shatters his dimensional prison, blows up the sun and moon, and then he and Sauron return to Arda for one last battle, which they lose.
After evil is defeated, Eru remakes the planet.