re: The Hobbit Trilogy

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Well, Dain Ironfoot took over as King under the mountain. The arkenstone was placed in the tomb with Thorin. But I know that from the books. You're right, it wasn't covered in the movie. That was a little upsetting. Maybe the extended edition will show us this. I read somewhere that this one was edited down a lot.

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If I'm not mistaken the 3rd film as about a half hour shorter than the other 2 and I think the last half hour could have been used more wisely.

In the book Balin and Gandalf come to visit Bilbo some years later and they inform him of such developments at Erebor since their adventure. Could have been an easy and quick way to let non-readers know what happened and tie off that loose end (plus it'd be accurate to the book)