Arkenstone...Lonely Mountain..Dwarf King...

Rating: 6/10 (1 March 2019)

So... if you go back 9 hours before the utterly disappointing ending to this trilogy, it all started with a quest to find the Arkenstone to allow the dwarf king to unite the dwarves and reclaim their mountain. Bilbo was 1 of 14 members of this group. Now.. before you all jump on the title..Hobbit...I can't help but with the ending I've just seen, feeling a bit robbed. Like seeing the prequels to Star Wars... they didn't tell us the whole story. We already knew that Bilbo found the "precious" ring in a cave with Golem. That was shown in an odd 15 minute still confusing game of riddles. Yet after 9 hours of catastrophe and trials to get to the mountain, we lose the king, the Arkenstone was never mentioned again after they offered it in trade, and Bilbo says bye in 15 seconds and walked home. I feel seriously cheated out of an ending that should have been different. Also... the Five Armies? Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Humans.... and??? A Hobbit? Just not what I expected to a few years wait to see the trilogy.