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Thanks for the warm welcome folks.
The way I saw it, the rest were bowing down to Pippin and Merry, because they had as much to owe to them (for reasons you mentioned) and for the fact that this tiny race of hobbits ("they would only be children to your eyes") were so courageous and brave and "had stout hearts" and changed the world for a better course.
Whereas the race of men needed encouraging from the Return of the King.
I thought it was a nice touch personally, and definitely though it was something the book would've been better with.
I also personally didn't like the Scourging of the Shire in the book, and was glad PJ left it out.
The voice over by Frodo at the end (upon his return to the Shire) is also spine-tingling, the bit where he starts off "How do you pick up the threads of an old life...".
I will agree with you however, when you say the bed-happy scene was completely overdone.
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