Given the state of reality, it’s not too surprising that, after this weekend’s decisive voting, we’ve landed here: with two bombastic, widely rewatched movies set in far-off fantasy realms. They represent two different avenues for escapism: One is goofy, the other epic. And they represent two different metrics of “best”: One is a beloved cult classic (though not as esoteric as some who quote it in the wild might like to believe), the other a ubiquitous cultural juggernaut.
