Maps, relics, and long roads. The great franchise chapters live here, in sequence.
the adventure film everything else is measured against
the dark one, and the reason PG-13 exists
the adventure film as date movie, and it still plays
the trilogy's warmest
the adventure blockbuster at its most purely enjoyable
panned then, beloved permanently; Queen at a joust
the one that had to work, and did
the one that proved it could be done
the last of the children's-book adaptations
Helm's Deep
a theme-park ride that produced a great performance
the payoff
Cuarón saves the franchise
dismissed then, a family institution now
where the series turns
the wardrobe, the lamppost, and a family institution
the bleakest middle chapter
the best-shot film in the series
a road movie in a franchise
the landing, stuck
the YA dystopia done seriously
better than the first
the war film half of the franchise
the ending *Catching Fire* set up
