It's nerdy thought experiment time. Which movie would be easier to follow for a tabula rasa individual with no knowledge of Marvel or Middle Earth: The world-eating blockbuster that is Avengers: ...

This is the story of how life’s journeys, from personal courage to finding love to last a lifetime, became a story of magic and mountains and wizards and dragons. This is “Tolkien,” the personal story ...

Let's specify right at the start that movies are not history, and that biopics take liberties. Not taking liberties would mean not shaping the material of life to make it dramatic, so you'd never get ...