It wasn’t just a pretty good year for movies, 2012: it was also a year of some pretty major shifts in the Hollywood paradigm. A few of them (some borrowed from Movies.com):
• the rise of Seth MacFarlane as a movie player, with the phenomenal success of Ted (which has also proven that comedy can translate to non-English-speaking audiences)
• art filmmakers such as Ang Lee embracing 3D, with Life of Pi, also doing extremely well globally
• the arrival of 48fps (aka HFR, or high-frame rate) with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• the explosion of films debuting on demand (at least in the U.S.), and a first real success with Bachelorette
• Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm
Any one of these alone has the potential to change the shape of movies in years to come. All of them occurring in a single year is huge.
What movie event of 2012 will have the biggest impact in years to come?
Don’t limit yourself to the list here if you can think of other big changes…
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The rebellion against 3D seems to have been stemmed as a result of fewer crappy post-prod conversions coming out. Or at least people have mostly stopped complaining.
I’d vaguely hoped Cabin in the Woods might allow horror filmmakers finally to say something new rather than endlessly telling the exact same stories, but apparently not.
Of these Disney and Lucasfilm. Not sure about the 48 FPS, and I still think 3-D is primarily an overpriced fad. Will be interesting to see where the new trilogy of Star Wars goes. Expectations were lowered after episodes 1-3.
Joss Whedon finally gets some street cred with “The Avengers”. And before anyone brushes off the success of “The Avengers” exclusively to the commercial property and that any writer/director would have just as much success , I have two words for you: Joel Schumacher.
Disney/Lucasfilm of the list.
Technically, I think the shift to Dolby Atmos is probably going to be a bigger deal than 48fps or 3d, since the public will probably react to a richer soundscape more positively than visual technologies which require more of an adjustment in visual expectations.
The fall of the star system to a certain extent (everyone has to have a franchise)
I have to say, I didn’t like the HFR that much. Half the time it looked worse than steady-cam. The real-look was great at times, but anytime they were moving above a standard walking pace it was awful in the 3D.
Am I the only one?
On topic, I vote Disney buying Lucasfilm.
this was *exactly* what I came in here to say!