The Other Screen: Assemble, Evolve, Rise
This summer, we hit the apex of the genre movie blockbusters.
By Andrew Huntly
It's common for audiences to be given one "event" movie per year. One big, tell-all-your-friends, bring-down-theauditorium experience that highlights what's so great about that large screen and that booming sound system. In 2012, we were given three. With The Avengers, Prometheus and The Dark Knight Rises, this summer has seemed like a gratifying, one-two punch of epic, intelligent genre blockbusters.
Sure, we had The Amazing Spider Man and Men in Black 3 sliding their way in between the bigger release dates, hoping to make their capital before getting crushed by the weight of these titans, but they were the bread you chew on between the massive platter courses. The first cinematic summer giant was brought to us by the possible monarch of geekdom, Joss Whedon.
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