The Film Crusade

It’s easy to credit the American movie-going public with having the highest worldwide theatrical IQ of anyone in the world. Yet somehow whenever a Christopher Nolan movie hits theaters, that all seems to change. And then all of a sudden, routine movie-goers magically turn into amateur movie critics, declaring films like Inception to be the cinematic equivalent of the messiah.

In case you weren’t paying attention, 3D is here to stay. It seems that soon all theatrical films will offer a 3D alternative. So what does this mean for the future of home entertainment? Zach Copeland projects the way we will watch movies at home over the next 100+ years.

Long gone from today’s DVD audio commentaries is the scholarly discourse. Instead, the commentary has been replaced by insipid anecdotes and the filmmaker’s inside jokes.