10 Lessons We Took Home From The Movies In 2012

Looking back across the cinematic pasture that was last year with the precision of a hawk-man hybrid, it's apparent that where 2012 is concerned, we have a lot to be thankful for. Here emerged, after all, some genuinely spellbinding films which deserve to be embraced and celebrated and watched over and over again until, hey, why did I like this again? But mostly embraced and celebrated.

T.J. Barnard

Published: Dec 20, 2012 09:23 am

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8. Christopher Nolan Is King

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Christopher Nolan has gone and influenced up the place, hasn’t he? And in doing so, he’s apparently awakened the world’s taste for “darker” meditations on existing material, because we all want things to be more cynical and tough, don’t we? Yeah, something to match the harsh realities of today’s world. Christopher Nolan knows that, hence what he did with the Batman movies for you – and now everybody wants in on that trademark Nolan style, because why have your own original style when you can just, like, mimic somebody else’s?

Yes, Christopher Nolan’s influence has extended into franchises that he’s not even associated with over the course of 2012, as mentioned by Skyfall director Sam Mendes, who said that the latest Bond incarnation was entirely possible because one day Christopher Nolan was born and grew up to be a filmmaker. And next year promises to be even more Nolan-esque, what with the release of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, a film made purely to attempt Dark Knight-styled edginess with another, somewhat similar franchise. Except super.

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