Beware the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!

Following the inevitable letdown of Election Night (for Republicans because Romney lost; for Democrats because Nate Silver spoiled the ending), we point our anticipation to the rest of this year’s expectation-encumbered entertainment: Can Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty deliver on the promise of their trailers? Why wasn’t RZA’s The Man With the Iron Fists as good as its soundtrack? And is Skyfall still the Best Bond Ever, like it was last week? Only the Curve will tell.

Beware the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!