Summer Blockbuster: Difference between revisions

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The summer'''Summer blockbusterBlockbuster''' is generally categorized by: being heavily advertised well over a year before its premiere, an immense budget by whatever major film studio is producing it, often-times a well-known cast of actors or production crew (with some degree of variance), the prevalence of sequels (''[[Star Wars]]'' in particular started the oft-bemoaned tradition of standing in line dressed like someone who hasn't been laid in 10 years, also known as a Wookiee), and an overall emphasis on [[Bigger Is Better|BIG]]. Big Budget, Big Stars, Big Effects, and (so the studio prays) Big Profits.

The modern summer blockbuster began primarily with three movies: ''[[Jaws (Filmfilm)|Jaws]],'' ''[[Star Wars]],'' and ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (the [[Trope Maker]], [[Trope Namer|Namer]], and [[Trope Codifier|Codifier]], respectively) and continued on from there, opening up space for films that previously would have been considered too risky or expensive to make: the first ''[[Terminator]]'' movie, ''[[Back to Thethe Future (Filmfilm)|Back to The Future]],'' ''[[ETE.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film)Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]],'' and so on. Because the good ones do, in fact, yield [[Money, Dear Boy|Big Bucks]], people continue to make them today.

Summer blockbusters are often at odds with critics because as a general rule they emphasize flash over substance. In fact, many critics have an extreme bias against movies of the type for [[Bias Steamroller|generally no reason other than their existence.]] Consider ''[[Transformers (Filmfilm)|Transformers]]'' (not the animated one, oddly) which actually received more positive reviews than negative reviews -- areviews—a fact often ignored by those who insisted that poor critical reception against the sequel was due to an anti-''[[Transformers]]'' bias on the part of critics.

See also [[Epic Movie]], which is different that this because epics are often sprawling dramas as opposed to action and fantasy films. Compare and contrast [[B -Movie]], [[Dump Months]], [[Le Film Artistique]], [[Oscar Bait]]. Not to be confused with [[The Mockbuster]], no matter how hard studios like The Asylum try. This type of film came of age mainly during (of course) the [[Blockbuster Age of Hollywood]].

* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: The reaction of many movie critics and purists towards people who enjoy the movie.