| 1 | ->'''Creator/MerylStreep:''' Batman, what are you doing in Des Moines? |
| 2 | ->'''Franchise/{{Batman}}:''' I've come to rescue you from [[Film/TheBridgesOfMadisonCounty this turgid drama.]] No one wants to see old people kissing at this time of year. |
| 3 | ->'''Creator/MerylStreep:''' What do they want to see? |
| 4 | ->'''Franchise/{{Batman}}:''' YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING BLOWN UP! |
| 5 | -->-- ''[[Theatre/ForbiddenBroadway Forbidden Hollywood]]'' |
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| 7 | The big budget movies during the summer. You know the ones. |
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| 9 | The summer blockbuster 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, and an overall emphasis on [[BiggerIsBetter BIG]]. Big Budget, Big Stars, Big Effects, and (so the studio prays) Big Profits. |
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| 11 | The modern summer blockbuster began primarily with three movies: ''Film/{{Jaws}},'' ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]],'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (the TropeMaker, [[TropeNamer Namer]], and [[TropeCodifier 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 ''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' movie, ''Film/BackToTheFuture1,'' ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial,'' and so on. Because the good and/or popular ones do, in fact, yield [[MoneyDearBoy Big Bucks]], people continue to make them today. |
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| 13 | Summer blockbusters are often (or [[StrawCritic are often thought to be]]) at odds with critics because as a general rule they emphasize flash over substance. |
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| 15 | Compare and contrast BMovie, DumpMonths, LeFilmArtistique, OscarBait and EpicMovie (which is usually a high-minded, sprawling drama rather than an action or fantasy flick). Not to be confused with TheMockbuster, no matter how hard studios like Creator/TheAsylum try. This type of film came of age mainly during (of course) MediaNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood. |
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| 18 | Blockbuster tropes: |
| 19 | * ActionizedSequel |
| 20 | * BulletTime |
| 21 | * DirtForcefield |
| 22 | * OutrunTheFireball |
| 23 | * SpecialEffects (can range from SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome to SpecialEffectFailure) |
| 24 | * StuffBlowingUp |
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