Originally posted by: battlewars
i think blockbusters arent special anymore because thats mostly what hollywood makes now, therefore they become less special

Problem is you can't MAKE a blockbuster. Very few films that went into existence with the expectation of *being* a blockbuster ever become one. And I don't mean just making a decent release weekend boxoffice By definition a 'blockbuster' is something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales. Not just good first weekend. Bloated expensive films are a dime a dozen and realistically, even with DVD sales and overseas revenue, studios will reach a point that it just isn't worth spending $200 million to have a total take of $250 million when all is said and done. Instead of trying to be the biggest or loudest film they should focus on getting the best film out of the money they are budgeted for.

Actually I just had a cool idea! (Well, cool to me at least) What if, as an experiment, a current filmmaker were to be given a budget equivalent in today's dollars to the budget of the original 'Star Wars' and given the task of completely re-making 'The Phantom Menace' (or maybe any of the PT) using ONLY that budget and ONLY 70s-era movie tech? The goal would be to see if the vision and the script could be enough to make a good picture instead of just relying on dazzling effects to fill in gaps. Hmmm... just a thought.