I saw that this morning, Hec, and I meant to come in and post about it! I'm really excited to see it now.
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Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2007 11:37:24 am PDT #9659 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strega - Jun 26, 2007 11:47:10 am PDT #9660 of 10001
A rave review by someone who seems to believe that blockbuster summer movies are an early 90s innovation, and that evil hackers are a new development in movie villainy.
Odd.
bon bon - Jun 26, 2007 11:54:52 am PDT #9661 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
OMG, Strega is not even kidding about that.
an invigorating return to the style of blockbuster that dominated summers back in the early 1990s. In those days, when the blockbuster was new, there was an excitement about it as a popular new form.
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Related: I watched some of Catch and Release last night (partly because I am an idiot and was trying to get my mind off my fiance being gone...by watching a movie about a woman whose fiance dies) and Tim Olyphant is the kind of greasy-yet-sexy that Colin Farrell never mastered.
Sean K - Jun 26, 2007 11:58:53 am PDT #9662 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Glad to see the good review of LFoDH. Yeah, the reviewer sounds like he's about 25 years old, making ridiculous assertions about how long the summer blockbuster has been around, and other silly statements like that.
But I'm excited.
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2007 12:04:58 pm PDT #9663 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How long has the summer blockbuster been around?
bon bon - Jun 26, 2007 12:07:18 pm PDT #9664 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Consensus is Jaws.
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2007 12:07:22 pm PDT #9665 of 10001
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"Jaws" is, by most accounts, the first summer blockbuster. It was released in 1975.
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2007 12:11:50 pm PDT #9666 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's the oldest movie that came to my mind, too. Thanks.
The thing is, however, did that trend continue yearly? Like, what was the big summer blockbuster of 1976?
Hayden - Jun 26, 2007 12:14:57 pm PDT #9667 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I don't know 1976, but you can probably guess what the one from 1977 was.
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2007 12:19:01 pm PDT #9668 of 10001
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Before Jaws, Hollywood didn't realize they could make BIG PILES OF MONEY by releasing big event movies during the summer. They really didn't have anything in the pipeline for 1976.