Blockbuster Films

In ways, I agree with both sides of the blockbuster argument. I agree with the fact that these movies come out to make money and to sell product. But I also think that they come out to show how much Hollywood can do.


One movie that is out now that makes a lot of money is New Moon. This movie makes a lot of money and sells a lot of product(along with Twilight). But the movies were also made for the fans of the books. The movies, in a way, are artistic too. To me, the movies seem different that many other blockbusters by the way that they were directed. Not many special effects were used in New Moon. Only the necessities like Jake changing into a wolf and the vampires sparkling. Those were basically the only ones used. Hollywood knows that this series can sell a lot of product and tickets and so they put out lots of product to make money, but that's just part of Hollywood.









Another blockbuster is Transformers 2. This movie is action filled and shows how much that Hollywood can do in special effects. This movie is entertainment, and bring special effects into the real world. Well, not quite real world cause Transformers don't really exist, but it brings the audience into a different form of reality, it lets out get out of our reality.











One of my favourite movies and blockbusters at the moment is Titanic. Sure, this movie made a lot of money, but there is not much product to the movie. The movie a lot didn't use many special effects, minimal were used. This movie is artistic, in my opinion. I don't think it was made just to make money. It is the story of a true story.











This is why I agree in both parts of this argument.