TAIPEH: Recently two Hollywood titans, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, publicly bemoaned the movie industry’s growing reliance on big-budget, special effects-heavy blockbusters. Blockbusters will be bad for the industry because “the experience will trump the story or the ability to compel people through a narrative. It’s going to be more of a ride, a theme park”, Spielberg said.
Blockbusters are sucking the air out of other conventionally popular genres such as romantic comedies and dramas.
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