Jaw’s was one of the first massive summer blockbusters. Sadly while it became incredibly popular, becoming the world’s top grossing movie in just 78 days, it pushed wrong and quite often harmful facts about sharks. It created suspense and realism in a way that people flooded to the theatre to watch, and broke anybody’s…
Category: Spring 2018
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the lost Ark was a 1981 blockbuster hit. The story written by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman, directed by Steven Spielberg this was bound to be a success. With a budget of 18 million, the movie grossed $389 million worldwide a success with the mainstream audience. This movie appealed…
Star Wars
The original star wars was released in 1977 it was a big success, it earned a total of 775 million. It surpassed jaws for being the highest grossing movie and stayed there for a while until E.T came out. It created a star wars mania that made the customers demand more and they are still…
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
The 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a huge hit and had passed star was for the highest grossing movie of the time and held that title for about 11 years (in the U.S. and Canada). The title was beat by Jurassic park, which was also a Steven Spielberg film. This came to prove that…
Rocky
“His name is Sylvester Stallone, but you will always remember him as Rocky.” Rocky, directed by John G. Avildsen is about a young man, Rocky Balboa. Rocky is a blue collar Italian- American who is from South Philadelphia. He starts off as a small time boxer who fights in clubs and uses anything he can…
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a film that sparks the interests and possibly much of the conspiracy behind human relation with the extraterrestrial. Spielberg not only gave his viewers a sense of wonder and what if’s, but it also began to start a controversy in question of religion. Through…
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was originally released in 1982 and changed the cinematic scene from the moment it was conceived. The brain child of Steven Spielberg, the film had a greater impact than that which first comes to mind. Not only were films involving special effects, blockbuster-style marketing and extraterrestrial themes beginning to saturate the market,…
Alien; the Genius of Ridley Scott
When discussing films that became unorthodox success, such minds usually come to a small film called “Jaws”; quickly after the idea of horror in film wasn’t just for scare for the masses. With the success of the film it opened the door for other directors to experiment with the genre. No longer was it just…
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, a Mainstream Blockbuster Movie
The year is 1936, and Adolph Hitler’s Third Reich are closing in on the lost ark. This ancient technology is capable of wiping out an entire army, or at least that is how it is known by legend. Indiana Jones rushes to beat Adolph and his endless ranks of henchmen to prevent Nazi success in…
Close Encounters of the Third Kind/Steve Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1977, is a unique film centered around UFO’s and alien encounters, and around the people experiencing these encounters. Although this film is a new blockbuster movie, it defies some of the set ‘guidelines’ used to describe blockbusters during that time- it doesn’t have…
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