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Tuesday 28 August 2012, 19:05
I posted recently asking which are the best and worst summer blockbusters. Here I reveal your choices.
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Comment number 1.
information1st28th August 2012 - 20:28
Here's the vid (on youtube) while the embedded vid is down: Kermode Uncut: Summer Blockbusters - Your Best and Worst
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Oklahoma Kid29th August 2012 - 0:11
Why are you surprised by Back to the Future getting so many mentions, Doc? It has all the things you described in your ode to Scott Pilgrim: funny, charming, smart. Yes, yes, all of those things, and it made a lot of money!
Maybe next time you should ask what are the best and worst summer films and leave out the term "blockbuster." It still holds some meaning (for some people).
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melatonin29th August 2012 - 2:21
I have to say this has been one of the finest kermode blogs. Such a variety of opinions, some i agree with (dark knight, indy, back to the future) some i dont (dark knight rises). But there has been a lot of enjoyable debate. One thing i will mention as i didn;t reply on the earlier blog, is that of this summer blockbusters: Prometheus is a film a moderately enjoyed but one i really want to see again more than the others, Spiderman, Dark Knight Rises etc
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Stu Bell29th August 2012 - 4:49
I hadn't thought of Back to the Future as I'm sure it was a Christmas film over here, but I suppose it was a summer release in the US... back in the days when we didn't get simultaneous worldwide releases! So good choice.
For me it's Terminator 2...the first time I went to a midnight screening etc. On the more family-friendly side I still think the original Men in Black takes some beating. And as stated elsewhere, Inception is only the prime example of a long line proving that films can be intelligent as well as block-busting (the "first summer blockbuster" Jaws is another).
I never will understand the popularity of Scott Pilgrim vs the World (or Scott Pilgrim vs My Tolerance for Boredom, as I prefer. Scott wins, by the way). I thought it was just awful - boring, repetitive, and not funny. Still, each to their own! Fun Blog as ever - thanks Mark.
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Palimun29th August 2012 - 9:55
I agree with the contributor comment about Waterworld....I actually quite liked the very entertaining and engaging premise. (The musical interlude was very badly misjudged though...I'll give you that.)
If it had been made with the production values of Lord of the Rings it would have been an absolute belter!
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