Summer Blockbusters: Lowering Our Standards?

It’s been a summer. From alien invasions, to giant lizards and fusion bombs, once again we’ve been awash with CGI extravaganzas. The summer blockbuster has become an entrenched institution of the movie studios; from its benevolent Spielbergian beginnings to the

Reboot, Remake, Repeat.

It is not my intention to sound like a lunatical preacher with a doomsday sign, but we live in dire times people. While marketability has always played a part in the shaping of cinema, in recent times especially it has