The Times recently polled writers on Your Favorite Summer Blockbuster. (Given the lack of blockbusters right now, this question is poignant.)
Answers included: "Wall-E," "The Avengers," "Roger Rabbit."
My own answer--highlighted in the artwork for the Times piece, but, oddly, not in the text--is "Jurassic Park." Some people say this was Spielberg's last great movie. It gave fun cartoonish lines to Richard Attenborough, who had once famously defeated Spielberg for a "Best Director" prize at the Oscars. "Jurassic Park" had Laura Dern selling a feminist message--and selling it fairly impressively, for Hollywood in the 1990s. "Jurassic Park" also had "Seinfeld"'s Newman, yearning strings, and a punchy, evocative title. (I think some of the creatures weren't actually from the Jurassic, but no matter!)
Are these reasons different from the standard "love-letter reasons"? Have I not mentioned Goldblum and the T-Rex?
It's all outstanding. I miss the movies. I'd love to hear your candidate for Summer Favorite.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/movies/summer-movies-blockbusters.html
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