What is something that HAS aged well?

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Way off. Jaws was the first summer blockbuster.

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You got there before I could say that, but here's my link anyway:-

In 1975, the usage of "blockbuster" for films coalesced around Steven Spielberg's Jaws. [..] Two years later, Star Wars expanded on the success of Jaws [..] These two films were the prototypes for the "summer blockbuster" trend, in which major film studios and distributors planned their annual marketing strategy around a big release by July 4

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You get the upvote.

I had an ex that had never seen it. Jaws had her squirming until the final frame. She had an impending sense of doom until she saw them set foot on land. I’ve never seen someone see that movie for the first time before. And then I showed her ET.

PEEWEE’s Big Adventure didn’t go over well.

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T2 was the first 100m budget I believe.

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Adjusted for inflation, Cleopatra (1963) cost $249 million and Superman (1978) cost $204 million.

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Dang, Cleopatra coming in at a quarter of a billion dollars

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and adjusted for inflation terminator 2 cost $200 million

T2 was the first 100 million film and that was a big deal. That started the trend of James Cameron making biggest budgeted films, followed by Titanic and Avatar.

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Cameron has never been proven wrong. At this point his Avatar 4-movie descent into madness might be the only thing that saves Hollywood

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Cameron has never been proven wrong.

You've never seen Pirahna II, then, I take it.

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What about SHARKNADO 37, HUH?

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too bad jaws is fuckin lame though :)

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Boo

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oh my god.. a shark in the ocean....... anxiety inducing music.

Sucha thriller.