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So, blockbusters kill blockbusters? I don't get it.The Dark Knight is a friggin' "blockbuster"!

With Fred Durst directing movies, UWE Boll finally has some competition for the "Worst thing to happen to the film industry" Oscar.

Damn It. I thought this article was going to be about Blockbuster going out of business. Netflix!!! FTW!

They mention a few crappy movies that aren't even supposed to be Blockbuster's and they neglect a little film called "Indiana Jones" and "Iron Man". What a joke of an article.

The morons are out in droves it seems.

This article makes no sense. I think what they are trying to say is, Blockbusters are getting smarter and directors are being given more creative freedom for big-budget summer movies.

I think after decades of dumbed-down action movies Hollywood is finally waking up the the fact that they'll actually make more money with better quality movies with slightly smaller budgets rather than spending $300 million on a single Blockbuster aimed at the lowest common denominator. I'm not saying it doesn't still happen, but it's far less frequent.

The Blockbuster will never be dead. There will always be cash cows like Will Smith (who I really like, actually) who like to make big summer movies and are guaranteed to bring in the cash. Every few years someone declares the big Blockbuster is dead, and then Will Smith or someone like him pulls in half a billion on a $100-$200 million picture.

Born and raised...

Another worthless lame article is spammed to the front page of digg. This site really has become an SEO trash fest.

I'm burying this thread. Between the idiots who want to yell first and those who can't even manage to read the teaser intro. Seriously is it helmet and mittens day on Digg?

"Blockbuster" movies are not going to kill off "blockbuster" movies. If anything is going to kill "blockbuster" movies, overly expensive box-office and concession stand prices are going to kill them

The Dark Knight comes out on July 18th, not the 11th. I should know, I get to see Batman take on the Joker on my B-Day :)

The best idea DC Comics ever had was making a batman movie that is dark and violent. The batman comics were never meant to be on screen with "POWS" and "ZAAAM", it was meant to be a dark story. The graphic novel where batman goes after child molesters was especially dark, and it would be interesting to see a film based on that. However I doubt it would be made, it doesn't fit the superhero mold.

Is Will Smith smoking crack with Whitney?

***** is sporting the same reflection in his goggles there as spidey was during spiderman 3 promo..even their creative departments arent creative anymore. it must be a michael bay film or whoever that ***** was that used the same aircraft carrier footage from pearl harbor in the transformers...(i dont care which of those ***** "blockbuster" directors it was..you get the point)

This can only be good for the film industry.

They've been declaring that "blockbuster movies will die this year" for ages now. And every single time, it turns out false.

I think Titanic was the movie that killed blockbuster- or should i say 'sunk it'. never there was a movie before it that had made as much money or received as much praise for being the over-the-top cookie cutter cheeseball that Titanic was. And every blockbuster that came after that stuck to being just as cheesy and mainstream. Or if it wasn't Titanic, it was truckload of junk like Titanic that destroyed the concept of 'worthy movie' for sure. Bigwigs don't wanna think that people just might wanna see something innovative once in a while. they don't want to gamble away all the budget in something original that has less than a certain chance of success. Thats why we get to see same mega budget crap every time and thats why movie industry is finally *****.

This article seemed pretty sure of something that is less than an exact science. Good movies will always do well at the box-office; there aren't many experiences like going to the opening night of a highly-anticipated film (see the next Harry Potter, etc).

And am I the only person who liked "The Mummy Returns"?

If someone actually thinks the DARK KNIGHT will flop, then anyone can safely assume they're MORONS.

"Shyamalan masterminded the left-field summer smash The Sixth Sense back in 1999, and has spent the decade since making audiences feel bitter about the time and money they've wasted on his movies."

If you only read one line in that whole piece, THIS is that line.
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/say_goodbye_ ...

FIR...Awww dammit!

God love the onion. Too bad it aint true!

Barrie this ***** before I go and whip out my shovel.

I dunno... Iron Man was ***** awesome.