BRING BACK THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER: Three Great Historic Events That Need Their Own Movie.
Remember when one of the things you looked forward to every summer was the return of the summer blockbuster movies?
We’ve seen some great summer blockbuster films, from the “Star Wars” original releases to “Indiana Jones,” “Jurassic Park,” “The Terminator,” and many more. Personally, though, I like depictions of great moments in history. Many of them, like the 2000 Roland Emmerich/Mel Gibson film “The Patriot,” were heavily fictionalized, but that doesn’t make them less enjoyable. But while I do enjoy films like Zack Snyder’s “300” – a guilty pleasure, I admit – I generally like my historical films to be a little more true to life, like the 1962 film, “The 300 Spartans.”
That doesn’t mean a film can’t be historically accurate and still be a great summer blockbuster. History is replete with blockbuster moments, and here are three I’d like to see given a decent, non-woke, accurate movie treatment.
I’m still waiting to see Hollywood produce Total Eclipse.