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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vigilance" data-source="post: 2975082" data-attributes="member: 4275">I'm not saying event movies are good or bad, just pointing out that the 260 million dollar budget of Superman Returns isn't really any different than many other recent big, CGI-heavy movies, when you realize that 50-60 million dollars of the budget was inherited from the Superman Lives production debacle. Hollywood executives have said that the summer blockbuster has saved studios. High risk, high reward. In the case of Batman Begins for example, the studio's decision came down to two very different origin story pitches: one with a 50 million dollar budget by Joss Whedon and a big budget spectacular.The studio went with the big budget movie. One last point, I have NO IDEA how George Lucas made Revenge of the Sith for 113 million dollars. In my perusing of big budget spectaculars to give you a list of summer blockbusters, I was shocked at how "low" that movie's budget was.I suspect it's a combination of Lucas preferring a cheap actor to a good one (if you look at some of the other high budget movies, most had a lot CGI *and* a high-priced actor or two). Then again, Maybe Lucas just knows the technology that much better than other directors.</blockquote>