• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Unpopular opinion: too big budget gives a bad movie. Lower budgets forces people to be more creative and keeps the suits away that would otherwise make it a designs by committee.

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      1 month ago

      That can be the case, but IMO Terminator 2 was an amazing follow up, and it had 15 times bigger budget.

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        1 month ago

        James Cameron has a history of making great things happen with a low budget, and spending millions responsibly to actually make a positive difference in big budget films.