Steven Spielberg’s 1975 shark-attack thriller, the movie that all but invented the summer blockbuster and forever changed the landscape of Hollywood moviemaking, was essentially the foundation of the L.A. Times Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown — our series to program the greatest summer movie season of all time. Then “Raiders” went on to triumph over our other finalist, Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” and win the Ultimate Ultimate Summer Movie crown. Or maybe they simply realized that this Showdown might benefit from something you occasionally find in summer movies: a twist ending. This is the finale of the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown series and I’ll also be recapping all the drama of the final voting as it unfolded and revisiting our top winners. Reach out to me on Twitter, @JustinCChang, and let me know your favorite summer movie of all time.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 20, 2020 20:03 UTC