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blockbusterize en · VERB

Etymology

From blockbuster + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To adapt (something) into the style of blockbuster movie, especially by making it excessively sensational or dramatic.
   • Over time, a who's who of six-figure screenwriters tried to blockbusterize the story, which was now being set in Venice: Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow), William Wheeler (The Hoax), Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), and Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) turned in one promising draft after another. 2011 March 15, Chris Nashawaty, “Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie: Their Big Movie”, in Entertainment Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Dotdash Meredith, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023:
   • Resisting the pressure to blockbusterize Botticelli, this exhibition is true to the material (which is limited in quantity; fewer than three dozen of the artist's drawings are known to survive) and to Botticelli's quirks (which are manifold). 2023 December 28, Karen Rosenberg, “Botticelli Beyond the Renaissance”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
   • The author agreed to adapt his story into a movie on the condition that the plot wouldn't be blockbusterized.
   • [Michael] Bay further exacerbates the problem by blockbusterizing his directorial pronouncements. For him, a characteristic boast is not, "I write all my own movies," but, "I write all my own action." 2005 June 15, Bryan Curtis, “The Bad Boy of Summer”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2023:

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