I've refused to see most blowout-budget blockbusters for about a year and a half now, and I've found that indies are so much more thought provoking and dense with meaning and symbolism. Once perfectly exemplifies my notion. Once doesn't need the obnoxious explosions employed by a blockbusters because it the storyline is compelling enough. If only modern cinema could thrive on meaning and emotion as opposed to special effects and "it" boys and girls.