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Several recent movies with huge budgets employing state-of-the- art special effects have produced decidedly limp showings at the box office. Perhaps this will bring home the message to Hollywood that audiences need more than just computer trickery or lavishly-staged action scenes to drag them to the cinema.

Granted, the most expensive movie ever - Titanic - became a cinematic phenomenon, but Godzilla doesn't appear to be hitting the spot ...

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