Small Indie Movies or Big Budget Blockbusters: Which Do You Prefer?

In this month's issue of Game Informer (which featured articles on Batman: Arkham Origins, BioShock: Infinite, and Saints Row IV) featured a "letters to the editor" section. on the side-bar: It had interesting questions the editors were asked, and they answered. The last question was one posed to the reader as the "Question of the Month": Do you prefer indie games or triple-A blockbusters, why? Now this, obviously is meant to pertain to games, not movies or music, but this questions can be applied to any type of entertainment, except maybe books (music can be compared as indie music and big studio albums). So, I'm sure this question will divide a lot of people. Many will say blockbusters, others will say indie gams. But why? That's the tough part, many will say blockbusters are more fun to watch or play, and the others will say indie games and movies are more thought-provoking. But how are the blockbusters more fun, and how are indies more intelligent? In fact, you can't really say indies are all thought-provoking and intelligent, are that all blockbusters are fun. For example: Transformers (or at least the two sequels) made tons of money at the box office, but failed to deliver anything really good. The only people who will have fun at those movies are the mentally disabled or masochists. And a lot of independent films have turned out bad, too. Tommy Wiseau's The Room is considered one of the worst films of all time, and is just a stupid mess. But that's also taking into account blockbusters that are very smart and thought-provoking: take movies like the 2009 Star Trek movie for example, or The Dark Knight Trilogy. Those movies were fun, action-packed blockbusters, but they were very intelligent, but they were still fun summer movies. Hell, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a testament how to make a smart, fun blockbuster franchise. And indie movie can be fun as well. A lot of the 80's slasher/splatter movies were independently made, and those were just dumb, scary fun. Quentin Tarantino's early films were funny yet violent crime films, and those were independent. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Monty Python, and Dr. Strangelove also come to mind when it comes to funny indie movies. Blockbuster games such as Mass Effect, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Halo, Assassin's Creed, Silent Hill, Borderlands, Darksiders, Walking Dead, Mortal Kombat, BioShock, Red Dead Redemption, Hitman, Grand Theft Auto, LA Noire, Far Cry, and Max Payne are fun, but can be dark, smart, and kind of deep. But other blockbuster games have been extremely dumb, such as the highly anticipated action parody sequel Duke Nukem Forever, or the abysmal, big-budget movie adaptation Enter the Matrix are example of big-budget games gone wrong. Blockbuster games that are just fun (but can be smart) include the likes of Twisted Metal, FEAR, Resident Evil, Call of Duty, God of War, or the adventurous Uncharted series. Indie games are usually pretty damn good, and include games such as Heavy Rain, The Unfinished Swan, Journey, Mark of the Ninja, and Slender. But they do get a little too much praise from critics, and you can sometimes have trouble finding them. Like Journey being called the PS3 exclusive of 2012 was a bit of a stretch. But it comes down to this: which do I prefer? Despite me being a fan of indie films like Seven Psychopaths, American Psycho, Silver Linings Playbook, The Master, The Blair Witch Project, Donnie Darko, Pulp Fiction, and Monty Python, I gotta go with the blockbusters. Why? Well indies seem to stick to these genres: drama, romance, and thriller. While blockbusters mainly stick with genres like action, sci-fi, and comedy, they can branch out further than indies are sometimes willing to go because of their larger budgets. And for every dumb one, there's two great ones. They can be very competent and intelligent, and I prefer to be entertained and intrigued than just intrigued. Not saying indies aren't entertaining, but they tend to be a lot slower-paced and more talky. Not saying every film must be fast-paced and exhilarating, but I sometimes do lose focus during some indie films because they're some are so slow, if that makes sense. And also, this isn't the same for all indies (like the ones I listed before), but a lot of them are pretentious as hell. I like blockbusters because they can be smart and really fun to watch, and a lot of them don't put themselves on a high pedestal. That's just my opinion, though, what do you think? Comment below, please. Let me know what you think is better: independent movies or big studio productions?