I won't say that movies with huge fiery explosions are always boring, but there's a pretty strong correlation.

Sometimes, spectacle is worthwhile, such as in Ben Hur, but BH didn't omit the plot.

But I look for movies like Memento, Primer and The Man From Earth, which are entirely plot driven.

I just have no interest anymore in jump scares and explosions.

Big explosions aren't a spectacle anymore. They haven't been for years.

Great art design is what makes for spectacle in a modern movie.

>Aristotle himself lists spectacle as one of the six essential components of drama, alongside other indispensables such as a plot.

Ever read the drama Aristotle referred to though? "Spectacle" there had nothing do with boring pre-calculated show-some-tits, car chases and explosions.

While it's true that there were no round-the-world chases in exploding robots piloted by naked sea nymphs in the earlier works of Sophocles, they did figure more prominently in his later plays. Scholars remain divided as to whether this was a direct or an indirect cause of the neon helicopter gunships that became a popular and recurring device in the oeuvre of Euripides.

Of course, very few of these "innovations" stand up to any real scrutiny. Close readings of the Odyssey and the Iliad will reveal that, more often than not, Homer did it first.