16 thoughts on “The Month in Theaters March 2024

  1. I’m disappointed that Imaginary sucked. Watching the trailer, I was mostly struck by how Roger Corman’s movie tricks seem to be coming back with a vengeance thanks to Blumhouse. “He could film a movie in a phone booth and fund it with what he found in the change return.”

    The trailer showed… what? A house? And that’s it?

    Blumhouse usually picks decent scripts, though. Pity.

    I heard someone joke on twitter that the reason that “The American Society of Magical Negroes” tanked is that nobody wanted to say the movie name to the guy in the ticket sales booth. Would have been a better argument before the app, of course.

    The main thing I noticed about Kung Fu Panda 4 is that the advertising was set up for a strong opening weekend and it didn’t seem to care about the 2nd week. Which, if you ask me, has never ever been a good sign.Report

  2. “Kung Fu Panda 4: This is the worst in the trilogy…”

    The increasingly-inaccurately-named trilogy!Report

  3. Field of Dreams is adapted from the novel Shoeless Joe.

    In the book, Ray kidnaps JD Salinger and brings him back to Iowa.

    I always wondered why they changed it to a fictional author. Was it because they wanted to cast James Earl Jones or because they were afraid of being sued by JD Salinger?Report

      1. According to Wikipedia, not only did JD Salinger threaten to sue if they used his name as a character in the movie (he was already pissed about the book), the producers cast James Earl Jones *because* he was black – removing any possible implication that Terence Mann was a JD Salinger’s avatar.Report

  4. The Gentlemen is one of the best things I’ve seen on TV in a long time. Great from start to finish.Report

  5. Is Godzilla 2014 considered part of the franchise you are describing in Godzilla X Kong? If so I’d strongly disagree that Godzilla x Kong is the best of the bunch. The first Godzilla was artistry.

    That said I agree that this movie was a strong showing for the franchise. It tamped down the dumb a lot. I also have seen Monarch the TV series and this has played well into that and vice versa. For such a dumb cinematic universe it, oddly, kind of works. As long as they steer away from human focused elements or human made things.Report

    1. Yes. I really didn’t like the Walter White to Kick-Ass bait and switch. Bryan Cranston is forefront in all the trailers and marketing. Even though he’s cashiered in the first half an hour or so.

      And AT-J and the Scarlet Witch just don’t do much that is interesting.

      Stupid human drama. Not enough kaiju action. Definitely not enough Godzilla action.Report

          1. Fair enuff, I don’t disagree, i just think the monster elements made up for it and that the human elements were even worse in its following films. Also, the scene where big G woke up and wearily walked out of the city at the end was worth the price of admission by itself.Report

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