You want people to see movies with humans? Don’t be ridiculous. But apes and gorillas? Yes, indeed!
The number 1 movie of the weekend is “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.” Ridiculous, right? But $56.5 million later, who’s laughing? It’s got a big cast of non-names except for William H. Macy who — hopefully — is not wearing a costume.
Movie fans know what they want because the other big movie on the top 10 is still “Godzilla vs Kong 2” which is also basically about primates. (At least Kong is one. I don’t know how Godzilla identifies. Check the pronouns.) “G v K” is almost at two hundred million dollars! The stars are now talking about who goes into lead or supporting.
The people don’t want to see movies with people. Come on, don’t be ridiculous. “The Fall Guy” and “Challengers” are each struggling, despite star power, good marketing, decent reviews, and so on.
“The Fall Guy” has Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt acting with a lot of laughs and romance and explosions. For some reason, this is a turn off to the monkey crowd. And “Challengers” has Zendaya and two hot guys and lots of sex, and tennis! Again, apparently, chimps rule.
It’s going to be a long, hot summer!
Still the best:
