The Blockbuster War

The Avengers: Infinity War is set to release on April 27th, 2018. An unprecedented ten years of film making and eighteen films are all leading to this movie. There is no doubt in my mind that the movie will be a blast and the public will love it. On the other side of that coin is super hero fatigue. While I do love movies like Iron Man and Black Panther, seeing something without a Marvel or DC logo in the opening credits is pretty neat too. If I were a betting man I would say that after the Infinity War movies the super hero movie genre will slowly start to decline and we will have a new blockbuster giant. Who could fill that monstrous gap left my the super hero genre? How about a big monster? The recent success of  2014 Godzilla and 2017 Kong: Skull Island shows that the public wants big monster movies like that. On top of that the company that owns that majority of the big monster franchises, Legendary, clearly has plans for a cinematic universe much like Marvel. Then in the horizon we see Pacific Rim: Uprising and Rampage which are causing lots of internet buzz and have lots of star power to help bring in casual fans. The big monster movies are a dark horse in the blockbuster war and I think I have a good feel about the inevitable change. But only time will tell which one truly is the King of movies.