Barbie (2023)

Efour · 19 Jul 2023 at 19:40

Wow that was actually very funny for 80% of the film then a very strong political word sallad at the end that very few 14 year old girls are yet to understand in the slightest.

I can't wait to see the critical drinker and Mr H rip this apart, although Im sure they will also love the main story body...

Genuinely funny, clever, absurd humour
Great sets, 8/10

You gotta be a moron though to not expect the message.
Very Feminist message film.

Margot Robbie... Jeez... Legz Alive

jcr · 20 Jul 2023 at 06:14

Efour said:
Tickets tonight lol

Fully booked cinema 164 seats..
I've not seen this in. Years.....

was like that for TG:Maverick at the cinemas by me. couldnt get seats for a few days

dave28 · 20 Jul 2023 at 07:24

any scantily clad Margot Robbie movie with 100 million behind it is going to get a lot of interest, it will make big money early on in the first few weeks

img · 20 Jul 2023 at 09:32

at least its not a sequel or another pixel movie that feels like they couldn't be bothered which is most of the films recently.

imtoooldforthis · 20 Jul 2023 at 16:32

YouTube reactionaries lol

C Kent · 20 Jul 2023 at 17:06

I recognise that bloke, he's popped up on my feed from time to time. Usually stuff to do with medieval/fantasy weapons and the like. Funny old world

rp2000 · 20 Jul 2023 at 18:31

Walked past the usually empty cinema in the local shopping center just now. Thursday evening 29c and perefct weather to be at the beach or sipping a beer on a terrace, and the cinema has a big queue of people!

I almost feel like I'm missing out by waiting to watch this on streaming

Edit: even my favourite UK politics broadcast is discussing barbiheimer!

rp2000

Efour · 20 Jul 2023 at 18:52

I'm sad how hard this is getting pre wrecked
By people that clearly haven't seen it.

Mr H livestream review 8pm.

VincentHanna · 20 Jul 2023 at 19:07

Efour said:
I'm sad how hard this is getting pre wrecked
By people that clearly haven't seen it.

Welcome to the age of outraged stupid.

rp2000 · 20 Jul 2023 at 19:18

Efour said:
I'm sad how hard this is getting pre wrecked
By people that clearly haven't seen it.

Mr H livestream review 8pm.

I looked him up on youtube and quickly browsed the list of video titles. More or less the same as Critical Drinker and the other channels that get posted here by a few posters. I don't even know why you would watch their livestream and give them revenue when you can already guess what their take will be based on the thumbnails of their content

rp2000

Efour · 20 Jul 2023 at 19:21

rp2000 said:
I looked him up on youtube and quickly browsed the list of video titles. More or less the same as Critical Drinker and the other channels that get posted here by a few posters. I don't even know why you would watch their livestream and give them revenue when you can already guess what their take will be based on the thumbnails of their content

rp2000

Because ironically i am on that/their side of the fence when it comes to most stuff.
He hasn't seen it so, the streams pointless.

rp2000 · 20 Jul 2023 at 19:28

Efour said:
Because ironically i am on that/their side of the fence when it comes to most stuff.
He hasn't seen it so, the streams pointless.

Fair enough. They gonna be mad when they find out you paid to see this at the cinema though....

rp2000

VincentHanna · 20 Jul 2023 at 19:41

Efour said:
Because ironically i am on that/their side of the fence when it comes to most stuff.
He hasn't seen it so, the streams pointless.

It's a chance for them to make lots of money rilling up their 'followers'

Moothead2 · 20 Jul 2023 at 22:17

Everything that challenges your world view is pRopAgAnDa these days :cry:

Just looked through some promotion photos on rotten tomatoes showing the actors and a label of who they are in the movie. All the men's labels are "He's just Ken", "You guessed it he's Ken", "Ken again". Whereas all the women's labels are "This Barbie is a doctor", "This Barbie has a nobel prize in physics", "This Barbie is president", "Barbie is everything". The only women who doesn't get a label like that is the pregnant one, her label is "She's Midge"

Imagine being livid over this.

Pawnless Endgame · 21 Jul 2023 at 14:54

imtoooldforthis said:
YouTube reactionaries lol

That's just typical YouTube / Twitter. We have Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman for both sexes, and so on, so good on Barbie for being another good role model.

rp2000 · 21 Jul 2023 at 16:56

I asked about 10 people in my office today, all under 30, all races and genders and everyone knows about the Barbie movie and is planning to see it. 3 were going tonight. Openheimer, a lot less interest. A couple said they would barbenheiner and watch both in sequence. As a test I looked at the booking pages of a few cinemas and Barbie showings have many more seats filled (and more showings).

I guess there has been a lot of marketing that has passed me by! even Google search turns pink if you search Barbie or any related terms today!

Eventually FOMO might kick in and I might watch it. It made 25 million yesterday (I think in USA)!

rp2000

mrk · 21 Jul 2023 at 16:58

I will watch it, but certainly not pay for a cinema ticket. I'll wait until it comes to online streaming or something. For me Openheimer is the type of movie to watch at the cinema, or make dedicated time for.

ianh · 21 Jul 2023 at 17:04

imtoooldforthis said:
YouTube reactionaries lol

Who in the hell watches Shadversity, a man who is primarily a medieval weapons & armour "historian" and re-enacter (I watched him a while back on a Katana vid), expecting a genuine review of "any" film instead of watching an actual movie reviewer? Are people taking this as a serious, actual review of the movie rather than just some random dude (still dressed in chain mail BTW) and his wife on YT giving their opinion on a film, which effectively makes it utterly worthless as an actual review?

imtoooldforthis · 21 Jul 2023 at 17:08

ianh said:
Who in the hell watches Shadversity, a man who is primarily a medieval weapons & armour "historian" and re-enacter (I watched him a while back on a Katana vid), expecting a genuine review of "any" film instead of watching an actual movie reviewer? Are people taking this as a serious, actual review of the movie rather than just some random dude (still dressed in chain mail BTW) and his wife on YT giving their opinion on a film, which effectively makes it utterly worthless as an actual review?

You think I watch videos with thumbnails like that ?

Literally no clue who the guy is, just saw the thumbnail posted on social media and though it was hilarious.

Efour · 21 Jul 2023 at 17:08

He made? reviewed a 40k chainsword once that made me lol