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Post by ck100 on May 25, 2023 20:36:11 GMT
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 26, 2023 0:48:09 GMT
More power to it, yet I've never been sure who beyond its target demographic will want in, & if that will curb their box office expectations. |
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Post by pennypacker on Jul 18, 2023 23:06:02 GMT
Reviews coming in now.
Currently 87 on MC. Not seeing anything on RT yet.
Edit: 93% with 57 reviews on RT.
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Post by darkpast on Jul 19, 2023 23:10:49 GMT
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Post by pennypacker on Jul 20, 2023 5:08:53 GMT
I think it might be a little too weird for some people, but it was mostly a blast.
As a ZSJL fan, the supposed “insult” is greatly exaggerated.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jul 20, 2023 12:39:30 GMT
OH MY GOD! IT INSULTS KUBRICK & SNYDER!
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Post by Moviefan on Jul 21, 2023 11:51:41 GMT
I saw this yesterday. My review: The film looks great. I enjoyed the colours and sets and costumes in Barbieland. The performances are mostly good. Margot Robbie does a great job. Ryan Gosling does the best he can with Ken, although I really didn't like the way the character was written. Helen Mirren is good as the narrator. For the most part, I liked America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt as a mother and daughter that Barbie meets in the real world. There are some fun moments early on and a few laughs. The problem is that the film is very heavy handed at key moments and becomes entirely too preachy in the second half. The lecturing takes away from the enjoyment of the film. I didn't like parts of the story that focused and talked repeatedly about the patriarchy. The movie pits Ken against Barbie in a way that doesn't feel genuine and is not convincing and Ken comes across as an ass. There are moments where this film feels incredibly dishonest, which is a shame because this could have been a really fun and entertaining adventure. In spite of the winning performance of Margot Robbie and some amusing early scenes, Barbie is a preachy, heavy handed disappointment. 6/10.
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Post by merh on Jul 22, 2023 0:25:07 GMT
The audience was mostly female at my screening.
Early joke about equality got a laugh.
Several bits like that got a laugh & there was applause at the end.
It makes sense.
It's Barbie.
They are toys for girls to play with.
All the other dolls like Ken are accessories (my sister commented there is a Toy Story where Woody says Ken is an accessory)
It is Barbie & Barbie's friends/boyfriend, etc.
So, yeah, Ken exists for Barbie to notice him.
There is 1 Allan(discontinued doll) 1 Midge (discontinued as well). Skipper.
I enjoyed it.
Right now I have it as 8/B.
I was going to see it with my kid Sunday but the kid scored a Comic-con pass so...another time for the second viewing.
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Post by merh on Jul 22, 2023 0:28:54 GMT
Metacritic has it as "Must See" Rotten Tomatoes |
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Post by Nora on Jul 25, 2023 1:34:47 GMT
I saw this yesterday. My review: The film looks great. I enjoyed the colours and sets and costumes in Barbieland. The performances are mostly good. Margot Robbie does a great job. Ryan Gosling does the best he can with Ken, although I really didn't like the way the character was written. Helen Mirren is good as the narrator. For the most part, I liked America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt as a mother and daughter that Barbie meets in the real world. There are some fun moments early on and a few laughs. The problem is that the film is very heavy handed at key moments and becomes entirely too preachy in the second half. The lecturing takes away from the enjoyment of the film. I didn't like parts of the story that focused and talked repeatedly about the patriarchy. The movie pits Ken against Barbie in a way that doesn't feel genuine and is not convincing and Ken comes across as an ass. There are moments where this film feels incredibly dishonest, which is a shame because this could have been a really fun and entertaining adventure. In spite of the winning performance of Margot Robbie and some amusing early scenes, Barbie is a preachy, heavy handed disappointment. 6/10. exactly. looks great, acting is great but overal it felt heavy handed and cold and surprisingly unfunny. 6/10 from me too. |
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jul 25, 2023 5:49:44 GMT
Metacritic has it as "Must See" Rotten Tomatoes Armond White is a professional troll. |
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Post by pennypacker on Jul 25, 2023 15:32:54 GMT
I can’t believe I’ve already seen it five times, but people keep asking me to go.
New record for me. It’s been a fun week. 😊
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Post by darkpast on Jul 26, 2023 23:54:03 GMT
predicting 120m 2nd weekend
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Post by pennypacker on Jul 27, 2023 17:26:47 GMT
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Post by pennypacker on Aug 6, 2023 16:49:09 GMT
BARBILLIAN!!! 🎉🎉🎉
It’s what she deserves.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 5, 2023 22:33:40 GMT
It's Barbie. They are toys for girls to play with. All the other dolls like Ken are accessories (my sister commented there is a Toy Story where Woody says Ken is an accessory) I actually played with Ken dolls as a kid. Not something I've ever admitted because of that connotation. In any case, wasn't huge on this movie. Wanted to like it because fear mongering culture warriors like Ben Shapiro hate it, but where it loses me is America Ferrera's big speech, which was preachy even for me (and also like a diet, lame version of the Cool Girl speech frim Gone Girl). Of course, I'm not a woman so on some level I can never relate to that speech. But then, neither should the Barbies, who live in an absolute matriarchy and don't have to face those issues and thus that speech's yasqueen truthtea should have no effect on snapping them back to reality. Hell, one of the main Barbies is Class III obese and nothing is made of it and the Kens are all over her. Which is fine, but where's this "it's impossible to be a woman because you have to want to be thin but not say you want to be thin but also be thin but not really thin but actually be thin et al" stuff fit into HER daily struggle? ... Or maybe I'm just bitter it made fun of guys who like The Godfather. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 6, 2023 0:08:37 GMT
More power to it, yet I've never been sure who beyond its target demographic will want in, & if that will curb their box office expectations. lols |
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