This movie did a lot of things good and a lot of things bad.
It left me from the theater feeling more emotions than Oppenheimer. Those emotions being anger and frustration.
The movie was aesthetically very precise in the way that it felt like they had a specific vision for it. It reminded me a bit of what Toy Story would look like in live action. It leave the audience ponder over the significance of the movie, which I have heard a lot. There were a lot of moments where the film was heading in the right direction but I felt they haven't fully explored those ideas. It felt like a waste potential when Barbie goes into the real world and sees how women are "supposedly" treated. This is no new concept and feels a bit exaggerate and not addressing the real challenges women face in society. I feel we have pass ahead of what was being portrayed. The monologue with the mother to the Barbies did feel relatable and wish those concepts were explored a bit more than just being repeated again.
When Ken brings back patriarchy to Barbieland and the barbies take it back by manipulating and tricking the Kens felt very cheap. What was the message behind that. At the end of the movie nothing changed. Barbie did become a fascist and took over Barbieland and were back to square one. Maybe that was the message, that nothing will ever change. The Ken are to Barbieland what women are to the real world.
Except for stereotypical Barbie having thoughts of death and cellulite (that plotline was then abandoned and never mentioned), all the Barbies were supposedly perfect and didn't have any flaws, which is the point, but if you want to portray realistic women, why did all the barbies at the end became the same as before? There was no progress done. There was only weird Barbie that felt human since it has "bad" and "good" characteristics but it felt like she was only a tour guide than an actual character.
Perhaps that's the message of the movie, that there can be no progress, which this movie was really good at getting conversations started since there are so many mixed opinions
This whole movie also felt like a whole 2-hours long commercial on Barbie. The whole marketing campaign made it feel like you fell in the trap of what this movie was trying to avoid, capitalism consumerist society, yet the sells for Barbie will increase.
The monologue with Barbie and the creator felt forced like those motivational speeches trying to force the message to the audience instead of thinking and coming to that conclusion.
There were more than a few awkward moments that didn't need to be in the movie that felt unnecessary.
The casting for Barbie was spot on but I would not agree for Ken. It didn't make sense for Ryan Gosling to be Ken, although no complain from the acting obviously, but just didn't fit. The hair looked awkward and distracting and wasn't a portrayal of the youth Ken.
At the end, I think it's also a huge generalization and don't know if this is the right movie for feminism and equality. I expected more from this movie.
It left me from the theater feeling more emotions than Oppenheimer. Those emotions being anger and frustration.
The movie was aesthetically very precise in the way that it felt like they had a specific vision for it. It reminded me a bit of what Toy Story would look like in live action. It leave the audience ponder over the significance of the movie, which I have heard a lot. There were a lot of moments where the film was heading in the right direction but I felt they haven't fully explored those ideas. It felt like a waste potential when Barbie goes into the real world and sees how women are "supposedly" treated. This is no new concept and feels a bit exaggerate and not addressing the real challenges women face in society. I feel we have pass ahead of what was being portrayed. The monologue with the mother to the Barbies did feel relatable and wish those concepts were explored a bit more than just being repeated again.
When Ken brings back patriarchy to Barbieland and the barbies take it back by manipulating and tricking the Kens felt very cheap. What was the message behind that. At the end of the movie nothing changed. Barbie did become a fascist and took over Barbieland and were back to square one. Maybe that was the message, that nothing will ever change. The Ken are to Barbieland what women are to the real world.
Except for stereotypical Barbie having thoughts of death and cellulite (that plotline was then abandoned and never mentioned), all the Barbies were supposedly perfect and didn't have any flaws, which is the point, but if you want to portray realistic women, why did all the barbies at the end became the same as before? There was no progress done. There was only weird Barbie that felt human since it has "bad" and "good" characteristics but it felt like she was only a tour guide than an actual character.
Perhaps that's the message of the movie, that there can be no progress, which this movie was really good at getting conversations started since there are so many mixed opinions
This whole movie also felt like a whole 2-hours long commercial on Barbie. The whole marketing campaign made it feel like you fell in the trap of what this movie was trying to avoid, capitalism consumerist society, yet the sells for Barbie will increase.
The monologue with Barbie and the creator felt forced like those motivational speeches trying to force the message to the audience instead of thinking and coming to that conclusion.
There were more than a few awkward moments that didn't need to be in the movie that felt unnecessary.
The casting for Barbie was spot on but I would not agree for Ken. It didn't make sense for Ryan Gosling to be Ken, although no complain from the acting obviously, but just didn't fit. The hair looked awkward and distracting and wasn't a portrayal of the youth Ken.
At the end, I think it's also a huge generalization and don't know if this is the right movie for feminism and equality. I expected more from this movie.
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