Reply to Barbie trailer

Forum Index » Entertainment and Pop Culture

Reply to "Barbie trailer"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just saw it with my sister and we both thought it was just okay.  The best parts were the set and costumes.  Everyone was cast really well and Ryan Gosling was fantastic and funny.  But overall? It was so heavy handed in the writing.  It took a very complicated topic and made it so simplistic.  I don’t get all the love for the writing team who wrote the script.  It really wasn’t that good.[/quote]

Yes, this. I am also surprised when people discuss the message that resonated. We've been hearing the message over and over for years, e.g., here https://vimeo.com/393253445

What's new and eye-opening did the movie do with the message? [/quote]

Well, since the issue is still very real, I think it's resonating b/c it's talking to a new generation and [b]the video you posted didn't change anything[/b].  I think people are getting riled up b/c it's a movie that really was *for* women and that doesn't happen a lot.  It makes people uncomfortable.[/quote]

And the movie will change everything? You are treating it as a feminist manifesto of sorts, which it is not.

And about a movie for women? Are you posting from the 1950s? 
[/quote]

The fact that the movie is a huge financial success will actually make a real difference in terms of what material gets greenlighted and backed, and who gets to write and direct. That’s the point Gerwig made when Little Women was a big success but was snubbed at the Oscars. And it seems like she was right[/quote]

Maybe, although I am not so sure. The success is very much due to marketing. With a budget of $140 mil, it would be surprising if the move flopped. [/quote]

[b]This is just not accurate. Many heavily marketed movies don’t meet expectations[/b]. This movie made nearly $350 million worldwide in the first weekend it was out. That is just staggering. It far exceeded the modeled box office numbers. [/quote]
Like which ones?

Barbie's marketing is truly outstanding: https://www.vox.com/2023/7/21/23801727/barbie-movie-marketing-budget-pr-hype-mattel
[/quote]

Time agrees with me https://time.com/6292203/barbie-box-office-women-movies/[/quote]

“ It’s safe to attribute some of Barbie’s anticipated success to an onslaught of marketing from Mattel and Warner Bros.”

Some, for sure. Also, it kind of beat the box office predictions in an article. Just saying.

It is really interesting how women like to heap scorn on hugely successful projects that are imagined and brought to fruition by other women.[/quote]

Oh for heavens sake. What a ridiculous martyr complex you have. [/quote]

+1[/quote]

Oh, the irony[/quote]

I really hate it when people don’t understand what irony actually is. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics