Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 10:13     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really need others to talk to about this. I mean, what? This is going to be so good, so bad its good, or so bad it goes around the other side past good and back to bad again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zIf0XvoL9Y





It’s soooo bad, it’s garbage.


It's an all time great movie! It functions on multiple levels and is extremely well acted, directed, designed, scored and shot.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 10:10     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m laughing at all the pearl clutchers who clearly only step into movie theaters every five years and are horrified by someone not liking a movie they like and then (gasp!) leaving that movie. People leave movies all the time. All the time! If you don’t know that, you obviously don’t go to the theater often.


Same deal with Ted Lasso. The show sucked but has a weird cult fanbase. Probably a lot of overlap with the Barbie fans.

You't not allowed to not like Ted Lasso!


You're allowed to not like whatever you want to not like. The problem is when you insist that everyone who does like it is lying or paid off or whatever - and the other problem is that you come into threads where people are enjoying themselves talking about a show or movie they enjoy and you just insist on responding to every comment with another paragraph about how much you hate the show and how bad it is, and blah blah blah.

Yeah, you didn't like it! Barbie or Ted Lasso! This sort of millennial-style wholesome/emotional dramedy is not for you! That doesn't mean you need to center yourself in every conversation about them!!


You got it exactly the wrong way, boo. It's more like you express even a mildly disapproving opinion of the "fave" show or movie and people act like you killed their dog or "just don't get it" .

Who is doing the centering?


You. Still you. You don't get it - as you just explicitly said - but you're still making it all about you.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 09:57     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:This might sound cheesy to you but Barbie let me act out all my emotions, dreams, fears. I used imagination to create marvelously complex backstories for each doll like a soap opera. I always loved that Barbie could do anything. I never really thought about her weird plastic body but the messages to look a certain way came from many more places than that doll so I never have held that against her.

Anyway, I loved the movie and so did my 12 year old son.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, it was not good. It may have a good opening weekend but I don’t think it will last too long.


When you get a rave review from the notoriously hard to please New Yorker film critic, and you take in $155 in like two days, you’re doing pretty okay as a filmmaker.


People, just don't pay money to see it if you don't buy into the hype. I'm not. And I have nothing against Barbie. I don't think Barbie has any significance in a girl's life, unless she didn't have great role models in real life. That's the truth.



The bolded is a great summation of what this move was about. I can't remember if it was a line in the movie or a review I listened to that said the same things you said and then concluded with: "and we put them all into a doll."

As far as Barbie not having any significance in a girl's life - you sound like my really high minded law professor that took pride in telling us that he had never seen Star Wars when the prequels came out in the '90's. It doesn't make you look intellectual. Just out of touch.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 09:54     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m laughing at all the pearl clutchers who clearly only step into movie theaters every five years and are horrified by someone not liking a movie they like and then (gasp!) leaving that movie. People leave movies all the time. All the time! If you don’t know that, you obviously don’t go to the theater often.


Same deal with Ted Lasso. The show sucked but has a weird cult fanbase. Probably a lot of overlap with the Barbie fans.

You't not allowed to not like Ted Lasso!


You're allowed to not like whatever you want to not like. The problem is when you insist that everyone who does like it is lying or paid off or whatever - and the other problem is that you come into threads where people are enjoying themselves talking about a show or movie they enjoy and you just insist on responding to every comment with another paragraph about how much you hate the show and how bad it is, and blah blah blah.

Yeah, you didn't like it! Barbie or Ted Lasso! This sort of millennial-style wholesome/emotional dramedy is not for you! That doesn't mean you need to center yourself in every conversation about them!!


You got it exactly the wrong way, boo. It's more like you express even a mildly disapproving opinion of the "fave" show or movie and people act like you killed their dog or "just don't get it" .

Who is doing the centering?


You're seeing that in here? I'm not seeing that at all. There's the conspiracy theorist who is upset that Mattel is trying to make a buck. It's ok if Disney or Dreamworks tries it, but Mattel is going a step too far! Who do they think they are trying to make money off their toys? And the weirdo with the secret squirrel handshake who likes to leave movies and provides paragraphs and paragraphs of what makes her tick. I see lots of posts of "it was just ok" with nobody even responding, much less to tell them they just don't get it. We must be reading different threads.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 09:40     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m laughing at all the pearl clutchers who clearly only step into movie theaters every five years and are horrified by someone not liking a movie they like and then (gasp!) leaving that movie. People leave movies all the time. All the time! If you don’t know that, you obviously don’t go to the theater often.


Same deal with Ted Lasso. The show sucked but has a weird cult fanbase. Probably a lot of overlap with the Barbie fans.

You't not allowed to not like Ted Lasso!


You're allowed to not like whatever you want to not like. The problem is when you insist that everyone who does like it is lying or paid off or whatever - and the other problem is that you come into threads where people are enjoying themselves talking about a show or movie they enjoy and you just insist on responding to every comment with another paragraph about how much you hate the show and how bad it is, and blah blah blah.

Yeah, you didn't like it! Barbie or Ted Lasso! This sort of millennial-style wholesome/emotional dramedy is not for you! That doesn't mean you need to center yourself in every conversation about them!!


You got it exactly the wrong way, boo. It's more like you express even a mildly disapproving opinion of the "fave" show or movie and people act like you killed their dog or "just don't get it" .

Who is doing the centering?
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 09:06     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m laughing at all the pearl clutchers who clearly only step into movie theaters every five years and are horrified by someone not liking a movie they like and then (gasp!) leaving that movie. People leave movies all the time. All the time! If you don’t know that, you obviously don’t go to the theater often.


Same deal with Ted Lasso. The show sucked but has a weird cult fanbase. Probably a lot of overlap with the Barbie fans.

You't not allowed to not like Ted Lasso!


You're allowed to not like whatever you want to not like. The problem is when you insist that everyone who does like it is lying or paid off or whatever - and the other problem is that you come into threads where people are enjoying themselves talking about a show or movie they enjoy and you just insist on responding to every comment with another paragraph about how much you hate the show and how bad it is, and blah blah blah.

Yeah, you didn't like it! Barbie or Ted Lasso! This sort of millennial-style wholesome/emotional dramedy is not for you! That doesn't mean you need to center yourself in every conversation about them!!
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 06:28     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:I’m laughing at all the pearl clutchers who clearly only step into movie theaters every five years and are horrified by someone not liking a movie they like and then (gasp!) leaving that movie. People leave movies all the time. All the time! If you don’t know that, you obviously don’t go to the theater often.


Same deal with Ted Lasso. The show sucked but has a weird cult fanbase. Probably a lot of overlap with the Barbie fans.

You't not allowed to not like Ted Lasso!
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 01:12     Subject: Re:Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:What a great movie! It pulled off being campy, funny, a little moving, yet thoughtful, in a way that I don't think any other movie ever has. I went with my 21yo DD and we both loved it. If you played with Barbies as a kid all the little Easter eggs are so funny.


You can’t be serious! LOL.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2023 00:06     Subject: Barbie trailer
This might sound cheesy to you but Barbie let me act out all my emotions, dreams, fears. I used imagination to create marvelously complex backstories for each doll like a soap opera. I always loved that Barbie could do anything. I never really thought about her weird plastic body but the messages to look a certain way came from many more places than that doll so I never have held that against her.

Anyway, I loved the movie and so did my 12 year old son.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, it was not good. It may have a good opening weekend but I don’t think it will last too long.


When you get a rave review from the notoriously hard to please New Yorker film critic, and you take in $155 in like two days, you’re doing pretty okay as a filmmaker.


People, just don't pay money to see it if you don't buy into the hype. I'm not. And I have nothing against Barbie. I don't think Barbie has any significance in a girl's life, unless she didn't have great role models in real life. That's the truth.

Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 23:36     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really need others to talk to about this. I mean, what? This is going to be so good, so bad its good, or so bad it goes around the other side past good and back to bad again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zIf0XvoL9Y





It’s soooo bad, it’s garbage.


I agree. I posted previously, and I always secretly liked Barbie. It was bad, not to mention the small pox reference. What were they thinking? I also wanted to punch Ken in the face.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 23:02     Subject: Re:Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:What a great movie! It pulled off being campy, funny, a little moving, yet thoughtful, in a way that I don't think any other movie ever has. I went with my 21yo DD and we both loved it. If you played with Barbies as a kid all the little Easter eggs are so funny.


"Ever"???
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 23:00     Subject: Barbie trailer
Anonymous wrote:I really need others to talk to about this. I mean, what? This is going to be so good, so bad its good, or so bad it goes around the other side past good and back to bad again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zIf0XvoL9Y





It’s soooo bad, it’s garbage.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 22:56     Subject: Re:Barbie trailer
The usual people declaring war on Barbie...



Irony is dead
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 18:25     Subject: Barbie trailer
I’m sorry but this movie was just ok. I agree with the mediocre reviews.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 17:50     Subject: Re:Barbie trailer
What a great movie! It pulled off being campy, funny, a little moving, yet thoughtful, in a way that I don't think any other movie ever has. I went with my 21yo DD and we both loved it. If you played with Barbies as a kid all the little Easter eggs are so funny.