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envelopandkissme · 9 months

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this fucks

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talistheintrovert · 9 months

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BARBIE IS ASEXUAL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

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yes-im-a-simpp · 6 months

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The batkids after watching the Barbie movie :

Damian : it was... Interesting...

Jason : yeah cool movie...

Tim : right?

Stephanie with tears in her eyes : A COOL MOVIE?? THAT'S THE STORY OF OUR LIVES.

Cassandra a bit emotional too : *nodding*

Dick sobbing : GUYS DON'T GET IT

#Batkids #Dick Grayson #Jason Todd #Damian Wayne #Tim drake #stephanie brown #cassandra cain #barbie #barbie review #Dick is a woman.#I'm going crazy #No but he would totally cry about it #I don't care what you say #He relates

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doctor-mccoys-sanity · 9 months

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All the bad reviews I have seen of Barbie are about the feminist theme. On google the reviews are split between 1 star and 5. The thing is people aren’t necessarily criticising the feminism but the treatment of men and the patriarchy (as well as saying it shows a matriarchy is superior). If that is the message you got then you did NOT understand the movie.

These reviews make the film about men.

The film isn’t about men or women superiority, it’s about girlhood and how women are treated by both men and women. It also doesn’t say the matriarchy is superior as shown by the ending. Even the men’s roles in the film are about WOMEN (real world and Barbieland).

The film empowers women by embracing them. It’s about accepting different types of women, portrayals of femininity, the choices they make and empowering them. It also shows the effects of toxic masculinity and that it is okay to break away from expectations (shown by Ryan Goslings Ken)

The film doesn’t hate on men because the film isn’t about men.

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that-chaoticace · 5 months

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I actually did something that wasn’t so chaotically asexual because I submitted a chapter on Barbie as an aro/ace representative for a Barbie research book…. LETS GO BARBIE

💕💗💖💞💓

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flightfoot · 9 months

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So I watched the Barbie movie. It was a lot of fun, very campy, but I'm actually a bit mixed on the messaging. Overall though, I think it's a good movie and I'm betting it'll be a classic.

So something I want to address because I've heard it said before: Barbie is not a kid's movie. It's a movie some kids will enjoy, but it ain't aimed at them, it's aimed at adults in the context of them having been kids in the past. The movie's rated PG-13, it talks about a lot of social issues and has a lot of innuendo which will fly right over children's heads, and the characters you're supposed to relate to are all adults - something which I found very notable, with Gloria in particular.

Gloria's the part of the movie that I enjoyed the most. I'd heard NOTHING about her before watching the movie, despite not really trying to avoid spoilers. The whole patriarchy thing with Ken and its overthrow? Saw a lot about that. But not much about Gloria.

I loved the subversion the movie pulled off, with showing those flashbacks to Barbie of Gloria and her daughter, and making the audience think that it was her DAUGHTER who needed help since well, isn't that normally how these movies go?

Only to have it be Gloria instead, for HER to be the one with anxiety and thoughts of death and whose life wasn't quite working out the way she hoped, who was struggling but still doing her best and felt like, while she was a mom, she was being characterized as MORE than just that.

The campy elements were fun, and I loved how Barbieland functioned like how kids play with the dolls, it was a neat aspect of the worldbuilding.

Just in general the world was really campy and fun, and I think that's what younger children will be able to really enjoy about the movie.

As for the whole patriarchy plotline... eh. That I'm pretty mixed on.

Like, I think it did a nice job laying out the power of representation, how it feels to see people like yourself everywhere in diverse, powerful positions, like seeing Ken's reaction to actually seeing men hold power, be respected, be looked up to. To feel like he was enough, just for who he was.

But the part with the Kens taking over and making everything a patriarchy with all the Barbies being brainwashed and turned into accessories for them... I didn't think that worked as well? Especially with them all just forgetting who they were. It didn't really feel like it was addressing how patriarchy actually worked, it was really shallow.

I did appreciate that the more outcast characters, the ones who never really fit into Barbie Land or Kendom, being immune to the brainwashing, since they were on the outskirts of both.

I also thought the resolution didn't really show how to deal with patriarchy all that well? Like I've seen people on tumblr talking about how the movie showed how patriarchy doesn't even really benefit men, but the Kens honestly appeared to be having a great time until the Barbies purposely pitted them against each other - and even then they ended up coming together. I mean, Ken cries at the end and talks about how he wasn't really interested in Patriarchy that much after finding out that it wasn't about horses and that the fridges were too small and that running things was too much work, but it felt like sour grapes more than anything, there wasn't really lead-up to that. It was very Tell, Don't Show.

That message was ALSO greatly undercut by Barbieland becoming a Matriarchy again with just a little hint of more consideration for the Kens, maybe. So like, is it only supposed to be patriarchy that's harmful to everyone, or is matriarchy just special? Like is matriarchy ALSO something that sucks for the women under it?

I think that while the whole messaging about how patriarchal societies function was muddled, the messaging about being yourself, loving yourself, and you being enough just by virtue of who you are was much stronger. I really liked the whole message about Ken needing to learn who he is without Barbie, that's he's Kenough on his own, that's he doesn't need to be defined by his relationship with her. And Stereotypical Barbie learning that even though she may not be one of the barbies with a particular job, she's still enough, she can still do things, she doesn't need to wait for someone else.

The Ken plotline though is, again, a bit undercut by the ending. Because yeah, the Kens can try to learn who they are, to support each other... but they still just kind of exist in Barbie land. Like, do any of them even have a house? Learning to just be themselves, to support each other, without defining themselves by Barbie is all well and good to say, but when the world is run by Barbies and completely dominated by Barbies' interests and Kens ARE just treated like accessories, it doesn't really help much with the whole "marginalized and disrespected by society" problem.

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rave-melancholia · 9 months

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Barbie is pure apologetics for girlboss feminism and doesn’t engage with one seriously interesting or intelligent idea. Next.

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theselonelystarrs · 8 months

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when barbie sits down on a bench and tries to figure out what to do next, she closes her eyes in an attempt to understand the girl she’s looking for. she feels a plethora of human emotions as the memories of the girl with her as a doll flashes before her eyes.

and for the first time in her life, barbie cries.

i think there’s a lot to think about from that scene alone. we as humans tend to overlook emotions. being sad is widely viewed as a sign of weakness, but for barbie?

it’s power.

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nonbinaryeye · 9 months

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Got to see special early Barbie premiere and nowhere from marketing you could guess what the movie is actually about...

#it was fun it was not bad I have some issues tho?#Like I need to let it sink it in #I am probably a bit disappointed with the plot? Like I'm not even entirely sure what was the underlying message?#I would almost dare to say it does not even have a happy ending or clear resolution of anything #Like execution is fun love the humor and characters just maybe not the plot itself so much?#Also got to the special early screaning thanks to cosplay connection did not actually pay for it #barbie spoilers #barbie movie #Barbie review #Eye ramble

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sunlightbender · 9 months

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A Somewhat Scathing Barbie Review (from a Barbie lover)

SPOILER WARNING FOR THE BARBIE MOVIE

Okay, okay, PLEASE don’t skin me alive for saying this, but I thought the Barbie movie was mid at best. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t terrible, but I’ve been seeing people all over the internet praise it as the greatest cinematic masterpiece of our generation and it’s just... not.

As a positive opening, here’s what I liked:

Set design

Costuming

Acting

(Controversially) The narrator

The music

It’s obviously a gorgeous movie. It’s got so many references to actual Barbie sets and outfits, and as a Barbie fan it’s so much fun to see real people in replicas of Barbie clothes. It’s also super funny, and the music is really enjoyable. With so many positives, it might seem odd that this is titled as a scathing review, but for me, the most important factor in any movie is the story, and well... Barbie’s kind of sucks.

Look, I don’t want to ruin anyone’s perspective on a movie they enjoyed so I’d suggest stopping here if you really liked it.

The storyline was so heavily lacking. My first biggest qualm: this movie isn’t feminist, it’s sexist, dressed up in feminist frills. Disclaimer: I’m a feminist, hardcore, my family teases me about it all the time. From the very opening of the movie, where they mention that the Barbies see themselves as having made a feminist impact in the world, implying that Barbie as a brand HASN’T done that... eugh. Sasha’s opinion on Barbie is very heavily hinted to be the ‘correct’ one, where Barbie hasn’t positively impacted real women. Gloria’s suggestion at the end, to make an ‘ordinary’ Barbie backs this up - the energy of “We need a realistic Barbie, not the silly, pretty, blonde bimbos of the past”, if you will.

Let me state this: Barbie is, and has always been, a feminist. Barbie has represented strong women for ages. Barbie, in her pink and glittery glory, has had hundreds of careers, dozens of friends, is loved by all, lives life on her own terms, and has Ken as an accessory. She’s gorgeous and fun and smart and powerful and capable. She has ALWAYS been feminist, and any girl who grew up with Barbies will tell you that playing with them has only helped them imagine “what if I could be-”, in the best possible way. As a woman in STEM, I remember playing with Barbies as a kid, and knowing that I could really do anything, because Barbie could too.

To build onto this, Gloria’s suggestion that an ‘ordinary’ Barbie be made is ridiculous - I’ve always viewed most Barbies as ‘normal’ people! Are they incredible? Of course! But they’re normal people - that’s the whole POINT of Barbie - she can be anything, she can do anything, she’s incredible because women as a whole can be anything, do anything, and are incredible. To have an ‘ordinary’ Barbie that women can relate to is to imply that ordinary women aren’t capable of being vets, engineers, lawyers, environmentalists, businesswomen, etc. It’s almost as if the movie struggles to differentiate Barbie, the brand, from Barbie, the character. Can any one person have 200+ jobs? No, of course not, but Barbie, the character, has NOT done all of those - it’s just all different fields that Barbie could be capable of - because Barbie, the brand, represents everything that women as a whole can accomplish.

Next, the Kens. Oh god, the Kens. I LOVED the start of the movie. Himbo, accessory Ken is incredible. I love him. I finally understood why straight women loved Ryan Gosling. Then he became a misogynist. Ken’s whole arc is so rushed and muddled. Ken was miserable and bitter even before things started going wrong. In the perfect Barbieland, why should Ken be bitter? It doesn’t make logical sense - before Barbieland was falling apart, you’d think the Kens would be okay with their position in the world. And if not, then is the implication that Barbieland was never perfect? That didn’t come across to me. Let’s be frank, in a perfect Barbieland, there’d either be perfect equality where nobody was upset, or everyone would be 100% okay with the inequality in the world.

He was so obscenely sexist that the funny movie became genuinely uncomfortable to watch, and for the conclusion to be for Barbie to APOLOGIZE to him despite him stealing her house and brainwashing the country...????? And then the main issue was never even resolved - the hardcore matriarchy continues to exist - just everyone saying “I am Ken” is not going to prevent another Ken uprising, and if Barbieland is perfect, I reiterate once more, KENS DESERVE TO BE TREATED FAIRLY TOO. Also, it seems a little anti-feminist to make the Barbie movie essentially a Ken movie with Barbie crying in the back. The plot was SO Ken-heavy that it didn’t feel like a Barbie movie at all. A really feminist movie would’ve made Ken a background, barely-important character, but he runs the show.

I won’t go on and on, but it’s really uncomfortable. Including the forced almost-kiss.

Lastly, my big qualm is that Barbie becomes a human. Come on, is humanity not over ourselves already? Why do we make everyone in movies obsessed with us? It’s not enough that aliens should want to live on earth, or that princesses should dream to be common, or that robots wish they were human, Barbie herself has to long to dress in beige and be called Barbara. It was implied that the feminist out here is that Barbie has to escape Barbieland, to become her own person, but Barbie, the idea, has already been feminist! It was important for her to be Barbie, the idea, and there’s no sense to why she should want to be human. Why can’t she stay a perfect stereotypical Barbie, another cog in the perfect, plastic Barbieland machine? What’s wrong with that?

Then, all the dropped plotlines:

Gloria and Sasha’s relationship

The CEO

Ken’s still miserable

Barbie’s impact on the women of the world

Brainwashing apparently is fixed by one cheesy speech?

I think it’s a huge case of target audience. I only realized today, three days after the early screening day when I watched it, that it was not made for Barbie fans like me, who watched every piece of Barbie media, who’ve loved the brand for years. It’s made for people who played with the dolls in the 90s, relegated it as “for kids” and were waiting for a socially acceptable excuse to watch a pink movie again.

Was it a terrible movie? No, I suppose not, but frankly, the movie was muddled, corny, bland, and everything that the movie tried to do has been done better by Barbie’s animated movies and show. If you haven’t watched them, I’d suggest starting with Big City, Big Dreams. It’s a short, easy watch about being competitive without being toxic. The Dreamhouse Adventures series also has a lot of great messages. And then, my personal favorite, the Princess and the Pauper, has an awesome message about women supporting women. Now the men in THAT movie really ARE side characters.

One final comment: Barbie doesn’t give kids eating disorders. Adults telling kids they should look like Barbie gives kids eating disorders. And if you’re blaming Barbie for that, well, please also look at Disney, which pretty exclusively has their fat characters be villains, or toxic teen movies from the early 2000s which called people at size 2s fat. Take it from a woman who’s had multiple eating disorders.

What a rant, huh? And that’s WITHOUT getting into the lack of queer rep in a movie that marketed itself as being very camp - Hari Nef aside (she was wonderful!). If you enjoyed the movie, please don’t let me ruin it. It was definitely a lot of fun, but for me, the story really broke the movie. I’ll give it a 6/10 for enjoyability, and a 4/10 for objective quality.

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worlds-silliest-specimen · 9 months

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the barbie movie was not “woman in power good man in power bad”, it was “absolute societies are bad for every demographic” and it was “everyone deserves equal opportunity”. it was not “barbieland is perfect and when the kens were shunned again at the end of the movie that is how the world should be”. it was “theres always room for improvement in society”. it was a woman advocating movie, but only because it advocated for an equal society, and since women have less power in society today, advocating for equality is advocating for women in nature.

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hoolay-boobs · 9 months

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If you walk out of that movie saying “Ken is everything, she’s just Barbie” with your whole chest, I do want to watch films with you.

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tinyreviews · 9 months

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It’s a movie by women, for women. Choked full of witty, allegorical quotes.

Barbie is a 2023 American fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig, who wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated films and specials. The film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, with America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Helen Mirren, Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.

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girll-almightty · 9 months

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the scene where barbie looked at the old woman on the bench and told her she's beautiful, my best friend and I looked at each other with tears in our eyes and smiled.

that moment meant so much to us.

lately it's been much more of a common theme in our conversations how scared we are of aging, and getting wrinkles, eye bags and spots. I remember crying after using the stupid tiktok filter and seeing my face with my biggest fears all over.

and trust me, we know that growing old is part of human life, and society has somehow taught us to hate and be afraid of looking old, when we shouldn't, and it should be a beautiful thing. we know, we've had the talk, we've read the quotes, we've heard our therapists.

but there's something so deeply frightening of becoming a version of yourself that isn't what the world wants to see, what the world cares about, what the world considers beautiful. yes, we'll be wiser, and full of experiences, but at what cost?

I guess what I'm trying to say is, that particular scene, gave us a moment of peace, of understanding. that it's scary to be old, but we're not the only ones who feel that way. and I guess, we can always find some kind of beauty in ourselves, even if it's different.

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gingerswagfreckles · 9 months

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Oh fuck yeah this movie is gonna be GREAT!!!!

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ladylilacshyne · 9 months

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Barbie in the Nutcracker

Just finished watching The Nutcracker again and I forgot how beautiful the movie was, the animation really feels so dreamy and magical to me. I loved the transformation scene and the nutcracker dress might be my favourite transformation dress. The glittery pink skirt and the sheer overlay, the way it moves in the dance scene makes it look like its made of light, I love the little puffy things around her arms too.

I loved the dancing in the movie and kinda miss that in the new generation of barbie movies, it really made me love classical music.

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