Got back from the theatre about 10m ago, and I see why! It was a lot of fun, and while it did have some serious things, it also didn't take it's humorous parts seriously. For 2 hours and the cost of a ticket, I'd definitely recommend it.
Everything "woke" about this movie was conspicuously missing from the trailers or any promotional material. The marketing for this film has been incredibly well handled.
Honestly, what I expected when I went to see Barbie was a charming yet shallow movie-length commercial. What I got instead was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has officially made $1 billion globally at the box office, becoming the fastest Warner Bros. release to hit the milestone.
Barbie is the first movie from a solo female director to hit the mark, joining just a few other female-directed films that have grossed over a billion dollars internationally: Frozen and Frozen II (both co-directed by Jennifer Lee alongside Chris Buck) and Captain Marvel (co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck).
“It’s a good club to be in,” said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. Pictures president of domestic distribution, in a statement to Variety.
Chief among them, I’d argue, is that Gerwig — who also co-wrote the film alongside regular collaborator Noah Baumbach — deserves to be given as much money as she wants to make whatever she pleases.
Prior to the release of Barbie, The New Yorker reported that the toy company is considering adapting everything from Hot Wheels to Uno.
Barbie stars Margot Robbie as the sublime titular protagonist, while Ryan Gosling’s job is Ken.
Make it a realistic Hunger Games esque survival card game movie.
I want to see heads explode when they get hit with that 7th consecutive Draw 2 and have to draw 14 cards.
I want to see Predator but it's two guys both holding three Draw 4s.
I want blood to be spilled, a PG-13 rating at a minimum.
I actually want a weird Barbie, and I'm not into Barbies. But here's the catch, weird Barbies are made, not bought. If you buy a weird Barbie, that ruins the point.
The whole point of the weird Barbie is that it's being badly treated by kids, and was once a normal Barbie... Why do they now sell what we all did to our barbies at some point as a brand new one
Like Barbie or not, I’m just happy to see some original movies pop up. Hopefully it can be a reminder to studios that people don’t want just sequels and reboots.
Just came back from seeing it. Loved the overall message but the movie was pretty disjointed with a lot of weird plot lines that never get closure. It wasn't that great of a movie which was sad because the set pieces were great, the acting was good and it had a wholesome positive and thought provoking message. It just wasn't a good movie. But also its been two hours and im still going over the movie mentally so maybe it is a good movie.
Just watched it, gotta say I really enjoyed it. I thought it was smart and fun -- I am not super familiar with the toys but I feel like if I were, there would have been a lot of Easter eggs.