Somehow I missed the Barbie marketing and didn't realize there was a movie until my husband insisted we go see it. We're in our mid and late 50s and this is the first movie we've been to in about 12 years. We both loved it. I'm super jazzed about it's success and am planning to see it again. It's almost like some sort of validation of my gender, like - I've spent my entire life seeing toy and comic and superhero movies where the characters were things my male friends knew since they were kids. There hasn't been anything like that for things that women knew as kids. Though to be honest, I think some of the success here is because plenty of boys have always played with barbies too, my husband can be exhibit A.
I saw nothing either. My daughter showed me the trailers and her friends were talking about it, but I work in the community, so I'm in town and shopping everyday - I'll assume country of movie origin and commenter might be the difference? 😊 I loved the movie, though. I thought it was going to be so bad that it was good, but it was actually great.
@Ks-101 I'm from the UK and in my late 30s; had no idea about this movie either. I knew there was a Barbie movie coming out, but hadn't seen any marketing about it at all. Maybe partly due to the fact I live in a relatively rural area so don't see 'posters everywhere' unless actively going to the cinema. Not everyone's experiences are universal, just becuase you live in an area with heavy advertising/marketing doesn't mean the entire world does lol.
If the Oscars wants to stay smart and relevant, they have to nominate this song and have Ryan Gosling perform it on stage. The Academy should feel the Kenergy
I agree with you. Honestly I think the Academy in recent years has tried to include films that may have not been Oscar contenders even 15 years ago. Like I’m not sure 15 years ago if Top Gun: Maverick is nominated for Best Picture.
Ryan Gosling performing I’m just Ken live at the Oscars with a whole dance number would be so awesome and iconic lol. The Oscars needs to make this happen if they want ratings.
I actually did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme during the Depression Barbie watching BBC's Pride and Prejudice. I felt attacked in that scene because it's hilariously relatable although i wish it was the 2005 movie version but that's okay 😂😂 I love that most of the comedy is basically critiquing Mattel, some people might not get the reference but for me it absolutely works. Oh the Snyder Cut joke was hilarious too. Greta Gerwig W for shading the Snyder fanbase, honestly she could've gone far more brutal than that 😂😂
I went w a bunch of friends and my younger sister and my bestest friend (who’s a woman (feels odd to say but relevant to the story), and when that scene played they just both gasped and I just broke out laughing cause honestly as soon as the scene started playing I immediately thought of how I know for a fact that that scene was like directly true for a lot of ladies I know. And the Mattel stuff as well w as surprising cause I was surprised they allowed them to go that in on them, and while it could be seen as being a bit apologetic for the lack of actual female representation, it was fully unabshed to the end about the bad type capitilism they are.
That was how my sister felt when she saw the film too, she mentioned there was one specific moment that made her feel called out. I saw the film last weekend and I immediately knew that it was the Pride and Prejudice joke that she was referring to, and it turns out that her friends and our mum also thought the same thing while watching it. Clearly the whole bit is quite a universal experience
i think when most people comment about barbie, it's about the social commentary the movie has made, but the core of the movie to me is that, despite all that is wrong with the world, it is still a blessing to be alive and human. In the end, Barbie chose not to live forever in perfect, but to experience all the ups and downs, all the joys and tears that is human. Being a woman, is so cursed, but so worth it to be so.
something i always find interesting is how you cant mention barbie without a discussion on her appearance and how unrealistic it is, and sometimes treating it like the evil supervillain in the issue of how women are expected to look, and yet not a word is said about boys action hero dolls
Thats because body positivity is only marketed towards women. Body shaming is done to men all the time, and it is ignored, but if you comment about a woman's weight, they will be up in arms with pitch forks. Im willing to bet that you have never seen a guy represented in the fatshaming movement, or gassed up as a + size model.
@@Wonderwoman79G it is, in fact, impossible for a human to be like barbie, just like is impossible to be like a bratz, monster high, max steel, he-man, polly poket and any other toy. I never compared myself with a doll growing up, I did compared myself with other girls my age
because men can take harsh realities and don't use feminine manipulative tactics over one another.. We call each other fat and ugly and that we need to lose weight or go to the gym...We can accept things directly
Prior going in to see Barbie judging by the trailers its going be a fun adventure with eventual romance between Barbie and Ken, they beat the bad guys in our world and live happily ever after. Boy was i wrong, this movie is AMAZING!! Not only that but its so deep and thought provoking. Its about self identity. Who are you? What truly defines you as a person? A journey of self discovery. The fact its ok to be dark, werid, strange, vulnerable, overthinking. You don't need to be perfect or live up to any standards or be boxed in to be defined or noticed if attached to someone in Ken's case with Barbie All these themes shocked me because i wasnt expecting Barbie to hit that hard but it did. It also did touch a lot on patriarchy vs matriarchy but it wasnt woke or super hardcore feminist as everyone makes it out to be. What i see is men and women being equal in life and society with their jobs and identity. Humor was so good. Everything really Ryan Goslin's Ken was the MVP and a huge highlight on his own but killed it when sharing the stage with Margot Robbie's Barbie
Loved “Barbie!” Going into it, I knew it was going to be special, but I was not prepared for how smart, funny, charming, and profound it would end up being. An instant classic is an apt description. Tbh if it weren’t for “Oppenheimer,” I’d bet that “Barbie” would sweep all the trophies come awards season. But don’t worry - Gerwig will get something, even if it’s just Best Screenplay.
I agree. I loved Barbie and honestly it’s my favorite movie of the year so far. The only concern I have about Greta Gerwig winning an Oscar for Best Screenplay is that due to how the Academy classifies how a film is eligible for either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted, it may end up being in the same category as Oppenheimer. But I would still pick Barbie to win.
@@cooperwolfe5478 I was thinking about that while typing this comment! I’ve been saying Original Screenplay, but then it hit me that “Barbie” would be considered adapting from previously established material so, yeah, it’d be nominated for Adapted Screenplay. So odd, but those are the rules, I guess.
What Barbie SHOULD WIN Best Production Design Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Song Best Supporting Actor Robbie definitely better be nominated for Best Actress, but my concern is with Gosling's Ken completely upstaging Barbie, she won't win.
@@ZiaAnnouncer Yeah I agree. I do hope if she is nominated that she wins, but we’ve seen it before where an actor in a supporting roles steals the show.
I had hope on Barbie movie once Greta Gerwig signed on as writer and director with Noah Baumbach co-write the script with her, I fully 100% trusted them. From what could've been a big 2 hour toy commercial turned into a big cinematic movie with a solid story and excellent humor, I'm so happy the movie was worth of wait. I can't wait to see it again when it comes out in a streaming service. I can see this being a modern classic, this is how you do a Barbie movie well!
I agree. Once I saw that Greta Gerwig was going to co-write and direct the film I became really excited for this film and even when people were confused by the first teaser trailer I got even more excited, and the film did not disappoint at all. Honestly it’s my favorite movie of the year so far.
Barbie and Ken not getting together is one of the best decisions. Not to over think but if they got together they'd always be in different pages. Ken's feelings would always be more intense than Barbie's considering she'd be new and just trying rather than Ken whose whole existence revolved around Barbie validation
I’m just ken and the dance battle between the kens was the moment in theaters that I realized I was watching a true cinematic event that people were going to be talking about for a long time. What a fantastic movie. My wife and I have had a many discussions around the movie and it just feels like it was important that it come out now
I will say that I'm so happy that the bus stop scene wasn't cut. I, in almost no way, shape, or form, relate to that woman aside from also being a woman. I'm young, and therefore born in a different time with different societal expectations. Maybe she has kids? A partner? I have no intention of that any time soon. We're different races and from different places. By no means should I have felt something much more than sympathy because of how little time we get to even learn about this woman. Yet somehow I almost cried at that scene alone. It was, what, less than halfway into the movie? There was something so heartwrenchingly beautiful about this completely earnest moment of Barbie coming into the human world, and rather than feeling fear of cellulite or of being old, seeing a person, a human person, and thinking that she's beautiful. And even if the woman says she knows it, who knows how often someone else has told that to her? Clearly it's not a lot, given her reaction afterwards. Even FilmSpeak just bringing it up made me sentimental all over again because, goodness, it felt like that was being said directly to *me* in the audience, even though I was fully removed from the scene. Was not expecting to feel that
Barbie is a fun, whimsical, campy, and satirical comedy on the surface yet very nuanced, meaningful, clever, and thoughtful the more you analyze it. It explores such universal and mature themes that are so pragmatic to our everyday lives.
@@cooperwolfe5478 Same tbh. I like MI 7, John Wick, and Oppenheimer too in 2023 so far, but if I have to choose one, then I’d pick Barbie. It’s compelling, enjoyable, and endearing.
@@RyanM268 Yeah definitely. Coincidentally I would say that Oppenheimer was my 2nd favorite movie of the year so far. At least the good news is that whatever Oscar categories Barbie isn’t nominated for I can vote for Oppenheimer if it’s nominated in those categories.
Having watched nearly 30+ reviews on the Barbie movie And this is honestly the best on you deserve more views honestly You precisely and aptly described all the little details the fast majority just simply glossed over or completely missed.
I know Gerwig is next working on Narnia, but this earned her a blank check on her next original movie. I've been a big fan since seeing her in Greenberg & have loved everything she's done since. She has a voice that is much needed in Hollywood that is achieving such great heights. Also, any movie thinking it stands a chance at Best Production Design should go home.
I agree. To be honest I wasn’t the biggest fan of Little Women but I thought Lady Bird was great and Barbie is my favorite film of the year so far so I can’t wait for her next project.
A Barbie movie had been in development for 15 years. From Universal Pictures to Sony Pictures to Warner Bros Pictures and then switching directors and writers that ended up being Greta Gerwig making the movie with actress playing the lead role from Amy Schumer (thank god it didn't happen, what a massive nuclear they dodged) to Anne Hathaway and ended up being Margot Robbie as Stereotipical Barbie, i'm so happy the lomg 15 year development was worth the wait. I never thought a Barbie movie could've actually work and yet here we are. So happy the movie is getting a success at the box office in being the second movie of the year hitting Barbillion. Cheers to the creative team and actors, you are Kenough 🥂😎
I completely agree with you. I don’t mean to come off as disrespectful, but I just can’t imagine Amy Schumer as Barbie. I like one or two movies that she’s in but I feel like if she had been Barbie then whatever version of the film we would’ve gotten would be an R-rated raunchy film and although I like those types of movies, the version of Barbie that we did get was great and I’ll always be glad that this is the version that came to fruition.
I will say, if there is a sequel I hope it's a Ken movie. Female empowerment movies can have men at the center of a film, since there's a saying "Don't tell girls how to dress, teach boys to be better." But where's that representation in feminst films? Teaching men postive and healthy masculinity and breaking the social norms is just as important as the message to woman, and it needs to be highlighted more. Especially since the Barbie movie has done the female part really well, and Ken's journey was just beginning. I'd really like to see his journey and to see Ryan fully shine as a star than just a supporting actor in this role too.
Aren't they considering a Ken spinoff film? If so, I think there's a lot they can explore with masculinity. I actually think exactly what you said is why I loved this film's handling of feminism, specifically regarding men's role in it. It had fun with the toxic masculinity thing, but it also showcased a very real problem with male social norms and conventions.
@@FilmSpeak I completely agree, since feminism is fundamentally about equality so men also have their part to play as well. And the film defintely handled the message ALOT better than some other woman empowerment films that give such a hollow interpretation. Not to mention, having postive male role models is even more important today. Look at how men who have been hurt by the patriachy, like Ken, flock to the "Alpha" podcasts or the Andrew Tates of the world. If Barbie can inspire young girls then Ken should inspire young boys. And finally, I truly hope they do a spin off. It would be absoulutely criminal if they don't use Ryan's character again because there's so much potential and he's so incredible in it.
The movie was man hating in so many ways. All the male characters are dumber than their female counterparts. All the men are constantly the butt of the joke. Hell even Glorias husband for some weird reason. All this movie has taught boys is that many women enjoyed a man hating movie and saw no problem with it, so they'll see no problem with offending women and not caring how they potray women in fiction and movies etc How arrogant is it to think women can teach men "postivive masculinity". Imagine if a man was going round saying he would teach women "positive femininity" the reaction you would have. The arrogance is blinding.
I don't know if it's just me, but I thought that in the end Barbie not only wants to become a human in the real world, but she is also considering motherhood. I mean, she was inspired by Gloria and Sasha, then there's Ruth Handler's touching quote about mothers and there's even a montage with mothers and daughters playing and growing together. And the gynecologist visit on top of that. 😂
Brilliant video! There couldn't be a better analysis of this movie. That's what I love about you and your content. You take your time in order to make it the definitive version instead of releasing it earlier in order to be one of the firsts. Bravo, Griffin!
This is an excellent take on Ken. It would have been amazing if "Barbie" developed his arc better. The Barbieland residents are all supposed to be naive, but Barbie's arc has Gloria and Sasha as a foil to help develop it. Ken gets his "patriarchy" kick but it isn't ever clear that he sees it as a toxic situation while he's reaping the glory of it. His development happens entirely in the reconciliation conversation afterward and it just wasn't satisfying In fact, I would have loved it if Ken broke down in the end begging not to go back to the way things were. He could have expressed how tired he was of always fighting for affection. That patriarchy wasn't the solution: anything that was different would seem like the right thing in comparison. For a moment he was free from competing with every other guy. And Barbie had no choice to pay attention to him. He was made to chase after Barbie for all eternity and to never catch her. And it dovetails nicely with Barbie's "eating from the tree of knowledge". Namely, you can't grow if you're not willing to confront the hardship of a world that is not ideal. Mind you, I at least recognized that theme (as opposed to Ken's pre-occupation with appearing masculine enough). I still didn't think it stuck the landing on that one either. Really the whole conclusion was just not executed well, writing-wise. I didn't love the ending songs, and though the dance/fight sequence was well done, I don't think it served the story well enough for the amount of time spent on it. But, there was still plenty I loved about the film: its avant garde-ness; the style and production value; everything about Margot Robbie; and the entire setup pretty much up to the board room scene was chef's kiss.
It is perhaps too subtle, but I do feel like Ken shows, with his facial and corporal expressions, a growing sense of unfullfilement with the fact that the patriarchy is not making him feel as better as he was expecting, solving the issues with his sense self worth or, even more importantly... giving him a horse!
Yup this was pretty much my take. The movie is expertly crafted, but the writing fails it in many places. Mainly the ending. Kens character arc is incredibly disjointed as the majn struggle he is depicted to have throughout the movie does not line up with his resolution of "find yourself". The movie also falls prey to "Say 1 thing show another" with the ending. There are also major plot holes that happen towards the end of the movie that does the story no favors. This is leaving out the textbook feminist agenda about the patriarchy that is so on the nose that it almost seems satirical (It may be).
Aside from just being really excellent on its own, Barbie served the additional purpose of cheering me up after watching the equally brilliant but harrowing Oppenheimer. Whoever decided they should be released on the same day needs a raise.
@@cooperwolfe5478 not really, feels like comparing apples to oranges if you know what I mean. I thought Oppenheimer was more intellectually stimulating, but Barbie was definitely more fun.
The movie is also a Pinocchio story. Barbie become a real girl (woman)! I liked this vídeo a lot but one point you didn't make and that Ive seen many women make is that, in Barbieland, at first, while the Kens are not important, they are mostly ignored, treated as a second thought, while when the Kens take over, Barbies not only are sexualizied and subjugated, they are forced into relationships with these people that want to strip away all their Power and rights. Its a MUCH rougher deal than the Kens ever had to endure, and treating both situations as equivalent is not the way.
Thank god some people GET IT. I've heard SO many people make such misguided and surface-level takes on Barbie, that it's so, so refreshing to find the folks who actually paid attention and understood. I know I can't expect everyone who sees it to grasp the deeper stuff - Hegelian dialectics, Sartrean existentialism, Baudrillardian semiotics, Marcusean utopianism (all courtesy of Gerwig's background in philosophy), and even Brechtian alienation techniques - but Barbie is such a rare gem of a film that expresses and translates its themes in a way that can be easily digested, I'm always surprised that more people didn't get what it was saying. I guess a lot of people are just stuck in Kendom, mistaking something as shallow that is actually far deeper than they can comprehend - because it happens to be pretty and pink.
LOL this is the biggest hit of the year and the internet has adopted it as their precious little baby. You can't say a single negative thing about it without ppl dogpiling you. Maybe stop going out of your way to get angry at obvious minority opinions from bad faith actors?
Wow. Truly sensational, your essay turned into a you tube clip is really well thought out and one of the best commentaries so far. You need to submit your essay to the NYTimes. ( or perhaps you already write for them ). Well done.
Ok I forgive you now for your review on Transformers... THE BEST review on Barbie i've seen. SO HAPPY to know I wasn't the only one happy over the way the movie celebrates masculinity through the kens and shut down this "anti-man" bullshit Can't wait to see your review on the Oppenhiemmer!
Can't wait to watch this after I eventually see the Barbie movie 😍😍. But a quick side note... where is the 90-minute deep dive on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Krystal Skull video you teased awhile back?... I'm extra hyped to see that video. No rush or anything, just curious about it. Your deep dive of Quantum of Solace is a video I have watched several times since it came out, and I'm fascinated by a deep dive from you about Krystal Skull. Anyways keep up the great work. 🥳🥳
Aha, I see those "How To Dad" clips!! I love that guy. 😁 And I loved this review! I was cautiously optimistic when the movie was announced - a Barbie movie? Directed by Greta Gerwig?? - and it completely exceeded all of my expectations. It threaded the needle of self-awareness without cynicism, with all the criticality coming from a place of love and hope for a better and more equitable future.
I already watched the movie twice. I really loved it. I really liked Gerwig's past films, so I was very excited to watch Barbie, but I wasn't prepare for it to be THAT amazing. I laughed, I cried, it was a rollercoaster and loved every minute. Can't wait for Greta's next film. In Gerwig I trust!
The female characters Barbie meets in the real world show her that women manage to exist in a world that is so often against them, and do so best when working together. The movie is for everyone to see and enjoy, but ultimately “Barbie” is truly a film by women, about women, for women. It is a film we certainly will be seeing again.
I don't care if the song wins or not (it'll be nice for the song to win for sure), I just want Gosling to perform the song on stage just to make the Oscars even better, atleast they should feel the Kenergy
What BARBIE SHOULD WIN Best Production Design Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Song Best Supporting Actor Robbie better be nominated for Best Actress, but I worry that Gosling's Ken completely upstaging her will keep her from winning.
I am incredibly grateful to you for being able to put my delight in this film into words! It is so rich and detailed in so many different ways. Without any irony or exaggeration, I consider it a masterpiece. And I will definitely make it a tradition to watch it every year or more often. In fact, I already want to watch it again. Thank you for your wonderful commentary on this brilliant film!💖💖💖
I think it is very possible to feel the film has some pretty ugly things to say under the surface without being an alt-right chud grifter. Do I think the film is nefarious? No. I just think it's a little backwards and reinforces certain ideas that are not helpful that can inadvertently come off as "man hating." Well, maybe not man hating, but "man stereotyping" and "man dismissive." I think it can reinforce man-hating. (and no before ppl come at me I'm not saying a Barbie movie needs to cater to men. But I think if you're going to be ambitious in your toy property blockbuster movie and make huge thematic musings on gender roles, maybe be a little more stringent in your writing) The film is too broad and tries to do too much for everything to land and be fleshed out. It just ends up feeling a little smug and self-satisfied with itself. The problem is the extreme polarity of discourse about this shit. In a sane world maybe having some well-thought out criticisms of a films themes, especially a fucking Barbie movie made to line Mattel execs pockets, would be taken at face value and NOT get you deemed a raging bigot. But this is the online space in 2023 in the midst of the "culture war" so everything has to be a test of somebodies politics and character. Here's a crazy thought - it's totally possible to think Barbie fumbled its themes without being AGAINST those themes. Execution matters. Just because something is saying "the right things" doesn't mean it's immune to analysis and critique as a work unto itself. I think the film going so hard on "the patriarchy" is it's ultimate downfall because it doesn't do enough to define what patriarchy is in its own terms. The film tries to poke fun at gendered stereotypes while also indulging in them without much reflection. Kens are stupid men who do stupid men things. Because of this nebulous, MALE force of "the patriarchy" they become insta-villains, insta-sexists. And because of this "patriarchy" being so powerful the Barbies are so weak-minded as to be insta-brainwashed by it. Why would the that work on a society that, in many ways, has no knowledge of "real world" societal dynamics? The film isn't much better to some of the female characters, either - as the mom and daughter are nothing but walking cliches with NOTHING for us to get invested in. They exist merely to personify the myriad ideas Gerwig threw at the wall. Their entire is one big distraction. And why do the Barbies need to use what can be considered patriarchal behaviors and traits (their sex appeal as manipulation) to defeat the Kens? Shouldn't that be the exact opposite of how they win? Is patriarchy actually selectively beneficial when women can wield to their ends? And yes, I do think some of the gender based humor in this film is just...deadass wrong. I don't wanna be that guy that takes Barbie too seriously. Really, I don't. It's a comedy. It's camp. It's supposed to be fun and cute and colorful and goofy and humor is humor. It's not meant to be taken seriously. But this is a "having your cake and eating it too" kind of film. When Barbie and Ken first enter the real world and roller blading in Venice Beach the entire joke for that whole segment is that Ken just magically feels at ease, right at home, SAFE - while Barbie feels instantly ill at ease and is sexually assaulted and harassed pretty much instantly. I just think this is an irresponsible joke in a film targeted to families and children. It tells younger viewers men don't have to be afraid in public due to having some MAN badge and that women need to automatically fear for their well-being as soon as they step outside BECAUSE of said men. I'm sorry, but if you honestly think this is right, that this is the case, that there is nothing wrong here then you're part of the problem. If we're to take the patriarchy theme seriously - if we're to understand patriarchy "hurts men too" then the film should have the forethought to know that your average man DOES NOT walk around with some weird layer of automatic, societal respect and sense of innate safety. Like, what? Look. I know. This is a film made by a female perspective to speak to the female perspective. Gerwig said Barbie is for everybody, but come on. This is Barbie. Barbie as a brand has a uniquely female history. As it should. I don't for one second think or believe that a Barbie film needs to or SHOULD cater to men. I just think that more care needed to be put into the script and Gerwig needed to narrow her focus down significantly.
@@FilmSpeak a lot of people are suggesting that she takes on the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow movie, because the comic has similar thematic commentary to her movies
To be honest someone did make a good point online that the movie cover the basis of feminism and it deos not even go that deep with it. It is more of a humanist film of self-discovery. Especially with Ken and Barbie.
Man, sometimes I'm lock-step in agreement with this channel it's like we're the same person. Then when I disagree with a take I disagree with it SOOOOO strongly it's wild. "Perfect?" For a channel usually pretty decent at breaking down narrative structure and pace I'm surprise this video doesn't have any takes on that aspect. Not that these criticisms are objective. Nothing in art is objective, but I would have thought of all the non-shitty YT movie essay channels this one may point out that Barbie suffers a lot from pacing issues. The "discourse" around this film is already exhausting. I'm so sick of every mainstream release going through the same damn cycle to the point where having reasonable discussion is all but impossible. But we can't give up the good fight. So here goes... Barbie is the most overrated film of the year so far imo. I don't think its terrible, or even bad. I just think it loses itself tremendously in the second half. I was on board fully in the first half. Funny. Charming. Goofy. Weird. Well designed and realized...and then it just kinda tosses all kinds of concepts and ideas at you one after the other and doesn't do enough to expand on any of them. The film knee-capped itself by dumbing itself down too much. It does FAR TOO MUCH telling instead of showing. Like, holy crap not even animated family films often spell themselves out as strongly as Barbie does. And great googly moogly the product placement is some of the most egregious I've seen in a film in a LONG time. I'm usually very forgiving of product placement as a reality of mainstream Hollywood filmmaking. But here it's so blatant and pervasive I felt myself getting cynical about it in the theater. Multiple times this film's VISUAL LANGUAGE transforms into a car commercial. Flat out. It's nuts. Will Ferrell was grating. The Mattel segment went on for too long and got boring. And the film rested on overly played out tropes with the mother and daughter characters without doing enough to give them dimension or a reason to care. They are just ciphers, nothing more. I waited on even expressing my opinions on the film because it's obviously striking a massive chord with people and I didn't wanna be that person coming in with the "um actuallys" and pooing on the good times. But even the 2 week grace period didn't stop the bad faith readings of my criticisms. This is what I mean about modern discourse. Because a certain segment of the online community (you know the ones I'm referring to) make it their grift to go after everything that comes out doesn't mean anyone who dislikes a thing dislikes it for _those_ reasons. No, I'm not _offended_ by the film. No, I don't feel _attacked_ by the film or think it "hates men." I just don't think it's all that well structured or paced or written. And that should be ok to say without people assuming you're against it for nefarious reasons and trying to invalidate other people's good time.
Totally agree! 'Barbie' doesn't hate Ken or men. The character arcs of both genders you rightly describe as strong and of equivalent value. Ben Shapiro has it wrong, to put it discreetly...🤪
I really really wish I could feel the same way you do about this movie, but I can't. It was a good movie. Really good. And I had fun. But as soon as it finished I was left with an empty feeling like "that's it?". I loved the ken story line but I felt like barbie's storyline was cut? Unfinished? Unpolished? Idk. Gloria, Sasha and Barbie spend so little time together, and the fucking Mattel bit of "look at us, we're such silly dorks who are shallowly feminist cuz it makes us profit and will leave Barbie alone cuz we're still on top and money uwu" was so bad. This is the same company who exploits they're workers and has incredibly shady practices. You really think they gave Greta Gerwig freedom to do her own thing? No! It's them being like "see, Barbie thinks old women are beautiful. Why don't you buy our anti aging Barbie cream?" It is the same thing netflix and Disney do. They make shows that criticize them cuz they know that way they can stay on top of the discourse and it's so frustrating!!! Like I said, the movie was really good even if I think Barbie's plot could have been a bit more developed, but it just left me feeling cynical and frustrated cuz I really really wanna love this movie and I fucking can't, like not because I don't want to, I do, but I can't knowing that just watching the silly movie and having a good time is something some big excecutive at Mattel and WB relies on to make themselves a little bit richer and not change their shady corporate practices and I hate that's the case cuz I still listen to I'm just ken and at the same time I'm so fucking grateful I didn't buy anything I can't wear again cuz the effect of the movie and fast fashion are having on the environment is giving me a fucking headache. I like Greta Gerwig. I don't have much criticism towards her or the movies that's not my personal lack of connection with some of her characters, which is a me thing, but she is a great director. I just feel horrible with myself for not being able to join the hype and knowing that behind all those "first female director to make a 1b movie" headlines there's a WB whose not paying their workers and plans to use AI to cut costs on 'human resources' and will take the 1 billion and not learn anything from this experience. Also, obviously saying that the movie is anti men is stupid. Sorry for the ramble. I do like your content and videos. This was good too, I just don't agree. I wish I could, honestly.
Thank you! On one hand if we're gonna watch movies we need to accept the inherent double-edge sword that often the very system a film is critiquing is what allowed the film to made in the first place. It's just how it works. No film, unless it's somehow produced entirely outside the system and market, can truly be free of the innate hypocrisy. But I don't get myself in a twist about and think I'm being clever when in a "Hmmm this film critiques society yet it exists in society mmmyes ahahaha so smart! way because I know, understand, and accept that art and capital exist together. Nobody is clever when they point out a movie that criticizes capitalism was made under capitalism. You're just a dummy. Plenty of films and shows exist to sell a brand. Sometimes, hell most of the time, I don't give shit and enjoy myself. But sometimes the project tries to be a little too clever with itself and comes off as just feeling congratulatory. Barbie feels congratulatory. By the time the Mattel offices shit was going down in Barbie and I checked out and thought to myself "Oh fuck off, movie." The Lego Movie managed to do kinda the same thing with much more nuance, honesty, and grace.
Wrong the movie was about HORSES, well after I found out it wasn’t about horses I still loved it. But still feel like the real important part was horses
I can't believe people are calling this movie AnTi-MeN when it has one big musical number about male representation and it has ALLAN. Like enough with the anti-men debate and give my man Allan some respect!!
you forgot to mention that the old woman at the bus stop is Barbra robberts! on top of that moment being a realization for barbie it was an adorable cameo
the movie was good but it's not that amazing. it was better than i thought it would be. maybe that's why people are seeing it because it's better than what they expected.
"For once?" Gerwig has been Mother in film nerd spaces for years now, lol. Agnas Varda, Sofia Coppola, Rachel Seligmann, Lynn Ramsay, Ana DuVernay, Nancy Meyers, Katheryn Bigalow, Norah Ephron, Jane Campion, Chloe Zhao, The Wachowski Sisters, Elaine May, Claire Denis, Chantal Akerman, Amy Heckerling, Sarah Polley, etc All female filmmakers who have made indie darlings, blockbuster hits, beloved world cinema - here is a mix of new and old talent, all with stripes and accolades. I'm all for shining more light on female creatives in the business. Also, I am SO not saying that the industry is post-sexism. But on the other hand I don't think people like you who spout baseline platitudes like this come from a place of basic knowledge of education. It's not quite the boys clubs it has been in the past. Far from it. We're in a new age, really, of non-male demographics making a bigger splash in the industry then we ever have been. If you want to "hear something nice" about women directors, actually spend more time seeking out film that isn't the most mainstream of the mainstream?
The fact that we see the Barbies emotionally manipulate the Kens to beat them, fully reinstate the matriarchy and not give the Kens any political representation I feel presents them as the villains at the end. They didn’t do the right thing, they restored the status quo.
My pitch for a Ken movie: Kens are living in a patriarchal paradise. They control everything. Barbies walk around smiling and beautiful hoping in vain that a Ken will notice her. Ken journeys to California to find the child who is playing with him. Barbie comes along. He discovers the matriarchy. A world inhabited by harridans who scream at men and persecute them with false accusations of violence and sexual harassment. He discovers that the person playing with him is in fact a 40 year old man who is being driven to suicide by how impossible it is to be a man in America today. (The rate of suicide actually is 4 times greater for men than women.) Barbie however is amazed by the power of women in the real world. She returns to Ken land and creates a revolution where women are in charge while men cower in fear of losing everything and being jailed on false accusations. Ken together with the 40 year old man and his son rush back to Ken land and through a ruse restore the patriarchy, although the Kens agree that Barbies might be allowed to have some authority. Barbies are ecstatic. Ken tells Barbie that he never loved her. She must find her own independent identity. Then Ken returns to the real world to fearlessly take on the challenges and the joys of being a man in modern day America. His first order of business is a visit to a urologist. The End What do you think? Is Mattel going for it? Billion dollar blockbuster? And if not why not?
Despite the hype, this film is objectively a heavy-handed hot piece of trash. From a film maker's view point is is a disastrous mess. Admittedly, from a film studio's bottom line pov, it is a great success.
Trying to be as objective as I can. I'm a film school grad and I've been working in the film industry for many years, now. It's poorly made, poorly written, poorly constructed. I'm happy it garnered a lot of interest. The film industry needs that kind of hype. @@Rymaja
I didn’t like the movie-reality struck hard. She started out as the inanimate doll with ADULT features ✨Bild Lilli✨ but was COPIED by that Ruth …Handler who partnered with Mattel to supposedly mass produce that version with empowering backstory about Barbie that “she can be anything”. The monologue was given by a …Latina and it was too real world-but I still couldn’t relate. The ending was a direct COPY/PASTE of PINOCCHIO, the fictional puppet wishing to be a real little boy….🙄 The ‘power’ to give her a choice in …‘life’ by the so-called doll’s ‘creator’ is BLASPHEMY. Nobody but God can breathe life into His beings.
t's funny how this movie is being praised by feminists and hated by the male reviewers who have been suffering under a decade of the Mary Sue trash Hollywood has been regurgitating. Barbenheimer was a perfect sales pitch as both are high end psychological and philisophical movies. While Oppenheimer was a look into quantum physics, Barbie was a GENIUS quantum philisophical movie that completely 💩s on Feminism, woke culture, the alpha-self absorbed glamour women and jocks while most surprisingly, utterly 💩ing on Mattel itself. It also subliminally goes directly at CAA which in this movie Mattel represents, brilliantly likening the Entertainers "created" and "marketed" as nothing more than a product. And when one dares to try to leave their realm created for them and be a "normal human being", they hunt her down and try to re-box her. (think Brittany Spears) The only flaw was the 3rd act when they beat you over the head with the patriarchy having taken over Barbieland and how the Barbie's must "deprogram them" from an existence they don't seem to have a problem with. But this is acutally a clear indictment on feminism as well. In fact, near the very end of the movie, they straight out claim that patriarchy is just a made up thing to be basically a coping mechanism. Also, the "real world" is not really the real world as one can plainly see, but another indictment of feminism and how feminists constantly portray men that are supposed to be in the real world, in the movies they create. Over the top, female fiction. The exact end of the movie is also interesting as you see the mother clearly treating her husband EXACTLY how she was complaining about how men supposedly treat women; belittling them, talking down to them, etc. Another scathing indictment on feminists. And in the end, Barbie leaves to become a real woman... anti-woke direct attack here... a real woman who goes to see a gynecologist for the first time... because... SHE NOW HAS A VAGINA. She is a real woman. Absolutely brilliant work from Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (who I had no clue who they were). But it caused me to immediately rent LADY BIRD which was another very good movie deeply psychological and philisophical. And I will pretty soon watch Frances Ha as well as Gerwig has truly impressed me. For me it is an 8 out of 10 and would have been a 9 if not for the bludgening tool they used in the third act regarding the patriarchy, even though it was a intended humiliation of the feminist concept. It did however echo some historical moments of Earth history of men being manipulated by their women to go to war against each other. Or say John The Baptist's death at the manipulating from Herodias and her daughter. Feminists complain about the historical patriarchy but never mention that many women held considerable power over their men through such manipulation.
Mostly women were victims of the “historical patriarchy” because men literally dominated the worlds culture at the time and had more power they could abuse in general. Women historically abusing men using the patriarchy isn’t talked about much because it happened a lot more to them, then it did to men.
@@MrMelonsz This isn't true in the sense that is most often regurgitated. The REALITY of history is that most women AND men were shit on equally and separately by the rich and powerful. Men had (and still have) their societal expectations places upon as do women. PEOPLE were oppressed throughout history. THE MASSES, not just women. It's just when you zoom in a little oppression takes on different, and sometimes gendered, forms. If women were "kept" then men were (and still are, sorry to say) sacrificed. Sacrificed for the war machine, for industry, for labor. If Mary had to stay in the cabin and cook food all day and mend clothes and tend to the children then John has to toil all day in the fields to make a pittance to be able to buy the fabrics, the food, etc. People REALLY need to start actually looking into this stuff on a deeper level and stop just going off of Buzzfeed tier information.
What did YOU think about Barbie? Comment below💥
It’s a pretty good movie
Masterpiece
Modern classic, a film we needed for this generation
like legally blonde or mean girls.
@@miguelfmyers Hell yes it is!
Worth the wait, 15 years in development so happy to see the final result. The Kenergy lives on forever
Somehow I missed the Barbie marketing and didn't realize there was a movie until my husband insisted we go see it. We're in our mid and late 50s and this is the first movie we've been to in about 12 years. We both loved it. I'm super jazzed about it's success and am planning to see it again. It's almost like some sort of validation of my gender, like - I've spent my entire life seeing toy and comic and superhero movies where the characters were things my male friends knew since they were kids. There hasn't been anything like that for things that women knew as kids. Though to be honest, I think some of the success here is because plenty of boys have always played with barbies too, my husband can be exhibit A.
I saw nothing either. My daughter showed me the trailers and her friends were talking about it, but I work in the community, so I'm in town and shopping everyday - I'll assume country of movie origin and commenter might be the difference? 😊 I loved the movie, though. I thought it was going to be so bad that it was good, but it was actually great.
@Ks-101 I'm from the UK and in my late 30s; had no idea about this movie either. I knew there was a Barbie movie coming out, but hadn't seen any marketing about it at all. Maybe partly due to the fact I live in a relatively rural area so don't see 'posters everywhere' unless actively going to the cinema. Not everyone's experiences are universal, just becuase you live in an area with heavy advertising/marketing doesn't mean the entire world does lol.
If the Oscars wants to stay smart and relevant, they have to nominate this song and have Ryan Gosling perform it on stage. The Academy should feel the Kenergy
I agree with you. Honestly I think the Academy in recent years has tried to include films that may have not been Oscar contenders even 15 years ago. Like I’m not sure 15 years ago if Top Gun: Maverick is nominated for Best Picture.
I'M JUST KEN better win for Best Song.
Ryan Gosling performing I’m just Ken live at the Oscars with a whole dance number would be so awesome and iconic lol. The Oscars needs to make this happen if they want ratings.
Gosling is probably the only competitor for Oscar Murphy or RDJ have based on if they put Ryan as supporting actor vs lead.
YESSS!!!!!!!!!! The Kenergy needs to be felt 😂
This was truly an amazing and deep dive into the Barbie Movie.
I actually did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme during the Depression Barbie watching BBC's Pride and Prejudice. I felt attacked in that scene because it's hilariously relatable although i wish it was the 2005 movie version but that's okay 😂😂
I love that most of the comedy is basically critiquing Mattel, some people might not get the reference but for me it absolutely works. Oh the Snyder Cut joke was hilarious too. Greta Gerwig W for shading the Snyder fanbase, honestly she could've gone far more brutal than that 😂😂
I went w a bunch of friends and my younger sister and my bestest friend (who’s a woman (feels odd to say but relevant to the story), and when that scene played they just both gasped and I just broke out laughing cause honestly as soon as the scene started playing I immediately thought of how I know for a fact that that scene was like directly true for a lot of ladies I know. And the Mattel stuff as well w as surprising cause I was surprised they allowed them to go that in on them, and while it could be seen as being a bit apologetic for the lack of actual female representation, it was fully unabshed to the end about the bad type capitilism they are.
That was how my sister felt when she saw the film too, she mentioned there was one specific moment that made her feel called out. I saw the film last weekend and I immediately knew that it was the Pride and Prejudice joke that she was referring to, and it turns out that her friends and our mum also thought the same thing while watching it. Clearly the whole bit is quite a universal experience
i think when most people comment about barbie, it's about the social commentary the movie has made, but the core of the movie to me is that, despite all that is wrong with the world, it is still a blessing to be alive and human. In the end, Barbie chose not to live forever in perfect, but to experience all the ups and downs, all the joys and tears that is human. Being a woman, is so cursed, but so worth it to be so.
Beautiful. Couldn't agree more! I really do believe that's the ultimate take away from the film.
something i always find interesting is how you cant mention barbie without a discussion on her appearance and how unrealistic it is, and sometimes treating it like the evil supervillain in the issue of how women are expected to look, and yet not a word is said about boys action hero dolls
Thats because body positivity is only marketed towards women. Body shaming is done to men all the time, and it is ignored, but if you comment about a woman's weight, they will be up in arms with pitch forks. Im willing to bet that you have never seen a guy represented in the fatshaming movement, or gassed up as a + size model.
In the movie the teenage daughter is critical of Barbie. She talks about Barbie's appearance and how unrealistic she is.
@@Wonderwoman79G it is, in fact, impossible for a human to be like barbie, just like is impossible to be like a bratz, monster high, max steel, he-man, polly poket and any other toy. I never compared myself with a doll growing up, I did compared myself with other girls my age
because men can take harsh realities and don't use feminine manipulative tactics over one another.. We call each other fat and ugly and that we need to lose weight or go to the gym...We can accept things directly
Prior going in to see Barbie judging by the trailers its going be a fun adventure with eventual romance between Barbie and Ken, they beat the bad guys in our world and live happily ever after. Boy was i wrong, this movie is AMAZING!! Not only that but its so deep and thought provoking. Its about self identity. Who are you? What truly defines you as a person? A journey of self discovery. The fact its ok to be dark, werid, strange, vulnerable, overthinking. You don't need to be perfect or live up to any standards or be boxed in to be defined or noticed if attached to someone in Ken's case with Barbie
All these themes shocked me because i wasnt expecting Barbie to hit that hard but it did. It also did touch a lot on patriarchy vs matriarchy but it wasnt woke or super hardcore feminist as everyone makes it out to be. What i see is men and women being equal in life and society with their jobs and identity. Humor was so good. Everything really
Ryan Goslin's Ken was the MVP and a huge highlight on his own but killed it when sharing the stage with Margot Robbie's Barbie
Loved “Barbie!” Going into it, I knew it was going to be special, but I was not prepared for how smart, funny, charming, and profound it would end up being. An instant classic is an apt description. Tbh if it weren’t for “Oppenheimer,” I’d bet that “Barbie” would sweep all the trophies come awards season. But don’t worry - Gerwig will get something, even if it’s just Best Screenplay.
I agree. I loved Barbie and honestly it’s my favorite movie of the year so far. The only concern I have about Greta Gerwig winning an Oscar for Best Screenplay is that due to how the Academy classifies how a film is eligible for either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted, it may end up being in the same category as Oppenheimer. But I would still pick Barbie to win.
@@cooperwolfe5478 I was thinking about that while typing this comment! I’ve been saying Original Screenplay, but then it hit me that “Barbie” would be considered adapting from previously established material so, yeah, it’d be nominated for Adapted Screenplay. So odd, but those are the rules, I guess.
What Barbie SHOULD WIN
Best Production Design
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Song
Best Supporting Actor
Robbie definitely better be nominated for Best Actress, but my concern is with Gosling's Ken completely upstaging Barbie, she won't win.
@@ZiaAnnouncer Yeah I agree. I do hope if she is nominated that she wins, but we’ve seen it before where an actor in a supporting roles steals the show.
@@JayFingers Yeah it doesn’t make any sense. But either way I’ll vote for Barbie.
I had hope on Barbie movie once Greta Gerwig signed on as writer and director with Noah Baumbach co-write the script with her, I fully 100% trusted them. From what could've been a big 2 hour toy commercial turned into a big cinematic movie with a solid story and excellent humor, I'm so happy the movie was worth of wait. I can't wait to see it again when it comes out in a streaming service. I can see this being a modern classic, this is how you do a Barbie movie well!
I agree. Once I saw that Greta Gerwig was going to co-write and direct the film I became really excited for this film and even when people were confused by the first teaser trailer I got even more excited, and the film did not disappoint at all. Honestly it’s my favorite movie of the year so far.
Barbie and Ken not getting together is one of the best decisions. Not to over think but if they got together they'd always be in different pages. Ken's feelings would always be more intense than Barbie's considering she'd be new and just trying rather than Ken whose whole existence revolved around Barbie validation
Love Barbie. Love Oppenheimer. We're going to see a Barbenheimer face off come Oscars night. Hope both movies win as many as possible
God it's going to be AWESOME!
@@FilmSpeakWasn't there a Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan Barbie movie called Life Size in the early 2000's?
@@suzygirl1843 oh GOD YOU'RE RIGHT
Oppenheimer won't be there unfortunately
I’m just ken and the dance battle between the kens was the moment in theaters that I realized I was watching a true cinematic event that people were going to be talking about for a long time. What a fantastic movie. My wife and I have had a many discussions around the movie and it just feels like it was important that it come out now
As a Greta Gerwig stan, and a lover of storytelling, i wholeheartedly agree.
I will say that I'm so happy that the bus stop scene wasn't cut. I, in almost no way, shape, or form, relate to that woman aside from also being a woman. I'm young, and therefore born in a different time with different societal expectations. Maybe she has kids? A partner? I have no intention of that any time soon. We're different races and from different places. By no means should I have felt something much more than sympathy because of how little time we get to even learn about this woman.
Yet somehow I almost cried at that scene alone. It was, what, less than halfway into the movie? There was something so heartwrenchingly beautiful about this completely earnest moment of Barbie coming into the human world, and rather than feeling fear of cellulite or of being old, seeing a person, a human person, and thinking that she's beautiful. And even if the woman says she knows it, who knows how often someone else has told that to her? Clearly it's not a lot, given her reaction afterwards. Even FilmSpeak just bringing it up made me sentimental all over again because, goodness, it felt like that was being said directly to *me* in the audience, even though I was fully removed from the scene. Was not expecting to feel that
Barbie is a fun, whimsical, campy, and satirical comedy on the surface yet very nuanced, meaningful, clever, and thoughtful the more you analyze it. It explores such universal and mature themes that are so pragmatic to our everyday lives.
I agree with you. Personally Barbie is my favorite movie of the year so far.
@@cooperwolfe5478 Same tbh. I like MI 7, John Wick, and Oppenheimer too in 2023 so far, but if I have to choose one, then I’d pick Barbie. It’s compelling, enjoyable, and endearing.
@@RyanM268 Yeah definitely. Coincidentally I would say that Oppenheimer was my 2nd favorite movie of the year so far. At least the good news is that whatever Oscar categories Barbie isn’t nominated for I can vote for Oppenheimer if it’s nominated in those categories.
It's good, but not that nuanced imo
Having watched nearly 30+ reviews on the Barbie movie
And this is honestly the best on you deserve more views honestly
You precisely and aptly described all the little details the fast majority just simply glossed over or completely missed.
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
I know Gerwig is next working on Narnia, but this earned her a blank check on her next original movie. I've been a big fan since seeing her in Greenberg & have loved everything she's done since. She has a voice that is much needed in Hollywood that is achieving such great heights.
Also, any movie thinking it stands a chance at Best Production Design should go home.
I agree. To be honest I wasn’t the biggest fan of Little Women but I thought Lady Bird was great and Barbie is my favorite film of the year so far so I can’t wait for her next project.
Gerwig is just so amazing. This was a work of cinematic genius. As was Ladybird. Humorous, awkward, with times of deep compassion
This movies gonna be loved for generations to come, it left a huge impact and is a game changer for how modern blockbusters are made!
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A Barbie movie had been in development for 15 years. From Universal Pictures to Sony Pictures to Warner Bros Pictures and then switching directors and writers that ended up being Greta Gerwig making the movie with actress playing the lead role from Amy Schumer (thank god it didn't happen, what a massive nuclear they dodged) to Anne Hathaway and ended up being Margot Robbie as Stereotipical Barbie, i'm so happy the lomg 15 year development was worth the wait. I never thought a Barbie movie could've actually work and yet here we are. So happy the movie is getting a success at the box office in being the second movie of the year hitting Barbillion. Cheers to the creative team and actors, you are Kenough 🥂😎
I completely agree with you. I don’t mean to come off as disrespectful, but I just can’t imagine Amy Schumer as Barbie. I like one or two movies that she’s in but I feel like if she had been Barbie then whatever version of the film we would’ve gotten would be an R-rated raunchy film and although I like those types of movies, the version of Barbie that we did get was great and I’ll always be glad that this is the version that came to fruition.
CINEMA!!!! Absolutely freakin loved this movie man
Damn straight!
I will say, if there is a sequel I hope it's a Ken movie. Female empowerment movies can have men at the center of a film, since there's a saying "Don't tell girls how to dress, teach boys to be better." But where's that representation in feminst films? Teaching men postive and healthy masculinity and breaking the social norms is just as important as the message to woman, and it needs to be highlighted more. Especially since the Barbie movie has done the female part really well, and Ken's journey was just beginning. I'd really like to see his journey and to see Ryan fully shine as a star than just a supporting actor in this role too.
Aren't they considering a Ken spinoff film? If so, I think there's a lot they can explore with masculinity. I actually think exactly what you said is why I loved this film's handling of feminism, specifically regarding men's role in it. It had fun with the toxic masculinity thing, but it also showcased a very real problem with male social norms and conventions.
@@FilmSpeak I completely agree, since feminism is fundamentally about equality so men also have their part to play as well. And the film defintely handled the message ALOT better than some other woman empowerment films that give such a hollow interpretation. Not to mention, having postive male role models is even more important today. Look at how men who have been hurt by the patriachy, like Ken, flock to the "Alpha" podcasts or the Andrew Tates of the world. If Barbie can inspire young girls then Ken should inspire young boys.
And finally, I truly hope they do a spin off. It would be absoulutely criminal if they don't use Ryan's character again because there's so much potential and he's so incredible in it.
The movie was man hating in so many ways. All the male characters are dumber than their female counterparts. All the men are constantly the butt of the joke. Hell even Glorias husband for some weird reason.
All this movie has taught boys is that many women enjoyed a man hating movie and saw no problem with it, so they'll see no problem with offending women and not caring how they potray women in fiction and movies etc
How arrogant is it to think women can teach men "postivive masculinity". Imagine if a man was going round saying he would teach women "positive femininity" the reaction you would have. The arrogance is blinding.
I don't know if it's just me, but I thought that in the end Barbie not only wants to become a human in the real world, but she is also considering motherhood. I mean, she was inspired by Gloria and Sasha, then there's Ruth Handler's touching quote about mothers and there's even a montage with mothers and daughters playing and growing together. And the gynecologist visit on top of that. 😂
Brilliant video! There couldn't be a better analysis of this movie. That's what I love about you and your content. You take your time in order to make it the definitive version instead of releasing it earlier in order to be one of the firsts.
Bravo, Griffin!
This is an excellent take on Ken. It would have been amazing if "Barbie" developed his arc better. The Barbieland residents are all supposed to be naive, but Barbie's arc has Gloria and Sasha as a foil to help develop it. Ken gets his "patriarchy" kick but it isn't ever clear that he sees it as a toxic situation while he's reaping the glory of it. His development happens entirely in the reconciliation conversation afterward and it just wasn't satisfying
In fact, I would have loved it if Ken broke down in the end begging not to go back to the way things were. He could have expressed how tired he was of always fighting for affection. That patriarchy wasn't the solution: anything that was different would seem like the right thing in comparison. For a moment he was free from competing with every other guy. And Barbie had no choice to pay attention to him. He was made to chase after Barbie for all eternity and to never catch her.
And it dovetails nicely with Barbie's "eating from the tree of knowledge". Namely, you can't grow if you're not willing to confront the hardship of a world that is not ideal. Mind you, I at least recognized that theme (as opposed to Ken's pre-occupation with appearing masculine enough). I still didn't think it stuck the landing on that one either. Really the whole conclusion was just not executed well, writing-wise. I didn't love the ending songs, and though the dance/fight sequence was well done, I don't think it served the story well enough for the amount of time spent on it.
But, there was still plenty I loved about the film: its avant garde-ness; the style and production value; everything about Margot Robbie; and the entire setup pretty much up to the board room scene was chef's kiss.
Thank you! I totally respect that and even understand it. The wrap up is perhaps a bit too abrupt and tidy.
I am a fan of you @filmspeak. Keep staying positive. I always appreciate when you show me something I didn't appreciate before
It is perhaps too subtle, but I do feel like Ken shows, with his facial and corporal expressions, a growing sense of unfullfilement with the fact that the patriarchy is not making him feel as better as he was expecting, solving the issues with his sense self worth or, even more importantly... giving him a horse!
SAME THOUGH, THAT'S WHAT I EXPECTED TO HAPPEN
Yup this was pretty much my take. The movie is expertly crafted, but the writing fails it in many places. Mainly the ending. Kens character arc is incredibly disjointed as the majn struggle he is depicted to have throughout the movie does not line up with his resolution of "find yourself". The movie also falls prey to "Say 1 thing show another" with the ending. There are also major plot holes that happen towards the end of the movie that does the story no favors. This is leaving out the textbook feminist agenda about the patriarchy that is so on the nose that it almost seems satirical (It may be).
Nailed it bro. Love what’s being said here. Love the fact you brought up the technicolor. And how you defined the reality of gender and growth.
The weird barbie was so relatable too I loved it.
And depression Barbie-too fucking real 😂
@@Elirum The BBC Pride and Prejudice and "Anxiety and OCD sold seperately" hits too hard
Probably my favorite video on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Great Video!
Thank you so much! That means a lot.
One of the best 2023 movie so far
Honestly it’s my favorite movie of the year so far.
@@cooperwolfe5478 mine's "Beau Is Afraid". I have mommy issues. 💀
Second place goes for Barbie. 💖
@@danarama1498I wasn’t able to see Beau is Afraid but I heard a lot of good things about it.
Great video as always! Barbie is a great film but the way I've seen some ppl completely misinterpret it is crazy.
Oh it's completely insane. Really exposing some people's media illiteracy.
@@FilmSpeak lol love how "media literacy" is the new buzzphrase
Aside from just being really excellent on its own, Barbie served the additional purpose of cheering me up after watching the equally brilliant but harrowing Oppenheimer. Whoever decided they should be released on the same day needs a raise.
If you don’t mind me asking did you like one film more than the other?
@@cooperwolfe5478 not really, feels like comparing apples to oranges if you know what I mean. I thought Oppenheimer was more intellectually stimulating, but Barbie was definitely more fun.
The movie is also a Pinocchio story. Barbie become a real girl (woman)!
I liked this vídeo a lot but one point you didn't make and that Ive seen many women make is
that, in Barbieland, at first, while the Kens are not important, they are mostly ignored, treated as a second thought, while when the Kens take over, Barbies not only are sexualizied and subjugated, they are forced into relationships with these people that want to strip away all their Power and rights. Its a MUCH rougher deal than the Kens ever had to endure, and treating both situations as equivalent is not the way.
Tell me you've never looked into boys & men's issues without telling me you've never looked into boys & men's issues..
Whenever FilmSpeak uploads it feels like a Barbenhiemer event on YT
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Thank god some people GET IT. I've heard SO many people make such misguided and surface-level takes on Barbie, that it's so, so refreshing to find the folks who actually paid attention and understood. I know I can't expect everyone who sees it to grasp the deeper stuff - Hegelian dialectics, Sartrean existentialism, Baudrillardian semiotics, Marcusean utopianism (all courtesy of Gerwig's background in philosophy), and even Brechtian alienation techniques - but Barbie is such a rare gem of a film that expresses and translates its themes in a way that can be easily digested, I'm always surprised that more people didn't get what it was saying. I guess a lot of people are just stuck in Kendom, mistaking something as shallow that is actually far deeper than they can comprehend - because it happens to be pretty and pink.
LOL this is the biggest hit of the year and the internet has adopted it as their precious little baby. You can't say a single negative thing about it without ppl dogpiling you. Maybe stop going out of your way to get angry at obvious minority opinions from bad faith actors?
The lady sitting in the bus stop is the real Barbie, she is Ruth Handlers daughter the name sake of the doll.
Wow. Truly sensational, your essay turned into a you tube clip is really well thought out and one of the best commentaries so far. You need to submit your essay to the NYTimes. ( or perhaps you already write for them ). Well done.
Give Ryan Gosling the Oscar! #Kenergy4ever
I had one of the best times watching a movie with a group.
Between this and the She-Ra reboot, Mattel have done GOOD.
Shocking to say the least!
Ok I forgive you now for your review on Transformers...
THE BEST review on Barbie i've seen.
SO HAPPY to know I wasn't the only one happy over the way the movie celebrates masculinity through the kens and shut down this "anti-man" bullshit
Can't wait to see your review on the Oppenhiemmer!
Ahhh thank you! That's awesome and means a lot.
This movie lacked any depth whatsoever. As a woman, I was embarrassed
I think The Lego Movie and Barbie do this so well!
Yeah they really do!
It's a masterpiece and Greta Gerwig is a genius. To bring so much meaning to mainstream culture is a real craft❤
she really is
Can't wait to watch this after I eventually see the Barbie movie 😍😍. But a quick side note... where is the 90-minute deep dive on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Krystal Skull video you teased awhile back?... I'm extra hyped to see that video. No rush or anything, just curious about it. Your deep dive of Quantum of Solace is a video I have watched several times since it came out, and I'm fascinated by a deep dive from you about Krystal Skull. Anyways keep up the great work. 🥳🥳
Likely close to when Dial of Destiny hits VOD. The Dial vid didn't do so feel so it pushed that one back a bit.
Only the real ones remember the first thumbnail
I noticed that as well.
Fabulous review, made me understand and appreciate the movie more.
18:27. This is so true.
Aha, I see those "How To Dad" clips!! I love that guy. 😁 And I loved this review! I was cautiously optimistic when the movie was announced - a Barbie movie? Directed by Greta Gerwig?? - and it completely exceeded all of my expectations. It threaded the needle of self-awareness without cynicism, with all the criticality coming from a place of love and hope for a better and more equitable future.
Great video!
Thank you!
Living for the horse montage
It had to be done 🫡
I already watched the movie twice. I really loved it. I really liked Gerwig's past films, so I was very excited to watch Barbie, but I wasn't prepare for it to be THAT amazing. I laughed, I cried, it was a rollercoaster and loved every minute. Can't wait for Greta's next film. In Gerwig I trust!
Yessss! Love that. Feel the same.
The female characters Barbie meets in the real world show her that women manage to exist in a world that is so often against them, and do so best when working together. The movie is for everyone to see and enjoy, but ultimately “Barbie” is truly a film by women, about women, for women. It is a film we certainly will be seeing again.
Amen to that!
OKAAAY BOO U PREACHIN!!!! YOU BETTER SAY IT!!!
I will riot if “I’m Just Ken” doesn’t win Original Song.
Hahaha same
I don't care if the song wins or not (it'll be nice for the song to win for sure), I just want Gosling to perform the song on stage just to make the Oscars even better, atleast they should feel the Kenergy
What BARBIE SHOULD WIN
Best Production Design
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Song
Best Supporting Actor
Robbie better be nominated for Best Actress, but I worry that Gosling's Ken completely upstaging her will keep her from winning.
Excellent review as always
I hate people being like "iS wOkE" because there just proving the point of the movie loves this review
Superb and thoughtful analysis
Thank you so much!
I am incredibly grateful to you for being able to put my delight in this film into words! It is so rich and detailed in so many different ways. Without any irony or exaggeration, I consider it a masterpiece. And I will definitely make it a tradition to watch it every year or more often. In fact, I already want to watch it again. Thank you for your wonderful commentary on this brilliant film!💖💖💖
It’s literally an unwritten rule that if you want to be a Ken, you have to be good at dancing.
You have gradually become one of the few TH-camrs who’s uploads feel like an event (to me at least)
Michael Cera though that is one thing that you didn’t mention he is one of the best parts in Barbie as out and have you not talk about Michael cera?
Can’t wait
I dont think barbie intends to come off as "Anti Men", but I fully understand how people drew that conclusion.
I think it is very possible to feel the film has some pretty ugly things to say under the surface without being an alt-right chud grifter. Do I think the film is nefarious? No. I just think it's a little backwards and reinforces certain ideas that are not helpful that can inadvertently come off as "man hating." Well, maybe not man hating, but "man stereotyping" and "man dismissive." I think it can reinforce man-hating.
(and no before ppl come at me I'm not saying a Barbie movie needs to cater to men. But I think if you're going to be ambitious in your toy property blockbuster movie and make huge thematic musings on gender roles, maybe be a little more stringent in your writing)
The film is too broad and tries to do too much for everything to land and be fleshed out. It just ends up feeling a little smug and self-satisfied with itself.
The problem is the extreme polarity of discourse about this shit.
In a sane world maybe having some well-thought out criticisms of a films themes, especially a fucking Barbie movie made to line Mattel execs pockets, would be taken at face value and NOT get you deemed a raging bigot. But this is the online space in 2023 in the midst of the "culture war" so everything has to be a test of somebodies politics and character.
Here's a crazy thought - it's totally possible to think Barbie fumbled its themes without being AGAINST those themes. Execution matters. Just because something is saying "the right things" doesn't mean it's immune to analysis and critique as a work unto itself.
I think the film going so hard on "the patriarchy" is it's ultimate downfall because it doesn't do enough to define what patriarchy is in its own terms. The film tries to poke fun at gendered stereotypes while also indulging in them without much reflection. Kens are stupid men who do stupid men things. Because of this nebulous, MALE force of "the patriarchy" they become insta-villains, insta-sexists. And because of this "patriarchy" being so powerful the Barbies are so weak-minded as to be insta-brainwashed by it.
Why would the that work on a society that, in many ways, has no knowledge of "real world" societal dynamics? The film isn't much better to some of the female characters, either - as the mom and daughter are nothing but walking cliches with NOTHING for us to get invested in. They exist merely to personify the myriad ideas Gerwig threw at the wall. Their entire is one big distraction.
And why do the Barbies need to use what can be considered patriarchal behaviors and traits (their sex appeal as manipulation) to defeat the Kens? Shouldn't that be the exact opposite of how they win?
Is patriarchy actually selectively beneficial when women can wield to their ends?
And yes, I do think some of the gender based humor in this film is just...deadass wrong. I don't wanna be that guy that takes Barbie too seriously. Really, I don't. It's a comedy. It's camp. It's supposed to be fun and cute and colorful and goofy and humor is humor. It's not meant to be taken seriously.
But this is a "having your cake and eating it too" kind of film.
When Barbie and Ken first enter the real world and roller blading in Venice Beach the entire joke for that whole segment is that Ken just magically feels at ease, right at home, SAFE - while Barbie feels instantly ill at ease and is sexually assaulted and harassed pretty much instantly.
I just think this is an irresponsible joke in a film targeted to families and children. It tells younger viewers men don't have to be afraid in public due to having some MAN badge and that women need to automatically fear for their well-being as soon as they step outside BECAUSE of said men. I'm sorry, but if you honestly think this is right, that this is the case, that there is nothing wrong here then you're part of the problem.
If we're to take the patriarchy theme seriously - if we're to understand patriarchy "hurts men too" then the film should have the forethought to know that your average man DOES NOT walk around with some weird layer of automatic, societal respect and sense of innate safety. Like, what?
Look. I know. This is a film made by a female perspective to speak to the female perspective. Gerwig said Barbie is for everybody, but come on. This is Barbie. Barbie as a brand has a uniquely female history. As it should. I don't for one second think or believe that a Barbie film needs to or SHOULD cater to men.
I just think that more care needed to be put into the script and Gerwig needed to narrow her focus down significantly.
DC should totally get her on a project
I'd be down to see it! Especially since she wants to do big budget films.
@@FilmSpeak a lot of people are suggesting that she takes on the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow movie, because the comic has similar thematic commentary to her movies
My Mom and I seriously enjoyed this movie overall 💞
To be honest someone did make a good point online that the movie cover the basis of feminism and it deos not even go that deep with it. It is more of a humanist film of self-discovery. Especially with Ken and Barbie.
Man, sometimes I'm lock-step in agreement with this channel it's like we're the same person. Then when I disagree with a take I disagree with it SOOOOO strongly it's wild. "Perfect?" For a channel usually pretty decent at breaking down narrative structure and pace I'm surprise this video doesn't have any takes on that aspect. Not that these criticisms are objective. Nothing in art is objective, but I would have thought of all the non-shitty YT movie essay channels this one may point out that Barbie suffers a lot from pacing issues.
The "discourse" around this film is already exhausting. I'm so sick of every mainstream release going through the same damn cycle to the point where having reasonable discussion is all but impossible.
But we can't give up the good fight. So here goes...
Barbie is the most overrated film of the year so far imo. I don't think its terrible, or even bad. I just think it loses itself tremendously in the second half. I was on board fully in the first half. Funny. Charming. Goofy. Weird. Well designed and realized...and then it just kinda tosses all kinds of concepts and ideas at you one after the other and doesn't do enough to expand on any of them.
The film knee-capped itself by dumbing itself down too much. It does FAR TOO MUCH telling instead of showing. Like, holy crap not even animated family films often spell themselves out as strongly as Barbie does. And great googly moogly the product placement is some of the most egregious I've seen in a film in a LONG time. I'm usually very forgiving of product placement as a reality of mainstream Hollywood filmmaking. But here it's so blatant and pervasive I felt myself getting cynical about it in the theater. Multiple times this film's VISUAL LANGUAGE transforms into a car commercial. Flat out. It's nuts.
Will Ferrell was grating. The Mattel segment went on for too long and got boring. And the film rested on overly played out tropes with the mother and daughter characters without doing enough to give them dimension or a reason to care. They are just ciphers, nothing more.
I waited on even expressing my opinions on the film because it's obviously striking a massive chord with people and I didn't wanna be that person coming in with the "um actuallys" and pooing on the good times. But even the 2 week grace period didn't stop the bad faith readings of my criticisms. This is what I mean about modern discourse. Because a certain segment of the online community (you know the ones I'm referring to) make it their grift to go after everything that comes out doesn't mean anyone who dislikes a thing dislikes it for _those_ reasons.
No, I'm not _offended_ by the film. No, I don't feel _attacked_ by the film or think it "hates men." I just don't think it's all that well structured or paced or written. And that should be ok to say without people assuming you're against it for nefarious reasons and trying to invalidate other people's good time.
Perfect !! Thank you !!
Not even gonna lie.. this movie might be the most fun I've had in a movie theater since Avengers Endgame lol
Totally agree! 'Barbie' doesn't hate Ken or men. The character arcs of both genders you rightly describe as strong and of equivalent value. Ben Shapiro has it wrong, to put it discreetly...🤪
I really really wish I could feel the same way you do about this movie, but I can't. It was a good movie. Really good. And I had fun. But as soon as it finished I was left with an empty feeling like "that's it?".
I loved the ken story line but I felt like barbie's storyline was cut? Unfinished? Unpolished? Idk. Gloria, Sasha and Barbie spend so little time together, and the fucking Mattel bit of "look at us, we're such silly dorks who are shallowly feminist cuz it makes us profit and will leave Barbie alone cuz we're still on top and money uwu" was so bad. This is the same company who exploits they're workers and has incredibly shady practices. You really think they gave Greta Gerwig freedom to do her own thing? No! It's them being like "see, Barbie thinks old women are beautiful. Why don't you buy our anti aging Barbie cream?" It is the same thing netflix and Disney do. They make shows that criticize them cuz they know that way they can stay on top of the discourse and it's so frustrating!!! Like I said, the movie was really good even if I think Barbie's plot could have been a bit more developed, but it just left me feeling cynical and frustrated cuz I really really wanna love this movie and I fucking can't, like not because I don't want to, I do, but I can't knowing that just watching the silly movie and having a good time is something some big excecutive at Mattel and WB relies on to make themselves a little bit richer and not change their shady corporate practices and I hate that's the case cuz I still listen to I'm just ken and at the same time I'm so fucking grateful I didn't buy anything I can't wear again cuz the effect of the movie and fast fashion are having on the environment is giving me a fucking headache.
I like Greta Gerwig. I don't have much criticism towards her or the movies that's not my personal lack of connection with some of her characters, which is a me thing, but she is a great director. I just feel horrible with myself for not being able to join the hype and knowing that behind all those "first female director to make a 1b movie" headlines there's a WB whose not paying their workers and plans to use AI to cut costs on 'human resources' and will take the 1 billion and not learn anything from this experience.
Also, obviously saying that the movie is anti men is stupid. Sorry for the ramble. I do like your content and videos. This was good too, I just don't agree. I wish I could, honestly.
Tf.. i just found a sensible person in the comment section.
Thank you! On one hand if we're gonna watch movies we need to accept the inherent double-edge sword that often the very system a film is critiquing is what allowed the film to made in the first place. It's just how it works. No film, unless it's somehow produced entirely outside the system and market, can truly be free of the innate hypocrisy.
But I don't get myself in a twist about and think I'm being clever when in a "Hmmm this film critiques society yet it exists in society mmmyes ahahaha so smart! way because I know, understand, and accept that art and capital exist together. Nobody is clever when they point out a movie that criticizes capitalism was made under capitalism. You're just a dummy.
Plenty of films and shows exist to sell a brand. Sometimes, hell most of the time, I don't give shit and enjoy myself. But sometimes the project tries to be a little too clever with itself and comes off as just feeling congratulatory.
Barbie feels congratulatory. By the time the Mattel offices shit was going down in Barbie and I checked out and thought to myself "Oh fuck off, movie."
The Lego Movie managed to do kinda the same thing with much more nuance, honesty, and grace.
Really great take on Ken.
Thank you so much!
Great Video!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!! Margot Robbie was Perfect as Barbie and Ryan Gosling was Hilarious as Ken! He brought The Kenergy 😂
I’ll give it a B- The super hard and super obvious message really hurts the film.
Thanks for this, great breakdown.
I enjoyed the movie more than my girlfriend 😅 Ken is so relatable
This video essay is 🤌🏾🩷
Thank you so much!
@@FilmSpeak you're welcome
Thanks so much for this brilliant analysis of Barbie the movie. I plan to see Barbie again soon. With your help I’ll do so with a deeper appreciation.
Will you make an Oppenheimer Video?
For me we can all take deep meanings into opoenheimer and barbie bit really at the end of the day they're just a drama epic and a fun comedy
Wrong the movie was about HORSES, well after I found out it wasn’t about horses I still loved it. But still feel like the real important part was horses
Completely agree with everything you said. People will still be watching Barbie in 40+ years. It’s just one of those films
Can I play my guitar at you
I'd be sad if you didn't!
@@FilmSpeak I WANNA PUSH YOU AROUND, WELL I WILL, WELL I WILL!
I can't believe people are calling this movie AnTi-MeN when it has one big musical number about male representation and it has ALLAN. Like enough with the anti-men debate and give my man Allan some respect!!
Oh it's absurd. Just complete media illiteracy.
The one time that Michael Cera has been funny in the past 10 years
you forgot to mention that the old woman at the bus stop is Barbra robberts! on top of that moment being a realization for barbie it was an adorable cameo
the movie was good but it's not that amazing. it was better than i thought it would be. maybe that's why people are seeing it because it's better than what they expected.
I love you bro
The Kens also find a brotherhood between them over the course over their song. It’s a wonderful thing.
It's so nice to hear smth nice abt a woman director for once tbh
Greta Gerwig is such a good director
"For once?" Gerwig has been Mother in film nerd spaces for years now, lol.
Agnas Varda, Sofia Coppola, Rachel Seligmann, Lynn Ramsay, Ana DuVernay, Nancy Meyers, Katheryn Bigalow, Norah Ephron, Jane Campion, Chloe Zhao, The Wachowski Sisters, Elaine May, Claire Denis, Chantal Akerman, Amy Heckerling, Sarah Polley, etc
All female filmmakers who have made indie darlings, blockbuster hits, beloved world cinema - here is a mix of new and old talent, all with stripes and accolades.
I'm all for shining more light on female creatives in the business. Also, I am SO not saying that the industry is post-sexism. But on the other hand I don't think people like you who spout baseline platitudes like this come from a place of basic knowledge of education.
It's not quite the boys clubs it has been in the past. Far from it. We're in a new age, really, of non-male demographics making a bigger splash in the industry then we ever have been.
If you want to "hear something nice" about women directors, actually spend more time seeking out film that isn't the most mainstream of the mainstream?
I was so happy when I spotted HOW TO DAD , WHOOO!!
The fact that we see the Barbies emotionally manipulate the Kens to beat them, fully reinstate the matriarchy and not give the Kens any political representation I feel presents them as the villains at the end. They didn’t do the right thing, they restored the status quo.
president barbie literally says “I don’t think things should go back to the way they were. no barbie or ken should live in the shadows”
You had me until "Will Ferrell's funniest role in years" ....he was the worst part of the movie I am so tired of him. It's Elf or bust, man.
Megamind?
congratulations you managed to throw an f bomb 21 minutes in booooooooo
I do not agree.
My pitch for a Ken movie:
Kens are living in a patriarchal paradise. They control everything. Barbies walk around smiling and beautiful hoping in vain that a Ken will notice her.
Ken journeys to California to find the child who is playing with him. Barbie comes along. He discovers the matriarchy. A world inhabited by harridans who scream at men and persecute them with false accusations of violence and sexual harassment. He discovers that the person playing with him is in fact a 40 year old man who is being driven to suicide by how impossible it is to be a man in America today. (The rate of suicide actually is 4 times greater for men than women.)
Barbie however is amazed by the power of women in the real world. She returns to Ken land and creates a revolution where women are in charge while men cower in fear of losing everything and being jailed on false accusations.
Ken together with the 40 year old man and his son rush back to Ken land and through a ruse restore the patriarchy, although the Kens agree that Barbies might be allowed to have some authority. Barbies are ecstatic.
Ken tells Barbie that he never loved her. She must find her own independent identity. Then Ken returns to the real world to fearlessly take on the challenges and the joys of being a man in modern day America. His first order of business is a visit to a urologist. The End
What do you think? Is Mattel going for it? Billion dollar blockbuster? And if not why not?
Despite the hype, this film is objectively a heavy-handed hot piece of trash. From a film maker's view point is is a disastrous mess.
Admittedly, from a film studio's bottom line pov, it is a great success.
Trying to be as objective as I can. I'm a film school grad and I've been working in the film industry for many years, now. It's poorly made, poorly written, poorly constructed. I'm happy it garnered a lot of interest. The film industry needs that kind of hype. @@Rymaja
@@Truthshallsety0ufreethe sets are phenomenal and it’s hilarious?? what are you on
Yeah...Cause I watch movies for the sets...@@icecreamguru7584 🤡
I didn’t like the movie-reality struck hard.
She started out as the inanimate doll with ADULT features ✨Bild Lilli✨ but was COPIED by that Ruth …Handler who partnered with Mattel to supposedly mass produce that version with empowering backstory about Barbie that “she can be anything”.
The monologue was given by a …Latina and it was too real world-but I still couldn’t relate.
The ending was a direct COPY/PASTE of PINOCCHIO, the fictional puppet wishing to be a real little boy….🙄
The ‘power’ to give her a choice in …‘life’ by the so-called doll’s ‘creator’ is BLASPHEMY.
Nobody but God can breathe life into His beings.
t's funny how this movie is being praised by feminists and hated by the male reviewers who have been suffering under a decade of the Mary Sue trash Hollywood has been regurgitating.
Barbenheimer was a perfect sales pitch as both are high end psychological and philisophical movies. While Oppenheimer was a look into quantum physics, Barbie was a GENIUS quantum philisophical movie that completely 💩s on Feminism, woke culture, the alpha-self absorbed glamour women and jocks while most surprisingly, utterly 💩ing on Mattel itself. It also subliminally goes directly at CAA which in this movie Mattel represents, brilliantly likening the Entertainers "created" and "marketed" as nothing more than a product. And when one dares to try to leave their realm created for them and be a "normal human being", they hunt her down and try to re-box her. (think Brittany Spears) The only flaw was the 3rd act when they beat you over the head with the patriarchy having taken over Barbieland and how the Barbie's must "deprogram them" from an existence they don't seem to have a problem with. But this is acutally a clear indictment on feminism as well. In fact, near the very end of the movie, they straight out claim that patriarchy is just a made up thing to be basically a coping mechanism. Also, the "real world" is not really the real world as one can plainly see, but another indictment of feminism and how feminists constantly portray men that are supposed to be in the real world, in the movies they create. Over the top, female fiction.
The exact end of the movie is also interesting as you see the mother clearly treating her husband EXACTLY how she was complaining about how men supposedly treat women; belittling them, talking down to them, etc. Another scathing indictment on feminists. And in the end, Barbie leaves to become a real woman... anti-woke direct attack here... a real woman who goes to see a gynecologist for the first time... because... SHE NOW HAS A VAGINA. She is a real woman. Absolutely brilliant work from Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (who I had no clue who they were). But it caused me to immediately rent LADY BIRD which was another very good movie deeply psychological and philisophical. And I will pretty soon watch Frances Ha as well as Gerwig has truly impressed me. For me it is an 8 out of 10 and would have been a 9 if not for the bludgening tool they used in the third act regarding the patriarchy, even though it was a intended humiliation of the feminist concept. It did however echo some historical moments of Earth history of men being manipulated by their women to go to war against each other. Or say John The Baptist's death at the manipulating from Herodias and her daughter. Feminists complain about the historical patriarchy but never mention that many women held considerable power over their men through such manipulation.
It's not being hated by male reviewers. It's being hated on by right wing chud grifters. None of them are actual critics.
Mostly women were victims of the “historical patriarchy” because men literally dominated the worlds culture at the time and had more power they could abuse in general.
Women historically abusing men using the patriarchy isn’t talked about much because it happened a lot more to them, then it did to men.
@@MrMelonsz This isn't true in the sense that is most often regurgitated. The REALITY of history is that most women AND men were shit on equally and separately by the rich and powerful. Men had (and still have) their societal expectations places upon as do women.
PEOPLE were oppressed throughout history. THE MASSES, not just women. It's just when you zoom in a little oppression takes on different, and sometimes gendered, forms. If women were "kept" then men were (and still are, sorry to say) sacrificed. Sacrificed for the war machine, for industry, for labor. If Mary had to stay in the cabin and cook food all day and mend clothes and tend to the children then John has to toil all day in the fields to make a pittance to be able to buy the fabrics, the food, etc.
People REALLY need to start actually looking into this stuff on a deeper level and stop just going off of Buzzfeed tier information.
If your a dude and you watched this movie and review attentively...
You've let our fallen brothers and fathers down
How so
masculinity is such a fragile thing