AustinTink
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- Jan 24, 2009
Double Feature!That means I have to squeeze in two action packed movies within a few days.
Double Feature!That means I have to squeeze in two action packed movies within a few days.
Double Feature!
We’ll be waiting for your review!I'm at AMC to see Barbie in 40 minutes. There was a line to get into the building and the line for concessions was insane. The Stubs line was way longer than the regular line lol can't wait to see it!
SO many people wearing pink. I even saw a couple dressed as Barbie and Ken (with blonde wigs and everything).
#3 is the only reason I am interested in it. Never played with Barbie dolls, preferred stuffed animals to dolls, it's the subversive stuff that interests me. My 2 DDs never had them, they did have a few American Girl dolls. I would not have encouraged Barbie, I would not have wanted them to have such an unrealistic representation of a female form. I have seen the foot clip, and I find it quite funny.
Certainly not rushing out to the theater this weekend to see it.
It was a turn off, for me.I loved Barbie growing up. GI Joe would hang with Ken and visit the Dream house every now and then. It's a pleasant memory. Hollywood should take note...no need for virtue signaling in every aspect of our lives. It can be quite the turn off...very divisive when overdone. Just my thoughts.
Absolutely true about the rating.I loved it. The messages it conveys, the humor, and the different aspects to appeal to really hit home.
My husband and I agreed that if this had come out in the 80’s it would’ve been a PG rated movie.
Im not sure we are always on opposite ends. I think things often come across more black and white on a message board. I have no problem with different issues being the focal point in films etc. My beef is when EVERYTHING has to advocate for a social issue…particularly when it goes overboard and to the extreme. I believe many folks shut down at that point. Besides sometimes being lighthearted is what we need. Laughter is good for the soul!I had no interest in seeing it.
But then I remembered how much I adored Lady Bird (another Greta Gerwig film) & some of Noah Baumbach's work as well (co-writer, her partner)
I saw it yesterday. For $8! - that is crazy cheap here.Well that is besides the point.
Nope. Nothing horrendous about it. But did not grab me at all. And I fell asleep for a wee bit, laughing. Not sure if it my health right now or some boredom. Toss up. I thought both Gosling & Robbie threw themselves into their roles with abandon. And many people in the theatre seemed to like the movie.
But way too much hoopla in my opinion.
It was a turn off, for me.
Highlighting you TLSnell only because you and I are often on opposite ends in our perspectives on issues.
And I was 'please make it stop' at times during Barbie.
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(I hate the word woke through - It is often thrown around in such an entirely lazy manner, in my opinion. There are many important issues at hand that are just thrown into a big pile.)