#greta gerwig's Barbie

[chalkbird]

hey. howl's moving mojo dojo casa house

[barbi3-bitches]

[alwaysan-angel]

The emotional gut punch of watching Barbie and seeing a movie so effortlessly portray girlhood and growing up and the relationships between mothers and daughters while actively moving back into your parents house, into your childhood home, where you used to play with those exact dolls and dream of the “real world”

[thedevilwearsparlanti]

[bestiesincrime]

anyway the blorbification of ken by ryan gosling is giving me such porsche in his boytoy era vibes

[sandinmybed]

i absolutely love that all the barbies are influential important women who do cool stuff and all the kens are like "this is some guy" because that is exactly how I used to play with my dolls as a kid. the one male doll I had was merely a plot support for the much cooler storylines of my barbies. greta gerwig you get it

[mollyolikeme]

It is so so fascinating how the marketing for Barbie has simultaneously brought people to the movie and also misled them unintentionally, therefore causing them to dislike it.

I’ve spoken with multiple people who said they didn’t like it because they didn’t see the message or understand the message or were ‘blind sided’ by what the movie actually contained.

For me, a movie lover who loves all of Greta Gerwig’s work, I knew exactly what I was getting into with Barbie. I knew there was going to be some bigger message within this absolute romp. I didn’t even watch any clips or trailers after the first teaser. I was prepared going in because I’m familiar with Greta.

But for people who consumed all the marketing and have never bothered with knowing creators or more ‘behind the scenes’ people in film, all they knew going in was; 'Pink is in! Look at the stacked cast of celebrities and musical artists we have attached to this film! Get on this fun filled train with us!'

Which was indeed, so fun! But these types of audience members were doomed from the beginning. Dropped into a movie that is nuanced from the first scene and they just couldn’t keep up.

So lots of the pivotal moments were not noticed or lost behind the beautiful design of the movie. America’s speech seems out of place or like it wasn’t worked up to.

Depending on the viewers background, they might not even see how Will Ferrell's Mother is essential to the greater message.

I digress, my point is just, its fascinating the route the marketing team took.

Because it might pay off in the short term, and I think it still is, but I worry that the initial societal assumptions made about the film will take away from the actual content within the movie going forward and what the legacy of Barbie will become.

And honestly, I think this fractured audience reaction also highlights how many people are truly dragging their feet in old societal values and stuck in their comfort bubbles, refusing to see things on a bigger scale or from others perspectives.

[livinglovingtrainwreck]

I'm just gonna put this out there: the Barbie movie by Greta Gerwig is for the girls

[pierpointco]

Marisa Abela on Wielding Power on the Set of Industry Season 2—and Landing a Role in Barbie

The first season of Industry, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s electrifying drama following a group of ambitious young graduates navigating the politics and pitfalls of a prestigious London investment bank, brought us a compelling cast of anti-heroes: Myha’la Herrold’s Harper, a steely American transplant fleeing a troubled past; Harry Lawtey’s Robert, a striver with a cocaine habit; David Jonsson’s Gus, an openly gay old Etonian already disillusioned about the business; and Nabhaan Rizwan’s state-school educated Hari, whose obsession with proving himself leads to tragedy. (Read more on Vogue.)

photography from "Meet Marisa Abela, the Breakout Star of the New HBO Series Industry." November 2, 2020.

[animentality]

[obiwan]

[femininemenon]

BARBIE (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig

[barbi3-bitches]

[alwaysan-angel]

One thing I love about the barbie movie is how it’s allowed me to embrace all things pink and feminine without fear of being looked down upon because I like traditionally “girly” things like I feel such a sense of community around barbie and the collective experience of dressing up to watch it and it is honestly healing my inner child

[filiseverus]

The Barbie movie reminded me about how when I was little my parents were upset that I kept making my Barbie dolls kiss, so they bought me a Ken doll. The next day they found me having a funeral for poor Ken in the garden, he had died of tuberculosis. All the Barbies were in attendance and I buried him under our rose bush. The Barbies were too poor to afford a headstone (it was 1875) so I didn’t mark where the grave was and I never could find him again. He’s probably still there.

[magnetostits]

the barbenheimer experience i had was so funny i saw oppenheimer first and in a quiet scene we could literally hear ken singing in the theater next to us and then during barbie it when was quiet we could hear a fucking explosion coming from the oppenheimer screening