So I got a chance to see an advance screening last night of Barbie! This is spoiler alert, so if you don’t want to read my opinion or see the funniest quotes from the film, then find another post to look at lol! First off, I loved ALL the fashions, the storyline was ok but it was hella cheesy! That is expected because it’s a Barbie movie I get it lol. I could have done without ALL the agendas, representation, inclusion of EVERY single body, it just really took away from the movie! It was hard to follow along and enjoy the beauty of the movie (which was made very well and different I must admit, so kudos to director Greta Gerwig) but just too much of everything else going on geesh!
Everyone right now wants to be so “woke” and make sure they are not excluding anyone and thats ok, its just overkill and its getting pretty tiring now! There is whole threads on this subject matter and how tv, movies and more are just doing way too much! Read between the lines and let’s just move on!
Other than that I do have another gripe in the movie, and that was that I think that Issa Rae could have gotten a bigger role! In the movie, she is seen for about 10 minutes that’s it! She pops in and says “Hi Barbie” in the beginning, then maybe she is seen in about two more scenes and folks thats about it! She plays President Barbie but hmm? They “used” her in a lot of press to promote the film but there was extras in the movie that got more screen time than her! Hey, I guess it was a cute check! Issa also didn’t say anything that profound or meaningful! She was funny, don’t get me wrong and her clap backs were brilliant but I was expecting so much more from her and felt slighted just a bit!
The fashions were insane and lots of Barbie girls in the audience were oohing and awhing over the cute clothes throughout the film, I did enjoy that! Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran did her thing! The film did have some really good music with your favorite artists of today, if you want a good soundtrack to download, yes this one is really good! The movie did have a lot of funny punchlines and they made fun of Mattel a lot lol! But go see it for yourself this Friday and form your own opinion. I give it a solid C. See some of the funniest quotes inside…
Barbie has a great day every day, but Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him.
There are no multiples of Alan; he’s just Alan.
You gonna beach both of us off?
This is Barbie’s Dream House. It’s not Ken’s Dream House, right?
You’re malfunctioning.
I’d like to see what kind of nude blob he’s packing under those jeans.
Blame Mattel; they made the rules.
She looks even better in more clothes.
You’re so beautiful.I know it.
We sell dreams and imagination and sparkles.
She looks even better in more clothes.
Everyone thinks I’m cool and I’m pretty.
I’m a man with no power. Does that make me a woman?
First step is always rollerblading. They are heading to Barbieland.
Don’t question it; just roll with it, tiny baby.
I’m here for little girls and their dreams in the least creepy way possible.
I cannot sit on one more leather couch; it will break my spirit.
I’m Alan, Ken’s buddy. All his clothes fit me.
I have a TV on my back. You know who’s dream this is? Nobody, it’s nobody’s dream.
I only exist within the warmth of your gaze.
Nobody looks like Barbie, except, of course, Barbie. Take a bow, honey.
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig (“Little Women,” “Lady Bird”) comes “Barbie,” starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie (“Bombshell,” “I, Tonya”) and Ryan Gosling (“La La Land,” “Half Nelson”) as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera (“End of Watch,” the “How to Train Your Dragon” films), Kate McKinnon (“Bombshell,” “Yesterday”), Issa Rae (“The Photograph,” “Insecure”), Rhea Perlman (“I’ll See You in My Dreams,” “Matilda”), and Will Ferrell (the “Anchorman” films, “Talladega Nights”). The film also stars Michael Cera (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Juno”), Ariana Greenblatt (“Avengers: Infinity War,” “65”), Ana Cruz Kayne (“Little Women”), Emma Mackey (“Emily,” “Sex Education”), Hari Nef (“Assassination Nation,” “Transparent”), Alexandra Shipp (the “X-Men” films), Kingsley Ben-Adir (“One Night in Miami,” “Peaky Blinders”), Simu Liu (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”), Scott Evans (“Grace and Frankie”), Jamie Demetriou (“Cruella”), Connor Swindells (“Sex Education,” “Emma.”), Sharon Rooney (“Dumbo,” “Jerk”), Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton,” “Derry Girls”), Ritu Arya (“The Umbrella Academy”), Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Dua Lipa and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren (“The Queen”). Gerwig directed “Barbie” from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story,” “The Squid and the Whale”), based on Barbie by Mattel.
The film’s producers are Oscar nominee David Heyman (“Marriage Story,” “Gravity”), Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, with Gerwig, Baumbach, Michael Sharp, Josey McNamara, Ynon Kreiz, Richard Dickson, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich and Cate Adams serving as executive producers. Gerwig’s creative team behind the camera included Oscar-nominated director of photography Rodrigo Prieto (“The Irishman,” “Silence,” “Brokeback Mountain”), six-time Oscar-nominated production designer Sarah Greenwood (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Anna Karenina”), editor Nick Houy (“Little Women,” “Lady Bird”), Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran (“Little Women,” “Anna Karenina”), visual effects supervisor Glen Pratt (“Paddington 2,” “Beauty and the Beast”) and music supervisor George Drakoulias (“White Noise,” “Marriage Story”), with music by Oscar winners Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“A Star Is Born”). Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Heyday Films Production, a LuckyChap Entertainment Production, a NB/GG Pictures Production, a Mattel Production, “Barbie.” The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and released in theaters only nationwide on July 21, 2023 and beginning internationally on July 19, 2023.
