Me and my brother figured out ways to destroy those things! We had four sisters living with us and Barbies were everywhere! We used to run over them with Tonka trucks!
Margot Robbie really put her heart into the role , and I appreciate how she really mimic a barbie doll would move and slowly change while she is becoming human. The details are down to the fingers , and I think this is really something minor but really important to make the movie believable.
@@Llucius1 Well I think she deserves it even though I had some issues with the 2nd half of this movie like preachy messaging about women feeling oppressed by the patriarchy and stuff. I don't have any issues if a movie wants to talk about things like that but it could have been handled in a more subtle and tactful manner. But my bigger issue was this movie's writing and ending making it seem like Barbie's permanent life changing decision to become a human with a temporary life and sacrifice ALL HER FRIENDS and stuff was like no big deal! They could have explained that or done a better job with the ending but whatever. I do feel that even if some critics didn't love Barbie as a film, very few can argue that Margot did not work as Barbie. If she wasn't believable and convincing as stereotypical Barbie for even a second, the movie would NOT have done as well as it did. So I do feel she deserves an Oscar nomination for her performance in the film on merit alone. Not saying she deserves to win cuz there might be some indie actresses in critically acclaimed films playing for complex roles. But we'll see.
I felt the same about the Mattel corporate guys. They just felt totally unnecessary and the humor from them really didn't land for me. The corporate guys being so goofy and slapstick despite being from the real world also felt odd and I think it would've been better to keep the line between the cartoonish Barbie world and the real world more distinct.
I feel like if you cut the Mattel executives, the mom and daughter, and the never went to the real world it wouldn't change the movie at all. There was a lot of weird unnecessary stuff in it.
I thought the movie was pretty good, except for America's lengthy speech near the end of the movie. Plus I don't really know the purpose of Michael Cera's character in the movie. nothing against these actors, but sometimes the writers Zigged when they should have Zagged.
The fact this summer in cinema will be dominated by two somewhat original projects instead of terrible Disney remakes or tired superhero movies is a nice change of pace so I hope both do really well. (for the record I did really enjoy the recent Spider-Man animated flick) Seeing Oppenheimer next week, Barbie I will defo check out when its available to stream.
Praises original projects but decides to watch one when it comes to streaming services. If you're annoyed at "terrible Disney remakes or tired superhero movies" shouldn't you be going out to support the original projects?
Can't wait to see this and Oppenheimer this weekend. It feels so weird to be unironically hyped for a Barbie movie, as a guy who never cared about Barbie as a kid, but here we are. Edit: Now I have seen both, what a wonderful weekend. I can't recommend them enough.
@@vinnbalor Gerwig as the director was the first thing that got me interested in it, after seeing Little Women and Lady Bird, I was certain she could do something interesting with Barbie as well.
About the daughter character...and this may be a minor spoiler...As a doll collector myself, it was actually a fun dig at "Barbie" that the 4 school girls are named Sasha (the daughter) and her friends are Yasmin, Cloe and Jade who are based off of the MGA Entertainment dolls, BRATZ (which is also why her attitude is like that, a BRAT). I also have a Barbie that I played with as a child, but is now and still a part of my professional studio decor (as she "inspires" me, as on of the characters said) - you can very much say I AM the target audience and while I agree that the movie had its "meh" moments, the deep dives into discontinued Barbies and Kens, the feelings of the struggling adult person, losing yourself, especially when you're TOO "in love with someone" (such as Ken) and discovering who you are and you defining that for yourself...As a creative person who struggles with mental health, heartbreak, loss, this movie resonated with me.
@@MiraBoo Same! I though they just inserted the 4 BRATZ in the trailer for lolz, but my friend and I were slapping each other’s knees like “Omgohhmggg!! They did NOT--! This is GOLD! GRETAAA!” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Ryan Gosling in life prompting a movie never disappoints. Gosling on tour for whatever film he's hyping is often ten times funnier than the movie being sold. The Numero Uno example of this is the Ryan Gosling-Harrison Ford roadshow when promoting the sequel to Blade Runner a few years back. Literally, click on any video of their press conferences or talk show appearances together and they are the greatest comedy duo ever. Blade Runner is a damn fine sci-fi drama with serious deep themes and fully realized scope of dystopian vision. However, the real money and juice is getting these two hilarious guys co-starring in a comedy film together. They clearly feed off and bring out the best from each other and the Blade Runner Sequel tour interplay between the two was their screen test and chemistry run-through dress rehearsal. They pass the audition, nailed the improv, got the gig. Make it happen boys. 🤙⚡😀
I thought the mattel guys were hilarious, I wanted more of them. It felt like how kids play with "villains" who are incompetent just to let the good guys win. I agree that the scenes between Ken and Barbie were the best, though. To each their own!
The Mattel people definitely didn't annoy me. At best, Will Ferrell made the scene entertaining enough, I just think they were a little bit wasted especially Ferrell. I do love how camp the Mattel scene is especially when the Mattel guys were chasing Barbie lol. Definitely a cartoony portrayal of Mattel but to be honest, that's exactly what i'd expected
I worked there, and it was a complete insult to how anything is done there. I'm absolutely amazed that Mattel approved this when it made all men complete and utter dolts. Which btw is run by men. Before you say it's satire, it's not satire when a movie makes ALL the men seem less than half wits. That phone you're using? That house you're in? That car you drive in?
@@aaadesktopts really funny how all the moids are now complaining about the treatment women have been getting in film for literally forever, isn't it? oh NOW you're sad because it's men who are props for the female protagonists...? guess what. hey. guess what. BOOHOO
I loved the scene where they're in slowmo, but it's not actually slowmo they're just moving slowly. I also liked that Eric and Maeve from Sex Ed were bff Ken and Barbie, with surprise appearance from Adam
In the entire movie there wasn’t a single line about men that wasn’t negative Imagine the roles reversed where men just make a movie about how terrible women are Misandry is so main stream it’s gross
@@nobodythenobody9779oh you mean literally any “sex romp” movie from the 70’s-90’s (and a fair amount of the 2000’s)? Like, a woman literally gets raped for laughs in revenge of the nerds and Seth McFarlane is still planning a remake of it today
I thought that was so sweet that they did not bother to tell that Ncuti's Ken was probably gay. He just said " i miss my friend Barbie" that's when you know Kens could be gay and only have platonic relatioships with barbies
From the trailers alone, it’s evident how much care and detail was put into crafting this movie. From the sets, to the costumes, everything looks impeccably done.
From my eyes, it seems like WB is trying to replicate The Lego Movie's success in turning a simple toy into a big exciting fun movie which is a lesson they learned
@@JoBloxJ27Honestly watching the trailer and Will Ferrel is just playing Mr Business from Lego Movie again in live action. I know the movie has a live action segment of it with him and the kid who played as his son when they played Lego.
I think the best part is that both a film about one of the most serious subject matters that will forever haunt humanity and one based a toy line will be released at the same time its really hallarious.
You can really tell like everyone was having fun making this film. The writers, the set designers, the stylists, the actors, everyone thought the whole way through that this was going to be such a fun movie. Like I bet it wasn't even a question in a lot of people's minds. And they were absolutely right.
Gerwig is the main reason why this movie worked. The same way Phil Lord and Christopher Miller made The Lego Movie worked. What could've been a cynical cash grab IP commercial (*cough The Emoji Movie *cough) turned into something extremely fun, creative and entertaining. Sure the movie ain't flawless but I felt like it's about as good as what I hope for a Barbie movie
Feel like this movie hits people in different ways, it certainly made an impact on me watching with my daughter who used to play with Barbie's and now is heading into college life and seeing how tough that is. It kinda broke me for a couple of hours after it finished.
And women get preferential treatment in college . See how many "women only" programs there is for women , even though there are a majority women in colleges
The movie is a cold hard look at gender norms and how society views each gender. It correctly points out the way Kens run things as wrong, but it also shines a light on the Barbie’s too (I will never get over how the daughter asked where the Kens lived and it was kinda…brushed off…). When the Barbie’s “win”, the shot is in main Barbie’s unease, like she is thinking “why does this not feel right either?” Like the movie itself is looking at the audience and saying, “Hey, if you clapped and cheered here, then you missed the point.”
I really liked how the ending of this movie dug into the same sort of messaging that End of Evangelion tries to deliver. The whole "life is suffering, but it's how you deal with that suffering that makes you human" type message is one that really struck a chord with me back when I first watched Eva. And I'm happy to see more people will be exposed to that outlook on life via a movie like Barbie, since Eva isn't the kind of series I can just recommend to anyone.
It’s crazy to think that there are people out in the world that remember the Barbie doll DEBUTING. Not to mention, probably had or even still has the original dolls of 1959.
I never thought I would ever say this in my life as a 31 year old man who has never had any interest in Barbies but I would really like to buy Barbie when it gets released on Blu Ray
Enjoy your life being a single man for the rest of your life. Also if you do manage to get a single mother she will cheat on you because she will not respect you.
Haha I said the same thing to my 56 year old boyfriend who has done law and went to Oxford and has a serious job. He loved it although he said it was surreal he watched this, he normally watches arts movies uk
If anything Lego Movie taught us is that movies based on toys could work as long as if it's handed to the right filmmaker. And with Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach writing the script with Greta directing it, I'd say it has every opportunity to be great 🙌
@@mikevillarreal8291 Lol true, and the fact that both are Warner Bros movies, I'm convinced Lego Movie and Barbie are in one universe no one can convince me otherwise 😂
People watch Barbie for the dark and sombre plotline, and we watch Oppenheimer for the goofy goober laughs. Fun Fact: Some theaters are doing a double feature of both movies together.
I’m low-key expecting the Oppenheimer theatre to be full of men in suit and ties smoking cigarettes and drinking black coffee.. and occasionally slapping their wive’s cos they’re “being hysterical”
Barbie is pretty existential in it's story and pretty adult. I agree with you that it's not for kids and maybe more like The Lego Movie for me than Toy Story. Felt the length was good for the story and maybe I just could watch Margot Robbie the whole time entertained me enough. Her performance was outstanding. And as far as the "man hating" criticism the movie gets, I think they're missing the point of being who you want to be and not fitting in any box.
Barbieland is depicted as a totalitarian society based on sex-based discrimination; and American women are eating that message up! Sad. When the veil is lifted, we see that supposedly marginalized ppl don't want equality, they want full power.
That male bashing is about showing that men are oppressive, toxic, aggressive or useless. Which is misandry. Never seen a more misandrist movie in my life. Incredible. You don’t fight misogyny with misandry. Equality is about mutual respect.
@@edgarbenjoseph3879I don’t think it’s misandry. Or at least it’s not trying to be. I saw this in moments of the movie. When Barbie seeing everyone, struggling, but happy. Men, and women, I felt that was the movie hint at the message it was trying to convey. That living is messy, regardless of who you are. When Ken interacts with the world for the first time, it’s with the toxic parts of the world that made him feel validated when he hadn’t been previously. It points out that the way the Kens ran things was wrong, but it also shined a light in the Barbies as well. The moment of the daughter asking where the Kens go at the end of the day being met with an “I don’t know…” really stuck with me. Also when the Barbies “win”, there is a shot where Barbie’s face is front and center on the screen with a conflicted feeling. Almost like she is thinking “Why does THIS not feel right either?”. I felt that scene was the movie itself going “Hey, audience. If you were clapping and cheering by at this moment too…then you missed the point.”
@@niceofgamesEXACTLY. I just don't understand the blind hatred people have for this movie. I just don't see it as misandrist at all. The movie clearly empathizes with men too. It's like we saw a completely different movie.
@@edgarbenjoseph3879 If you haven't noticed, the kens are being portrayed as the good guys. When they made Kendom everyone had fun and was included. They talked about movies, did sports, played music etc. The 'patriarchy' was more enjoyable than tje fake ass matriarchy of the babries. The movie hammers that message home when Barbie, experiencing both, decides to go back to the real world and its 'patriarchy'
I'm so excited for this movie. Also, since Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey have been commonly mistaken for each other, it makes sense to cast them both here!
@@Paratet Jesus, that movie had me scratching because of Amy and Isla are in the same movie 😂 atleast in this, Margot and Emma have a different hair color, whereas Amy and Isla's hair colour in Nocturnal Animals are the same lol
@@aspacelex never fails to make me groan, when people like you jump at calling someone a misogynist when they haven’t said anything misogynistic. Is it really misogynistic to not want to be lectured on how women are so downtrodden in 2023 when you just want to watch a movie? I don’t think so.
@@Gino565Have you even watched the film yet, or are you calling the film a "lecture" because someone else (who might've not even watched it yet) told you it was one?
What found most interesting about the movie was when they shone a light on Ken's place in Barbieland, and sadly they didn't do a lot with that aside from the Beach joke and the Barbie matriarchy not letting Kens go into politics. There's a little more representation among Barbie dolls nowadays (though it feels kinda forced) but I've yet to see a single Ken without a sixpack. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were both great. Some of the humor was clever. The production design really worked. The soundtrack was good. I think the human mother and daughter weren't well handled. Neither was Mattel. Barbie's and Ken's trip to the real world was way too short. The whole brainwashing thing (because Barbies haven't built up an immunity to toxic masculinity or something) was beyond stupid. The beach battle at the end was stupid (not the exectution, just the fact that it happened out of nowhere). And I don't think the movie really has a target demographic. So it really was a mixed bag for me. Better than it had any right to be, still a lot worse than it could have been.
A movie says men are shit and and demeans them, and it's praised as witty and incisive. Now imagine a movie that says the opposite. It is destroyed because they say it promotes hate and its message is retrograde and spiteful. Uh? Somebody to explain this double standard, please.
Double standard? Movies have demeaned women for decades. but anyways, did you even watch the movie? For real don't say what a movie is about before you see it. Ken only goes power hungry because Barbies made him feel weak. The movie aknowleges this, the Barbies caused it to happen. Barbie apologizes for it. And then the kens have an arc where they learn their true value, who they are, and that they don't need barbie. Its not demeaning at all, it reinforces their value by the end of the movie. They have no value to barbie or themselves at the beginning of the film but it's the opposite at the end, which is treated as a positive conclusion.
The “positive conclusion” was that the kens were completely second fiddle , and treated like children- basically a reverse patriarchy which is a completely counter intuitive message if you ask me. Isn’t feminism about equality? I’ll I just think they could have spread the same message (which is a good one) without being hypocritical and bashing men.
@@liavberman8226 I think that's kind of the point. The end of the movie is that kens get to be treated like women in the real world are treated. If you find that to be a bad ending, that's the point. It illustrates that the real world still has a lot of issues. And I will point out that kens have it better than women irl. They are ignored some, seen as incompetent, sure. But youll notice when kens took over, the Barbies became their servants and became objectified. When Barbies rule, they just ignore kens. Kens aren't objectified in this barbie led society at the end of the movie. They don't serve Barbies, they're encouraged to be their own people and find their self worth outside of their relationship with barbie. But yeah I think the intent of the movie is to call out people who will be up in arms about kens being treated poorly but have never been up in arms about real society. People who will criticize the misandry in the film but never the misogyny of any other film, people who never had an issue with the "push you around" song. If you realize the ending for kens isn't perfect, then you have to acknowledge our world isn't perfect either. I believe that's the point. Despite it not being perfect, it still is overall a positive ending though, the movie is sympathetic towards kens and provides them with a positive character arc of self realization and self confidence. It shows how patriarchy is harmful to both men and women, when the movie certainly did not have to show the other side of how patriarchy is harmful.
@@SlatePunchgroin"men are painted as bad guys" "No they are not, it's about equality" "Then why are men at disadvantage at end?" "To show how badly men treat women" Oh wow, the media literacy
Jeremy Jahns "is Barbie a smash the patriarchy feminist movie...yes it is. To not mention this is like reviewing Oppenheimer and not mentioning the bomb."
A lot of people going to be making a lot of great points here so in an effort to leave the echo chamber I will highlight how PHENOMENAL the choreography is in Kens big dance number towards the end. Like, I don't know if I've seen choreography that good in a movie in my lifetime (I'm 32)
I love how the marketing is taking it seriously by even there's a Barbie House in Miami I think and even there's a house tour with Margot Robbie who's still in character as Barbie. Even in Red Carpet, she wears every single outfits of Barbie from different eras.
The more and more i view Chris reviews the more i feel he is just paid reviewer who doesn't take any risk at all and avoids any controversy i'm sorry but i can't stand him anymore also he just look so tired when reviewing these movies i think he should take a break
From a financial and career motive his change specifically happened so that he doesn’t jeopardize his own interests. It sucks but that’s the toll of self interest which is a necessary thing. Knowing his past “problem” (BvS rewrite) it also seems like his intentions is to not reap what he’s sown with the seeds being of boisterous film reviewing critiques, akin to Nostalgia Critic, go at his own creations. Especially now when perhaps at this point at the peak of his UA-cam career he has all eyes on him, it’s like Roger Ebert wanting to be a film writer and then downplays his criticisms because of fear that the things he had pointed out would come back to haunt him. I’m no telepath but the consistency in his views shifted specifically in the time frame when his personal project, Shelby Oaks, was just starting to be conceptualizad and had his treatment passing around. It looks and seems limited, confined, and while it looks like every other Chris review it definitely has a distinct appearance and it has bothered me for the last four years… The pressure on his family and his film have changed him for sure and that’s not a negative to his personal life. It shouldn’t be. I personally could not care for the Barbie movie and sure enough his review solidified my choice. It’s like listening to Chris Gore, only that I never took his film critique as serious and his speculations are funnier to mock at than at Jack Posobiek’s tweets. Tl;dr yea he has changed. Money/career interests comes first. Chris love you if you’re ever reading this. I’m no telepath and you can call me a clown 🤡.
I had a zero Barbie policy with my kid, and yet she got more than two dozen Barbies, half a dozen distant relatives (not Mattel's), a dozen Kens, and numerous kids. They lived in a huge wooden house my mom made for her. She will have a blast with this movie, I am pretty sure.
This movie and Oppenheimer really feel like the actual summer blockbusters. Greta Gerwig is a young and talented director and I hope this film opens the door for other Female Directors to get a chance to tell their stories
@@LuisSierra42 yeah I’ve watched lots in film school. But Hollywood doesn’t take chances on female directors. Sure they get to direct but the numbers show that the female demographic in the backstage roles of filmmaking are low compared to male directors.
I love that Jaws shirt. Spielberg is another versatile filmmaker running the gamut of pretty much all the genres from musicals to westerns to comedy, science fiction, action and biopics.
The review I was waiting for. Greta Gerwig, in her heart of hearts, is a nerdy cinephile. The list of films that serve as thematic and aesthetic inspirations like Playtime, The Red Shoes, The Truman Show, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, etc. is staggering.
I took my mom and girlfriend to see this yesterday. I was doing it cuz I knew how excited they were but I didn’t think I’d get much out of it since I’m not the target audience. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed watching this. I appreciate that they tried to do something more thoughtful than just a generic Barbie movie that I’m sure the sequels will end up being if they don’t bring back Gerwig. It’s not gonna be my favorite movie of the year or even close but it’s a lot higher up my list than I thought it would be.
My mom is a barbie mega fan. Has every collectible barbie ever created. She was so worried about this movie, i’m gonna show her this video, and take her out to go see it. Much love chris!
Movie was full of plotholes and did not make sense a lot of times. You can say the message is important and still aknowledge the execution was horrible
A live action Barbie movie made in the '90s or early 2000s by the people who made Clueless or Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion could absolutely work. A live action Barbie movie written by the people who did Barbie: Life In the Dreamhouse could absolutely work. I don't think anyone else could nail it.
I thought I was having deja Vu for a second 😂 read this on Jeremys video. Also life in the dream house was soooo good for a kids show. They need those writers
Life in the Dreamhouse is the perfect Barbie media! While I haven't seen it yet, I still wish the movie had gone that route. I really don't care about how Barbie and "The Real World" interact, I want to see over the top doll shenanigans and the silly concepts of how built in play mechanics in toy sets come across when we're looking at sentient dolls. I love the Dreamhouse gags like Ken "fixing the car" by changing out the D battery that he had to lug over because he's still doll sized. I guess people think that sort of humor is childish though.
The film has a meta reference throughout the whole thing a la Barbie in the Dreamhouse. Margot & Ryan character journey from Barbieland to The Real World also similar to Romy & Michelle because of their close worldview and how being surrounded by other people change their perspective on each other and their relationship dynamic. But of course you wouldn't know that because you haven't seen this film and just assumed that this is just woke feminist agenda and nothing else.
I mean…. How many movies have we seen as kids with stuff that went over our head? Lol and then when we are adults we rewatch with Shock and a sense of humor
Has anyone compared this to The Lego Movie yet? I haven’t seen Barbie yet but I’m absolutely going too, I’m just thinking that it looks a bit similar, like how the plot is about the character who’s essentially a product goes on an adventure and ends up in the real world, and the film itself is more of a humorous meta-commentary on the meaning and legacy of the toy/product and what it means to people. I might be wrong but I hope it’s as good as or better than The Lego Movie!
1. Both movies are from Warner Bros 2. Both movies have Will Ferrell as this big larger than life antagonist So we can say that WB learned their success with The Lego Movie and wanna try to replicate it's success with Barbie. Sure Barbie might not be as good as Lego Movie but the movie overall is about as good as I was hoping to this in this scale. The same way I felt about Sonic, Super Mario Bros and Pikachu
@@jackbalance6695 Chris said that the movie does borrow some stuff from other movies but definitely not in a way that's ripping off. More so in paying homage
I'm 48 yo man and I left barbie smiling and went to the supermarket smiling and I walked home all the way smiling, go into it with no expectations and just go with the ride. Cheers Gav
The people upset about this movie are missing the entire point. It's showing a society in which the roles of men and women in history are swapped. The way Kens are treated is literally a 1:1 for women throughout history. And if it pisses you off that it makes men look bad because of it, congratulations you have learned nothing from history and you're among the lowest common denominator.
@@byakugan2173 they're hardly villains. They're literally too naive to be villains. It says exactly what's going on at the end, they resolve the conflict and are left with barely any power, exactly how women are to this day.
Women can do EVERYTHING a man can do in America today. Whoever is spouting that insane idea that women are subjugated in U.S today have their head snugly shoved in the sand while living under a rock.
I believe he said he will avoid reviewing movies he doesn't like. I think this changed when he started directing his own film. He probably hopes people won't bash his movie since he no longer does that himself.
@@TalkingThrones I think it's more because if he wants to get into Hollywood, he can't go criticizing their propaganda and still be allowed to have a career. Then again, he has the same politics they do, so it's a coin flip as to whether he's just shilling because he wants a job or he's as brainrotted by communism as the rest of Hollywood and actually wants to help them because of their shared ideology.
@@kentan00 I think a lot of people will be waking up to this fact, even if they won't say it. This movie is going to make a lot of critics essentially "out themselves" to their audience as being politically-driven shills and little more.
I applaud you Chris for consistently stay away from politics in the movies. However, I believe in trying to stay neutral in this review, you are doing a disservice to the audience. this movie portrays men as useless and servants to women in Barbie world. Keep in mind that Barbie in it's inception has always been about equality and individuality, "Women and girls' can be anything!" . In this movie the message was 'screaming" women in charge and men are evil and useless! It was negative to both men and women and it promotes division and hate. in my humble opinion!
In the entire movie there wasn’t a single line about men that wasn’t negative Imagine the roles reversed where men just make a movie about how terrible women are Misandry is so main stream it’s gross
@@properduction2586 source for what ? You can watch the movie yourself and see, every single time the word men came up it was followed by something negative
That's exactly right. U.s. is happy to dog pile on men as the source of all ills of the world. Its crazy how many of the good things men do and have done that are conveniently ignored.
Let's be real here... kids aren't going to see this movie. They're just going to watch the Super Mario bros movie again at home. And Greta Gerwig knows that. She was very smart in how she wrote this and who its aimed toward.
@@Minecraft_at_Night The problem with appealing to a wide audience is by spreading yourself too thin, you're not winning people over. Quantity is not a substitute for quality.
Most kids don't play with Barbie dolls these days. Gerwig knows that the audience who are fans of Barbie are now grown up so she definitely made this movie for the 13+ audience simply just for nostalgia
@@Minecraft_at_Night A lot of movies are bad and watered down because they try to appeal to as much people as possible. Which is something that doesn't always work and just ruins the movie.
Honestly, one thing that especially stuck out to me as a guy watching this movie was how this movie was NOT purely misandristic. I saw both Barbieland and Kendom as critiquing both ultra-feminism and incel culture and toxic masculinity, and I appreciate how the ending message is all about letting everyone find their own meaning and purpose (as noted by the mother wanting a normal/mother Barbie doll and Margot Robbie choosing to be human). To put it plainly, I was very pleasantly surprised by this movie, and I'm glad that I got to see it. 😁
Been struggling bad with mental health and accepting we live in a really flawed society. Dark A24-ish movies usually are the ones that resonate with me and make me feel emotional, but this made me feel the most emotional and thought provoked. And it’s the fucking Barbie movie. Seriously see it
The movie gets too preachy sometimes by telling the audience what to believe what's "right" and "wrong". The core message as Jeremy put it: "A man shall have the power to take over the world the moment he stops pathetically simping for that girl he has no shot with."
Man, I really used to trust Chris when it comes to movies. But in recent times, he's just avoiding talking about the obvious elephant in the room. Just as with the new Indiana Jones movie and the hollywood trope of ruining old male heroes that we used to look up to, here he also didn't even mention about the whole "smash the patriarchy" crap that the movie is obviously filled with. I get that he doesn't want to be cancelled or be controversial, but the movie is gonna be controversial. Talking about movies and not even mentioning or warning about such things, makes the reviewer feel dishonest. Jeremy Jahns did a great job here, because he actually warned the viewers about what the movie is really about, so they know what they're getting into. Didn't take a stand, didn't have to. But he was honest to his viewers.
@@Dr.LongMonkey It's not a trigger warning, merely doing the job of a reviewer to say, "Hey, if you're not a fan of X, you might not want to watch this movie." No different than telling his audience that the latest horror movie really goes over the top with gore, so squeamish people should probably avoid. A trigger warning is when you virtue signal that someone might say a word that up until a few years ago never bothered anyone.
@@Dr.LongMonkey I'm aware, but no one uses that term in the original context now. The only time you see trigger warnings are for simpering millennials and zoomers who can't figure out what gender they are and consider saying hello to them with the wrong intonation to be the same as violence, i.e. people who have made themselves too weak to exist, as opposed to the veterans who have actually suffered in their lives.
Agree, Chris sounds like a sellout since he made the shelby oaks thing. I remembered he saying he wasn't going to be harsh to directors since he now knows how much work it is, but that just makes his reviews bad.
@@sudowoodo8919 Exactly. Then again, there's also the political factor to take into consideration, in that Chris and Hollywood have very similar political views, and whether his views have changed since wanting to get into the business to fit in, or like with many people, 2016 made him shift radically, and I think even if he wasn't trying to get into Hollywood, he's probably still shill like the dickens.
@@rasengdori13 I would have gone with "I prefer Jeremy John's take on the movie" , not sure if he's one of those people who genuinely believe their opinions are the "correct" opinions (not understanding how taste works) or that's just how it was worded.
Just watched this since it just came out on HBO max. My wife and I were really disappointed. We heard basically nothing but good reviews. It was so poorly written and simple, while trying so hard to be deep. What a waste of time.
I felt the same way. I heard SO many positive things about this movie on the internet. But when I watched it tonight, I thought everyone was out of their minds. I hated this from beginning to end.
@@shifterzx He's sold out to Hollywood, but it's worse than that. He just has commie brainrot. That what it does to people. If Chris was talking about his new made up gender or whatever, you'd see him as excitable as can be, but anything that isn't outright political...or in the case of Barbie since it is propaganda, but Chris doesn't want part of his audience to know that, he just goes into reviewbot mode.
Honestly, as a woman, I didn't like how they gave a recipe for manipulating men It just proves that some women can not be trusted and have a hidden agenda. The speech that America Ferrera gave, I felt like that would have had a better impact 7 years ago. And you were right, was a bit too long and repetitious at the end. Other than that, there were some funny and deep moments.
I miss the time when chris used to grade the movies, now the movie reviews are so ambiguous, it begs the whole point of watching the review. I request Chris to start grading the movies again.
I 100% agree. It was surprisingly so good and fun, and I normally like slow, natural, indie character dramas. But this was so off the wall nuts it kind of worked. Not everything worked, like you said. Wish I could have edited it myself. The whole Mattel storyline should have been cut. could have been the old woman on the bench who secretly was original Barbie that had gone human years ago as her spirit guide. and yeah, sometimes things were too on the nose, and the message was a bit too loud and hot pink, but it was all worth it for the jokes that genuinely caught me off guard and made the whole theatre lose it. finally a move for grown up girls about our fucking childhood toys and sec politics all in one hilarious absurdist package. y’all have had action figure super hero comic shit for ever. go Barbie go.
In the entire movie there wasn’t a single line about men that wasn’t negative Imagine the roles reversed where men just make a movie about how terrible women are Misandry is so main stream it’s gross
Here’s the thing, super hero films aren’t talking about the matriarchy and implying women are the problem throughout. More over, superhero films are now made to be inclusive as women complained about male-dominated media, while Barbie is very clearly aimed at women, even though technically Barbie is in the same boat, it’s supposed to be inclusive. This film does regard men as the problem and does constantly make reductive observations or create false narratives (like all men are “dude-bro’s” and secretly hide patriarchy better for their own selfish aims). I do think women need a film outlet but not when it’s demeaning to men as well. If a movie of this caliber somehow got green lit and came out for male-dominated spaces, it would immediately become infamous and cancelled. The women and teens in my theater actually boo’d the Ken’s and other men constantly, especially Ken’s big emotional payoff and actually said *out loud* “nobody cares about men! It’s not like they have any real problems, he’s just a loser!” People actually laughed and agreed, that’s bad. Overall I do think you or young girl’s liking this movie isn’t inherently a bad thing, beyond “the message” it’s a cute film. Now “blaming men for everything wrong ever” and “men just loving that patriarchy!” is.
@@Megramia288 They did and that’s why it was so shocking, there were kids around! To be fair, people were talking throughout the movie, commenting on it, but those little verbal jabs and scoffs turned into that statement at that particular part.
My (female) partner didn't really like the film. She had this very good point about it: by the end of the film, nothing about either of the worlds has changed. The film points out all of the hypocrisy and sexism of barbie's existence, but at the end the men are still in charge, the barbies are all still in their delusional dream world, nothing has changed. She found this to be a pretty depressing outcome...
You might be new to movie reviews on UA-cam. Stuckmann has been reviewing films for over a decade and is a filmmaker in his own right. He might be showing up because he's an actual movie reviewer that a lot of people like to hear from. And I think his reviews could be seen as vague since he doesn't outwardly spoil the movie. That being said, I think he recommended the movie and that's usually what people listen to a movie review for. What's the use of a movie review if not to recommend a movie or not recommend it?
This movie is like the perfect example of why the actor's strike needs to happen. The large-scale cast in this movie was so incredibly talented in terms of acting and choreography. It was beautiful to see all of those people contribute to the movie and it just wouldn't feel the same with AI-generated meat puppets.
That's a self-defeating argument though... If AI can't replicate the intricacy of humanity, it will hit the uncanny valley harder than Barbie hitting the ground on day 2. Consumers will revolt, studios will flop, actors will be appreciated. If AI can replicate it perfectly, then you wouldn't even know the difference.
It wasn't that great. Will Ferrell was wasted. Instead of being a movie about the connection between dolls and little girls with meaning behind it. It was just a movie that took "jabs" at stuff and look at our satire. We're so clever
“It has lessons in the movie some people might need to hear” No Chris. I don’t need to be lectured on the patriarchy for the whole movie. Please go watch Jeremy’s reviews for a more honest take.
Watched this on the weekend and the film just gave me a human experience and how we feel and navigate the crazy society we live in. The end of the film where she became human and the dialogue, it made me cry real man tears and I haven’t stopped thinking about it.
The movie was cute to me, but I wouldn’t really recommend it to my friends - I wouldn’t convince someone otherwise if they said they *wanted* to see it though. It felt a bit scattered in terms of messaging, I felt a bit of a disconnect between Barbie and the mom//daughter. I do agree with you, my experience Thursday evening was mostly *dead* silence during the scripted jokes and I felt I was one of the few who were laughing at the antics.
The dead silence part is crazy. I'm from a country where we don't speak english as our first langauge or second or third but it screened in english and everyone was laughing cause the jokes and the setup were that good. It was fun a d light hearted
Pros: -The set and costume design are amazing -Ryan Gosling is hilarious as Ken -Margot Robbie is the quintessential Barbie Cons: - The writing, frankly, is really bad -Every joke and every scene goes on for 50% longer than it needs - It preaches at you the whole time in a ham fisted way - The Barbie’s are all Marie Sue’s and not interesting at all - Will Farrell is wasted - They completely mess up the heroes journey at the end
Super woke man hating feminist movie. I seriously refuse to give money to these studios who actually hate me and want to teach me a lesson. Many other people feel the same way and is why these movies fail at the box office. Young boys today mainly get their soul crushed in these type movies. Chris does a good job at reviews but he could at least give a woke warning about films. Jeremy said it in the first five seconds of his review.
Boo hoo. I don’t know why you people have to throw fits about every piece of media that isn’t made for you. It’s a kids movie. Nothing about this movie is ‘anti-man’ it’s a silly little movie made to poke fun at Barbie while celebrating what makes her so popular, and why she was even made in the first place, which was to expand the toy options marketed to young girls who before were limited to only baby dolls. Barbie was given multiple careers to show these girls they were capable of anything and give them their own role model to look up to. At the time boys had many more options many based on the different careers. Later on Barbie’s friends/family members/ her boyfriend, ken were introduced and didn’t have such detailed or diverse stories or careers, they were just added to expand Barbie’s world because it’s the child’s job to decide their roles. The movie isn’t putting men down it’s satirizing the fact that Ken was only introduced as Barbie’s boyfriend or ‘accessory’/add on and was never given an actual career. Like many reviewers have said the movie makes fun of barbie as much as it celebrates her. It’s sad that you have nothing better to do than throw fits every time a movie comes out that aims to portray women overcoming some sort of issue, on their own or in a group. Maybe if you take the time to build up your critical thinking skills and, maybe one day, perhaps use such, you’ll be able to process information by yourself without needing it spoon fed to you like a toddler. Kids don’t think the way you do. No little boy is going to find a doll movie insulting to his masculinity, its weird you think they do. Focus on improving yourself instead of throwing fits on the internet about kids movies. Because obviously you need to do some reflecting when it comes to your priorities in life and need a good long time away from the internet.
what exactly is wrong about it being "woke" and "feminist" your misogyny is showing It's a COMEDY movie it's not supposed to be taken seriously and it's satire yet you fragile white men want to be oppressed so bad
I’m kinda disappointed by you Chris, and I’ve been following this channel for 7 years. I understand that now as a filmmaker you appreciate more movies and don’t want to talk negatively about them. This review doesn’t tell much besides production, Greta’s career (which I love which is why I watched Barbie but was utterly disappointed) and then just briefly talk about the negatives very superficially. I feel like now there’s no balance in your reviews and after watching them, I’m unsure if I should watch the movie or not. I wish you did at least 2-3 min positives, 2-3 negatives, 1 min conclusion. You barely talk about the plot, imo the characters are superficial and then magically change (the daughter, Ken, etc. there’s no earned character dev.). This story of going to a new world and changing your view on how you thought it was has been done so many times, Enchanted did it much better, The Lego Movie, etc. I’d love the message if it had nuanced but characters are either good or overly bad and as usual there’s one good guy (Allen), similar to Black Christmas (2019) where there was only one ‘good’ guy so they could say they’re not hating men. I wanted to love this movie and I thought it’d be like Enchanted + some plot twist, but nope, it’s so simple and repeats the same message over and over like the audience are babies, spoon feeding everything. The trailers were quite misleading. Also, the Mattel storyline is so bad, they forget about them and then appear at the ending like they were “oh right, that storyline isn’t finished” I’ll say production, acting, music, direction and cinematography are absolutely amazing, the plot is the main issue. It seems like they thought the audience are so dumb that if the story send the same message in a subtle manner with nuance, no one would understand.
@@jjoe7078 but the thing is, all men are like that are in the movie, at least most that I can remember. They are all dumb, useless, and sexiest, it's a unrealistic protray of the world we live in. How about if the entire movie is made up of dumb women, but than I will say, "oh, it's not making fun of women, just the dumb one, which is what the entire movie is about"
I liked your review because it's more balanced. It explained both positive and negative aspects of this movie without bashing on any actors or anyone who disagrees with you. That's the kind of a review I appreciate!
Will Ferrell is literally getting playing the same role that he did in The Lego Movie, just him alone is enough to bring some vibe from The Lego Movie 😂
After about 30 minutes in my screening, all the kids in the theatre gone real quiet. That's how you know it's definitely not a kid movie.
I saw this movie , and imma say this there were only teenagers and adults in my theater room 😬
@@Juicyxcouture ye
i wasnt quiet lol
Well you could tell that from the trailers, sex and jerkoff jokes
It was only quiet bc of how trash it was
Let's be real; weird Barbie makes up about 90% of the Barbie dolls we encountered as kids😂
I have created many wierd barbies. My friends sister did not appreciate it.
OKAYYYY HAHA. But why did the movie have to be so depressing? Definitely not for an 8 year old kid at all.
@@ReviewJunkee It's PG 13- preferably for teens
Who gives a fuck. It's all fake
Me and my brother figured out ways to destroy those things! We had four sisters living with us and Barbies were everywhere! We used to run over them with Tonka trucks!
Margot Robbie really put her heart into the role , and I appreciate how she really mimic a barbie doll would move and slowly change while she is becoming human. The details are down to the fingers , and I think this is really something minor but really important to make the movie believable.
She's definitely getting her 3rd Oscar nomination for Best Leading Actress despite NOTHING about this movie being Oscar bait.
@@nikitamohan3390 Yeah , that's gotta mean something !
@@Llucius1 Well I think she deserves it even though I had some issues with the 2nd half of this movie like preachy messaging about women feeling oppressed by the patriarchy and stuff. I don't have any issues if a movie wants to talk about things like that but it could have been handled in a more subtle and tactful manner. But my bigger issue was this movie's writing and ending making it seem like Barbie's permanent life changing decision to become a human with a temporary life and sacrifice ALL HER FRIENDS and stuff was like no big deal! They could have explained that or done a better job with the ending but whatever. I do feel that even if some critics didn't love Barbie as a film, very few can argue that Margot did not work as Barbie. If she wasn't believable and convincing as stereotypical Barbie for even a second, the movie would NOT have done as well as it did. So I do feel she deserves an Oscar nomination for her performance in the film on merit alone. Not saying she deserves to win cuz there might be some indie actresses in critically acclaimed films playing for complex roles. But we'll see.
I felt the same about the Mattel corporate guys. They just felt totally unnecessary and the humor from them really didn't land for me.
The corporate guys being so goofy and slapstick despite being from the real world also felt odd and I think it would've been better to keep the line between the cartoonish Barbie world and the real world more distinct.
They weren’t from the Real World. They were the Agent Smiths of the Matrix that this whole movie is based on.
Idk, I felt the opposite. Will Ferrell was hilarious.
I feel like if you cut the Mattel executives, the mom and daughter, and the never went to the real world it wouldn't change the movie at all. There was a lot of weird unnecessary stuff in it.
I mean isn't this how rich people are? Out of touch from the real world?
I thought the movie was pretty good, except for America's lengthy speech near the end of the movie. Plus I don't really know the purpose of Michael Cera's character in the movie. nothing against these actors, but sometimes the writers Zigged when they should have Zagged.
Stars have aligned again. Both Chris and Jeremy released a review simultaneously and it was for a Barbie movie.
Review embargo just lifted
I believe the time has come
@@tdubb3254😂😂😂😂
It's interesting how Chris seems to like it but Jeremy doesn't. Means this is definitely gonna be a wild card movie for me
I hate Jeremys reviews. Always feels like hes on coke when filming
The fact this summer in cinema will be dominated by two somewhat original projects instead of terrible Disney remakes or tired superhero movies is a nice change of pace so I hope both do really well. (for the record I did really enjoy the recent Spider-Man animated flick)
Seeing Oppenheimer next week, Barbie I will defo check out when its available to stream.
Just double feature both. I'd recommend seeing Barbie first. Oppenheimer might leave you a bit depressed to really enjoy another movie right after lol
This summer has been great for releases 😊
Don't take your kids or teens
Highly not recommended
@ChristianJayTheCTrain respectfully disagree, I saw barbie after oppenheimer and it was a good way to lighten the mood
Praises original projects but decides to watch one when it comes to streaming services. If you're annoyed at "terrible Disney remakes or tired superhero movies" shouldn't you be going out to support the original projects?
Can't wait to see this and Oppenheimer this weekend. It feels so weird to be unironically hyped for a Barbie movie, as a guy who never cared about Barbie as a kid, but here we are.
Edit: Now I have seen both, what a wonderful weekend. I can't recommend them enough.
Same didn’t care for it but all the marketing for it changed my mind can’t wait to see this and especially Oppenheimer
Because it's never gonna be a regular barbie kinda film, it was directed by greta gerwig and the film has a massive cast.
Discovering new, fun things is the best thing for everyone!
I used to decapitate my sister's Barbies when I was a kid
@@vinnbalor Gerwig as the director was the first thing that got me interested in it, after seeing Little Women and Lady Bird, I was certain she could do something interesting with Barbie as well.
I loved the scene where the Kens arrive at Barbie's house, riding on their imaginary horses.😂😂
It had some Monty Python vibes
@barilf yes! Just needed coconuts 😂
If you liked any part of this movie, you are mentally deranged.
Yeah, stealing from Mony Python and overacting the humor is so genious...
the horse gags were my favorite bit
About the daughter character...and this may be a minor spoiler...As a doll collector myself, it was actually a fun dig at "Barbie" that the 4 school girls are named Sasha (the daughter) and her friends are Yasmin, Cloe and Jade who are based off of the MGA Entertainment dolls, BRATZ (which is also why her attitude is like that, a BRAT). I also have a Barbie that I played with as a child, but is now and still a part of my professional studio decor (as she "inspires" me, as on of the characters said) - you can very much say I AM the target audience and while I agree that the movie had its "meh" moments, the deep dives into discontinued Barbies and Kens, the feelings of the struggling adult person, losing yourself, especially when you're TOO "in love with someone" (such as Ken) and discovering who you are and you defining that for yourself...As a creative person who struggles with mental health, heartbreak, loss, this movie resonated with me.
I knew the girls were based on the BRATZ, but I didn’t realize they went so far as to actually give the girls the dolls’ names. That’s pretty awesome.
@@MiraBoo Same! I though they just inserted the 4 BRATZ in the trailer for lolz, but my friend and I were slapping each other’s knees like “Omgohhmggg!! They did NOT--! This is GOLD! GRETAAA!” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
MEH MOMENTS?
Omg what nice catch. We need another Bratz movie 😩
I agree about the themes! I cried because of its themes of identity, sense of self, and mental health.
Comedy movies with Ryan Gosling in them never disappoint.
A scene in The Nice Guys where Russell Crowe kicked Gosling in the balls and screams is way funnier than most comedy movies these days
HAHAHAHA
Ryan Gosling in life prompting a movie never disappoints. Gosling on tour for whatever film he's hyping is often ten times funnier than the movie being sold. The Numero Uno example of this is the Ryan Gosling-Harrison Ford roadshow when promoting the sequel to Blade Runner a few years back. Literally, click on any video of their press conferences or talk show appearances together and they are the greatest comedy duo ever. Blade Runner is a damn fine sci-fi drama with serious deep themes and fully realized scope of dystopian vision. However, the real money and juice is getting these two hilarious guys co-starring in a comedy film together. They clearly feed off and bring out the best from each other and the Blade Runner Sequel tour interplay between the two was their screen test and chemistry run-through dress rehearsal. They pass the audition, nailed the improv, got the gig. Make it happen boys. 🤙⚡😀
What comedy has he ever done that's funny?
@@jonfreeman9682The Nice Guys
I thought the mattel guys were hilarious, I wanted more of them. It felt like how kids play with "villains" who are incompetent just to let the good guys win. I agree that the scenes between Ken and Barbie were the best, though. To each their own!
The Mattel people definitely didn't annoy me. At best, Will Ferrell made the scene entertaining enough, I just think they were a little bit wasted especially Ferrell. I do love how camp the Mattel scene is especially when the Mattel guys were chasing Barbie lol. Definitely a cartoony portrayal of Mattel but to be honest, that's exactly what i'd expected
I worked there, and it was a complete insult to how anything is done there. I'm absolutely amazed that Mattel approved this when it made all men complete and utter dolts. Which btw is run by men. Before you say it's satire, it's not satire when a movie makes ALL the men seem less than half wits. That phone you're using? That house you're in? That car you drive in?
@@aaadesktop🙄
@@aaadesktopIt’s a comedy, of course it’s satirical.
@@aaadesktopts really funny how all the moids are now complaining about the treatment women have been getting in film for literally forever, isn't it? oh NOW you're sad because it's men who are props for the female protagonists...? guess what. hey. guess what. BOOHOO
I loved the scene where they're in slowmo, but it's not actually slowmo they're just moving slowly. I also liked that Eric and Maeve from Sex Ed were bff Ken and Barbie, with surprise appearance from Adam
There were so many little things like that. 👌
Yess it’s like a little easter eggs
In the entire movie there wasn’t a single line about men that wasn’t negative
Imagine the roles reversed where men just make a movie about how terrible women are
Misandry is so main stream it’s gross
@@nobodythenobody9779oh you mean literally any “sex romp” movie from the 70’s-90’s (and a fair amount of the 2000’s)? Like, a woman literally gets raped for laughs in revenge of the nerds and Seth McFarlane is still planning a remake of it today
I thought that was so sweet that they did not bother to tell that Ncuti's Ken was probably gay. He just said " i miss my friend Barbie" that's when you know Kens could be gay and only have platonic relatioships with barbies
From the trailers alone, it’s evident how much care and detail was put into crafting this movie. From the sets, to the costumes, everything looks impeccably done.
Ok
From my eyes, it seems like WB is trying to replicate The Lego Movie's success in turning a simple toy into a big exciting fun movie which is a lesson they learned
@Tomcats73 and both have Will Ferrell in it, playing a business man.
@@JoBloxJ27Honestly watching the trailer and Will Ferrel is just playing Mr Business from Lego Movie again in live action. I know the movie has a live action segment of it with him and the kid who played as his son when they played Lego.
Chris grew up playing with Barbie dolls😂
I think the best part is that both a film about one of the most serious subject matters that will forever haunt humanity and one based a toy line will be released at the same time its really hallarious.
But which one will leave audiences with an idea of how to make a better world?
@pattheplanter - That’s a FIRE Question.. probably Barbie. The worst can’t be undone with Openhiemer.
Both of those descriptors apply to each movie.
The idea was ripped off from the Donald Glover SNL sketch. This writer apparently thought it would be funny as a full-length film lol
They should’ve gone full Team America style and made an Oppenheimer movie using Barbie dolls instead of people. Would’ve been glorious
You can really tell like everyone was having fun making this film. The writers, the set designers, the stylists, the actors, everyone thought the whole way through that this was going to be such a fun movie. Like I bet it wasn't even a question in a lot of people's minds. And they were absolutely right.
Bro ctrl+v his comment from the other video
Gerwig is the main reason why this movie worked. The same way Phil Lord and Christopher Miller made The Lego Movie worked. What could've been a cynical cash grab IP commercial (*cough The Emoji Movie *cough) turned into something extremely fun, creative and entertaining. Sure the movie ain't flawless but I felt like it's about as good as what I hope for a Barbie movie
@deagleninja Not true for everyone, as someone who doesn't like attention on me, acting seems like a nightmare.
Things you say when you can’t compliment the film, but need to speak positive about it.
Lol Hollywood Bot
Feel like this movie hits people in different ways, it certainly made an impact on me watching with my daughter who used to play with Barbie's and now is heading into college life and seeing how tough that is. It kinda broke me for a couple of hours after it finished.
Seeing how tough what is? College? It's tough for everyone, not just daughters. Females make up 60% of college students.
And women get preferential treatment in college . See how many "women only" programs there is for women , even though there are a majority women in colleges
@@erxan4163 that's not the experience she's having to be honest. Far from it.
@@erxan4163ok cool
The movie is a cold hard look at gender norms and how society views each gender.
It correctly points out the way Kens run things as wrong, but it also shines a light on the Barbie’s too (I will never get over how the daughter asked where the Kens lived and it was kinda…brushed off…). When the Barbie’s “win”, the shot is in main Barbie’s unease, like she is thinking “why does this not feel right either?”
Like the movie itself is looking at the audience and saying, “Hey, if you clapped and cheered here, then you missed the point.”
I really liked how the ending of this movie dug into the same sort of messaging that End of Evangelion tries to deliver. The whole "life is suffering, but it's how you deal with that suffering that makes you human" type message is one that really struck a chord with me back when I first watched Eva. And I'm happy to see more people will be exposed to that outlook on life via a movie like Barbie, since Eva isn't the kind of series I can just recommend to anyone.
You’re delusional 💀
Are you saying a Barbie movie made you think deeply about life? 😂 oh man this world is going down
The best joke I heard, comparing evangelion to Barbie 😂😂😂
@@V---Lnah the ending reminded me of Eva as well ngl
@@kenm4390 rewatch both because you didn't understand a thing lol. They also have vastly different core messages like entirely.
Gosling's comedic timing was perfection in The Nice Guys so I am pumped to see Gosling play another funny role.
Men r bad in this movie its all about feminist barbie n trangender woman the trailer doesnt show u that
His funniest role was Young Heracles.
@@CD-bn7elwhat trans women? I understand red pill but the people hating on Barbie are eating a fat crap sandwich this movie rocked 😂
I was quite impressed he playing ken so well. I dont like his ken look
ironically a man stole the show
It’s crazy to think that there are people out in the world that remember the Barbie doll DEBUTING. Not to mention, probably had or even still has the original dolls of 1959.
My mom (born in ‘53) didn’t have one from the first run, but it was the original design. She hasn’t seen the movie, at least not yet.
I never thought I would ever say this in my life as a 31 year old man who has never had any interest in Barbies but I would really like to buy Barbie when it gets released on Blu Ray
Did it make you hard?
Enjoy your life being a single man for the rest of your life. Also if you do manage to get a single mother she will cheat on you because she will not respect you.
Haha I said the same thing to my 56 year old boyfriend who has done law and went to Oxford and has a serious job. He loved it although he said it was surreal he watched this, he normally watches arts movies uk
haha maybe you watched it as as Barbie is stereotypically blonde
Have you bought the Blu Ray yet?
If anything Lego Movie taught us is that movies based on toys could work as long as if it's handed to the right filmmaker. And with Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach writing the script with Greta directing it, I'd say it has every opportunity to be great 🙌
don't forget you need Will Ferrell as the human antagonist.
@@mikevillarreal8291 Lol true, and the fact that both are Warner Bros movies, I'm convinced Lego Movie and Barbie are in one universe no one can convince me otherwise 😂
With Will Ferrell in a very similar role/serving a similar purpose outside of a toy universe. That's interesting to me.
@@mikevillarreal8291 Where Chris Pratt tho?
Chris grew up playing with Barbie dolls😂
I cant wait for Friday to watch both Barbie and Oppenheimer: two movies about products that were first released in Japan
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I'm going to Hell for laughing so hard at that.
It actually released on the U.S first but exploded in Japan
Ok that was horrid but I still chuckled a little. So here take your f*cking upvote but know I'm conflicted given the context.
@coolnerdlll6053 same here. Thankfully it's just a 30 minute drive from Ann Arbor, MI ... no seriously, look it up.
People watch Barbie for the dark and sombre plotline, and we watch Oppenheimer for the goofy goober laughs.
Fun Fact: Some theaters are doing a double feature of both movies together.
I'm doing that double feature next Friday. If like both movies, I'm gonna do it again in the weekend with some of my friends
you silly billy
why have u commented this exact same comment on every barbie movie review
I’m low-key expecting the Oppenheimer theatre to be full of men in suit and ties smoking cigarettes and drinking black coffee.. and occasionally slapping their wive’s cos they’re “being hysterical”
Only if Barbie gets nuked.
Barbie is pretty existential in it's story and pretty adult. I agree with you that it's not for kids and maybe more like The Lego Movie for me than Toy Story. Felt the length was good for the story and maybe I just could watch Margot Robbie the whole time entertained me enough. Her performance was outstanding. And as far as the "man hating" criticism the movie gets, I think they're missing the point of being who you want to be and not fitting in any box.
Barbieland is depicted as a totalitarian society based on sex-based discrimination; and American women are eating that message up! Sad. When the veil is lifted, we see that supposedly marginalized ppl don't want equality, they want full power.
That male bashing is about showing that men are oppressive, toxic, aggressive or useless. Which is misandry. Never seen a more misandrist movie in my life. Incredible. You don’t fight misogyny with misandry. Equality is about mutual respect.
@@edgarbenjoseph3879I don’t think it’s misandry. Or at least it’s not trying to be. I saw this in moments of the movie.
When Barbie seeing everyone, struggling, but happy. Men, and women, I felt that was the movie hint at the message it was trying to convey. That living is messy, regardless of who you are.
When Ken interacts with the world for the first time, it’s with the toxic parts of the world that made him feel validated when he hadn’t been previously.
It points out that the way the Kens ran things was wrong, but it also shined a light in the Barbies as well. The moment of the daughter asking where the Kens go at the end of the day being met with an “I don’t know…” really stuck with me.
Also when the Barbies “win”, there is a shot where Barbie’s face is front and center on the screen with a conflicted feeling. Almost like she is thinking “Why does THIS not feel right either?”. I felt that scene was the movie itself going “Hey, audience. If you were clapping and cheering by at this moment too…then you missed the point.”
@@niceofgamesEXACTLY. I just don't understand the blind hatred people have for this movie. I just don't see it as misandrist at all. The movie clearly empathizes with men too. It's like we saw a completely different movie.
@@edgarbenjoseph3879 If you haven't noticed, the kens are being portrayed as the good guys. When they made Kendom everyone had fun and was included. They talked about movies, did sports, played music etc. The 'patriarchy' was more enjoyable than tje fake ass matriarchy of the babries. The movie hammers that message home when Barbie, experiencing both, decides to go back to the real world and its 'patriarchy'
If Barbie doesn't win best production design, I, hypothetically may or may not attempt to destroy the Hollywood sign.
Dune Part Two is their tough competition
No you wont
I think Wonka might be a major contender for that. Being a musical is a major advantage for it.
Yeah its going to HIGH in the running for that award. So far I'm thinking a two horse race between this and Wonka.
Wonka And Dune Is Tough Competition But I Hope Barbie Wins.
I'm so excited for this movie. Also, since Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey have been commonly mistaken for each other, it makes sense to cast them both here!
Copy paste?
Margot Robbie said recently that’s why they initially casted Mackey!
Reminds me of Isla Fisher playing the alternate version of Amy Adams in Nocturnal Animals
@@Paratet Jesus, that movie had me scratching because of Amy and Isla are in the same movie 😂 atleast in this, Margot and Emma have a different hair color, whereas Amy and Isla's hair colour in Nocturnal Animals are the same lol
they were also in the recent Babylon
This movie is giving me late 90s, early 2000 vibes. It’s nice to see Hollywood making more weird, light-hearted, comedy films.
And then you watch it and it turns into a cringe feminist lecture.
@@HorySmokes Luckily for you, it has a trigger warning for misogyny.
@@HorySmokes Gonna cry 🥲
@@aspacelex never fails to make me groan, when people like you jump at calling someone a misogynist when they haven’t said anything misogynistic.
Is it really misogynistic to not want to be lectured on how women are so downtrodden in 2023 when you just want to watch a movie? I don’t think so.
@@Gino565Have you even watched the film yet, or are you calling the film a "lecture" because someone else (who might've not even watched it yet) told you it was one?
What found most interesting about the movie was when they shone a light on Ken's place in Barbieland, and sadly they didn't do a lot with that aside from the Beach joke and the Barbie matriarchy not letting Kens go into politics. There's a little more representation among Barbie dolls nowadays (though it feels kinda forced) but I've yet to see a single Ken without a sixpack.
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were both great. Some of the humor was clever. The production design really worked. The soundtrack was good.
I think the human mother and daughter weren't well handled. Neither was Mattel. Barbie's and Ken's trip to the real world was way too short. The whole brainwashing thing (because Barbies haven't built up an immunity to toxic masculinity or something) was beyond stupid. The beach battle at the end was stupid (not the exectution, just the fact that it happened out of nowhere). And I don't think the movie really has a target demographic.
So it really was a mixed bag for me. Better than it had any right to be, still a lot worse than it could have been.
A movie says men are shit and and demeans them, and it's praised as witty and incisive. Now imagine a movie that says the opposite. It is destroyed because they say it promotes hate and its message is retrograde and spiteful. Uh? Somebody to explain this double standard, please.
Double standard? Movies have demeaned women for decades. but anyways, did you even watch the movie? For real don't say what a movie is about before you see it. Ken only goes power hungry because Barbies made him feel weak. The movie aknowleges this, the Barbies caused it to happen. Barbie apologizes for it. And then the kens have an arc where they learn their true value, who they are, and that they don't need barbie. Its not demeaning at all, it reinforces their value by the end of the movie. They have no value to barbie or themselves at the beginning of the film but it's the opposite at the end, which is treated as a positive conclusion.
The “positive conclusion” was that the kens were completely second fiddle , and treated like children- basically a reverse patriarchy which is a completely counter intuitive message if you ask me. Isn’t feminism about equality? I’ll
I just think they could have spread the same message (which is a good one) without being hypocritical and bashing men.
@@liavberman8226 I think that's kind of the point. The end of the movie is that kens get to be treated like women in the real world are treated. If you find that to be a bad ending, that's the point. It illustrates that the real world still has a lot of issues. And I will point out that kens have it better than women irl. They are ignored some, seen as incompetent, sure. But youll notice when kens took over, the Barbies became their servants and became objectified. When Barbies rule, they just ignore kens. Kens aren't objectified in this barbie led society at the end of the movie. They don't serve Barbies, they're encouraged to be their own people and find their self worth outside of their relationship with barbie.
But yeah I think the intent of the movie is to call out people who will be up in arms about kens being treated poorly but have never been up in arms about real society. People who will criticize the misandry in the film but never the misogyny of any other film, people who never had an issue with the "push you around" song. If you realize the ending for kens isn't perfect, then you have to acknowledge our world isn't perfect either. I believe that's the point. Despite it not being perfect, it still is overall a positive ending though, the movie is sympathetic towards kens and provides them with a positive character arc of self realization and self confidence. It shows how patriarchy is harmful to both men and women, when the movie certainly did not have to show the other side of how patriarchy is harmful.
@@pinkpink-kb6dla great reply wasted on people who have no media literacy and probably didn't even watch it
@@SlatePunchgroin"men are painted as bad guys"
"No they are not, it's about equality"
"Then why are men at disadvantage at end?"
"To show how badly men treat women"
Oh wow, the media literacy
Never clicked on anything so fast before
Sad
Fact.
@@buttertoast1146 ok butter toast
@@buttertoast1146cry
@Char1ieC bros a man foaming to see barbie lmao
Let’s get Ryan Gosling an Oscar. The man can act
Yes, he should get Oscar Nominated, stat!
Let’s get Barbie the Best Picture Award at the 2024 Oscars!!!
keep ryan’s now out your f%%^%% mouth
I love him so much, please let him get it.
This movie is a sequel to Lars and the real girl
Movie was extremely divisive and politically charged. I will say the sets, costume design, and details in Barbie World were stunning.
There were a ton of movies I watched as a kid and later watched as an adult and realized how much of it was geared towards adults.
Shrek had a lot of adult humor too
The difference between the two is Shrek had adult jokes and Barbie is disrespectful to adults
I hope America Ferrera gets more love in these discussions, her monologue was just breathtaking
Monologue? Isn't Helen Mirren supposed to be the narrator?
@@Erasureeraser you dont need to be the narrator to have a monologue lol
@@_sty__le7433 Lol okay 😂
Superstore was great
the monologue was just her making women look like victim and acting like men have no problems at all
Jeremy Jahns "is Barbie a smash the patriarchy feminist movie...yes it is.
To not mention this is like reviewing Oppenheimer and not mentioning the bomb."
A lot of people going to be making a lot of great points here so in an effort to leave the echo chamber I will highlight how PHENOMENAL the choreography is in Kens big dance number towards the end. Like, I don't know if I've seen choreography that good in a movie in my lifetime (I'm 32)
I love how the marketing is taking it seriously by even there's a Barbie House in Miami I think and even there's a house tour with Margot Robbie who's still in character as Barbie. Even in Red Carpet, she wears every single outfits of Barbie from different eras.
“Life size” with Tyra banks feels like the TRUE Barbie movie
Truly guilty pleasure movie right there 😂
Eve’s great, no matter where she goes~ 🎵
I was just thinking that! Such a classic!
Yesss ! That’s the first thing I thought about when news about this was released !
That was my Barbie film back in 2000 when I was 9 years old.
Chris, why aren’t you reviewing sound of freedom?
Because he is instrumentalized to review only corporately acceptable content. Money speaks large volumes.
@@krunobakota9502 Yea I am thinking you're right. Ive been a sub for over 8 years, but that will end now
@@aidan4530 Agreed
The more and more i view Chris reviews the more i feel he is just paid reviewer who doesn't take any risk at all and avoids any controversy i'm sorry but i can't stand him anymore also he just look so tired when reviewing these movies i think he should take a break
From a financial and career motive his change specifically happened so that he doesn’t jeopardize his own interests. It sucks but that’s the toll of self interest which is a necessary thing. Knowing his past “problem” (BvS rewrite) it also seems like his intentions is to not reap what he’s sown with the seeds being of boisterous film reviewing critiques, akin to Nostalgia Critic, go at his own creations. Especially now when perhaps at this point at the peak of his UA-cam career he has all eyes on him, it’s like Roger Ebert wanting to be a film writer and then downplays his criticisms because of fear that the things he had pointed out would come back to haunt him.
I’m no telepath but the consistency in his views shifted specifically in the time frame when his personal project, Shelby Oaks, was just starting to be conceptualizad and had his treatment passing around. It looks and seems limited, confined, and while it looks like every other Chris review it definitely has a distinct appearance and it has bothered me for the last four years…
The pressure on his family and his film have changed him for sure and that’s not a negative to his personal life. It shouldn’t be. I personally could not care for the Barbie movie and sure enough his review solidified my choice. It’s like listening to Chris Gore, only that I never took his film critique as serious and his speculations are funnier to mock at than at Jack Posobiek’s tweets.
Tl;dr yea he has changed. Money/career interests comes first.
Chris love you if you’re ever reading this. I’m no telepath and you can call me a clown 🤡.
Well...he did erased the "top 10 worst movies of the year" after all, can't annoy anyone
The makers made a commendable effort to tour the audience into the Barbie's world. The set pieces looks eye candy and definitely worth a watch.
I had a zero Barbie policy with my kid, and yet she got more than two dozen Barbies, half a dozen distant relatives (not Mattel's), a dozen Kens, and numerous kids. They lived in a huge wooden house my mom made for her. She will have a blast with this movie, I am pretty sure.
@@DJVARAO especially if she's a feminist
@@ZombieZifiction Why?
@@DJVARAO the movie is almost entirely about feminism. And done in poor taste
@@ZombieZifiction That's too bad. I had hope for this to be a good movie.
This movie and Oppenheimer really feel like the actual summer blockbusters. Greta Gerwig is a young and talented director and I hope this film opens the door for other Female Directors to get a chance to tell their stories
There are plenty of great female directors and there has been for a long time
Unless you’re a girl u have no business watching this lol
As much as I love Greta Gerwig, Kathryn Bigelow paved way for female filmmakers including Gerwig
@@jeffcunningham0389 ??
@@LuisSierra42 yeah I’ve watched lots in film school. But Hollywood doesn’t take chances on female directors. Sure they get to direct but the numbers show that the female demographic in the backstage roles of filmmaking are low compared to male directors.
History is repeating itself.
Doom Eternal/Animal Crossing
Oppenheimer/Barbie
True. But i loved how the memes of Doom Guy & Isabelle were more about the two being friends.
Also, apparently, The Dark Knight, and Mamma Mia the musical came out on the same day.
I love that Jaws shirt. Spielberg is another versatile filmmaker running the gamut of pretty much all the genres from musicals to westerns to comedy, science fiction, action and biopics.
Chris and Jeremy both posting at the same time is just perfect😂
I did not know Jeremy uploaded until i saw your comment🤣🤣🤣
@@Elatenldelightfully snippy.
nah, we prefer the GOAT Grace Randolph
@@jairomurillo4645 who? Imma check her out
@@jairomurillo4645
Scoopy Grace... nobody likes that woman.
When r u gonna review sound of freedom
never
The review I was waiting for. Greta Gerwig, in her heart of hearts, is a nerdy cinephile. The list of films that serve as thematic and aesthetic inspirations like Playtime, The Red Shoes, The Truman Show, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, etc. is staggering.
That's good to know. She is a true filmmaker.
@@DJVARAOwhat’s a true filmmaker to you?
@@brianaguilar8283 Good question.
I took my mom and girlfriend to see this yesterday. I was doing it cuz I knew how excited they were but I didn’t think I’d get much out of it since I’m not the target audience. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed watching this. I appreciate that they tried to do something more thoughtful than just a generic Barbie movie that I’m sure the sequels will end up being if they don’t bring back Gerwig. It’s not gonna be my favorite movie of the year or even close but it’s a lot higher up my list than I thought it would be.
😮
My mom is a barbie mega fan. Has every collectible barbie ever created. She was so worried about this movie, i’m gonna show her this video, and take her out to go see it. Much love chris!
@krazykajeevie No
@krazykajeevie I agreed with you until you mentioned trump.
@@Vaquix000You actually agreed with the "woke rubbish" part fr? Like c'mon
Did she enjoy the movie??!! Update please!!
@krazykajeevie freedom is allowing people to see this movie lol, your republican freedom is essentially glorified nazism.
Can't wait to watch this movie with my friends and point at the screen everytime Ryan Gosling shows up and say :"that's me!"
You should do the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme when Gosling shows up 😂
@@Erasureeraser yeah I m gonna do that for sure 😂
Why would you do that
Movie was full of plotholes and did not make sense a lot of times. You can say the message is important and still aknowledge the execution was horrible
A live action Barbie movie made in the '90s or early 2000s by the people who made Clueless or Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion could absolutely work. A live action Barbie movie written by the people who did Barbie: Life In the Dreamhouse could absolutely work. I don't think anyone else could nail it.
That will never happen in this woke climate.
I thought I was having deja Vu for a second 😂 read this on Jeremys video. Also life in the dream house was soooo good for a kids show. They need those writers
Life in the Dreamhouse is the perfect Barbie media! While I haven't seen it yet, I still wish the movie had gone that route. I really don't care about how Barbie and "The Real World" interact, I want to see over the top doll shenanigans and the silly concepts of how built in play mechanics in toy sets come across when we're looking at sentient dolls. I love the Dreamhouse gags like Ken "fixing the car" by changing out the D battery that he had to lug over because he's still doll sized. I guess people think that sort of humor is childish though.
The film has a meta reference throughout the whole thing a la Barbie in the Dreamhouse. Margot & Ryan character journey from Barbieland to The Real World also similar to Romy & Michelle because of their close worldview and how being surrounded by other people change their perspective on each other and their relationship dynamic. But of course you wouldn't know that because you haven't seen this film and just assumed that this is just woke feminist agenda and nothing else.
@@awinningsperm Who were you replying to? The OP didn't mention "woke."
Why do you refuse to review Sound of Freedom?
He is n bed with Hollywood elites
Chris is always good at giving description without spoiling! And now I’m beyond excited to see this movie!
spoiler: she gets melted at the end
Every SINGLE time the word men came up in the movie it was followed by something negative
sexists rly going out of their way to defend this
This movie is a bag of rubbish. I waited so long to watch it and I’m thoroughly disappointed.
I mean…. How many movies have we seen as kids with stuff that went over our head? Lol and then when we are adults we rewatch with Shock and a sense of humor
Shrek had a ton of adult humor right? Lol
@@Erasureeraser TONS!
Has anyone compared this to The Lego Movie yet? I haven’t seen Barbie yet but I’m absolutely going too, I’m just thinking that it looks a bit similar, like how the plot is about the character who’s essentially a product goes on an adventure and ends up in the real world, and the film itself is more of a humorous meta-commentary on the meaning and legacy of the toy/product and what it means to people. I might be wrong but I hope it’s as good as or better than The Lego Movie!
1. Both movies are from Warner Bros
2. Both movies have Will Ferrell as this big larger than life antagonist
So we can say that WB learned their success with The Lego Movie and wanna try to replicate it's success with Barbie. Sure Barbie might not be as good as Lego Movie but the movie overall is about as good as I was hoping to this in this scale. The same way I felt about Sonic, Super Mario Bros and Pikachu
@@Erasureeraser Yeah I just hope the Barbie script doesn't directly rip everything off straight from Lego Movie, I'd be pretty disappointed!
@@jackbalance6695 Chris said that the movie does borrow some stuff from other movies but definitely not in a way that's ripping off. More so in paying homage
Thats what I thought too. After the first 30 minutes it takes a hard left and gets really heavy handed and preachy.
I'm 48 yo man and I left barbie smiling and went to the supermarket smiling and I walked home all the way smiling, go into it with no expectations and just go with the ride. Cheers Gav
The people upset about this movie are missing the entire point. It's showing a society in which the roles of men and women in history are swapped. The way Kens are treated is literally a 1:1 for women throughout history. And if it pisses you off that it makes men look bad because of it, congratulations you have learned nothing from history and you're among the lowest common denominator.
yeah but kens are also the villain of the story.
Imagine a movie which celebrates putting women back in their place....
@@byakugan2173 they're hardly villains. They're literally too naive to be villains. It says exactly what's going on at the end, they resolve the conflict and are left with barely any power, exactly how women are to this day.
Women can do EVERYTHING a man can do in America today. Whoever is spouting that insane idea that women are subjugated in U.S today have their head snugly shoved in the sand while living under a rock.
When you are rooting for the "villan" the whole time you know its a bad movie.
Rooting for a villian in a movie doesn't make it a bad movie like wtf are you saying bro😒
That depends tbh
Stuckmann has sold himself to Hollywood. All good safe diplomatic reviews lately
Yup
I believe he said he will avoid reviewing movies he doesn't like. I think this changed when he started directing his own film. He probably hopes people won't bash his movie since he no longer does that himself.
@@TalkingThrones I think it's more because if he wants to get into Hollywood, he can't go criticizing their propaganda and still be allowed to have a career. Then again, he has the same politics they do, so it's a coin flip as to whether he's just shilling because he wants a job or he's as brainrotted by communism as the rest of Hollywood and actually wants to help them because of their shared ideology.
Man, I though i was going crazy, no one is calling him out on this.
@@kentan00 I think a lot of people will be waking up to this fact, even if they won't say it. This movie is going to make a lot of critics essentially "out themselves" to their audience as being politically-driven shills and little more.
You Reviewed BARBIE and NOT The Sound of Freedom? A SERIOUS WTF Chris. Wow. Just WOW!
I applaud you Chris for consistently stay away from politics in the movies. However, I believe in trying to stay neutral in this review, you are doing a disservice to the audience. this movie portrays men as useless and servants to women in Barbie world. Keep in mind that Barbie in it's inception has always been about equality and individuality, "Women and girls' can be anything!" . In this movie the message was 'screaming" women in charge and men are evil and useless! It was negative to both men and women and it promotes division and hate. in my humble opinion!
Man.. sounds like a heavy handed message to me, and I´ve really had enough of those in movies lately. Have fun with this one girls, i´ll likely pass.
this is shocking another movie review that chris likes? woah who could've saw this coming!?
If I took a shot every time someone said “patriarchy” in the movie, I would have to be carried out on a stretcher.
ahahahaha straight up
I saw it just now. That's a huge overstatement. They maybe said it 5, tops 8 times. That's really not that much.
@@Emma-zm7zbKind of a weird choice for a film marketed to kids, no?
@@vincer7824It’s PG13. How is that marketing it towards kids? 😂
@@gtgrandomIt's a Barbie movie. Barbies are a kids toy...
In the entire movie there wasn’t a single line about men that wasn’t negative
Imagine the roles reversed where men just make a movie about how terrible women are
Misandry is so main stream it’s gross
Source ? Evidence ?
@@properduction2586 source for what ? You can watch the movie yourself and see, every single time the word men came up it was followed by something negative
Why do you reply three times? Is it because your upset there is not more negative comments?
That's exactly right. U.s. is happy to dog pile on men as the source of all ills of the world. Its crazy how many of the good things men do and have done that are conveniently ignored.
Let's be real here... kids aren't going to see this movie. They're just going to watch the Super Mario bros movie again at home. And Greta Gerwig knows that. She was very smart in how she wrote this and who its aimed toward.
@@Minecraft_at_Night The problem with appealing to a wide audience is by spreading yourself too thin, you're not winning people over.
Quantity is not a substitute for quality.
Most kids don't play with Barbie dolls these days. Gerwig knows that the audience who are fans of Barbie are now grown up so she definitely made this movie for the 13+ audience simply just for nostalgia
idk i can see 5-9 year old girls been taking to see this w their parents. it's Barbie, and Barbie is still very popular
@@Minecraft_at_Night A lot of movies are bad and watered down because they try to appeal to as much people as possible. Which is something that doesn't always work and just ruins the movie.
I think my daughter watches that at least once a week 😂
Honestly, one thing that especially stuck out to me as a guy watching this movie was how this movie was NOT purely misandristic. I saw both Barbieland and Kendom as critiquing both ultra-feminism and incel culture and toxic masculinity, and I appreciate how the ending message is all about letting everyone find their own meaning and purpose (as noted by the mother wanting a normal/mother Barbie doll and Margot Robbie choosing to be human).
To put it plainly, I was very pleasantly surprised by this movie, and I'm glad that I got to see it. 😁
THIS 😁🖤!
Been struggling bad with mental health and accepting we live in a really flawed society. Dark A24-ish movies usually are the ones that resonate with me and make me feel emotional, but this made me feel the most emotional and thought provoked. And it’s the fucking Barbie movie. Seriously see it
The movie gets too preachy sometimes by telling the audience what to believe what's "right" and "wrong". The core message as Jeremy put it: "A man shall have the power to take over the world the moment he stops pathetically simping for that girl he has no shot with."
Man, I really used to trust Chris when it comes to movies. But in recent times, he's just avoiding talking about the obvious elephant in the room. Just as with the new Indiana Jones movie and the hollywood trope of ruining old male heroes that we used to look up to, here he also didn't even mention about the whole "smash the patriarchy" crap that the movie is obviously filled with. I get that he doesn't want to be cancelled or be controversial, but the movie is gonna be controversial. Talking about movies and not even mentioning or warning about such things, makes the reviewer feel dishonest. Jeremy Jahns did a great job here, because he actually warned the viewers about what the movie is really about, so they know what they're getting into. Didn't take a stand, didn't have to. But he was honest to his viewers.
@@Dr.LongMonkey It's not a trigger warning, merely doing the job of a reviewer to say, "Hey, if you're not a fan of X, you might not want to watch this movie." No different than telling his audience that the latest horror movie really goes over the top with gore, so squeamish people should probably avoid. A trigger warning is when you virtue signal that someone might say a word that up until a few years ago never bothered anyone.
@@Dr.LongMonkey I'm aware, but no one uses that term in the original context now. The only time you see trigger warnings are for simpering millennials and zoomers who can't figure out what gender they are and consider saying hello to them with the wrong intonation to be the same as violence, i.e. people who have made themselves too weak to exist, as opposed to the veterans who have actually suffered in their lives.
Agree, Chris sounds like a sellout since he made the shelby oaks thing. I remembered he saying he wasn't going to be harsh to directors since he now knows how much work it is, but that just makes his reviews bad.
@@sudowoodo8919 Exactly. Then again, there's also the political factor to take into consideration, in that Chris and Hollywood have very similar political views, and whether his views have changed since wanting to get into the business to fit in, or like with many people, 2016 made him shift radically, and I think even if he wasn't trying to get into Hollywood, he's probably still shill like the dickens.
Still waiting for Sound Of Freedom review… 😴
Sorry Chris, Jeremy Johns has a better take on this movie. He pretty much said some kind of drugs or alcohol is required for watching this movie.
420
"Sorry Chris, Jeremy had an opinion I agree with more, therefore your opinion is invalid."
Do you listen to yourself when you talk?
@@rasengdori13 Better than listening to you.
@@rasengdori13 I would have gone with "I prefer Jeremy John's take on the movie" , not sure if he's one of those people who genuinely believe their opinions are the "correct" opinions (not understanding how taste works) or that's just how it was worded.
Just watched this since it just came out on HBO max. My wife and I were really disappointed. We heard basically nothing but good reviews. It was so poorly written and simple, while trying so hard to be deep. What a waste of time.
I felt the same way. I heard SO many positive things about this movie on the internet. But when I watched it tonight, I thought everyone was out of their minds. I hated this from beginning to end.
Is there a reason Chris sounds like he’s on tranquilizers?
Well you sell your soul for a chance at fame with the creepy weirdos in Hollywood, you tend to go dead inside.
Dead inside, just reciting the text, some corporate ass from hollywood wrote for him. Sold his soul long time ago.
@@shifterzx He's sold out to Hollywood, but it's worse than that. He just has commie brainrot. That what it does to people. If Chris was talking about his new made up gender or whatever, you'd see him as excitable as can be, but anything that isn't outright political...or in the case of Barbie since it is propaganda, but Chris doesn't want part of his audience to know that, he just goes into reviewbot mode.
Honestly, as a woman, I didn't like how they gave a recipe for manipulating men
It just proves that some women can not be trusted and have a hidden agenda.
The speech that America Ferrera gave, I felt like that would have had a better impact 7 years ago.
And you were right, was a bit too long and repetitious at the end.
Other than that, there were some funny and deep moments.
so no reviews on Sound Of Freedom
no
cope
I miss the time when chris used to grade the movies, now the movie reviews are so ambiguous, it begs the whole point of watching the review. I request Chris to start grading the movies again.
I 100% agree. It was surprisingly so good and fun, and I normally like slow, natural, indie character dramas. But this was so off the wall nuts it kind of worked. Not everything worked, like you said. Wish I could have edited it myself. The whole Mattel storyline should have been cut. could have been the old woman on the bench who secretly was original Barbie that had gone human years ago as her spirit guide. and yeah, sometimes things were too on the nose, and the message was a bit too loud and hot pink, but it was all worth it for the jokes that genuinely caught me off guard and made the whole theatre lose it. finally a move for grown up girls about our fucking childhood toys and sec politics all in one hilarious absurdist package. y’all have had action figure super hero comic shit for ever. go Barbie go.
In the entire movie there wasn’t a single line about men that wasn’t negative
Imagine the roles reversed where men just make a movie about how terrible women are
Misandry is so main stream it’s gross
Here’s the thing, super hero films aren’t talking about the matriarchy and implying women are the problem throughout. More over, superhero films are now made to be inclusive as women complained about male-dominated media, while Barbie is very clearly aimed at women, even though technically Barbie is in the same boat, it’s supposed to be inclusive.
This film does regard men as the problem and does constantly make reductive observations or create false narratives (like all men are “dude-bro’s” and secretly hide patriarchy better for their own selfish aims).
I do think women need a film outlet but not when it’s demeaning to men as well. If a movie of this caliber somehow got green lit and came out for male-dominated spaces, it would immediately become infamous and cancelled. The women and teens in my theater actually boo’d the Ken’s and other men constantly, especially Ken’s big emotional payoff and actually said *out loud* “nobody cares about men! It’s not like they have any real problems, he’s just a loser!” People actually laughed and agreed, that’s bad.
Overall I do think you or young girl’s liking this movie isn’t inherently a bad thing, beyond “the message” it’s a cute film. Now “blaming men for everything wrong ever” and “men just loving that patriarchy!” is.
I doubt anyone actually said all that in the theatre 😂😂
@@Megramia288 They did and that’s why it was so shocking, there were kids around! To be fair, people were talking throughout the movie, commenting on it, but those little verbal jabs and scoffs turned into that statement at that particular part.
@@nobodythenobody9779where did they say something negative about men
Chris you need to redo this review and tell us how you really feel.
Chris is a shill now. He must approve of "the message" without question. He's trying to get IN to Hollywood, not critique it.
My (female) partner didn't really like the film. She had this very good point about it: by the end of the film, nothing about either of the worlds has changed. The film points out all of the hypocrisy and sexism of barbie's existence, but at the end the men are still in charge, the barbies are all still in their delusional dream world, nothing has changed. She found this to be a pretty depressing outcome...
Exactly right, at least someone else noticed this, not mention the ending, I was like wtf she came to the real world to see a gynecologist
I think that was kind of part of the point
Why are this guy's super vague and not very useful, short reviews at the top of the search list.
You might be new to movie reviews on UA-cam. Stuckmann has been reviewing films for over a decade and is a filmmaker in his own right. He might be showing up because he's an actual movie reviewer that a lot of people like to hear from. And I think his reviews could be seen as vague since he doesn't outwardly spoil the movie. That being said, I think he recommended the movie and that's usually what people listen to a movie review for. What's the use of a movie review if not to recommend a movie or not recommend it?
This movie is like the perfect example of why the actor's strike needs to happen. The large-scale cast in this movie was so incredibly talented in terms of acting and choreography. It was beautiful to see all of those people contribute to the movie and it just wouldn't feel the same with AI-generated meat puppets.
That's a self-defeating argument though...
If AI can't replicate the intricacy of humanity, it will hit the uncanny valley harder than Barbie hitting the ground on day 2. Consumers will revolt, studios will flop, actors will be appreciated.
If AI can replicate it perfectly, then you wouldn't even know the difference.
It wasn't that great. Will Ferrell was wasted. Instead of being a movie about the connection between dolls and little girls with meaning behind it. It was just a movie that took "jabs" at stuff and look at our satire. We're so clever
“It has lessons in the movie some people might need to hear”
No Chris. I don’t need to be lectured on the patriarchy for the whole movie. Please go watch Jeremy’s reviews for a more honest take.
Watched this on the weekend and the film just gave me a human experience and how we feel and navigate the crazy society we live in. The end of the film where she became human and the dialogue, it made me cry real man tears and I haven’t stopped thinking about it.
The movie was cute to me, but I wouldn’t really recommend it to my friends - I wouldn’t convince someone otherwise if they said they *wanted* to see it though. It felt a bit scattered in terms of messaging, I felt a bit of a disconnect between Barbie and the mom//daughter.
I do agree with you, my experience Thursday evening was mostly *dead* silence during the scripted jokes and I felt I was one of the few who were laughing at the antics.
The dead silence part is crazy. I'm from a country where we don't speak english as our first langauge or second or third but it screened in english and everyone was laughing cause the jokes and the setup were that good. It was fun a d light hearted
@@envadehthat’s why you think it’s funny then.
It's garbage that's why
I wanted to laugh so many times but I held myself because I was scared snot would shoot out of my nose (because yes, I cried a lot)
Very odd. The cinema I was in erupted in laughter many times. Everyone seemed to really enjoy it.
Pros:
-The set and costume design are amazing
-Ryan Gosling is hilarious as Ken
-Margot Robbie is the quintessential Barbie
Cons:
- The writing, frankly, is really bad
-Every joke and every scene goes on for 50% longer than it needs
- It preaches at you the whole time in a ham fisted way
- The Barbie’s are all Marie Sue’s and not interesting at all
- Will Farrell is wasted
- They completely mess up the heroes journey at the end
Agree 100%
No review for the surprise of the summer 'Sound of Freedom'!!!
Chris is pozzed.
I searched barbie and now i see how most of people hating on it and making it political? Seriously Americans are different breed
For telling the truth?
I have been waiting for another comedic role for Ryan Gosling since The Nice Guys, I can't wait!
Him and Jeremy uploading the same minute as each other is so creepy
Super woke man hating feminist movie. I seriously refuse to give money to these studios who actually hate me and want to teach me a lesson. Many other people feel the same way and is why these movies fail at the box office. Young boys today mainly get their soul crushed in these type movies. Chris does a good job at reviews but he could at least give a woke warning about films. Jeremy said it in the first five seconds of his review.
Boo hoo. I don’t know why you people have to throw fits about every piece of media that isn’t made for you. It’s a kids movie. Nothing about this movie is ‘anti-man’ it’s a silly little movie made to poke fun at Barbie while celebrating what makes her so popular, and why she was even made in the first place, which was to expand the toy options marketed to young girls who before were limited to only baby dolls. Barbie was given multiple careers to show these girls they were capable of anything and give them their own role model to look up to. At the time boys had many more options many based on the different careers. Later on Barbie’s friends/family members/ her boyfriend, ken were introduced and didn’t have such detailed or diverse stories or careers, they were just added to expand Barbie’s world because it’s the child’s job to decide their roles. The movie isn’t putting men down it’s satirizing the fact that Ken was only introduced as Barbie’s boyfriend or ‘accessory’/add on and was never given an actual career. Like many reviewers have said the movie makes fun of barbie as much as it celebrates her. It’s sad that you have nothing better to do than throw fits every time a movie comes out that aims to portray women overcoming some sort of issue, on their own or in a group. Maybe if you take the time to build up your critical thinking skills and, maybe one day, perhaps use such, you’ll be able to process information by yourself without needing it spoon fed to you like a toddler. Kids don’t think the way you do. No little boy is going to find a doll movie insulting to his masculinity, its weird you think they do. Focus on improving yourself instead of throwing fits on the internet about kids movies. Because obviously you need to do some reflecting when it comes to your priorities in life and need a good long time away from the internet.
what exactly is wrong about it being "woke" and "feminist" your misogyny is showing It's a COMEDY movie it's not supposed to be taken seriously and it's satire yet you fragile white men want to be oppressed so bad
I’m kinda disappointed by you Chris, and I’ve been following this channel for 7 years. I understand that now as a filmmaker you appreciate more movies and don’t want to talk negatively about them. This review doesn’t tell much besides production, Greta’s career (which I love which is why I watched Barbie but was utterly disappointed) and then just briefly talk about the negatives very superficially. I feel like now there’s no balance in your reviews and after watching them, I’m unsure if I should watch the movie or not. I wish you did at least 2-3 min positives, 2-3 negatives, 1 min conclusion. You barely talk about the plot, imo the characters are superficial and then magically change (the daughter, Ken, etc. there’s no earned character dev.). This story of going to a new world and changing your view on how you thought it was has been done so many times, Enchanted did it much better, The Lego Movie, etc.
I’d love the message if it had nuanced but characters are either good or overly bad and as usual there’s one good guy (Allen), similar to Black Christmas (2019) where there was only one ‘good’ guy so they could say they’re not hating men.
I wanted to love this movie and I thought it’d be like Enchanted + some plot twist, but nope, it’s so simple and repeats the same message over and over like the audience are babies, spoon feeding everything. The trailers were quite misleading. Also, the Mattel storyline is so bad, they forget about them and then appear at the ending like they were “oh right, that storyline isn’t finished”
I’ll say production, acting, music, direction and cinematography are absolutely amazing, the plot is the main issue. It seems like they thought the audience are so dumb that if the story send the same message in a subtle manner with nuance, no one would understand.
The message of female empowerment is good, but if it's in the expense of belittle man, that's bad taste.
you missed the point of the movie. it doesnt belittle men.
@@jjoe7078 u sure? May be we have a different definition of the word "Belittle"
@@sc3192
I think we watched the same movie…The only difference is that you took “anti patriarchy” as “anti men”…
@@sc3192 yea, how did it belittle men? It’s making fun of SEXIST men, it’s not saying all men are like that. When did it do that? How did it do that?
@@jjoe7078 but the thing is, all men are like that are in the movie, at least most that I can remember. They are all dumb, useless, and sexiest, it's a unrealistic protray of the world we live in. How about if the entire movie is made up of dumb women, but than I will say, "oh, it's not making fun of women, just the dumb one, which is what the entire movie is about"
I liked your review because it's more balanced. It explained both positive and negative aspects of this movie without bashing on any actors or anyone who disagrees with you.
That's the kind of a review I appreciate!
The movie wasn't reviewed though. The circumstances around the movie were.
Sound of Freedom?
No one cares it’s Barbieheimer time
@@rl8259 Wrong. 10,000+ 100% 5 star Rotten Tomatoes audience members care.
@@kbsanders And? That doesn’t mean people care. Barbie will make more in its opening weekend than Sounds of Freedom has made fully
I haven’t watched your reviews in a while. Do you not grade them anymore?
I'm definitely saving my money for Oppenheimer. I kind of wish Barbie was the movie that ended with an atomic bomb.
The Barbie movie the trailers gave me Lego Movie, Free Guy, and Enchanted vibes.
Will Ferrell is literally getting playing the same role that he did in The Lego Movie, just him alone is enough to bring some vibe from The Lego Movie 😂