You guys ever think about dying?
May 25, 2023 5:24 PM Subscribe
That seems like a much darker movie than I was expecting.
Also, The Locked Tomb fans are losing their minds because, reasons.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:35 PM on May 25, 2023 [15 favorites]
Also, The Locked Tomb fans are losing their minds because, reasons.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:35 PM on May 25, 2023 [15 favorites]
It looks like an AI made "Wes Anderson's The Matrix"
A little dark but very funny as long as they didn't put all the funny bits in the trailer
Maybe there was some crossover because Greta Gerwig's husband just had a movie featuring a pill that relieves fear of death (However, White Noise was panned...)
posted by Schmucko at 5:45 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
A little dark but very funny as long as they didn't put all the funny bits in the trailer
Maybe there was some crossover because Greta Gerwig's husband just had a movie featuring a pill that relieves fear of death (However, White Noise was panned...)
posted by Schmucko at 5:45 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
Casting Will Ferrell in this role after The Lego Movie has to be a wink, right? Is "weird meta authority figure in a movie based on toys" a typecast now?
posted by Riki tiki at 5:48 PM on May 25, 2023 [17 favorites]
posted by Riki tiki at 5:48 PM on May 25, 2023 [17 favorites]
Also, The Locked Tomb fans are losing their minds because, reasons.
Wait what am I missing.
posted by curious nu at 5:51 PM on May 25, 2023 [9 favorites]
Wait what am I missing.
posted by curious nu at 5:51 PM on May 25, 2023 [9 favorites]
Heh. Thought the title of the post was a reference to "Return Of The Living Dead," then I watched the trailer.
Looks like a fairly entertaining movie.
posted by davidmsc at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Looks like a fairly entertaining movie.
posted by davidmsc at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
I would like to time-travel to when France Ha was in theaters, sit down beside someone watching it, and at the end, whisper to them "In about 10 years from now, they're going to make a Barbie movie" and then walk out.
(I love Greta Gerwig especially and Noah Baumbach mostly so I just want to be clear I'm all in on this movie.)
This looks amazing and is the weird metatextual girl world movie I've always wanted. I've had conversations with friends about all the epic stories we were telling with our Barbies (someone was always in a dungeon!) and I like that this seems to get that.
posted by edencosmic at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2023 [20 favorites]
(I love Greta Gerwig especially and Noah Baumbach mostly so I just want to be clear I'm all in on this movie.)
This looks amazing and is the weird metatextual girl world movie I've always wanted. I've had conversations with friends about all the epic stories we were telling with our Barbies (someone was always in a dungeon!) and I like that this seems to get that.
posted by edencosmic at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2023 [20 favorites]
The Emperor modeled Alecto's body after a Hollywood Hair Barbie doll, a toy from his childhood, with "long yellow hair," saying:posted by the antecedent of that pronoun at 6:00 PM on May 25, 2023 [11 favorites]"I made you look like a Christmas tree fairy...I made you look like a Renaissance angel...I made you Adam and Eve...Galatea. Barbie. Frankenstein's monster with long yellow hair."[8]
I told you they were losing their minds….
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:02 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:02 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Fuck it, I'm sold
posted by NoMich at 6:17 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by NoMich at 6:17 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
I haven't been this interested in a movie release since I don't know when. I'm thinking the Baumbach-factor is fairly obscured by the trailers, but I won't be disappointed if it turns out to be pure fun.
With the Disney-like control Mattel holds over the Barbie franchise, I'd love to hear about the meetings involved in making this happen. Not a few of the suits had to be shitting bricks at one point or another.
posted by rhizome at 6:24 PM on May 25, 2023 [9 favorites]
With the Disney-like control Mattel holds over the Barbie franchise, I'd love to hear about the meetings involved in making this happen. Not a few of the suits had to be shitting bricks at one point or another.
posted by rhizome at 6:24 PM on May 25, 2023 [9 favorites]
I just want to say, what else would a young career woman sing along with while driving out of her old life into a new beginning other than MF INDIGO GIRLS CLOSER TO FINE BABY YEAH WOOOO!
posted by hippybear at 6:25 PM on May 25, 2023 [37 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 6:25 PM on May 25, 2023 [37 favorites]
it's exciting seeing someone finally remember that Ryan Gosling is actually really good at comedy
maybe they watched The Nice Guys recently and were like, hey, remember how Ryan Gosling is actually really good at comedy though
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:29 PM on May 25, 2023 [26 favorites]
maybe they watched The Nice Guys recently and were like, hey, remember how Ryan Gosling is actually really good at comedy though
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:29 PM on May 25, 2023 [26 favorites]
I hope the timing for the dialogue is the same in the movie as it is in the trailer.
posted by krisjohn at 6:39 PM on May 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by krisjohn at 6:39 PM on May 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
maybe they watched The Nice Guys recently and were like, hey, remember how Ryan Gosling is actually really good at comedy though
Honey, don't say "and stuff." Just say "Dad, there are whores here."
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:51 PM on May 25, 2023 [14 favorites]
Honey, don't say "and stuff." Just say "Dad, there are whores here."
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:51 PM on May 25, 2023 [14 favorites]
With the Disney-like control Mattel holds over the Barbie franchise, I'd love to hear about the meetings involved in making this happen. Not a few of the suits had to be shitting bricks at one point or another.
When Greta Gerwig was announced to be the writer/director of this, I was like, either she's charmed the suits into letting her make a Greta Gerwig movie with their brand, or she's sold out. Seeing how they're positioning this film, and controlling for the trailers being marketing, it feels like the suits would have to be fully behind this vision for it to get this far.
I for one am looking forward to parents dropping their 6-year-olds off at this and then getting mad that it's not a kids' film
posted by Merus at 7:05 PM on May 25, 2023 [7 favorites]
When Greta Gerwig was announced to be the writer/director of this, I was like, either she's charmed the suits into letting her make a Greta Gerwig movie with their brand, or she's sold out. Seeing how they're positioning this film, and controlling for the trailers being marketing, it feels like the suits would have to be fully behind this vision for it to get this far.
I for one am looking forward to parents dropping their 6-year-olds off at this and then getting mad that it's not a kids' film
posted by Merus at 7:05 PM on May 25, 2023 [7 favorites]
Barbie was alone. Ken was there, but since that puppy chewed his head off, he wasn't really there. She was there - in the mirror - when she put on her make-up. The men at the diner liked it, and she needed the tips. Ken's medical bills were extreme. Choosing her outfit, she felt silly. Astronaut, cowgirl, bikini babe, where was the waitress costume?
She sighed. Girls didn't fantasize about being a waitress in a diner, but this was the real world. Air hostess would do. Ken needed her, so she climbed into the gray bus for another day flirting for tips. The real world sucks.
posted by adept256 at 7:06 PM on May 25, 2023 [18 favorites]
She sighed. Girls didn't fantasize about being a waitress in a diner, but this was the real world. Air hostess would do. Ken needed her, so she climbed into the gray bus for another day flirting for tips. The real world sucks.
posted by adept256 at 7:06 PM on May 25, 2023 [18 favorites]
This looks amazing and is the weird metatextual girl world movie I've always wanted. I've had conversations with friends about all the epic stories we were telling with our Barbies (someone was always in a dungeon!) and I like that this seems to get that.
Honestly, the Barbie animated show on Netflix (I just googled it and it appears like there are several, but I'm not sure which one - my kids watch it) is pretty nuts with this stuff. My kids like it, and there are a lot of parts that make me laugh my ass off.
posted by Literaryhero at 7:07 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
Honestly, the Barbie animated show on Netflix (I just googled it and it appears like there are several, but I'm not sure which one - my kids watch it) is pretty nuts with this stuff. My kids like it, and there are a lot of parts that make me laugh my ass off.
posted by Literaryhero at 7:07 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
I'm trying to tell you something about my life
posted by phooky at 7:14 PM on May 25, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by phooky at 7:14 PM on May 25, 2023 [8 favorites]
I am gonna self-terminate if this movie is bad
posted by Going To Maine at 7:20 PM on May 25, 2023
posted by Going To Maine at 7:20 PM on May 25, 2023
I am gonna self-terminate if this movie is bad
So you have thought about dying.
posted by hippybear at 7:28 PM on May 25, 2023 [19 favorites]
So you have thought about dying.
posted by hippybear at 7:28 PM on May 25, 2023 [19 favorites]
I will say, as a guy, I am so there.
Disguised as three raccoons in an overcoat, but there.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 7:28 PM on May 25, 2023 [9 favorites]
Disguised as three raccoons in an overcoat, but there.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 7:28 PM on May 25, 2023 [9 favorites]
I might try to convince mr. hippybear to attend this with me. We haven't been to a movie since The Before Times, but perhaps this would be stupid enough and maybe we can find an early morning showing with nobody else there. I could use something sunny and bright and stupid and with a lot of pink in my life right about now.
And I'll just put this here... SubLevel 03's album Touch Of Pink [29m] with opening track Touch Of Pink. And some other songs.
posted by hippybear at 7:43 PM on May 25, 2023 [4 favorites]
And I'll just put this here... SubLevel 03's album Touch Of Pink [29m] with opening track Touch Of Pink. And some other songs.
posted by hippybear at 7:43 PM on May 25, 2023 [4 favorites]
For everyone who hates Barbie? Talk about crapping on a subject. I don't love Barbie but what a waste of neurons and life force to hate her.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 7:51 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 7:51 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Ryan Gosling seems to understand exactly what kind of movie he’s in and he’s gonna chew up the scenery like a master.
posted by azpenguin at 7:52 PM on May 25, 2023 [23 favorites]
posted by azpenguin at 7:52 PM on May 25, 2023 [23 favorites]
This movie is for everyone who hates Barbie. It's right there in the trailer!
posted by hippybear at 7:54 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 7:54 PM on May 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
I will say, though... late July release date? Honey, you should have gone with a June release date! If that had overlapped with Pride here, I could have talked the husbear into a First Saturday Showing of your movie followed by brunch and then the parade and the festival. That would have been AMAZING!
But Pride is in June.
posted by hippybear at 7:56 PM on May 25, 2023 [12 favorites]
But Pride is in June.
posted by hippybear at 7:56 PM on May 25, 2023 [12 favorites]
I can't wait for this movie. Also a chef-kiss perfect deployment of "Closer to Fine," which was for some of us the ne plus ultra anthem of "I will go out into the world and discover AUTHENTICITY" or whatever bullshit we told ourselves and our mothers at age 14.
posted by thivaia at 8:38 PM on May 25, 2023 [18 favorites]
posted by thivaia at 8:38 PM on May 25, 2023 [18 favorites]
What about those of us who are indifferent toward Barbie?
posted by not_on_display at 9:43 PM on May 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 9:43 PM on May 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
What about those of us who are indifferent toward Barbie?
I have a sneaking suspicion that if you go to see this movie, one way or another, you won't still be indifferent by the end of it.
posted by mstokes650 at 9:49 PM on May 25, 2023 [12 favorites]
I have a sneaking suspicion that if you go to see this movie, one way or another, you won't still be indifferent by the end of it.
posted by mstokes650 at 9:49 PM on May 25, 2023 [12 favorites]
I mean, I was at a really impressionable age when "Math Class is Tough" Barbie came out. In fact, the breathless local news coverage about the controversy was actually how I first found out some people didn't think girls liked math or that they could be good at it. As a girl who did like math, and fancied myself pretty good at it, I did kind of turn on Barbie at that point. I haven't gotten Barbies for my kids and I feel pretty fine about that decision.
Do I hate Barbie? That's a strong verb to use for my feelings. But I'm certainly approaching any Barbie product, this movie included, with a pretty heaping side of skepticism, and I feel pretty justified in doing so. It looks like fun in the trailers, though!
posted by potrzebie at 10:07 PM on May 25, 2023 [16 favorites]
Do I hate Barbie? That's a strong verb to use for my feelings. But I'm certainly approaching any Barbie product, this movie included, with a pretty heaping side of skepticism, and I feel pretty justified in doing so. It looks like fun in the trailers, though!
posted by potrzebie at 10:07 PM on May 25, 2023 [16 favorites]
This movie is for everyone who is ambivalent about Barbie??
posted by aubilenon at 10:18 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by aubilenon at 10:18 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Guess I'm out then! Hah
posted by potrzebie at 10:57 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by potrzebie at 10:57 PM on May 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Someone pointed out (I have no idea if it's accurate) that the table of young women who say they haven't been into Barbies since they were five are pretty good analogues for the Bratz dolls.
This looks weird and kind of amazing. If the little theater here on the island gets it, I'll definitely go.
posted by maxwelton at 11:18 PM on May 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
This looks weird and kind of amazing. If the little theater here on the island gets it, I'll definitely go.
posted by maxwelton at 11:18 PM on May 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
What about those of us who are indifferent toward Barbie?
Credentials will be checked at the door.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 1:08 AM on May 26, 2023
Credentials will be checked at the door.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 1:08 AM on May 26, 2023
Will Farrell has got to be a nod to The Lego Movie, which this seems almost like a...sequel? Shared universe? Which is not a bad thing; we need more genuine satires from Hollywood.
posted by zardoz at 1:21 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by zardoz at 1:21 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
THEY ADDED THE AQUA SONG YESSSS
posted by creatrixtiara at 3:16 AM on May 26, 2023 [14 favorites]
posted by creatrixtiara at 3:16 AM on May 26, 2023 [14 favorites]
If this movie does not contain genital-free nude dry humping it should not exist
posted by latkes at 3:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [10 favorites]
posted by latkes at 3:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [10 favorites]
Honestly, the Barbie animated show on Netflix (I just googled it and it appears like there are several, but I'm not sure which one - my kids watch it) is pretty nuts with this stuff. My kids like it, and there are a lot of parts that make me laugh my ass off.
You want the Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse shorts. They're genuinely funny as shit, and sort-of-but-not-quite on the same wavelength as this movie seems to be.
posted by uncleozzy at 4:28 AM on May 26, 2023 [11 favorites]
You want the Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse shorts. They're genuinely funny as shit, and sort-of-but-not-quite on the same wavelength as this movie seems to be.
posted by uncleozzy at 4:28 AM on May 26, 2023 [11 favorites]
I didn't grow up with Barbie toys. But as latkes says: there needs to be at least one full-frontal nude scene with both Ken and Barbie. Doesn't need to be sex, but the lack of genitalia in Barbie and Ken dolls is pretty much the second or third thing people think about when they think of Barbie toys. I even remember old jokes from comedians about this issue.
I cannot imagine Mattel allowing it, but who knows?
posted by SoberHighland at 4:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
I cannot imagine Mattel allowing it, but who knows?
posted by SoberHighland at 4:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
Bright shiny shards of plastic scenery crushed between shiny perfect teeth FUCK YES
posted by seanmpuckett at 4:44 AM on May 26, 2023 [10 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 4:44 AM on May 26, 2023 [10 favorites]
As long as this movie isn’t 99% fish out of water stuff I’m sure it’ll be fine. And now I’ll watch the trailer…
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 5:01 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 5:01 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
I'm going for the sake of Marker Face Barbie.
posted by humbug at 5:03 AM on May 26, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by humbug at 5:03 AM on May 26, 2023 [8 favorites]
I will say, though... late July release date? Honey, you should have gone with a June release date!
But then we wouldn't have the epic Barbie versus Oppenheimer showdown!!
posted by Pendragon at 5:42 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
But then we wouldn't have the epic Barbie versus Oppenheimer showdown!!
posted by Pendragon at 5:42 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
Ummmm. I don’t know if I want to watch this. I just want to keep watching trailers.
posted by amanda at 5:52 AM on May 26, 2023 [16 favorites]
posted by amanda at 5:52 AM on May 26, 2023 [16 favorites]
When The Lego Movie previews hit, I was so cynical, it was the worst kind of commercial-as-movie cash grab, ugh, can't they just let toys be toys...and then it turned out to be this perfect, wonderful movie. So I'm not skeptical about this one being a lot of fun, at all. And I think 'this is a movie for people who LOVE what it's about' and 'this is a movie for people who HATE what it's about' may be the greatest pair of movie taglines I've seen.
remember how Ryan Gosling is actually really good at comedy though
PAPYRUS
posted by LooseFilter at 6:07 AM on May 26, 2023 [15 favorites]
remember how Ryan Gosling is actually really good at comedy though
PAPYRUS
posted by LooseFilter at 6:07 AM on May 26, 2023 [15 favorites]
Speaking of going back in time, I'd like to see someone tell the 199X Indigo Girls they'd be shilling for Barbie one day, and everyone would love it.
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:23 AM on May 26, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:23 AM on May 26, 2023 [9 favorites]
If the Lego Movie exists in the Barbie universe, then Lego Batman does and that opens up ALL kinds of possibilities.
posted by warriorqueen at 6:29 AM on May 26, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by warriorqueen at 6:29 AM on May 26, 2023 [7 favorites]
I didn't expect the Barbie movie to be a reverse transmigration / isekai story.
(Chinese/Japanese/Korean transmigration web novels typically have the main character transmigrating from the real world to the world of a novel or a video game.)
posted by needled at 6:31 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
(Chinese/Japanese/Korean transmigration web novels typically have the main character transmigrating from the real world to the world of a novel or a video game.)
posted by needled at 6:31 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
I'm seeing a Joseph Campbell hero myth all over this trailer, and I'm glad my Lit degree is finally of use. Count me in.
posted by Capt. Renault at 6:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Capt. Renault at 6:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
This movie looks funny and I'm going to try to convince my 12-year-old to watch it.
Also, this: I'm trying to tell you something about my life is the funniest thing I've seen in a good while and I'm deeply grateful to phooky for posting it.
posted by that's candlepin at 6:44 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
Also, this: I'm trying to tell you something about my life is the funniest thing I've seen in a good while and I'm deeply grateful to phooky for posting it.
posted by that's candlepin at 6:44 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
Wait, Noah Baumbach is involved in this? I kind of loathe that dude's work. But there doesn't appear to be a way for this movie to be about a Sad White Guy With Father Issues, so maybe it will be great despite him.
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:56 AM on May 26, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:56 AM on May 26, 2023 [6 favorites]
I would like to remind people that the superb Black Mirror episode "USS Callister" has already explored the issue of anatomical correctness. (Although this film may delve into that subject in a unique way.)
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:08 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:08 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
I watched this trailer yesterday and I wish I hadn't. IT SHOWS TOO MUCH OF THE PLOT.
Come on guys -- we were all going to see the movie anyway. It's one of the most anticipated movies in years. Keep the trailers mysterious and DON'T SHOW ME THE ENTIRE PLOT! *grumble*
That said, me and my entire family will be at the movie theater on opening night for sure.
[grumpybear69, Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig have been together for 12 years, and he has collaborated on a lot of her stuff since Frances Ha. I'm also not a fan of his stuff (his Wes Anderson movies are my least favorite), but I doubt he can harm this.]
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:10 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
Come on guys -- we were all going to see the movie anyway. It's one of the most anticipated movies in years. Keep the trailers mysterious and DON'T SHOW ME THE ENTIRE PLOT! *grumble*
That said, me and my entire family will be at the movie theater on opening night for sure.
[grumpybear69, Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig have been together for 12 years, and he has collaborated on a lot of her stuff since Frances Ha. I'm also not a fan of his stuff (his Wes Anderson movies are my least favorite), but I doubt he can harm this.]
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:10 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
Doesn't need to be sex, but the lack of genitalia in Barbie and Ken dolls is pretty much the second or third thing people think about when they think of Barbie toys
There's a gag in the second teaser about this, basically.
posted by uncleozzy at 7:23 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
There's a gag in the second teaser about this, basically.
posted by uncleozzy at 7:23 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
I really like when trailers show most of the movie. Movies these days aren't usually worth my time, but the trailers are better than ever!
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:36 AM on May 26, 2023
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:36 AM on May 26, 2023
I watched this trailer yesterday and I wish I hadn't. IT SHOWS TOO MUCH OF THE PLOT.
100%
That's been a real trend for the past few years. I've complained about this over on Fanfare plenty of times but there's a real streak of "leave nothing unexplained or ambiguous" in entertainment at the moment, and I feel like this is another symptom of the same. A trailer shouldn't be a synopsis of the story and plot of your film minus the final resolution.
With the talent behind this project, how good would have a "no one can tell you what theMatrix Barbie is, you have to see it for yourself" trailer been?
posted by slimepuppy at 7:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
100%
That's been a real trend for the past few years. I've complained about this over on Fanfare plenty of times but there's a real streak of "leave nothing unexplained or ambiguous" in entertainment at the moment, and I feel like this is another symptom of the same. A trailer shouldn't be a synopsis of the story and plot of your film minus the final resolution.
With the talent behind this project, how good would have a "no one can tell you what the
posted by slimepuppy at 7:38 AM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
Spoiler: the Bratz dolls are the Scrappy-Doo of this movie.
(I haven't seen it.)
posted by panglos at 7:43 AM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
(I haven't seen it.)
posted by panglos at 7:43 AM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
The look of this movie makes me think of "Asteroid City" and I'm wondering if this is some sort of trend - (specific genres of) movies putting CGI up front instead of just using it to enhance conventional shots.
Definitely going to watch both, because I love camp and this type of schmaltzy, plastic non-reality.
posted by mmrtnt at 8:01 AM on May 26, 2023 [3 favorites]
Definitely going to watch both, because I love camp and this type of schmaltzy, plastic non-reality.
posted by mmrtnt at 8:01 AM on May 26, 2023 [3 favorites]
Honey, don't say "and stuff." Just say "Dad, there are whores here."
Well there's like, a ton.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:17 AM on May 26, 2023
Well there's like, a ton.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:17 AM on May 26, 2023
Metafilter: If this movie does not contain genital-free nude dry humping it should not exist
posted by coolxcool=rad at 8:36 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by coolxcool=rad at 8:36 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
Not a few of the suits had to be shitting bricks at one point or another.
If this is your guess, you apparently are going to be presently surprised about the last decade plus of Barbie television content.
posted by Back At It Again At Krispy Kreme at 9:11 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
If this is your guess, you apparently are going to be presently surprised about the last decade plus of Barbie television content.
posted by Back At It Again At Krispy Kreme at 9:11 AM on May 26, 2023 [5 favorites]
It would be interesting to have a post-credits scene featuring *human* GI Joe and Buzz Lightyear.
posted by SPrintF at 9:16 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by SPrintF at 9:16 AM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
Considering the antagonist seems to be the spoiled man-baby CEO of a major corporation, and he is being challenged by what he considers to be the sub-human caricatures who made his fortune, this may be the best anti-capitalism movie we've had in years. Or it might not be, we don't know how it ends. I can hope, though!
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:17 AM on May 26, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:17 AM on May 26, 2023 [3 favorites]
This is bringing back memories of those weird Barbie-themed skits Jim Henson did in the late 1980s.
Huh. Brad was played by Andrew Wilson, brother of Owen and and Luke.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 9:24 AM on May 26, 2023 [12 favorites]
Huh. Brad was played by Andrew Wilson, brother of Owen and and Luke.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 9:24 AM on May 26, 2023 [12 favorites]
This is bringing back memories of those weird Barbie-themed skits Jim Henson did in the late 1980s.
Whooooooaaaaaa.
posted by amanda at 10:51 AM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
Whooooooaaaaaa.
posted by amanda at 10:51 AM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
This trailer did what it was supposed to do: convinced me that I should see this movie. It looks...basically, fun and colorful - and that's cool.
posted by davidmsc at 11:07 AM on May 26, 2023
posted by davidmsc at 11:07 AM on May 26, 2023
At 2:12, a woman tells Barbie that "Humans have only one ending" and the captions identify her as Ruth, which may or may not be a reference to Ruth Handler (who died in 2002).
posted by channaher at 11:27 AM on May 26, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by channaher at 11:27 AM on May 26, 2023 [7 favorites]
Doesn't need to be sex, but the lack of genitalia in Barbie and Ken dolls is pretty much the second or third thing people think about when they think of Barbie toys
'80s Barbies and Ken had genitals, not built in plastic underwear.
posted by The_Vegetables at 11:53 AM on May 26, 2023
'80s Barbies and Ken had genitals, not built in plastic underwear.
posted by The_Vegetables at 11:53 AM on May 26, 2023
'80s Barbies and Ken had genitals, not built in plastic underwear.
Yeahno. They did not have the weird monogrammed printed-on underwear (granny panties at that) that appeared on Barbies in the 90s, but there was a decided absence of junk. I remember that in the 70s, there was an All in the Family baby doll with a penis -- just a tiny little baby bump, nothing weird -- that led to public unrest at toy stores. I wasn't even there at the time, but it was a lesson in how insanely protective many Americans will be about the minds of their children, as a way to make up for failing to protect them from any actual harm whatsoever.
posted by Countess Elena at 12:47 PM on May 26, 2023 [23 favorites]
Yeahno. They did not have the weird monogrammed printed-on underwear (granny panties at that) that appeared on Barbies in the 90s, but there was a decided absence of junk. I remember that in the 70s, there was an All in the Family baby doll with a penis -- just a tiny little baby bump, nothing weird -- that led to public unrest at toy stores. I wasn't even there at the time, but it was a lesson in how insanely protective many Americans will be about the minds of their children, as a way to make up for failing to protect them from any actual harm whatsoever.
posted by Countess Elena at 12:47 PM on May 26, 2023 [23 favorites]
The Strange, Sad Story of the Ken Doll’s Crotch.
posted by warriorqueen at 1:55 PM on May 26, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by warriorqueen at 1:55 PM on May 26, 2023 [9 favorites]
Best line from that Ken piece in Jezebel is a quote: “We’re not in the business of putting cock rings into the hands of little girls,” she told Savage.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:03 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:03 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
As someone asked on my Twitter: Oh, so Barbie is the lesbian Matrix? [photo of heeled shoe, photo of Birkenstock]
All that scene really needs is the reflection in the sunglasses moment with one shoe in each lens.
posted by hippybear at 8:04 PM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
All that scene really needs is the reflection in the sunglasses moment with one shoe in each lens.
posted by hippybear at 8:04 PM on May 26, 2023 [4 favorites]
those weird Barbie-themed skits Jim Henson did
What the hell did I just watch.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:49 PM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
What the hell did I just watch.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:49 PM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
Jim Henson was much weirder than most people want to believe. I remember seeing these first-run and not being phased by them because Henson.
posted by hippybear at 9:03 PM on May 26, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 9:03 PM on May 26, 2023 [7 favorites]
I really want this movie to live up to this trailer.
posted by gentlyepigrams at 9:34 PM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by gentlyepigrams at 9:34 PM on May 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
The Strange, Sad Story of the Ken Doll’s Crotch.
That's a sad story. I'm sure this film will just make a long series of jokes out of it, too.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:50 PM on May 26, 2023
That's a sad story. I'm sure this film will just make a long series of jokes out of it, too.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:50 PM on May 26, 2023
those weird Barbie-themed skits Jim Henson did
When the Brad doll's arm fell off...this is some epic funny weirdness. Most of Henson's work leaves me a bit meh but that's LOL stuff.
posted by diode at 8:31 AM on May 27, 2023
When the Brad doll's arm fell off...this is some epic funny weirdness. Most of Henson's work leaves me a bit meh but that's LOL stuff.
posted by diode at 8:31 AM on May 27, 2023
This interview in Vogue with Margot Robbie is fascinating. Covers getting the film produced by her production company, talks about her work with animals to focus her acting, and fighting for Gerwig and Baumbach to write the script they wanted to write.
I need a complete list of every film they screened at "movie church" and what gifts Robbie gave Gosling every day "from Barbie to Ken" to help get his character.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:32 AM on May 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
I need a complete list of every film they screened at "movie church" and what gifts Robbie gave Gosling every day "from Barbie to Ken" to help get his character.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:32 AM on May 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
I really want this to be good. Watching the trailer, I really hope they don't focus too much on the "OMG, Barbie in the Real World!/fish out of water" side and include too many wacky chase scenes and such. I just want crazy Barbie stuff.
posted by SoberHighland at 8:33 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by SoberHighland at 8:33 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
No Weird Henson thread is complete without his La Choy Chow Mein commercials!
posted by grumpybear69 at 11:06 AM on May 27, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 11:06 AM on May 27, 2023 [3 favorites]
When this film was announced, I thought ugh. Then I heard that Greta Gerwig was attached and I thought, hmmm. Then I saw the first set photos and I thought ugh again. Then I watched this trailer and I'm back to hmmm. Barbie with an existential crisis directed by Greta Gerwig. I'm in.
posted by SonInLawOfSam at 11:52 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by SonInLawOfSam at 11:52 AM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
Everyone should get to pick a director for their existential crisis.
posted by hippybear at 12:05 PM on May 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 12:05 PM on May 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
I honestly can't work out whether this is for kids or not? Can i bring an eleven year old?
posted by Iteki at 12:36 PM on May 27, 2023
posted by Iteki at 12:36 PM on May 27, 2023
Can i bring an eleven year old?
It's rated PG-13, so you can take an 11 year old, but the theater should not sell them a ticket if they aren't with an adult.
I have no idea what that means anymore. Maybe there's one more curse word or a crude gesture that they could have cut for a PG rating. I don't think this is a sex rating, and I doubt it's a violence rating, so it's probably language.
posted by hippybear at 12:44 PM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
It's rated PG-13, so you can take an 11 year old, but the theater should not sell them a ticket if they aren't with an adult.
I have no idea what that means anymore. Maybe there's one more curse word or a crude gesture that they could have cut for a PG rating. I don't think this is a sex rating, and I doubt it's a violence rating, so it's probably language.
posted by hippybear at 12:44 PM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
Although I see you're in Sweden. And I have no idea what movie ratings or whatnot are in your country. I can guess that whatever the content is in this movie that the US ratings board is being puritanical about is probably a non-issue in your country.
posted by hippybear at 12:45 PM on May 27, 2023
posted by hippybear at 12:45 PM on May 27, 2023
I am going to share two totally unrelated thoughts:
1. The animated Barbie movies are such a comfort watch for many middle and high school girls* (and boys and enby teens and beyond!) I didn’t understand it till I watched a trailer on Netflix and immediately got it: the Barbies are diverse, all friendly and smart, and they’re solving the word problems… while also being stars and/or influencers AND having a pack of puppies along for the ride. I am an independent, successful adult woman who has two cats and cool friends but my life would definitely be even better if it involved fostering a litter of adorable puppies. (Or would it? No need to think too deeply about housetraining!)
2. I’m not someone who tends to get film star crushes but omg both Margot Robbie AND Simu Liu are the exceptions. I am very, very excited! Ryan Gosling is great, I like him as an actor and distant human, but I’m hoping the other Kens get their own too!
posted by smorgasbord at 4:49 PM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
1. The animated Barbie movies are such a comfort watch for many middle and high school girls* (and boys and enby teens and beyond!) I didn’t understand it till I watched a trailer on Netflix and immediately got it: the Barbies are diverse, all friendly and smart, and they’re solving the word problems… while also being stars and/or influencers AND having a pack of puppies along for the ride. I am an independent, successful adult woman who has two cats and cool friends but my life would definitely be even better if it involved fostering a litter of adorable puppies. (Or would it? No need to think too deeply about housetraining!)
2. I’m not someone who tends to get film star crushes but omg both Margot Robbie AND Simu Liu are the exceptions. I am very, very excited! Ryan Gosling is great, I like him as an actor and distant human, but I’m hoping the other Kens get their own too!
posted by smorgasbord at 4:49 PM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
I also like Ryan Gosling as a distant human.
Along with about eight billion others.
posted by hippybear at 7:17 PM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
Along with about eight billion others.
posted by hippybear at 7:17 PM on May 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
I watched this trailer yesterday and I wish I hadn't. IT SHOWS TOO MUCH OF THE PLOT.
100%
That's been a real trend for the past few years. I've complained about this over on Fanfare plenty of times but there's a real streak of "leave nothing unexplained or ambiguous" in entertainment at the moment, and I feel like this is another symptom of the same. A trailer shouldn't be a synopsis of the story and plot of your film minus the final resolution.
With the talent behind this project, how good would have a "no one can tell you what the Matrix Barbie is, you have to see it for yourself" trailer been?
I understand this. The trailer for the Jamie Foxx film Bait spoils nothing and hardly has any of the jokes in it. The movie bombed but all seven of us in the theater enjoyed the hell out of it.
posted by dances with hamsters at 7:27 AM on May 28, 2023 [1 favorite]
100%
That's been a real trend for the past few years. I've complained about this over on Fanfare plenty of times but there's a real streak of "leave nothing unexplained or ambiguous" in entertainment at the moment, and I feel like this is another symptom of the same. A trailer shouldn't be a synopsis of the story and plot of your film minus the final resolution.
With the talent behind this project, how good would have a "no one can tell you what the Matrix Barbie is, you have to see it for yourself" trailer been?
I understand this. The trailer for the Jamie Foxx film Bait spoils nothing and hardly has any of the jokes in it. The movie bombed but all seven of us in the theater enjoyed the hell out of it.
posted by dances with hamsters at 7:27 AM on May 28, 2023 [1 favorite]
I watched this trailer yesterday and I wish I hadn't. IT SHOWS TOO MUCH OF THE PLOT.
Yeah, that thing they called the second "teaser trailer" was more like a full-blown probably-spoils-a-little-more-than-I'd-like trailer.
Really the only solution, if you enjoy being surprised by movies that have good surprises, is to not watch trailers. Wish me luck with that.
posted by straight at 12:54 PM on May 30, 2023
Yeah, that thing they called the second "teaser trailer" was more like a full-blown probably-spoils-a-little-more-than-I'd-like trailer.
Really the only solution, if you enjoy being surprised by movies that have good surprises, is to not watch trailers. Wish me luck with that.
posted by straight at 12:54 PM on May 30, 2023
Yeah, that thing they called the second "teaser trailer" was more like a full-blown probably-spoils-a-little-more-than-I'd-like trailer.
Perhaps, but the basic story in the trailer is so much of a trope it would not surprise me in the least if it all happened in the first twenty minutes and the movie moved on to something more interesting.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 3:57 PM on May 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
Perhaps, but the basic story in the trailer is so much of a trope it would not surprise me in the least if it all happened in the first twenty minutes and the movie moved on to something more interesting.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 3:57 PM on May 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
Or who cares if it doesn't? It isn't really the framework of the plot that matters, unless you're looking for an EEAAO or a Shyamalan sort of twist. What matter is how they explore that space within the plot frame. There's a lot that can be drawn out through this Barbie Meets Reality thing, and whatever you think you've seen in this 3 minutes of trailer, there will guaranteed be at least thirty times more content in the movie.
I don't know if parallels with The Lego Movie are necessarily apt, but I could see it. This is aimed at exactly a different audience from The Lego Movie, but if its central message is You Need To Play When You Get The Chance Because Imagination Is Awesome, that's a good message.
It could have a different message and also be equally awesome.
Nobody went to see Romeo + Juliet when it came out for any reason other than to see what they did what that particular plot framework. This will be more creative than that, I assure you, insofar as it won't have a 400 year old script it's based on.
posted by hippybear at 4:35 PM on May 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
I don't know if parallels with The Lego Movie are necessarily apt, but I could see it. This is aimed at exactly a different audience from The Lego Movie, but if its central message is You Need To Play When You Get The Chance Because Imagination Is Awesome, that's a good message.
It could have a different message and also be equally awesome.
Nobody went to see Romeo + Juliet when it came out for any reason other than to see what they did what that particular plot framework. This will be more creative than that, I assure you, insofar as it won't have a 400 year old script it's based on.
posted by hippybear at 4:35 PM on May 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
I keep watching the last 17 seconds of the trailer and it keeps being funny. "Can I talk to a doctor?" "You are talking to a doctor."
Thanks for posting, Pachylad!
posted by swerve at 12:51 PM on May 31, 2023
Thanks for posting, Pachylad!
posted by swerve at 12:51 PM on May 31, 2023
Or who cares if it doesn't?
I like surprises in movies. Sometimes they're really fun. Sometimes they would have happened in the first few minutes of the movie but I saw them in the trailer and they're not as much fun.
Sometimes they are jokes. Most jokes aren't as funny the second time you hear them, so if I hear them in the trailer, I don't laugh as much when I see them in the movie.
Surprises don't usually make or break a movie, but I still like them.
posted by straight at 1:04 PM on May 31, 2023
I like surprises in movies. Sometimes they're really fun. Sometimes they would have happened in the first few minutes of the movie but I saw them in the trailer and they're not as much fun.
Sometimes they are jokes. Most jokes aren't as funny the second time you hear them, so if I hear them in the trailer, I don't laugh as much when I see them in the movie.
Surprises don't usually make or break a movie, but I still like them.
posted by straight at 1:04 PM on May 31, 2023
People complaining about the trailer spoiling the plot of a Barbie film! Get a grip, it'll be weeks before the cinema release and you'll have forgotten about it by then.
I want this trailer to be a feint and for the film to be more like the first trailer, one huge Kubrick send-up.
posted by epo at 1:29 PM on May 31, 2023
I want this trailer to be a feint and for the film to be more like the first trailer, one huge Kubrick send-up.
posted by epo at 1:29 PM on May 31, 2023
People complaining about the trailer spoiling the plot of a Barbie film!
Weeeeeell… I don’t care about spoilers much, and I don’t care about Barbie much, but some people really do, for both, and the second group is a core demographic for the film, so maybe they deserve some respect? Really, I get super-annoyed at “no spoilers” people, but geeze. Let them have their Dream Houses.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:17 PM on May 31, 2023
Weeeeeell… I don’t care about spoilers much, and I don’t care about Barbie much, but some people really do, for both, and the second group is a core demographic for the film, so maybe they deserve some respect? Really, I get super-annoyed at “no spoilers” people, but geeze. Let them have their Dream Houses.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:17 PM on May 31, 2023
I will say, there is a whole slew of Barbie movies, not live action, which you can find to watch which will have plots that will fucking blow your mind. Barbie has not been a stagnant property across the years, and I watched one "let's talk about the Barbie movies" YouTube video that was an hour and a half long and it was like a rollercoaster.
posted by hippybear at 3:41 PM on May 31, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 3:41 PM on May 31, 2023 [2 favorites]
the second group is a core demographic for the film, so maybe they deserve some respect?
If you're really a no spoiler person, you note the release date of a film and then go on that day. Anyone watching trailers for a movie is already not a no spoiler person.
Maybe there should be a rating system for how spoilery a trailer will be, but that has to come from the people making and selling the film. I don't think anyone here in this thread has done cool independent research that is providing anything more than we have through the movie marketing materials.
posted by hippybear at 3:43 PM on May 31, 2023
If you're really a no spoiler person, you note the release date of a film and then go on that day. Anyone watching trailers for a movie is already not a no spoiler person.
Maybe there should be a rating system for how spoilery a trailer will be, but that has to come from the people making and selling the film. I don't think anyone here in this thread has done cool independent research that is providing anything more than we have through the movie marketing materials.
posted by hippybear at 3:43 PM on May 31, 2023
If you're really a no spoiler person, you note the release date of a film and then go on that day. Anyone watching trailers for a movie is already not a no spoiler person.
I dunno. I feel like trailers have gone from “enticers” to “explainers” over my lifetime, and I can see why other people find that irritating. A “spoiler rating” for trailers wouldn’t be a bad idea.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:21 PM on May 31, 2023 [1 favorite]
I dunno. I feel like trailers have gone from “enticers” to “explainers” over my lifetime, and I can see why other people find that irritating. A “spoiler rating” for trailers wouldn’t be a bad idea.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:21 PM on May 31, 2023 [1 favorite]
Well, I'm in my mid-50s, and trailers have been literally all over the place for most of my life. I can remember trailers for Herbie movies in the seventies that basically were the movie in three minutes, and other trailers that told you so little about what you were actually going to see that either it was a deliberate act of misrepresentation or a brilliant lure glittering in the stream.
I don't think things have changed at all over your lifetime, and I'm sure if you were to do actual viewing of movie trailers across the time you've been alive you'd discover this to be true.
posted by hippybear at 4:42 PM on May 31, 2023
I don't think things have changed at all over your lifetime, and I'm sure if you were to do actual viewing of movie trailers across the time you've been alive you'd discover this to be true.
posted by hippybear at 4:42 PM on May 31, 2023
People complaining about the trailer spoiling the plot of a Barbie film!
This seems a very uncharitable reading of what I said. You can't "spoil" a good movie, because a good movie is worth watching more than once. But surprises can be fun the first time you see them, no matter what kind of movie it is. So I don't think it's dumb to wish for trailers to preserve more jokes and surprises for the movie.
posted by straight at 12:07 AM on June 1, 2023
This seems a very uncharitable reading of what I said. You can't "spoil" a good movie, because a good movie is worth watching more than once. But surprises can be fun the first time you see them, no matter what kind of movie it is. So I don't think it's dumb to wish for trailers to preserve more jokes and surprises for the movie.
posted by straight at 12:07 AM on June 1, 2023
I will say, there is a whole slew of Barbie movies, not live action, which you can find to watch which will have plots that will fucking blow your mind
Indeed. Check out Netflix. There was one where Barbie and Barbie were roommates, and decided to audition for a show... That doesn't do the plot justice. Seriously bananas.
posted by mikelieman at 12:17 AM on June 1, 2023 [1 favorite]
Indeed. Check out Netflix. There was one where Barbie and Barbie were roommates, and decided to audition for a show... That doesn't do the plot justice. Seriously bananas.
posted by mikelieman at 12:17 AM on June 1, 2023 [1 favorite]
You want the Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse shorts.
thank you.
posted by bendy at 3:00 AM on June 1, 2023 [3 favorites]
thank you.
posted by bendy at 3:00 AM on June 1, 2023 [3 favorites]
People complaining about the trailer spoiling the plot of a Barbie film!
I did not use the word "spoiler" once. A spoiler to me implies a specific plot-point that is integral to the story. In this case, I suppose they could have kept her journey to the real world as a spoiler, or her motivation for going.
I'm just of the opinion that there are more interesting ways to advertise a movie that I think looks really great!
posted by slimepuppy at 8:48 AM on June 1, 2023 [1 favorite]
I did not use the word "spoiler" once. A spoiler to me implies a specific plot-point that is integral to the story. In this case, I suppose they could have kept her journey to the real world as a spoiler, or her motivation for going.
I'm just of the opinion that there are more interesting ways to advertise a movie that I think looks really great!
posted by slimepuppy at 8:48 AM on June 1, 2023 [1 favorite]
The Barbie production affected the global supply of pink paint.
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