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Too much plastic, not fantastic

So. The Barbie hype calmed down a little bit. I think. So i hope you guys won't lynch me for this post. First, I want to say, that I did enjoy the movie. The costumes and scenography are fucking amazing, I loved Ken obv. and my wife Margot. It was just a lot of fun. But like... that's it. Fun. I don't really have a problem with the movie (well i do have some thoughts about plot and such but that's a different matter) but I do have a lot of them with basically everything surrounding it.

To start, I KNOW, not every movie has to be a deep parabole about existence, it's ok for it to be just fun, hell, I love awful, fun, bad movies. I didn't expect Barbie to be some ground breaking feminist epopey. My problem is that some of you DO think it is one. And like... it's not. I'm sorry. It is a cute story with a moral and a good message but it's not saying anything new or particulalry radical. And I know it is not all director or screenwriter's fault, it's hard to make a film criticizing a brand that's literally paying for it, but it still pisses me off. And I'm even more pissed that people don't seem to see this and just treat the movie like it single handedly abolished patriarchy.

Let's look at mr Mattel CEO whatever's his name. He's presented in a way that suggests he's gonna be the big villain and he kinda is. For a bit. Becasue at the same time he's also a little bit incompetent and adorable and funny, just enough to seem harmless after all. He's evil enough that Mattel can say "hey! look at that! We're so funny and self aware!" but also likeable enough that you still buy their products. That you buy even more because after all, they are so girl power, you know.

And products. Ohhhh the products, the merch, clothes, cosmetics, fucking dumplings (yes they exist). Fuck! You go to any chain store and it's Barbie everywhere. That's the capitalism in its finest babe and people just eat that up. I don't even have anything more to say about that.

So yeah, that's the gist of it I think. I'm not annoyed it wasn't a feministic masterpiece, I don't think it should be really. I don't think it even could be, considering Mattel's involvement so I'm not gonna blame the safe approach on creators.

What I am mad about, is the way people, Mattel, producers, fans, treat it like this ultimate feminist Graal while igonoring all the hypocrisy.

Go and watch Barbie, enjoy it, I did! Just remember that it's not Barbie fighting for womens rights, Barbie's a doll, she's not real. What's real, is the company and people behind it, that don't give a fuck about you, as long as you bring them profits.

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Skinamarink is not that scary, change my mind

Ok, so, I have some feelings about Skinamarink i need to get out of my head.

I didn’t like it, I’m sorry y’all. I was honestly really excited when I saw that a cinema in my city is showing it and I KNEW what I was getting into. Didn’t want to spoil myself anything but I’ve read that 1) it’s pretty slow and artsy (well duh it’s a festival film) and 2) it’s fucking terryfing. And while 1 thing is obv true, I just don’t get the 2 point.

Honestly it was kinda boring. I don’t usually have problems with slow movies but it’s cause usually if the story is slow, there’s sth else that keeps your intrest in it, even if nothing is happening story wise and I just didn’t see it in Skinamarink. There was just no tension at all. For the first about 30 min I was pretty into it and kind of on edge. The atmosphere was cool and I just kept waiting for something that would tip it from “kinda unsetteling” to “what the actual fuck” but. It never happens!!! I thought it would be the scene in the parents bedroom, when dad tells him to look under the bed, honestly it was really good, I got chills. But then. nothing. happens. Like, you get this really creepy scene, the tension fucking sky rockets ...and then it goes back to the way it was. And it was propably the moment it lost all the tension to me. To be honest it got kinda relaxing even. Sometimes when I can’t fall asleep I do this thing where I try and look at the inside of my eyelids and watch the dots and shapes and colours and it’s really similiar to the dark shots in Skinamarink. So I spent the rest of the movie just kind of chilling in my chair. (guy next to me just straight up fell asleep after like 20 min)

And that also brings me to the thing I just hated and that’s the jump scares. I just hate jump scares in general so I was pretty mad when I got two, after I read a comment that literally said that the movie is so good because it relies on the overall atmosphere and more psychological kind of fear rather than jump scares. Where?! I’m sorry but that was so dissapointing. You create this hole creepy scenario, in a weird dark house, you try to make the viewer uncomfortable just by the vibe that you made, and then, instead of using this feeling of dread to really get under the skin, you just go for a jump scare. It just felt so cheap to me.

Overall, I really think it would be so much better if it was like 4 times shorter. I’ve read that this guy actually makes (or used to) short yt videos in a similiar vibe? And honestly that sounds so much better. I think I’m gonna check out Heck cause it’s a similar idea, from what I’ve heard, but shorter. I think it could be pretty cool because imo the general plot and the way they filmed Skinamarink is really interesting as a concept. But 2 hours is way too long and making shortening it to like half hour would prevent it from losing the tension.

If you don’t agree, feel free to tell me, I’m honestly so curious why is it so scary to some people.           

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my favorite tweets about the new skinamarink movie