#I love that barbie movie with all my heart

[kloofspeaks]

Can't get over how Rooster and Bob would definitely sing this song around Phoenix just to annoy her.

"I'm just like you."

"You are?"

"You're just like me."

*Phoenix slamming a glass on the kitchen counter*

"THAT'S IT- I'M MOVING OUT."

"NO- PHOENIX WE'RE SORRY-"

"I'M GONE."

[deweyduck]

BARBIE: A TOUCH OF MAGIC | 01x06 "Skate to Me, Barbie"

[frecklystars]

here's to hoping that transferring these onto icing paper will be successful so i can make the cutest heart-shaped cookies ever for both of my sweethearts!! 🤞💕

[madamescarlette]

💐

[redlightningart]

update the barbie movie is incredible. 10/10 no notes I had so much fun

[miraisstillalive]

this epitomises the entirely of my lived experience since it included both my love for pure film, barbie movies, and really shitty horror.

my letterboxd let's be friends xx

[biblicalhorror]

Saw Barbie last night and like. Yeah the message is very Feminism 101 but honestly I can get behind that because a lot of people these days might need a refresher and it might as well come from an enormous blockbuster that will reach a wide audience. I'm gonna be seriously critiquing this silly movie below so scroll by if you don't wanna see spoilers.

My main critique of the movie is how they approached the whole "women brainwashed by the patriarchy" bit. Like, first of all, it took just a few hours for the Kens to completely dismantle the sociopolitical structures of Barbieland simply because they said so? And they managed to brainwash all of Barbieland super easily despite the supposed "matriarchy" it was supposed to represent. Like. Can you imagine if there was a movie where a girl is magically transported to a parallel dimension where women are the dominant social class and then she went back to the "real world" and told the men about it and they just like. Let her take over? Idk. They explained it in the movie with the line about smallpox but imo it just made me think about Greta Gerwig and white feminism and this mental category of "other women" that white liberal feminism uses to maintain hierarchical superiority.

Obviously, a 2 hour movie can't really dive that deeply into the nuances of why women give in to patriarchy irl. But the fact that Margot Robbie Barbie "saved" the other Barbies from being brainwashed by the Kens by like giving them a rundown of patriarchal injustice felt to me like a white liberal feminist patting herself on the back for being condescending to other women. I knew women like that in college that would genuinely act as if other women were just too stupid or naive to understand sexism unless they, personally, sat down and explained it to them to "snap them out of it" or something.

That's not even getting into the cognitive dissonance irl conservative women embody where, often, they are well aware of the systems in place, but choose to participate in them anyway because they think of themselves as exceptions.

Like. Something something white feminism wants all women to take misogyny seriously but not turn the lens of criticism towards other privileges of white womanhood, and instead live in a world where "other women" are simply being oppressed because they've never considered the fact that they're even being oppressed.

[cillianmurphy]

just watched Oppenheimer, all I have to say is that Cillian Murphy better get that oscar next year and that this might be one of my favourite movies of 2023.

[tiredofthehumanlife]

I went to see Barbie the day it came out in theaters and it destroyed me (positively) but guess who's going to see it in theaters for a second time tomorrow

Update: it was twice as devastating the second time. I fully sobbed. I could hear other people sniffling at the end I felt weirdly bonded with all these other people I've never spoken to before like our shared experiences with misogyny and the pain the patriarchy has caused us made all best friends sobbing over the PG-13 Barbie movie together anyways I handed the girl next to me a tissue and cried for thirty minutes after I left the theater, popcorn was good tho

[whostolemygoldfish]

I LOVE THE BARBIE MOVIE I WILL ELABORATE LATER WHEN I HAVE CALMED DOWN

[jungleboy-cruise]

Bad news lads.... i didn't like the Barbie movie.

I'm gonna rant about my take in the tags please don't send me messages for why I'm wrong this was my personal take away if you don't like it and it makes you mad please just block me.

[silhouettecrow]

365 Days of Writing Prompts: Day 218

Adjective: Sweet

Noun: Haunt

Definitions for those who need/want them:

Sweet: having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey, or not salty, sour, or bitter; (of air, water, or food) fresh, pure, and untainted; smelling pleasant like flowers or perfume, or fragrant; pleasing in general, or delightful; highly satisfying or gratifying; (informal) used to express approval or admiration, or excellent; working, moving, or done smoothly or easily; (US) denoting music, especially jazz, played at a steady tempo without improvisation; (of a person or action) pleasant and kind or thoughtful; (especially of a person or animal) charming and endearing; (dated) (informal) infatuated or in love with; dear, or beloved; (archaic) used as a respectful form of address; used for emphasis in various phrases and exclamations; used to emphasize the unpredictable individuality of someone's actions

Haunt: a place frequented by a specified person or group of people; a ghost; a place or event involving a ghost or spirit haunting a person, location, or object

[millandwike]

YALL I WATCHED THE BARBIE MOVIE YESTERDAY AND LET ME JUST SAY..IT WAS FUCKING AMAZING

[the-art-projects]

my thoughts about Barbie (2023) because I need to get them out (SPOILERS)

I can't say much about barbie (2023) that hasn't already been said but oh my god. this movie was beautiful, colorful, and deeply emotional. this is most definitely my inner child speaking, but this movie felt so cathartic and healing.

to give a bit of background, I am a trans girl. I used to play with barbies as a kid, and I remember wanting so badly to be like one of them. to feel pretty. to feel like myself.

it took me awhile, and it took this movie's ending, to realize that I CAN be like one of them. I CAN feel pretty. I CAN feel like myself. when barbie decides to become human, it almost felt like me deciding to become who I've always wanted to be.

so as I leave the theater with the crowd, some as teary-eyed as I am, others just ready to go home, I feel like my ideal self isn't so far away.

thank you, greta gerwig, and everyone else who brought this amazing movie to life.

[iinvisiblelockt]

there is something about the way barbie explores the dynamic between women and other women—mothers and daughters, friendships, sisters, whatever—that just made me feel so warm and peaceful and understood after. of course it just gets it so right. it gets so much better the more i think about the movie, but nothing feels better than the bliss of sitting in the theater bathroom stall smiling to myself, feeling like i left the equivalent of a celebratory hug of girlhood.

thinking about that time my therapist suggested i go to a gynecologist after opening up about my pregnancy scares, and how it was advice “coming from another woman.” feeling hesitant but also knowing there was a mutual understanding that i was really maturing, she watched me mature, she saw her experience in my own.

thinking about the time i called my mom and she talked to me for the first time about dating and told me she just wanted to protect myself and i insisted that i could. then i ended up sitting at a table with my roommates and swearing i was imparted with generational knowledge and that my mom really was just like me.

there’s a lot said in the barbie movie and i think there’s just a lot to be understood from it too. its so feminine in its entirety and that’s just my favorite part. it’s hard to really get it all into words and even putting it into words can’t get everything—

there’s so much you just have to feel.

[enekorre]

I've never been into barbie (bionicles were more my thing) so it's interesting seeing how people are reacting to this movie. Also that they are focusing fully on Ken instead of barbie. I've only seen a few images of barbie but there so much ken stuff. Gifsets and images and art and that first interview with the actor and the lemon.

Just fun to think about