#barbie rapunzel review

[ladylilacshyne]

This makeup was inspired by the flowers on Rapunzel's room in Barbie as Rapunzel. I really like the aesthetic of her room, it seems really dreamy and enchanting especially the way the flowers and vines drape and curl across the room.

Movie review/critiques: As much as I like this movie and love love love the ending, I think that there are a few things that could improve it. One issue for me is the animation, specifically the lack of consistency in background details in between scenes. For example Rapunzel's room is full of items and colours, there are paintbrushes and pots, canvases and highly decorated furniture. This is a room that looks lived in and it really helps to make her character more three dimensional. We move from this room full of life to the village which looks so bare and stiff but it's not animated to show something in the story like the village being poor but instead it conveys a sense of laziness from the animators that makes the world feel flat and shallow. When Rapunzel speaks to the baker in town the faces of the background characters are never shown; they always have their backs to the viewer and they don't interact with each other or anything on screen, they just walk in a straight line. I feel if more care to detail was taken in this scene and similar ones the world would feel richer and it would make us care more about the villagers and the conflict affecting them if they didn't feel like cardboard cutouts.

[imsparky2002]

Barbie as Rapunzel: First Thoughts

The following is my thoughts while watching this for the first time.

Wow, already an upgrade in the shading and lighting judging by this intro alone.

And the CGI looks better too! Nice casual outfit Barbie’s got on.

I assume each special will start out with Barbie reassuring Kelly about something? Hope this doesn’t get stale soon.

Already this special feels like it has an upgraded sense of scale.

Ooh so instead of a tower, it’s a mansion protected by a magic barrier. That’s… actually pretty cool! A nice change from the original, even if the home seems pretty modern looking on the outside.

I find it humorous that the name of one of the coolest Spidermen ever is also the name of a cockney rabbit sidekick.

A sweet and colorful dragon portrayed by Cree Summer? I’m getting flashbacks to Sonic: SATAM.

Peneople looks like if a Dragon Tales character was in an early PS2 game and I like it. She’s so cute!

Remember how I joked about Disney copyright last time? Seems like Rapunzel did the idea of Gothel being an attractive witch first.

Ok this entrance of Gothel riding through the forest is way more metal than Tangled.

Interesting how this Rapunzel calls Gothel “m’lady” instead of “mother”.

Speaking of Disney, Gothel’s design reminds me a lot of Lady Tremaine.

The ferret sounds VERY fruity.

Man Hobie straight up wants Gothel to die. Pretty dark for a Barbie movie.

I find it funny that shenanigans with a tea set caused a secret entrance to be found.

Lol, I can relate to Penelope’s hatred of snakes.

The plot thickens as we see Rapunzel discovering a message from her real parents way earlier than in Tangled.

Heh, the ferret uses it’s tail as a sleeping mask for Gothel.

Once again, a new room discovered via accident.

Wow and she’s already out of the tower and discovered the kingdom. This thing’s going along fast!

Why is seeing the chef in his comically large hat standing in one spot with a goofy smile on his face causing me to mentally cackle like a loon?

Punzie, the cook wasn’t trying to poison you. It’s just a free sample.

I LOVE the “rabbit’s ear as a radio antenna” gag!

Wait, Penelope has a dad?

Looks like both Penelope and Rapunzel have parental issues.

I can relate to Penelope’s fear of heights. It’s ok, honey, we can curl up into a fetal position together.

Hobie: “Does he ever smile?” Penelope: “Not around me”. God my heart just broke into a million pieces at that line. Why does this hurt more than anything Gothel says to Rapunzel?

It’ll never not be odd to see all of these children with the same face.

The Prince looks just like the one from the Nutcracker. I wonder if that’s intentional?

Of course the kings are too stubborn to hash things out. As a result, you get death traps like that pit.

I love the way Otto pronounces “vill-oge”. Hilarious.

Nice showing of both Rapunzel reporting her day to her friends and Otto ratting her out to Gothel at the same time.

Damn, Gothel using her magic to destroy Rapunzel’s paintings of Penelope is cold! Honestly this Gothel seems a lot more menacing and realistic than the Disney version.

I like how this Rapunzel is not only selfless but also has a backbone.

Trippy visuals with Gothel making the house literally grow.

As Hugo was assigned by Gothel to guard the castle, all he could think was “fuck my life”.

Hang on, the little blond boy’s name is Tommy? Wasn’t that the name of the younger brother in Nutcracker?

This boy’s got the “Phantom Menace Anakin” haircut and the personality. Brings back memories of the Prequels. Poor Jake Lloyd…

I like the fact that Stefan and Tommy have the same relationship going on that Barbie and Kelly do IRL

How on earth did the prince find the tower? Isn’t it in the middle of nowhere?

Apparently he “searched everywhere”, but it would probably take ages to go around the entire kingdom. I feel like it’d have been better if maybe one of Rapunzel’s animal friends had been followed by him.

Oh, wait. It was a dream! Ok, that makes more sense. Once again, I should have not underestimated the intelligence of the writers.

Headcanon: (Unless Penelope's mom shows up) Hugo's ex-wife is the dragon from Shrek and they share custody of Penelope. Hugo really hates donkeys now.

Holy crap, this is a beautiful melody Penelope is singing.

The knights remind me of Bert and Ernie. I’ve always loved that dynamic.

The mental paintbrush is a really cool idea. More properties should use it.

Rapunzel straight up saying she’d rather be dead than be a prisoner. Respect.

See, now is Stefan tired and exhausted from actually looking everywhere.

Maybe Rapunzel doesn’t want to know Stefan’s name in case it’s a dream or so that she won’t hurt as much if she loses him.

Once again, we have a prince not telling Barbie’s character he’s royalty.

It saddens me to know that the silversmith is unable to visit or speak to his brother due to the ban on Wilhelm’s kingdom. It’s a realistic worry.

Now we’re getting elements of Cinderella with the masked ball. Once again, connections since Gothel reminds me of Tremaine.

Hobie, I don’t think that Gothel is going to care if you’re in pain. Woman’s a total sadist.

Did Otto just orgasm?

The paintbrush really is OP. It can make clothes!

The mystical music is funny because right now, they’re doing the “girl tries on new clothes” montage.

Eh the final dress is ok, but I actually think the first “simple” one looked the best.

Funny how in Tangled, Rapunzel's hair gets cut by Eugene to stop Gothel. Here, Rapunzel's hair gets cut by Gothel instead.

Gothel, maybe don’t piss off the big strong dragon who has been willingly helping you?

Now we’re finally seeing King Wilhelm. I wish we got some more of him earlier.

Ok, Gothel has to have some sort of spell activated because how the hell did Stefan not think “why does your face look so different?”.

Love to see Penelope call her dad out on his bullshit, and get through to his softer side.

Nice to see her get some love from her dad after all this time.

WOO! Tommy used his bow and arrow to save his big bro! Kid’s got guts.

And now the little children pelt her with fruit!

Really impressive sword choreography for a Barbie movie.

So Gothel just stole Rapunzel from Wilhelm because she hated being in the friend-zone. Ridiculously petty.

And Rapunzel STILL offers forgiveness to Gothel! She truly is an angel.

Honestly, the fact that this Gothel is trapped inside the tower due to her own spell for all eternity is WAY more of a scary way to go then falling out of the tower like Disney’s Gothel did.

What a wonderful ending! Seeing everyone reunited and hearing that wonderful credits score gave me such a smile.

Hopefully a full review will come out sometime this month. I've got other creative AUs to help with. Let me know your thoughts in the comments and reblogs. @msweebyness @artzychic27 @nerd-chocolate

[kindheart525]

Dottieverse Fun Facts

Just a list of random fun facts about the Dottieverse cast! I've done separate posts on some of these tidbits but I wanted to put all the info in one place and add some bits that might not warrant posts on their own

I’ll keep editing this post as I come up with more fun facts! This isn’t complete by any means so keep checking back for more. Please feel free to suggest some too and maybe they’ll be added to the list!

Dottie Dompler

Her favorite drink is boba tea

Writes film reviews on Letterboxd in her free time

Doesn’t remember what she studied in college as she spent most of her time there picking up dudes

Keeps two diaries: One for general thoughts and feelings and another exclusively for documenting her love life in detail

Has an OnlyFans

Actually has some ex-girlfriends (one or two from experimenting in college and a few trans lady exes who presented as male when she dated them)

Kip Pimling

Is left-handed

Loves Chappell Roan and other similar artists

Used to do musical theater in middle school and still loves to do karaoke

Started seeing a therapist as an angsty preteen and still goes regularly for mental health upkeep

She and Dottie dressed up for the Barbie movie 30th anniversary theater re-release (in 2053)

Got her B.A. in psychology fully online so she could stay in her hometown and intern for Smiling Friends

Whenever someone is bigoted or just plain mean in her presence she donates to corresponding charities in their name (ex: meeting a queerphobe and donating to an LGBTQ organization for them)

Ell Pimling

Giorno’s nickname for her is “Slowpoke”

Fucking horrible at driving; always goes way over the speed limit

When she wants to talk to a tall person she just climbs them

Her taste in women overlaps with Giorno's so they often bond by gushing over attractive female athletes together

Nee Pimling

Has a small, persistent bruise on his bicep where he pinches himself every time his conscience “acts up”

Dur Pimling

Secretly skilled in graphic design; all of the advertisements for his and Nee’s laundromat were made by him

Blep Simpson

Multilingual in Wingon, Latin, American Sign Language, Hebrew, and English (which she never speaks but can understand)

Gola Simpson

Talks with Allan’s inflection and pronunciation style

Wore a wig as a teenager out of insecurity

Giorno Simpson

Ell’s nickname for him is “Twiggy”

His social media is mostly full of videos of him doing various workouts but he also has a "making fun of short people" series which has featured Suzy, Eep, Chad, and Ell

Secretly very good at singing but he isn’t super open about it

Glorp Simpson

Suzy Simpson

Owns a vast collection of hats to wear for every occasion

Is a horse girl; she owns a little pony named Rapunzel with a long mane that matches hers

Really wants to do coordinated Halloween costumes with Eep, but since Eep will never go out with her she does it with her niece Royal instead

Eep Simpson

Has a collection of hair bows much like Suzy’s hat collection; they share a literal “hats and bows” closet

Very prone to anxiety-induced stomachaches

Terrified of Halloween

Chad Simpson

Enjoys collecting fancy watches, and also has some silly kid ones from his sisters

Likes horses like Suzy does, but he doesn't like dirt so he bonds with her over sharing facts and watching races rather than riding them

Crawdad Crustacean

Has a southern accent that comes and goes

Chucky Dompler II

His Zodiac sign is Cancer (born in July)

Was born a full two weeks past his due date

Very skilled in Dungeons and Dragons

Pim “Beef” Pimling-Simpson II

Lost his legs from getting them tangled in holiday lights and falling down the stairs

When strangers in public ask him why he doesn’t have legs, he makes up different horrible stories about how he lost them to make them regret asking

[msweebyness]

Weeby’s Random Thoughts #8 (The Barbie Series)

It’s Weeby back on her Barbie nonsense! Here’s another two movies that I thought fit well! Enjoy! @imsparky2002 @artzychic27

The Island Princess:

In a time long past, a young princess, Mylene (Ro) is shipwrecked on a remote island during a terrible storm. She’s found by Nino (Sagi), a red panda, Jean (Azul), the “Prince of Peacocks”, and Jesse (Tika), a young elephant, who take care of her. Mylene remembers nothing of her past but her own name, and grows up peacefully on the island for years, learning to speak to animals. But one day, a young prince, Ivan (Antonio), happens to land his ship on the island, and meets Mylene after she saves him and his good friend, Max (Frazier), the royal scientist, from crocodiles. He invites her back to the mainland with him to help her find her family, and Mylene agrees, taking her animal family with her. They meet Ivan’s parents and his little sister, Princess Sasha, who quickly bonds with the animals. But they also meet Princess Genevieve, or “Evie” (Luciana), the girl Ivan’s parents have arranged for him to marry, and her grandmother, Queen Lorena**. (Ariana) Lorena wants revenge on Ivan’s parents for a long-forgotten ‘slight’, and has a plot involving a poisonous herb. But Evie is very kind and recognizes that Ivan and Mylene have fallen in love, wishing to find that for herself. But Mylene has great trouble fitting in and often ends up embarrassing herself. After the engagement ball, where Mylene stuns everyone in a gorgeous dress her animal family and Sabrina (Tallulah), the queen’s pet monkey, helped her make, Queen Lorena realizes that Mylene is a threat to her plans, and plots to frame her own poisoning of the kingdom’s wildlife as a sickness that Mylene and her “wild animals” caused. This plan seems to succeed when all animals in the kingdom suddenly fall ill, but with the help of her friends and the prince she’s fallen in love with, the lost princess may be able to save the day!

Rapunzel:

In another kingdom, in a distant time, a young man with long, beautiful red hair named Nathaniel (Rapunzel) lives in an isolated manor deep in the forest, hidden behind a magic wall. He works as a servant for the master of the manor, Cash (Gothel), who raised him since he was supposedly abandoned as a baby. While a prisoner, Nathaniel has the comfort of his painting and his two best friends, the young dragon, Alix (Penelope), and Petra (Hobie), an anxious rabbit. One day, Nathaniel discovers a paintbrush engraved with a message from his parents, which confuses him, shortly after, finding a tunnel to a nearby village in the kingdom of Queens Penny and Alyssa Anciel (King Frederick). It’s here that he meets Prince Marc (Prince Stefan), after saving his younger brother, Kiran (Katrina) from a pit trap set by the Queen of a neighboring kingdom, Aya (Wilhelm). Marc explains the feud to Nathaniel, who must then rush back to the manor, but he’s too late. He was spotted in the village by Cash’s pet ferret, Phillipe (Otto). Cash turns Nathaniel’s room into a tower, keeping him confined, but the boy discovers the paintbrush from his parents is magic, and he can travel through the images he paints. He escapes once again, meeting Marc, who invites him to the royal ball. But Cash prevents him from going by cutting his long hair and disguising himself as Nathaniel. But with the help of Alix and Petra, Nathaniel is able to escape the now-enchanted tower in order to save the prince he’s fallen for…and his long lost mother…

**Bit of Theater Kid lore, Evie’s controlling and elitist grandmother, who never approved of her daughter ‘marrying down’, and always has to micromanage the family.

Keep an eye out for more of this series and for Sparky’s first review! Leave your thoughts in the comments and reblogs!

[biancatronic]

I planned a series of AU without related to my main AU, which is my main oc in barbie movies inserted

I thought of my favorite movies on her

Barbie & The Nutcracker - Tricky X Bianca

Bianca and the Clown Princes and the King of the Grunts

Plot: Bianca and Tricky were watching Barbie and the nutcracker until Bianca's star necklace glows and they are teleported into the world of the movie and live misadventures.

Barbie as Rapunzel - Silver (Pokemon) and Bianca

Bianzel

Plot: Bianca was watching Barbie Rapunzel until I fell asleep in the middle of the movie along with her pokemons, The evil mother named Lusamine keep her daughter named Bianzel with beautiful long hair living in a huge mansion with her only friends Penelopy a Dragonite and Robie a Bunnelby, She discovers a secret passage in the mansion that leads her out of the mansion and discovers a village and kingdom where she personally meets a reclusive prince named Silver son of King Giovanni and with his younger brothers, Prince Gladion, Princess Lillie, Princess Leaf and Princess Penny, The young woman falls in love with the prince and in this adventure she discovers a secret of her past and her adoptive "mother" along with her new friends.

Barbie Swan Lake - Bianca x Vergil

Bianca and Swan Demon Lake

Plot: Bianca was reviewing her memories of her old flame love From Vergil before choosing Tricky as her permanent husband until she remembers Barbie's swan lake and remagined it in her arts until her necklace performs this drawing of living this tale, in this story Bianca named Biatte and her sister Lady (Mary) and father Arkham (he is not a shit in this story) in a village until she sees a demon unicorn fleeing through the village and curious, the girl goes to a forest and finds a small kingdom of magical and demons animals, She meets the queen of the forest Echidna and her subjects when she touches the magical lapis lazuri that he was never taken from that tree and discovers that Biatte was pure of this jewel but this awakens the plans of the evil Sorcerer Agnus who wants possession of Biatte's crystal, she refuses to give it to him and the crystal protects her until Agnus turns her into a demon swan, During the adventure Bianca meets Prince Vergil and she falls in love with him but he doesn't feel the same, Biatte said she will come to his ballet before a night, With Agnus discovering Biatte's plan, he turns his daughter Nicodile (Nico) (she is not the villain) and turns her into a fake Biatte to trick the prince fall in love other girl and break Biatte's heart to take the cristal.

[barbiebattle]

Okay, since villians won the poll for what bracket we do next, before we start voting, I do want to make sure we're all aware and cognizant of the antisemitism that has been present in Barbie movies, particularly in the villians.

Some of it is inherent to the stories being adapted. Given how antisemitic Tchaikovsky was, that was always going to affect Nutcracker and Swan Lake. That said, Mattel and Rainmaker did choose to make Rothbart and Odile like that. And Rapunzel and A Christmas Carol have antisemitic origins as well.

And while I can't find any specific discussions on it by Jewish people, Preminger as a name has Jewish roots, and giving that name to a kidnapping, greedy, thieving villian certainly does play into stereotypes.

Some of this stuff feels pretty inherent to the genre of fairytales, but it's important to think critically about why that is and how the history of antisemitism in fantasy can unintentionally influence us today.

Also, while both the hosts are Goys, I do recommend listening to the podcast Put A Shrimp On It. The podcast intended to review all of the movies, but they only got up to Princess and the Pauper before discontinuing it. They did quite a bit of research on each movie they did review though, and are the reason I even learned about half of these problems in the first place.

As you can probably guess from that anecdote, I am also a Goy. So it's entirely possible that I'm leaving out some important discussions out of ignorance. If I have any Jewish followers who'd like to contribute to the discussion or have links to other discussions, that would be greatly appreciated.

[tawneybel]

Note: Ten favorite monsters, part seven. Part six. To be clear, do to past confusion, these are not lists of monsters I’d bang. Adult-content creator =/= turned-on 24/7.  ._.  Sometimes I just like to talk about character design and review media I like.

I pretty much like every kind of dragon, from friendly to terrifying. If we’re going off of scary, my favorite’s maybe from The Mists of Avalon. A lot of my fave monsters are literary, but don’t have official art. :(

1. Cat in the Hat from The Cat in the Cat

The Cat in the Hat’s more enjoyable if you view it as demonic horror. There’s a lot of elements I like. Quirky architecture, jokes that go over kids’ heads, goofy magic companion, fun costumes. Yet it’s not a good movie, even by my standards. Audrey Geisel was so disgusted by it, any plans for future live-action adaptations of Theodor’s works were nixed.

I’m kind of glad TCITH was the bad live-action, early ‘00s Seuss movie instead of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Imagine how horrifying they could have made the Grinch.

2-4. “Girly girl” dragons

Barbie As Rapunzel: I have the Penelope plushie, whose design I actually prefer to the movie’s.

Dragon Tales: Before FIM Fluttershy, Cassie was THE shy pink and yellow creature. Dragon Land’s just one of various portal fantasy realms I wanted to visit so badly as a tot. Still do.  

Raya and the Last Dragon: People were way critical of Sisu’s design, calling it Elsa’s scalesona. Like Disney hasn’t reused/referenced old designs, jokingly or not. Not that their human(oid) designs are always unique… But Ghibli gets more leniency in that regard. (Haku’s a great dragon design, btw.)

5. the Moving Finger from Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Horror doesn’t have to be complicated to be effective.

6. Jean Jacket from Nope

Take elements of UFOlogy, meteorology, marine biology, and animal exploitation, then produce the most terrifying movie monster ever.

7. Stuff from The Stuff

Metaphor for frozen yogurt? Diet food craze?

8. Scary Lion from The Teletubbies

A good example of how audio can determine whether something is cute or terrifying. 

9. Wild Things from Where the Wild Things Are

One elementary art class, we got to make our own chimeric Wild Things. Wish I knew where mine was. They’re grotesque, like to party, and actually pretty wholesome.

10. subway station from The Wiz

The Wiz is an interesting localization of The (Wonderful) Wizard of Oz. Garland!Dorothy is taken from Kansas to a mostly unfamiliar fantastical land. (I say “mostly,” because some of the Ozians have Kansan counterparts.) Ross!Dorothy is taken from NYC to fantastical NYC.

Originally, I considered using the book Kalidahs ‘cause I love mix-’n’-match critters. Then I watched this scene. That and the Munchkins coming out of graffiti like ghosts out of chalk outlines was oneiric as fuck. Anyway, the station isn’t just a liminal space, but another architectural monster. The train itself never appears, but we see trash bins and columns advance on Dorothy and co. There’s seemingly non-automated gates and prehensile electrical wires. Also, that peddler with his growing marionettes…

Note: The pic for “The Moving Finger” is actually from the show Monsters, but I only found out it was adapted after deciding to include it. Nightmares & Dreamscapes has one of my favorite covers, even if it’s deceptive. No scarecrow stories.

Unfortunately, the last gif can’t convey the awesome liminal horror that is the Ozified Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station. Fun fact, it was also used in The Warriors. 

[a-room-of-my-own]

Susie Green, the former chief executive of Mermaids, who stood down “unexpectedly” last year, has been hiding in plain sight for so long that I sincerely hope we can see her clearly now. How this woman was ever allowed to have so much influence over vulnerable children, never mind medical professionals, is frankly disturbing. She is a former IT consultant with no medical training – unless you count the fact that she won 2016’s Sparkle Diversity Champion of the Year as a specialised qualification. I certainly don’t. The story of how much power she came to have remains shocking.

The organisation she ran was once not controversial; it was a support group for children and parents of kids with gender issues until she got her hands on it. It became an activist and lobby group receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in lottery funding and grants and was hired by the Department for Education to provide training on “gender identity” in schools. As with Stonewall, it had huge reach into key institutions and the usual gormless celebrity support.

We now find that Green herself had direct influence on policy at the gender identity development service (GIDS) at the Tavistock. After being told that the Tavistock did not have any records of meeting with Green, when threatened by court action, miraculously it found 300 pages of them.

They reveal that Green spoke directly to the director Dr Polly Carmichael, had advisory roles on two studies and – most scandalous of all – could refer children for treatment at the clinic even when their own GPs had repeatedly advised against it. The Cass Review, remember, effectively shut down GIDS as it was not fit for purpose.

GIDS was in turmoil and dealing with a new cohort of distressed young women with gender dysphoria; the number of girls jumped 5,000 per cent in a seven-year period. Cass found there were no long-term follow-ups even though nearly every child who was referred for prescribed puberty blockers went on to cross-sex hormones [which are used to transition from biological gender to desired gender].

Puberty blockers are controversial because we don’t have enough longitudinal studies to really understand their impact, which is why several countries such as Sweden and Norway have stopped them. The NHS site says they are not simply reversible. Research is showing that when distressed teenagers are given therapy, they no longer want to change gender and many accept they are gay. Puberty blockers tend to be the first step on a medical pathway that leads to cross-sex hormones and surgery. The other issue which Green should know well, is that if given too early, genitalia do not develop enough to make satisfactory “new models”. These kids may well lose their fertility and any chance of sexual pleasure.

There is an infamous Ted Talk and other YouTube videos of Green talking of what happened to her own son. He wanted a Barbie Rapunzel and other girl things. Her husband, she claims, didn’t like this “girly” boy. Later, he was whizzed off to the States at age 12 for puberty blockers and at 14 was out on oestrogen. He spent seven hours on his 16th birthday on an operating table in Thailand in what is euphemistically called “gender-affirming” surgery.

Green explains this meant “basically use[ing] the skin from the penis to create a vagina. And she hadn’t developed through full puberty so, not to put too fine a point on it, there wasn’t much to work with”. That is the work of puberty blockers.

This operation was done in Thailand as it is illegal to do that to a 16-year-old here. Indeed, it is now illegal in Thailand. If this well-known information is not a red flag, I don’t know what is. Yet this woman was, we now know, given carte blanche to overrule psychiatrists and medics and to push her dubious agenda. What is that agenda? It is the lucrative invention of the trans child. I say lucrative, because in the States, billions of dollars are projected to be made by surgeons and drug companies with lifelong medicalisation being offered to 13-year-olds who have been diagnosed sometimes as young as four.

Green herself has now chummed up with Dr Helen Webberley of GenderGP, who was once suspended, and who sells cross-sex hormones to under-16s, which is not allowed in the UK. This is done online with no counselling.

None of this is really about the trans rights of adults. It is about the pushing of extreme gender ideology on to distressed children. Any basic model of safeguarding has gone out of the window. It is a complete negation of the duty to ‘Do No Harm’ and at its centre is a woman who should never, ever have been given any authority.

I really hope that for Susie Green, the game is finally up.

[borbi-edits]

💖 Still sick so today is Barbie as Rapunzel 💖

I still can't believe how low Kurtis Conner rated this movie?? I generally love his movie reviews but he is dead wrong on this one. Barbie as Rapunzel slaps.

[npdclaraoswald]

Found a new Barbie review podcast to listen to (it's called Binging Barbie) and in the Rapunzel episode they're talking about how when Rapunzel was rescuing Katrina from the hole she fell in and couldn't quite reach, they expected Rapunzel to throw down her hair to her. And I can't believe that never occurred to me. They absolutely should've done that

[cherry-pop-soda]

bad movie reviews: barbie of swan lake

i’m a fan of the old barbie animated movies, and i’ve already seen a pretty decent handful of them, so I decided to make this review more entertaining by throwing some common tropes i’ve seen in barbie movies into this mini bingo card. I will keep track of this throughout this review, and at the end we can see how many spaces this film covers. let’s play barbie movie bingo !!

before I even begin the film I can already mark off “based off a famous ballet/fairy tale” because I already know swan lake is a ballet, so there’s one space down! one caveat though, I haven’t actually seen the ballet of swan lake before, so I went into this film not knowing the story at all. for this review I did a little research on the original story of swan lake so I can point out the differences in the barbie version.

the movie starts with barbie telling kelly a story about a girl named Odette, and a magic spell that turned her into a swan (mark off a space for kelly on the bingo!). this is also the first big difference I noticed between this film and the original swan lake. apparently in the original swan lake, odette is a princess, and her companions are also all humans, and they all turn into swans at daybreak. in the barbie version, Odette is a village girl, and only she turns into a swan. her companions are elves, each cursed to turn into a different animal. (we’ll get back to them later).

shortly after this the love interest is introduced in the form of a guy called Prince Daniel (hes the middle picture). I immediately noticed that he looks like a direct copy of both Julian from Barbie Princess and the Pauper (righthand side) and Stefan from Barbie Rapunzel (lefthand side). He literally has the exact same face model as Julian and the exact same hair as Stefan. mark copied models off the bingo!

in the ballet, original Daniel is actually called Siegfried, but I will call him original Daniel just to make it less confusing. Apparently in the ballet, original Daniel is a bit immature, not ready to give up being a bachelor and get married, which his mother is pressuring him to do (which she also does in the barbie movie, so I can mark that off the bingo too!). basically it seems like original Daniel would rather party than settle down and get married. I can’t really say how similar barbie Daniel is, because although it’s definitely implied that he is reluctant to choose a wife and would rather travel the world, he really doesn’t have much of a personality beyond the.. uhhh… literally two scenes maximum where he’s shown to have an interest in traveling and exploring?? so I think we can also mark off the bingo space for male love interest not being given much of a personality.

now let’s talk about the animal sidekicks, because no barbie movie doesn’t have animal sidekicks, and don’t worry, they’re just as uncomfortably horny/weirdly romantic as always, as we can see in this scene where this porcupine reacts. like that?? to skunk spray?? (mark off horny animals on the bingo!)

the thing that makes this more uncomfortable to me is the way these characters are animated in their true forms. Because of the villain Rothbart’s spells (i’ll get to him soon too, oh god), they are cursed to be animals the same way Odette is cursed to be a swan. But for whatever reason, whoever animated this movie didn’t create designs for the elves that actually look like elves?? instead they made the questionable decision to just use the same models they use for animating children. so the elves carlita (the skunk) and ivan (the porcupine) from above, who are sort of in love with each other throughout the film, look like this:

(also also, ivan and carlita both have sort of odd accents, kind of in the same vein as the infamous horny weasel from barbie rapunzel, so mark that off the bingo too)

also, side note for bad animal anatomy on the bingo, why tf did they give this unicorn a dumptruck??? what is going on here??

ANYWAYS. continuing on. the villain of the story is a guy named Rothbart, who is… portrayed in a very. Questionable way?? I’ve heard people talk about this before and I don’t know enough about the issue to say anything definitively, but he does seem… jewish coded, in a way that kind of feels really antisemetic. and it’s also weird because his cousin, the queen of the fantasy world where swan lake is located, doesn’t share any of the same facial features…

(ignore the random chinese subtitles, i watched and got most of my screencaps of the film from a version of it posted in 3-4 minute chunks on youtube with english and chinese subtitles underneath, it’s fine)

also, the “magic crystal”. Barbie Odette finds it in a tree and pulls it out, not knowing that this makes her special in some way because I guess nobody has been able to do it before?? sort of like a king arthur sword in stone type of deal? But in the original ballet, as far as I saw, there is no magic crystal. anyways, after she finds it, barbie odette tries to go back home because she doesn’t think she’s brave enough to go on a big quest to save the creatures of swan lake, but she gets turned into a swan by Rothbart, so she can’t leave.

Odette finds out there’s a special book that has the answers to how to break the curse turning her into a swan, in a library guarded by a troll named Erasmus, who seems to have pretty intense mood swings, and also, randomly has a british accent (mark that off the bingo!).

at some point during this, prince Daniel adventures into the forest, looking for animals to hunt. He sees Odette as a swan? being chased through the air by Rothbart (who has a scary looking bird form) and almost shoots her with an arrow, but decides not to. then he sees her transform into human form (this confused me because I thought they could only transform into humans from sunset till sunrise, but in the scenes leading up to this it seems to be daytime??? idk.)

this is also different from the original ballet, because apparently original Odette doesn’t trust or really care for original Daniel all that much when she first meets him, but barbie Odette and barbie Daniel get along well from the beginning. they even have dinner together under the moonlight and dance in the forest directly after first meeting each other, and prince Daniel invites Odette to the royal ball the following evening (mark “royal ball invitation” off the bingo!)

according to the special book from erasmus’ library, the one way to break the swan curse on Odette is for someone to declare their love for her and her ONLY. so, because this is a barbie movie, the elves decide she must go to the ball and dance with Daniel so he’ll declare his love for her, even though they literally met.. I don’t know, like eight hours ago, tops??? (mark “immediately falling in love” off the bingo!)

unfortunately for all of them, Rothbart hears/finds out about all of this, and hatches a plan. He enchants a necklace worn by his daughter Odile so it will make her look exactly like Odette in the eyes of Daniel, so he’ll be tricked, and accidentally declare his love for her instead of the real Odette. it’s not really clear to me if everyone else at the ball sees Odile for who she really is, or if everyone is tricked into seeing her as Odette. (i think it’s the first one personally). either way, Rothbart’s plan works. Daniel accidentally proposes to Odile instead of Odette, realizes his mistake, and tries to fight Rothbart to undo it, to no avail.

side note again- the thing I don’t get about this is how he didn’t recognize Rothbart in the ballroom?? I don’t think Rothbart’s disguise is very good, I honestly didn’t even realize he HAD a disguise the first time I watched that scene.

anyways, this is where the movie drastically differs from the original ballet. In the ballet, Odette is cursed to be a swan forever, and original Daniel throws himself into the lake after her, sacrificing himself and breaking the spell as they both die.

it’s not surprising that the barbie version didn’t do this, since it’s meant for kids, but i’m not really quite sure what was happening in the barbie version either. I think, in the final showdown in the forest between Rothbart and Daniel and Odette, Rothbart blasts both of them with his evil magic as they both try and fail to shield each other. They both pass out for a while, or maybe they’re briefly dead?? either way, while they’re unconscious, the curse breaks, I guess because their sacrificing themselves for each other means true love???

then they wake up, Daniel proposes to Odette, and they get married and that’s the end of the film!! Hooray!!

now let’s check back in on our bingo card:

four bingos, and the only two spaces not marked off I really only left off on technicalities. thanks for joining me for this very long winded round of barbie movie bingo!

(if you enjoyed this and want me to review more films, you can suggest them to me here!)

[imsparky2002]

Barbie Update

Rapunzel Review - June

Swan Lake Review - July

Princess and Pauper Review - August

Pegasus Review - September

Island Review - October

Diamond Castle Review - November

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🎀Barbie Movie🎀

🎀 Barbie in a Nutcracker 🎀

clara is so pretty!! prince ericnya juga tampan banget untuk sekelas barbie jadul. filmnya comforting terus vibesnya bener-bener winter december & christmas banget. ceritanya manis. visualnya juga cakep pol. villainnya tikus nyebelin, inget curut di rumah jadinya.

🎀 Barbie as Rapunzel 🎀

kaget ternyata beda banget sama storyline Rapunzel yg aku tau. kena plot twistnya sih aku. visualnya bagus tapi menurutku lebih oke di Nutcracker (mungkin selera warnanya). naga ciliknya lucu btw. villainnya ibu angkatnya sendiri yg ternyata punya dendam, parah si bulek ini ngurung rapunsel. review temenku:

🎀 Barbie of Swan Lake 🎀

rasanya si Odette ini bener-bener beda vibesnya. has a strong character for me. pangerannya agak bungul for me (sorry no hate, baik sih cuman kalo dijejerin sm pangeran yg lain dia kalah. masalah pribadi aja kayaknya). I love Odette's tiara btw cakep dan elegan banget. villainnya RESE BANGET HAAA BENCI DENGER SUARA ANAKNYA TUH. Odette ini family girl bgt btw.

🎀 Barbie as The Princess and The Pauper 🎀

ini udah paling menang dari segala hal. sampe ke piaraannya gak ada yg beban. karakter bebannya dikasih ke villain jadi puas banget wkwkwkwk. walaupun nyeritain beda nasib antar 2 insan, bisa ngasih good ending buat keduanya. villainnya nih orang kepercayaan di kerajaannya padahal, mengajarkan kita bahwa yg terdekat bisa jadi yg bahaya juga. review temenku:

🎀 Barbie Fairytopia 🎀

story abt bude jahat yg menculik peri penjaga. elina disini masih manusia biasa, tapi dia udah keren banget berani menerjang maut demi menyelamatkan semua orang. bener-bener semuanya jadi kering kerontang terus peri-peri gak bisa terbang huhuhu. karena dia emg orang nekat, dia pergi deh ke kota peri litereli JALAN KAKI. demi menemui Azura, peri penjaga yg masih stay. OH disni elina jg ketemu kupu kupu ganal yg imuts. trus akhirnya yah elina berhasil menyelamatkan peri-peri sekaligus kota. akhirnya sang ratu memberi elina hadiah berupa kalung dan jengg dia punya sayap~

🎀 Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 🎀

demi apapun film yg ini SEBAGUS ITU??? storyline, visual, ost, characters, SEMUANYA BAGUS BGT. betul kata re sih ini visualnya pasti aku suka karen PINK DAN UNGU WKWKWKK. suka sama keberanian dan kegigihan Annika (kapan ya bisa seoptimis dia). suka juga sama Brietta yg lgsg ikut semangat lihat adiknya semangat. terus SUKA JUGA SAMA AIDEN awal2 lucu kek hate to love sama si Ann wkwkwk. boleh di rewatch sih ini mah.

Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia

🎀 Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses 🎀

ini juga is one of my comfort movies. lagu+visualnya tuh bikin tenang. 12 is my fav number juga terus di dalam filmnya 12 saudari ini dikasih flower representation jadi makin suka. villainnya budenya sendiri sih parah banget. bener-bener kayak liat kisah keluarga pas liat bapaknya iya-iya aja didzolimi saudara sendiri hedeh.

Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow

🎀 Barbie as The Island Princess 🎀

sumpah ini pairing tersempurna bagiku. paling juara untuk saat ini ro dan antonio. lagunya bagus-bagus terus ini tentang flora&fauna banget. nasib prince antonio ini kayak si primcess anneliese, dijodohin. tapi princess luciana juga gamau sebenernya karena dia udah punya pacar sendiri. villainnya ibunya luciana tuh, untung anaknya wise jadi walau ibunya sendiri tapi tetap menentang kesalahan.

🎀 Barbie Mariposa and Her Butterfly Fairy Friends 🎀

ini agak kesel sama 2 princess alay itu dah nontonnya agak gak enak. tapi lucu melihat first meet mariposa dan carlos. disini keren sih mariposa dan kawannya melawan monster nyamuk jelek itu. visualnya masih kurang sebenernya karena punya perbandingan mariposa yg terbaru.

🎀 Barbie & The Diamond Castle 🎀

OST barbie yg the best emang dari series yg ini. suka banget karena mereka bersahabat ditambah mereka florist dan suka musik, terus visualnya penuh warna kesukaanku. kayak kesukaanku yg dikombinasiin jadi satu. dari semua villain aku ngerasa bude yg disini yg bener-bener egoisnya di ambang ketinggian. liat persahabatan alexa sama liana tuh inget temenku sendiri yg udah 7 tahun deket, tapi semenjak kuliah emang udah sering sibuk sendiri terus agak punya perasaan yg tidak mengenakan satu sama lain (padahal bntr lagi pisah jauh setelah nanti kurleb 8-9tahunan bareng itu). jadi ngerasa tp segimananya beda pendapat atau saling menyakiti perasaan pasti tetep balik ke dia juga wkwkwk. jadi kayaknya ini bakal jadi film yg hard to rewatch tapi untuk ostnya bakal diputer on repeat. terus dapet pelajaran emang kita gaboleh bosen jadi orang baik. cowoknya tapi tengil bgt yg disini wkwkwkk. review temenku:

Barbie and The Three Musketeers

🎀 Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 🎀

lia bener-bener ya, buat anak orang mimpi menjadi mermaid. sumpah ini asik banget filmnya terus stylenya udah modern gitu juga. latarnya bukan lagi kerajaan tp yah, dunia kita biasa (dia ambil di negara Australia). storylinenya simpel sih, petualangan lia dkk mencari syarat untuk mengalahkan eris (yg kayaknya masih keluarga mereka juga). i love si lumba-lumba btw lucu banget sparkly. yah, endingnya bagus tp karena ada part 2 nya sudah pasti si eris belum dikalahkan sepenuhnya. LAGUNYA OMG I LOVE IT, SHE'S THE QUEEN OF THE WAA A A AAVEE.

Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale

Barbie: A Fairy Secret

🎀Barbie The Princess & The Popstar🎀

keira my lov

🎀 Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 🎀

rill si kylie ini Aussie pride. baru bener2 menggambarkan org aussie yg aku tau (soalnya di part 1 mereka English nya normal aja, except for kosakata yg mmg aku taunya di aussie pake kek mate mate yaelah jake sim amay). SERU BGTT JUGAA, sumpah kalo mengangkat kisah enemy to best friend emg keren bgt sih. kylie makasih udah mau lapang hatinya, lia juga. kalian berdua sama2 keren. untuk endingnya, mampus lu eris HAHAHAHA. lagu yg part 2 ini jg seru guys, lebih ke my type. do the mermaid~~

🎀 Barbie in The Pink Shoes 🎀

lucu deh ini kayaknya dimasukin banyak cerita-cerita yg biasa jadi storyline ballet gitu. OST yg diakhir-akhir nih bagus aku suka. terus tentunya visualnya full of my fav color yuhuu. lucu banget liat petualangan di negeri dongeng gini. terus kaget juga ternyata si madam mau minta maaf di akhir, keren sih.

🎀Barbie Princess Charm School🎀

BLAIR I STAN YOU OMG

🎀 Barbie Mariposa & the Fairy Princess 🎀

my fav of mariposa series!! soalnya disini Mariposa berani memperbaiki sejarah yang salah dan pengaruhnya juga besar kan terhadap dua wilayah itu. bener-bener cewek pemberani, aku suka mariposa soalnya mirip mamaku (independent woman). villainnya, gaada sih cuman kesalahpahaman aja yang ada disini jadi cukup nikmat ditonton. review temenku

Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale

Barbie: The Pearl Princess

🎀 Barbie and The Secret Door 🎀

OMG the whole OSTs are the SLAPS. magic magic magic~ ini ceritanya seru n ringan juga, mengangkat soal kepercayaan diri sukak bangett. warna yg disajikan pas alexa udah masuk zinia itu daebak sekali sih vibrant and mostly pink purple SUKAKK BGTT. villainnya disini gak segarang itu, literelly cuman bokem ditinggal ortunya pergi tp menyengsarakan negara, untung si alexa datang membantu. ah cinta banget juga sama rls antara alexa n her granma (kangen nenek help). semoga semua orang bisa belajar lebih pede lagi khususnya utk memperluas zona nyaman kalian (termasuk aku).

[ncutii-gatwa]

2 + 12 (gifmakers year in review)

2 | what piece of media inspired you the most?

It would probably be the newest season of Doctor Who

12 | what gifset made you feel the happiest to work on?

Has to be my Barbie as Rapunzel gifset. The movie was a massive part of my childhood and I still love it do this day so giffing it and being able to make a pretty gifset of it made me extremely happy

gifmaker year in review ask game

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Miraculous Barbie Content: The Guide

@imsparky2002 @artzychic27

Random Thought Intros:

Princess & the Pauper/Magic of Pegasus

Island Princess/Rapunzel

Swan Lake/Diamond Castle

Sparky’s Reviews:

Nutcracker First Thoughts

Nutcracker Review

Rapunzel First Thoughts

Island Princess First Thoughts

Weeby’s Movie Adaptations:

Nath as Rapunzel

Ondine’s Swan Lake

Princess Marinette & Socqueline the Pauper

Magic of Pegasus (starring Chloe & Zoe)

Mylene, the Island Princess

(Non-Platonic) Diamond Castle

Alya and the Three Musketeers