#when oppenheimer comes out

[quaiids]

tbh.

[soulmvtes]

i have so many films i wanna watch this january!!!!

[grahamcore]

truly don’t understand anyone of the opinion that oppenheimer is u.s. military propaganda the whole fucking point was that the international arms race has had, and will continue to have, dire consequences for humanity… oppenheimer and all the other scientists at los alamos were explicitly shown to be grappling with insurmountable feelings of remorse because of what they had done… i’m sorry where are we seeing war propaganda? just because a movie is ABOUT war does not mean that it PROMOTES war jfc

[ohihopeicanchangethislater]

I refuse to believe that any line in Barbie was just a throwaway joke, I firmly believe that every line of dialogue was meticulously crafted by Gerwig and Baumbach.

Spoilers for Barbie below the break.

That said, I can't get Ken's line out of my head, "To be honest, when I found out the patriarchy wasn’t about horses I lost interest."

This scene is a turning point for Ken's character, and while it a great joke performed perfectly by Ryan Gosling, it also serves as a deeper truism for many ideologies, not just the patriarchy.

So many things seem cool on the surface (I get to ride horses and cool cars and drink beers with the bros in my Mojo Dojo Casa House) until you realize that the idea or concept you are embracing, when carried out in full, inevitably screws over somebody else, usually someone you love (i.e. all the Barbies).

So many people are too excited about the horses to notice the douchebags they will become. And even once they realize that their newfound ideology isn't all it's cracked up to be, they're "in too deep" and pride and peer pressure make it hard to turn back. Suddenly you "aren't manly enough" if you don't do everything that all the rest of the guys do, so you just play along, making yourself more miserable the longer you do nothing.

Only when you break out from devoting your entire personality to a single idea can you truly find your own personal identity and become the Ken (or Barbie or Allan) you were Made For.

It may seem noncommittal, but Oppenheimer's practice of reading about and engaging with other worldviews is the healthiest way to decide for yourself who and what you want to be.

[vamptastic]

jeez i knew oppenheimer probably wouldn't be a very balanced image of the dropping of the atomic bomb but I didn't think they'd just straight up not show a single japanese person the entire film

[sharkneto]

November receiptify! Thank you for tagging me @candiliam328 :)

Can you tell I finished binging Adventure Time? Those two songs hit that special soft spot in my heart. Also, shoutout to Mark and Elliot for being on the top artists list despite me apparently not listening to that album last month. Trans solidarity right there

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[tetrylia]

AH-AH barbie u so fine u so fine u blow my mind jump into the drivers seat and put it into SPEED DRIVE!!!!!!!

[ncytiri]

how are ppl still talking about oppenheimer so incorrectly.

[theleanbean]

I've got a 50 page essay that I've started to write about Oppenheimer that essentially boils down to, watch the movie before posting your hot take, analyze the movie from a filmmaking perspective and for what it is, read books, and watch foreign cinema

[gnomeantics]

Oppenheimer boy here have fun with Barbie

have fun!!! barbie was so SO good i hope oppenheimer is also

[ivypool]

honestly shoutout to all of my fellow movie theater employees working the front lines of barbenheimer this weekend, may the gods help us all 🫡

[thesaintelectric]

the conflation between a piece of art being morally good and good as a piece of art has ruined so many peoples critical thinking

[emotionalcadaver]

I have discovered my main weakness it is Cillian Murphy playing men named Robert.

[shiveringsoldier]

pov you’ve been me for the past year

[lokis-wager]

I was way more excited for Oppenheimer than Killers of the Flower Moon, but like, KotFM was WAAAAAAY more interesting than Oppenheimer. I never would have thought that a movie almost 4 hours long would just fly by, but it did.

Probably not a movie that everyone will enjoy, but I really deeply felt all of the emotions that they were trying to convey. It also made me really understand why Scorsese called Marvel movies 'not real cinema', because fuck, dude. I can't believe that something like KotFM and something like The Marvels are both called movies. If I were him I'd be fucking pissed as hell too.

[sunflowerbloomss]

incredibly excited for barbie. but i will not allow christopher nolan slander. if you want to diss oppenheimer you're also forbidden from interstellar