Barbie vs Oppenheimer
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Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Ok. Off to see Barbie.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Ok. Thought it would be good....
It was fucking great.
I loved the opening nod to a certain other movie. I felt the "real world" stuff didn't over stay it's welcome. I loved the final beach off with the Ken jets vs Ken sharks.
All in all a very enjoyable time.
I don't think oppenheimer will be nearly as enjoyable.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Opernheimer. Bloody hell was RDJ good as Strauss. Even when in scenes with Cillian Murphy, it was RDJ who stole it. And don't get me wrong, Cillian Murphy was an excellent Oppenheimer, so flawed, so bloody full of himself until the disillusionment sets in.
3hrs and a slow burn initially but worth it imo.
3hrs and a slow burn initially but worth it imo.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
It's actually pretty light on patriarchy bashing.
It bashes yes but actually the bashes against barbie were much more sharp.
The patriarchy stuff is mostly a comic take on masculinity. The deepest cuts were probably the board room scene or the job interview.
Most of the stupid man stuff is more actually a question on the nature of being a Ken.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Roughly when is the bit with bomb going off? In case I need to sneak out for a piss which I absolutely will in a three hour movie.
Ideally an exact time so you can set an alarm on your phone to go off 10 minutes before.
Oppenheimer first for serious subject matter, finish with frivolous visual delight at Barbie. That’s my plan. I mean, you don’t go to B&Q after you’ve been to the Harrods sale, do you? You go to B&Q first, and get the serious stuff you actually need, then you have your fun.
The39thStep
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skyscraper101
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There's an app specializing in telling people when they can go for a wee during movies.
runpee.com
I can't find oppenheimer yet but someone tell me if they do.
RunPee: know when to run and pee during a movie.
New movies are added every week. (About 160/year) The video below shows an old version of the RunPee app.The current app looks much better, but the features are the same. Recent Movie Reviews
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I can't find oppenheimer yet but someone tell me if they do.
Art imitating life, as I believe radiation sickness is the same
skyscraper101
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Weekends like this are rare nowadays. Hopefully it'll be a much needed cash injection to fledgling cinemas. I predict Barbie is going to break records and Oppenheimer will do some serious business too.
T & P
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According to the Mail, it’s ’man-bashing’
Dom Traynor
Tino Pai
It would have been like that episode of Peep Show with Mark and the Aussie flatmate.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
I wonder how serious that is meant to be taken.
Given his performance in the movie it may have been tongue in cheek.
Or not. People be having hot takes.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Apparently it's from this video:
Not watched it, but apparently the relevant bit is:
I didn’t really have a relationship with Barbie in the past, you know? I don’t know about you, but I grew up in a society where traditional gender norms were pretty heavily enforced and were pretty prevalent. [We] were taught from a very young age, ‘Boys don’t play with that,’ and, ‘Boys don’t wear pink.’ Colors became gendered; toys became gendered — all of these rules were imposed on us. And so, Barbie was not my toy. That’s, like, on the other team.
I’m so glad this movie exists, because I really think it just puts that final nail in the coffin of this very heteronormative idea of what gender is and what is or is not gendered. How can you make a color gendered, you know? Over the course of this movie, I’ve seen, been around, worn, and played with more pink than I ever thought possible. And it was so great — it’s so great to be free to express yourself in all of the ways that you feel like you want to. Not to feel like, because something is attributed to a certain gender or a certain idea, you can’t also do that. That’s, I think, what’s really struck me about being a part of this movie. That’s what’s involved in my understanding of Barbie and what it is, and what I hope that audiences will get from it when they watch the movie.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
While I do think there is certainly a reading of the movie that supports that I think that feels a bit of 'not what they were going for' answer.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Just got back from Barbie. Really enjoyable and funny. The atmosphere at the cinema (an independent) was fantastic. There was a huge ‘Street Fighter II”-style screen in the foyer with a Barbie vs Oppenheimer fight sequence playing out, a big glittery Barbie box for photos and, of course, loads of cinema-goers decked out in pink. I searched my wardrobe for anything I could wear but sadly the closest thing I had - a plum coloured t-shirt - was in the wash
Seeing Oppenheimer next week.
Seeing Oppenheimer next week.
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gosub
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Spoiler alert they don't set fire to the atmosphere
T & P
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In the past, the prospect of two studios releasing eagerly-awaited major blockbusters on the same day would have been unthinkable. It is both amazing and refreshing that this event was not just allowed to go ahead in the first place by the two sets of studio executives concerned, but that the buzz has become such that rather than eroding each other’s opening gate receipts, the two films might well augment each other’s opening weekend sales 
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Not my idea but I'll be wearing this Terrycloth top to Barbie today.Just got back from Barbie. Really enjoyable and funny. The atmosphere at the cinema (an independent) was fantastic. There was a huge ‘Street Fighter II”-style screen in the foyer with a Barbie vs Oppenheimer fight sequence playing out, a big glittery Barbie box for photos and, of course, loads of cinema-goers decked out in pink. I searched my wardrobe for anything I could wear but sadly the closest thing I had - a plum coloured t-shirt - was in the wash
Seeing Oppenheimer next week.
It's pinker than the photo shows.
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paul mckenna
Bellend
Oppenheimer at the Imax. Front row seat with comfy footstools. Bump of K beforehand. Face full of screen
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
We went to my GF's local multiscreen Cineworld, which is usually pretty much empty, (most of the time it's us and a couple of other people, with no queue for the food), but it was packed. The food queues were snaking down the stairs! Both films (Barbie and Oppenheimer, that is) are on every hour, but are sold out all weekend and have been for a few days.
Lots of people (including us) were dressed up. It was a fantastic atmosphere, felt like a proper event. And the film lived up to expectations, a combination of politics and philosophy with song and dance routines and fantastic bright costumes. And very funny.
friendofdorothy - I think you'd be surprised by it and end up liking it. Or if you don't like it it won't be for ethical reasons
Lots of people (including us) were dressed up. It was a fantastic atmosphere, felt like a proper event. And the film lived up to expectations, a combination of politics and philosophy with song and dance routines and fantastic bright costumes. And very funny.
friendofdorothy - I think you'd be surprised by it and end up liking it. Or if you don't like it it won't be for ethical reasons
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I prefer to pay good money to see a movie and then put myself into a coma with some intravenous diazepam just as the lights go down, but you do you.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
I'd be hard pressed to say it was better than 'punk lesbian s&m fuck me barbie' but I also found little to complain about in terms of politics. If you add the caveat 'for a Hollywood film' I would say it's actually pretty good ethically.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Barbie was bloody brilliant!!
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