Barbie (2023)

[Blumf]

Teaser trailer has dropped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obzdpJQ3y7M



I'm kinda pumped for this, looks like it might be daft fun.

Haven't seen any of director Greta Gerwig's work, but she seems like a good fit.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/

Wife said Ryan Gosling as Ken is an 'uphill wank'

[madhair60]

straight in. looks like fuckin Speed Racer!

[Butchers Blind]

The trailer was well made. Doubt I'll watch the actual film.

[Mister Six]

That looks like a hoot. First locked-on cinema viewing of 2023!

[Glebe]

It's kinda bull that Barbie is being ret-conned as some kind of feminist icon.

[Mister Six]

I'm not sure that's the case.

[Glebe]

Mebbe not, but it just seems like she's being set up as some kind of heroine.

[Mister Six]

I think it's probably going to be drowning in irony. I can't see the writer and director of Lady Bird being oblivious to the problematic nature of the Barbie doll and what it represents.

Although I'll admit that I'm mostly just delighted to see Ryan Gosling doing more out-and-out comedy.

[Blumf]

Of course Barbie is going to be the hero, but that doesn't mean she can't be subverted.

It'll be interesting to see how much leeway they get from the brand's owners (Mattel?). In an ideal world, you'd have some kind of John Waters style take down of the whole concept. In reality, they won't want anything too vicious, it'll have to be family friendly, but you can still dust it with a thick layer of irony.

[PlanktonSideburns]

Had me at gosling dilf-twink

[mjwilson]

There was a Barbie show on Netflix, I think it was, that was smarter and more subversive than you would have expected.

Don't ask me how I know this.

[up_the_hampipe]

Barbie and Oppenheimer are releasing on the same day. I might try to see them back-to-back.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Wife said Ryan Gosling as Ken is an 'uphill wank'

[El Unicornio, mang]

Gosling seems like a bit of an odd choice for Ken. Thought someone like James Marsden or Zac Efron might be better (at least visually)

[Glebe]

Wife said Ryan Gosling as Ken is an 'uphill wanker'

[Memorex MP3]

James Marsden would be a great pick!

I don't expect this to be very good but I expect it to get rave reviews. Think Gerwig is kind of done but even if she isn't I've not liked her work that's exclusively behind the camera at all.

[dissolute ocelot]

Gosling is definitely curious casting. Channing Tatum would also be good. (Surely Ken sings and dances. Surely nobody wants to see Gosling sing and dance any more.)

The trailer definitely gets a prize for telling you nothing about the movie. Unless it's all done in the style of different Stanley Kubrick films. Nice Clockwork Orange homage, bit of Eyes Wide Shut party, alcoholic Ken talking to dead bartender...

[Mister Six]

Gosling is definitely curious casting. Channing Tatum would also be good. (Surely Ken sings and dances. Surely nobody wants to see Gosling sing and dance any more.)

The trailer definitely gets a prize for telling you nothing about the movie. Unless it's all done in the style of different Stanley Kubrick films. Nice Clockwork Orange homage, bit of Eyes Wide Shut party, alcoholic Ken talking to dead bartender...

Action Man hollers and waves a cowboy hat as he rides a nuke straight to oblivion.

[Blumf]

New trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRyt3Ov4zz0

Humm... "beach off" joke stretched a bit there.

[Bad Ambassador]

Feels like The Lego Movie crossed with The Neverending Story II.

[kitsofan34]

Quite the career pivot for Noah Baumbach. Like Barry Jenkins doing a Lion King sequel.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

I don't know what an uphill wank is.

[Mister Six]

Quite the career pivot for Noah Baumbach. Like Barry Jenkins doing a Lion King sequel.

Well, he already wrote Madagascar 3...

(It's quite good, mind you.)

[fucking ponderous]

Looks like a solid "watch if a child relative puts it on or I am on a plane" film. It does seem more intelligent and creative than a film based off a toy would be, but it's still a film based on a toy.

[QDRPHNC]

Sorry no. Tired of stuff bring subverted now.

[madhair60]

Sorry no. Tired of stuff bring subverted now.

hahaha, what?!

[QDRPHNC]

Or irony. Whatever.

[idunnosomename]

Is the baldy from Aqua going to pop up

[Bad Ambassador]

Feels like The Lego Movie crossed with Masters of the Universe.

Fixed.

[Butchers Blind]

So Barbie goes into 'real world'? Original idea there.