"Barbie" is now streaming on MAX
Barbie is streaming on MAX as of about a week ago.
We get MAX as part of a grandfathered deal of AT&T internet. So DW and I figured, why not? Let's watch. I originally answered "no plans," but this is free to me. I'm still waiting for
Openheimer to drop somewhere, but apparently the movie makers are not budging on that yet. No Barbenheimer for us yet.
As someone with conservative leanings, I'm supposed to hate this, right? No, I enjoyed the movie, probably more than DW. Best movie ever? No. But it had its moments. It was great to see color in a movie again. Gerwig's direction was good, her director of photography even better. Wow, DP's still exist that know how to use lighting and post production properly.
And of course there is eye candy for everyone.
I was actually hooked in the first 2 minutes with the
2001 reference. I'm a huge Kubrick fan and loved that scene. Upthread it appears others disagree. That's fine. It turns out since this is a Warner Bros. production, Gerwig was free to use the original film backgrounds as is with the girls and dolls transferred in. Nice job!
The board room is a joke, ya'll. I've read elsewhere of the many people who turned it off in a huff once the board room is shown. Jeez, it is over-the-top stereotyping, made for laughs with a poke at a message. Relax. This board room is also another Kubrick nod to the "War Room" in
Dr. Strangelove, which is just as absurd and made for a joke.
Other fun old movie references:
The Matrix,
Being There,
The Shining and inspiration from grand dance movies of the 30s and 40s. There are others I missed.
Everyone gets a chance to get poked at, whether it be dumb blonds, beer guzzling guys, sullen teens who dress like hobos, and so on. In the end, the point is made with the term "patriarchy" used way too many times. We got it the first time, OK? You over-did it and bored us out of our minds in the last 10 minutes. So yeah, I found something to dislike, but it isn't a killer for me. I'm a man, I can handle it.