Now that I’ve seen the movie, I’m ba-ack!!
Stopped following the conversation back around Thanksgiving when y’all were picking apart the appearance of the DL Marvels face characters.
I think you'll enjoy it no matter whether its in theaters or on D+ at a later date.
Hubs and I watched it on D+ and I totally LOVED it. Such fun. I mean, absolutely silly, but absolutely enjoyable, and why can’t a “comic book movie” be silly and fun?
You, my dear, are a fabulous poster. I hope you'll stop lurking so much, but understand if you do. This place is generally a nuthouse, so I won't hold it against you. But you can obviously hold your own.
I am assuming Simu Liu was the cute Asian Ken on the beach in the movie? He was great. But then, everyone in that movie was great. Yes, they showed Ken in a demeaning light. But that was only because it turns out Ken had missed the past 50 years and didn't know he was supposed to be anything except Barbie's date and dance partner. I'm giving away too much of the movie, but it's still fabulous. If you have daughters or young female relatives who played with Barbies, AKA any American female born after 1950, you really should rent the movie for a family night this upcoming holiday season.
It's hysterically funny, and refreshingly not trampy or trashy. It's not for those under age 12, mind you, but it's great fun.
Rent
Barbie and thank me later!
On my transatlantic flight to my favorite uncle‘s final days and funeral, I pulled up Barbie on my good-sized business class screen.
I lasted 20 minutes before I felt my brain cells oozing out my ears. Couldn’t stand it. Had to turn it off.
Instead chose a crazy, enjoyable, relatable to me (because I spent summers in Ireland in the 70s and I married a college radio program director)2009 movie called The Boat That Rocked, then found out that in the US it was released called Pirate Radio. It can be found on Amazon Video, if you want to check it out.
I’ve been thinking about this post, and I was wondering if these new “strong female” movies actually appeal to women more than the old strong male lead ones.
Ladies of WDW Magic… are you more interested in a movie like The Marvels with strong female leads vs a movie with a Chris Helmsworth or Chris Evans as the lead? Or are they equally appealing? Depends on the Movie? Etc?
You got a couple of answers, but I would have to go with “depends on the movie”.
I don’t care if I ever see Captain Marvel again, but loved The Marvels. Right now as background noise on the tv is Captain America The First Avenger, which I refused to see in theater when it was released, even though Cap is my hubs’ all time favorite. Sent him to see it on his own, because “WWII movie”, but now it’s one of my very favorites. Not just on account of Chris Evans
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but because it’s a great story, and the score is awesome.
Big Hemsworth fan, from George Kirk in the 2009 ST to Thor. Enjoyed the first 3 Thor movies, but Love & Thunder was a mess. First GotG movie is in my top 10, but the third one, I really wanted to get up and leave the theater not even halfway through.
I liked WandaVision, esp Rambeau, but did not like Strange:Multiverse. The Ms Marvel series lost me after a couple episodes, it was waaay to frenetic, or I’m too old for that kinda *. After the second episode, I hated SheHulk. And I used to read that comic.
Another of my fave MCUs is Shang Chi and the Ten Rings. All kindsa strong characters there, male and female, sort of like real life!
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