𝘔𝘺 40 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮.
I’m about your son’s age, and I saw it last night with a lady I’m currently seeing. I didn’t take it as what the Critical Drinker, or some others reviewed it to be. There are jokes aimed at both sides, but at time you can see the feminism that went into the writing at times. A fair amount of the jokes in the movie were humorous, some juvenile. Some of the jokes at men’s expense to seem to be a bit harsher than others. I was surprised to see that the main Ken actually got something of a character arc, as did Barbie, and a few of the other characters (to a lesser extent IMO). I don’t think it was terrible, but I don’t think it’s going to be something I’ll actively look to view again in the future. If you should go to see it, just go to a matinee.
I’ll also note that Will Farrell’s character, and the fact he was in the film as all was just strange. He wasn’t the same Will Farrell we know from Anchorman, SNL, Talledega Nights, Elf, Step Brothers, that people are used to. I don’t doubt he could take serious roles, but his character, his place in the movie just made little sense, and it doesn’t really feel like he should’ve been there for much more than maybe exposition.
Based on what I have seen and read, it seems like it started out as a extreme matriarchy, switched to an extreme patriarchy, and then ended a moderate matriarchy. Is that a fair assessment?
I also saw BARBIE this week. I went expecting to hold my nose, but in the end found it entertaining in a popcorn way.
You’re right about everything. A lot of the humor was juvenile or sophomoric, but I enjoyed watching the development of both main characters. However, a lot of the plot just didn’t make sense. (How did Barbie & Ken even get out of jail — twice?)
The supporting cast was annoying — not to mention they were reeking of hurray-for-diversity hires. With the exception of Goslin & Ferrell (whose role seemed weird), all the men (i.e. other Kens) were extremely effeminate.
The writing seemed a bit confused, as I wasn’t sure if the intention was to be anti-masculine, rather than anti-male. I found myself on Team Ken (Gosling), and his transformation into the Marlboro Man The patriarchy might have been a bit of a mess, but the matriarchy (and I’m a woman) was nauseating.
On my way out of the theater, I was asked by two very liberal middle-aged women (this is NYC) what I thought of the film. I told them I preferred Ken, and explained that I was “conservative.” They looked at me like I had leprosy.