Eplel
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The biggest surprise about this film is that it was not produced by Sony.
Aye. No way that the film exhibitors would cut MI and risk the wrath of Big Little Tom.
Speak for yourself, they make a great butt plug.Because it's about a toy doll?
Out of curiosity, what's that based on? I feel like I'm missing something here. I dutifully watched Lady Bird after reading a glowing review and it was all a bit meh. Which is quite something when you've an actor as incredible as Saoirse Ronan in he lead role. This put me off watching Little Women. Should I have sucked it up and given that a go? Is there some other Greta Gerwig masterpiece I've missed?
I can't tell you the amount of times he's DM'd me to talk about his favourite Taiwanese new wave era movies and ended with 'but it still wasn't as good as Black Widow'.
In a better world Nolan would have been given the Barbie gig and Gerwig would have directed Oppenheimer.I did find the Guardian review a little off putting, specifically the part about the self awareness being a driver of a lot of the comedy, as that tends to grate on me. But I reckon I’m still likely to go watch this in cinema, albeit after Oppenheimer
Some definite old man yells at cloud vibes being given off by some in here.![]()
It's so so soooo good. Modern day visual poetry.Nobody should listen to @Rooney in Paris about movies, he tried to convince me Miami Vice is good.
I enjoyed Little Women, but I actually preferred Lady Bird, adored it to bits so maybe you shouldn’tBy chance I did watch the two films with the same person, and she did prefer Little Women, but then she also really enjoyed Lady Bird so that’s not much help. They’re different enough though that if you like Little Women the story or that kind of genre then give my girl Greta another go
Check out this loser being a good parent and shit.Hot pink is my favorite colour, sue me.
I watched animated Barbie movies with my daughter when she was small. I made her believe I enjoyed them.
Check out this loser being a good parent and shit.
Some definite old man yells at cloud vibes being given off by some in here.![]()
It kinda is....Nobody should listen to @Rooney in Paris about movies, he tried to convince me Miami Vice is good.
Ah, ok, cool. Sounds like she just isn’t my cup of tea. Lady Bird was one of those movies that I could see was a good movie but just didn’t work for me, despite its obvious merits. As per my reply to @Rooney in Paris higher up.
In a better world Nolan would have been given the Barbie gig and Gerwig would have directed Oppenheimer.
Robert Oppenheimer after pressing the big red button looks straight into the camera and says “lol did I just do that!”. Black and white close up of Oppenheimer in tears - “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds but er…I still have imposter syndrome(Crying tears emoji)”.
Without being a fan of Gerwig I’m not surprised you’re not exactly buzzing for this film. It is a bit grim when such random things spawn films, remember fecking Battleship?
Oh he's the worst MCU fanboy.
Yeah because it’s the modernity of the Barbie franchise (and the whole concept of movies about kids toys) that is so novel and challenging to an old man like me.
Apologies, should have said it had a connoisseurs of the visual artforms vibe.People not liking movie about doll toys is supposed to be old man yelling at clouds?
Are you sure it's not actually the opposite, modern crowd liking everything because of recency bias, for me it's quite obviously the fanboyism of Greta Gerwig that actually hypes the movie to begin with, and not the other way around.
If Greta Gerwig made great two or three dramas, it doesn't mean everyone should be into a new kids movie that has nothing to do with her previous films. If my favourite writer of action movies/drama/comedy wrote a new movie that is a horror movie, I wouldn't watch it simply because I am not fan of horror movies.
I can't believe I am agreeing with everything @Pogue Mahone wrote.
It's a full time job for some on here.Some definite old man yells at cloud vibes being given off by some in here.![]()
I mean considering the names attached, it's not going to be a film about "doll toys".People not liking movie about doll toys is supposed to be old man yelling at clouds?
Are you sure it's not actually the opposite, modern crowd liking everything because of recency bias, for me it's quite obviously the fanboyism of Greta Gerwig that actually hypes the movie to begin with, and not the other way around.
If Greta Gerwig made great two or three dramas, it doesn't mean everyone should be into a new kids movie that has nothing to do with her previous films. If my favourite writer of action movies/drama/comedy wrote a new movie that is a horror movie, I wouldn't watch it simply because I am not fan of horror movies.
I can't believe I am agreeing with everything @Pogue Mahone wrote.
Nobody should listen to @Rooney in Paris about movies, he tried to convince me Miami Vice is good.
Fence sitting?!With the amount of fence-sitting RiP does I'm surprised he hasn't got an IV drip for Anusol![]()
Well Citizen Kane is a movie about a child’s sled. Make of that whatever you will.
You hurt my brainWhile there’s an argument that the likes of G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Transformers: Age of Extinction have long since surpassed the likes of Citizen Kane artistically, when Citizen Kane came out there wasn’t a line of Roseblud sleds that had been on the shelves for years beforehand, and the purpose of CK being a vehicle to aid in selling said sleds. This is as someone looking forward to Barbie and thinks it’ll both be good and has a lot of talent associated with it. But there is a difference between making a film about a kid’s toy and a film to sell a kid’s toy.
Fence sitting?!
People deciding beforehand not to like a movie they're probably not even going to watch (and also finding some kind of weird pleasure in telling others they are ridiculous for not hating the movie in advance) kind of is.People not liking movie about doll toys is supposed to be old man yelling at clouds?
While there’s an argument that the likes of G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Transformers: Age of Extinction have long since surpassed the likes of Citizen Kane artistically, when Citizen Kane came out there wasn’t a line of Roseblud sleds that had been on the shelves for years beforehand, and the purpose of CK being a vehicle to aid in selling said sleds. This is as someone looking forward to Barbie and thinks it’ll both be good and has a lot of talent associated with it. But there is a difference between making a film about a kid’s toy and a film to sell a kid’s toy.
I really don't understand what you mean (no harm meant and no offence taken or anything, but I really don't understandI haven't read through your posts in fairness. Just assumed you were doing your usual thing of giving the film its merits while not instantly shitting on it for being a mainstream movie like the rest of us nerds.
Sorry if wrong x
People not liking movie about doll toys is supposed to be old man yelling at clouds?
So erm... yeah.It’s a movie about a brand. Same as that fecking ridiculous movie about Nike trainers. Or the one about fecking Cheetos. Let’s call a spade a spade here. Now movies about brands can sometimes be good. The Lego movie the one and only example I can think of. But that was mainly because the whole stop motion Lego animation stuff was so cool. And the Lego movies rinsed the hell out of self referential kids toys gags. Which makes this Barbie movie seem even less interesting.
So erm... yeah.
Frankly it's a little bit weird that you're so intent on convincing the world that a movie you're not even going to watch, and which has gotten great reviews by people who know way more about films that you, is undoubtedly going to be terrible. Just ... don't watch it.What has anything I wrote there got to do with shouting at clouds?! I shout at clouds a lot. I know what shouting at clouds is.
It’s a movie about a brand. Same as that fecking ridiculous movie about Nike trainers.
Frankly it's a little bit weird that you're so intent on convincing the world that a movie you're not even going to watch, and which has gotten great reviews by people who know way more about films that you, is undoubtedly going to be terrible. Just ... don't watch it.
I definitely think you should give Little Women a go. It's totally quite different from Lady Bird, so it's not a given that because the latter annoyed you, the former will too.The worst thing about this thread triggering my pig-headedness today is that I may end up having to watch the poxy thing, to have an informed opinion in case I get sucked into this argument again. So feck you redcafe. And not for the first time. Stupid fecking website.
What if You end up liking it wouldn't that be something .The worst thing about this thread triggering my pig-headedness today is that I may end up having to watch the poxy thing, to have an informed opinion in case I get sucked into this argument again. So feck you redcafe. And not for the first time. Stupid fecking website.
The worst thing about this thread triggering my pig-headedness today is that I may end up having to watch the poxy thing, to have an informed opinion in case I get sucked into this argument again. So feck you redcafe. And not for the first time. Stupid fecking website.