Barbie

I already knew Barbie was gonna pop off when Tame Impala made a song for the journey to the Real World. If you don't like feminist discourse this film is not going to be for you -- not even a little bit. Barbie managed to be a fun little jaunt through Barbieland, the Real World, and the patriarchy. I really loved everything aesthetically about this movie: the actors, the costuming, the set design, and the music. Like, mentally I can't think of a stereotypical Barbie that isn't Margot Robbie (she's just so f-ing beautiful, it's sickening). Other notable characters were: Allan, Weird Barbie, and Barbie who was bigger. As someone plus sized, I particularly liked the inclusion of a bigger character who was treated exactly like everyone one else and there was nothing to indicate that she was bigger. No clever little asides to let the movie-goer know that they know there's a fat girl here, isn't that precious? Weird Barbie + Allan seemed to both be queer coded characters, but Weird Barbie also seemed to represent the other side of womanhood, the little goblin in all of us that just wants to live without appeasement to the general public. There's so much to applaud this movie for and to me, Greta Gerwig brought us big subjects to discuss without getting too heavy, like for God sakes, it's Barbie. How heavy can you get? Overall 5/5, I love it, I love you, I'm going to kiss my Barbies when I dig them out of the garage.