❝I can't control you any more than I can control my own daughter. I named you after her, Barbara. And I always hoped for you like I hoped for her. We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they've come.❞
❝Humans have only one ending. Ideas live for ever.❞
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I finally got round to watching Barbie, and though I'd hoped for a film related to the animated Barbie film universe, this was still pretty good. For one, I loved the bright colours and sets of Barbieland, and the outfits Barbie wore were so gorgeous; I spent most of the film trying not to go green with envy. The cast were brilliant too for the most part, especially Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, although there were a couple of oddballs like Will Ferrell and Ariana Greenblatt. As for the plot, there was some good, but also a lot which could've been improved; the message behind the film felt very surface-level and safely in the realm of liberal white feminism, buried underneath slightly flat humour. I will say, though, that the scene with Barbie and Ruth did make me cry quite a bit, as well as the moment with the lady on the bench. Overall, while I don't think I'd rewatch the entire thing, I had a fairly nice time watching Barbie, and I don't think 'I'm Just Ken' is gonna leave my brain for a while.
❝I can't control you any more than I can control my own daughter. I named you after her, Barbara. And I always hoped for you like I hoped for her. We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they've come.❞
❝Humans have only one ending. Ideas live for ever.❞
⊱ ─── . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ᯽ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁. ─── ⊰
I finally got round to watching Barbie, and though I'd hoped for a film related to the animated Barbie film universe, this was still pretty good. For one, I loved the bright colours and sets of Barbieland, and the outfits Barbie wore were so gorgeous; I spent most of the film trying not to go green with envy. The cast were brilliant too for the most part, especially Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, although there were a couple of oddballs like Will Ferrell and Ariana Greenblatt. As for the plot, there was some good, but also a lot which could've been improved; the message behind the film felt very surface-level and safely in the realm of liberal white feminism, buried underneath slightly flat humour. I will say, though, that the scene with Barbie and Ruth did make me cry quite a bit, as well as the moment with the lady on the bench. Overall, while I don't think I'd rewatch the entire thing, I had a fairly nice time watching Barbie, and I don't think 'I'm Just Ken' is gonna leave my brain for a while.
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