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‘Barbie’ Becomes Biggest Warner Bros. Movie Ever at Domestic Box Office, Beating ‘The Dark Knight’ (narwhal.city)

submitted 1 year ago by realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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Greta Gerwig's movie based on the world's most iconic fashion doll keeps dancing past one record after another.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-biggest-warner-bros-movie-domestic-box-office-1235567921/

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[–] dimeslime@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It felt odd, marketed as a female movie, It had a female lead, women that talk to other women, but half way through I commented to my partner that this feels like a movie about Ken.

My only take away as a dirty male is I can t wait to see it again for Ken, but when it's streaming.

[–] girl@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’ve seen this opinion from a lot of men, about 80% of the top comments on the Reddit mega thread were about how Ken “made the movie”. I’ve talked to a lot women about this, and every one of them has essentially said “of course they think it’s about the man”. It’s a bit frustrating, honestly, to see this opinion everywhere. I do not see how he could be seen as the focus of the movie. I loved Ken of course, but you missed a big point of the movie if your main takeaway is how great Ken was.

[–] dimeslime@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Badly worded, my main take away to see it again, I do see past Ken. And like you say, if you're witnessing people saying that Ken made the movie then that's the exact problem I'm conveying.

[–] girl@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification. I think the reason so many men think the movie is about Ken is due to them ignoring the feminist themes in the movie, rather than a fault of the movie making Ken too much of a focus. He was absolutely hysterical, but the humor felt superficial—the focus was still on how a matriarcal or patriarchal society is severely flawed.