Actually, if you would go and watch the barbie movie instead of bitching about it you would find a very good Oscar worthy movie which humorously points out several flaws in our current society hiding in plain sight.

And truly, what or who is bigger then oppenheimer in modern history? The man literally changed the world and is more or less the reason behind the longest period of peace in the west and beyond. It turned out that fear, deterrence, is the only thing that keeps war away.

They got that message loud and clear in Iran and Northern Korea. Especially after what happened in Libya and Syria.

Anyway, politic bullshit aside so far 2023 is, I think, a very good year for cinema.

Next to that I've seen this meme repeat itself yearly over the last five years. It's getting tiresome. It's time to think up a new one.

[–] Ddubz@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to derail your point, but I am 100% positive that the meme isn't saying Barbie is a bad movie at all. This meme isn't near as deep as you're giving it credit for.

It's making the observation that Hollywood has eroded its creative foundation to the point that there have only been two movies that anyone is talking about this year. Whereas in years past there would be dozens.

I have certainly noticed that over the last few years I care less and less about yet another Marvel movie or remake of an awesome 80s or 90s movie. It's extremely obvious why masterful productions like Barbie and Oppenheimer stand out above everything else this year. These would have been great movies in the 90s too, but they would have actually been competing against substantially more films that are worth talking about.

[–] Gabtraf@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Studios used to make more films at lower budgets. Now they put all their eggs in fewer baskets. Theatres are struggling with the low volume of new releases.