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Barbie

SkepticThinker

SkepticThinker

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Alien826 said:
When I first heard there was a Barbie movie, I wondered how anyone could make Barbie into a movie. I mean, don't little girls dress them up and have tea parties for them with little plastic cups? Not much meat in that. Well, I guess they managed!

I watched a trailer (on this thread) and I must say I had a couple of laughs, first about the Barbies having feet permanently set as in a high heel shoe and then "this is the most exciting day ever, just like yesterday was and tomorrow will be". That made me think of commercials where people get ridiculously excited over trivial things.

Nevertheless, I'm not sure I could stand nearly 2 hours of pinkness and girls squealing (no offense meant ladies).
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My 14 year-old nephew made it through to the end and his biggest pet peeve in life thus far is loud, squealing girls. :D
Watchmen said:
The movie is a tremendous hit because it does have meat. I found it incredibly moving and looked at my wife and daughter with new eyes.
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It does have a ton of meat, a surprising amount of meat, actually. I'm pretty sure it's touched my 12-year-old niece somewhere deep inside her soul because she has seen it twice already and told me "it's better the second time!" I even got a little teared up at a couple of points, like when she's sitting on the bench in the real world with that beautiful woman she meets.
 
SkepticThinker

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
sun rise said:
I remember a Rocky & Bullwinkle episode where Peabody and Sherman went to see Edgar Allen Poe if my memory is accurate. He was much too jolly and not into writing what became famous. What changed that? He received a letter from the IRS that he was going to be audited. What 7 year old would understand the horror such a letter would engender.

So yes, I think it's good for kids to be exposed to more such themes that they can wonder about.
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There's a great reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail and other such things that the kids definitely won't get. Heck, I think I was the only person in the theatre who laughed at that one. LOL I felt kinda old for a minute there. :D
 
Alien826

Alien826

No religious beliefs
SkepticThinker said:
It does have a ton of meat, a surprising amount of meat, actually. I'm pretty sure it's touched my 12-year-old niece somewhere deep inside her soul because she has seen it twice already and told me "it's better the second time!" I even got a little teared up at a couple of points, like when she's sitting on the bench in the real world with that beautiful woman she meets.
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I'm hearing the same thing from family members I respect. I'll probably watch it, when it comes on TV. Or at least watch enough of it to see if I "get" it. Is it basically aimed at teenage girls? Or women in general?
 
SkepticThinker

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
Alien826 said:
I'm hearing the same thing from family members I respect. I'll probably watch it, when it comes on TV. Or at least watch enough of it to see if I "get" it. Is it basically aimed at teenage girls? Or women in general?
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Honestly, while it may seem like it's aimed toward teenaged girls and women (and it probably is), I'd say there is a lot in it for everyone to take something away from it. There are a ton of pop culture references as well, past and present. So that's fun.

I'd say if you've ever played with Barbie dolls there is the added bonus of picking out the specific dolls and clothes you used to have and all that. My sister and I kept pointing and yelling "I had that one!" Stuff like that.

I thought it was a lot of fun and not at all what I was expecting.
 
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