Maybe Barbie was successful because it felt new and creative and singular and had a voice and didn’t feel like it was just trying to be an existing thing.
Mattel wants to create a ton of ‘BARBIE’ sequels.
“It’s a very rich universe… It’s a very broad and very elastic brand, in terms of opportunities.”
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The man-hating allegations towards Barbie are false. Gerwig clearly makes the point that the Kens in Barbie World, under the matriarchy, are unable to find forge identities for themselves and must rely on women for their self worth and that this is bad.
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Barbenheimer was such a success, absolutely legendary. Both movies ruled, everybody dressed their best and a bunch of people (me included) switched outfits at the AMC. It was like gathering to witness a rare comet pass.
Is it possible that over-saturating 3 months of the year with prestige films is just not the best release strategy? People who like to catch a few awards-type films a year probably don’t have the time to watch all 12 that got dumped in theaters at the same exact time.
TPOD’s author Thomas Savage was raised in the American west and worked on a ranch. He felt misfit, and was for a long time, a closeted gay men.
Sam’s unknowingly affirming the film’s point, that the mythos around the old American west erases gay people.
I think it is possible for men to come away from this movie feeling empowered in their masculinity. People who say the film is man-hating are deliberately misinterpreting the movie so they can cry woke or just don't know how to properly interpret it.
The over-investment in nostalgia by studios will produce short term gains but if Hollywood gives up investing in new voices/ideas movies will have no cultural identity or impact on the next generation of moviegoers. They will have nothing left to be nostalgic for.
Just like with the Kens, what empowers Barbies (seeing themselves as powerful and perfect) causes problems in their world. The film clearly argues that any gender holding a disproportionate amount of power is an issue. It has no double-standard about masculinity or femininity.
This shit discourse happens every year from people who haven't seen all the nominees / missed out on the miracles of watching Past Lives, Zone of Interest, Anatomy etc. Many picks are gems that audiences will enjoy if they give them a shot. Sorry about the Super Mario Movie
Ken’s awakening is realizing that a world can exist where his male identity can prosper. Being affirmed in his masculinity is what sets him free. The film views gender as a tool to understand who you are. Seeing male role models and empowered male figures makes him want better...
for himself. But the film recognizes that worshipping and enforcing those standards can be harmful, because they’re unrealistic to live up to. The Barbies have their own unrealistic standards of beauty that ostracize people in the community like Weird Barbie.
The film recognizes how gender can be empowering for self-discovery, and also how it can hold us back. Barbie says it should be Barbie AND Ken. Then she decides to be human, as the movie pleas for us to recognize the humanity in ourselves that exists apart from our gender.
A straight month of awards chaos is approaching:
Jan 5: Golden Globes
Jan 6: WGA noms
Jan 7: BAFTA / DGA / PGA noms
Jan 12: Critics Choice Awards
Jan 13: OSCAR NOMINATIONS
Jan 18: PGA
Jan 19: SAG
Jan 25: DGA / Annie’s
Feb 1: WGA
Feb 2: BAFTA
Feb 8: Indie Spirits
Feb 9: OSCARS
When it satirizes masculinity it shows men asserting power over the opposite gender (like playing the guitar AT a Barbie, not FOR her). But it doesn’t imply an inherent link between masculinity and power.
One of the best parts of the SAG ceremony is that they weren’t rushing and cutting off everybody’s speeches. Probably as a result of being streamed and not on cable.
The SAG strike means that actors won’t be able to promote or campaign their films for awards so if anyone would like an Oscar nomination next year now’s your chance to speak up
Everyone will say “no one asked for this why is this happening” and then all of you are going to watch anyway purely out of curiosity / to hate watch. Studios figured out that all a remake/reboot needs to make money is to be based on a popular thing and that’s it
#Eternals
is a movie this year. Visuals, sound, and runtime are all here. The whole cast but especially one of them were all in the MCU. Chloe Zhao’s style blended with Marvel to create cinematography. And the post credits had me leaving the theater right after!
Oscar voting has begun and I am now kidnapping members and tying them up in my basement, Clockwork Orange-style forcing them to watch Aftersun and Women Talking. Then I give them an FYC lollipop and a high five and send them on their way.
Everyone’s bitching about the acting in the MS fight scene. It looks ridiculous without context, yes. But the acting is mostly subtle before this, so the sudden loss of control in their voices and actions is terrifying. This isn’t them. They don’t know who they are in this moment
This is a wonderful trailer for one of Sundance’s best films.
I demand a screenplay nom.
I demand a score nom.
I demand consideration for Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, and especially Yuh-Jung Youn’s performances.
Don’t let the Oscars forget it
Netflix funding auteurs with their infinitely deep pockets was one of the coolest things about them. I guess Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will be their final hurrah for putting up too much money for the sake of good cinema. Now I guess we’re just gonna get… ~content~
THR reports that the era of expensive vanity projects at Netflix (like Martin Scorsese’s $175 million THE IRISHMAN), is likely over.
“This tendency to do anything to attract talent and giving them carte blanche is going away.”
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A feature film adaption of ‘THE BACKROOMS’, based on the viral YouTube horror series, is in the works at A24.
Kane Parsons will direct the film over his Summer vacation, with James Wan & Shawn Levy set to exec produce.
There isn’t a single good reason this shouldn’t qualify. I hope the academy appeals. Rotoscoping isn’t some artless tracing method. It’s an interpretation of that footage that makes the audience feel differently about it. One of the most interesting uses of animation this year.
I don’t personally think Amy Schumer would be a bad host but if your ratings are bad and you’re trying to have a broad appeal I do not understand why you’d book her.
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON was mostly how I would expect a Scorsese-directed film about this subject to look like. It’s very good, the runtime flies, but I can’t say it blew me away, exactly. Leo, De Niro, and Gladstone ate.
I think the Oscars are probably gonna do a stunt category eventually but they have to form a branch for them first and probably recruit more stunt coordinators. So it can’t happen as quickly as the casting award did but I’d be surprised if they weren’t making steps.
The
#OscarsFanFavorite
was a dumb and uneventful moment. The ranking was clearly just the product of stans spamming the vote counts. Please never do it again.
This is INSANE considering the number of theaters it’s playing is about the same as last weekend (it’s actually 67 less). To have an indie word-of-mouth hit is a miracle right now.
A24's EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is having a moment. A multiverse of them.
The indie hit dipped just -12% in its 5th weekend, finding $5.4M, and nearly $27M total--soon to be one of the Top 5-grossing A24 films of all-time.
EEAAO might be the first movie since Argo to take PGA, DGA, SAG, and WGA. If it takes all 4 that's just about as guaranteed a path to a Best Picture win as you can get.
Despite campaigning for original screenplay, the ‘BARBIE’ script written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach has now been moved to the adapted screenplay category.
The Hillary Clinton tweet too today this is not a good place right now lol. I love Barbie but I don't see why Gerwig's snub or Margot Robbie's snub is being treated as different than Celine Song / Greta Lee. (It's because people only watched three movies this year)
The Oscars need to
- nominate good, quality shit that they believe in
- honor the work they nominate at the ceremony and make viewers want to check it out
- viewers will hopefully watch the films and think “hey yeah the Oscars do nominate good, quality shit”
Edgar’s wright. The show felt like the producers were saying “no one gives a shit about movies anymore lol they just want a show with stars, music and jokes”. Wish it felt like it was made by people who want to honor the actual work.
Many award shows (the recent BAFTAs too) just feel like they can barely be bothered to talk about the films of the year or the past and treat the honourees as adjacent to a variety show of celebrity links & sketches. If this makes me a hopeless nostalgic, so be it. Rant over. 3/3
THE FRENCH DISPATCH might be Wes Anderson’s most eye-popping, visually stunning film yet. The production design is out of this world. I didn’t get much out of the story or characters at all. But it’s still so amusing and fun to watch.
#Cannes2021
Beau is Afraid is such an exciting movie. Big, creative, unpredictable hilarious, unashamedly abstract. My kind of moviegoing experience. Hell of a ride. That it might lose you in spots is a trade off well worth taking for a movie this adventurous. Will watch again.
People are amazing. Watch the trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s
#TheWhale
, starring Brendan Fraser in the performance of a lifetime alongside Sadie Sink and Hong Chau. In theaters this December.
Shults and The Weeknd wrote the script together. The Weeknd is also composing with Daniel Lopatin and it has the cinematographer of Blonde. Banger incoming.
@LydiaTarReal
Something doesn’t add up here. The woke media cancelcultures her and just months later she’s “suddenly” dead from a fall at the apex of Hollywoke?
Although Spielberg had the idea to make The Fabelmans long before Belfast existed, he still should have known that Kenneth Branagh had a childhood and grew up to make movies. Plagiarism is never ok.
Decision to Leave is a dense, absorbing, beautifully stylized mystery. I’m still unpacking it and think I’ll need a second viewing to fully digest it. Which I look forward to because it’s very good.
#Cannes2022