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  1. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    I appreciate that view, but I don't share it. Any movie or TV show is really a snapshot of our world at the time it's made. In this case, people who watch Barbie for the first time in 10, 20, 30 years will be able to see "wow, that was the world and what was happening." Maybe the viewer in the...
  2. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    I meant to say this over the weekend... People are stupid. Sorry for not sugarcoating it, but it's the truth. Sure, subtlety is nice and all, but if you want people to understand what you're saying in unequivocal terms, you need to shout it in the easiest possible language so everyone can...
  3. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    What would you like to talk about? Personally, and I said this earlier, we both really liked it. Though we came away from it with different messages, very happy we saw that. Those messages (and I said it before): I think they tip toed to a line and then got a little scared of it. The entire...
  4. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    You got me there!
  5. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    Yeah...I can't defend that one by saying Oppenheimer is based on a toy.
  6. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    Yeah, not for kids...agreed. I get the idea the parent had ("based on a toy...how can it be bad for kids?"), but really...the adult needs to have some intelligence about what you bring a child to see/do.
  7. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    We had a real good time with this one yesterday. My husband and I walked away with different messages which led to a fun conversation afterward. I saw it as not quite achieving what it set out to do: make a case for a world where everyone treated the same. My husband saw it making that case...
  8. Jason_V

    Barbie (2023)

    Define hit. Do I think it’s going to make $3 billion worldwide and become the new box office champion of all time? No. Do I think it’s going to be fun and breezy? Yep. It has built in, brand name recognition. It’s going to be a girls night movie…maybe a date night movie…family with little...
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