early estimates say this could be a huge hit.... - Barbie (2023) Discussion

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21539) a year ago

I’m going to see it tonight.

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[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

Be sure to post your thoughts afterwards. I’m curious to see what you think.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21539) a year ago

I’m being forced to go. 😀

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[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

Yeah this doesn’t seem like your usual type of movie, but you never know.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

Says you, lol.

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[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

He is secretly wearing all pink and bringing a Barbie with him.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

There’s not point him denying it.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21539) a year ago

I feel ashamed. I already need counseling.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21539) a year ago

I’m in a packed theater with a few other unhappy men. 😀

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21539) a year ago

I must say I was enjoying the beach landing scene until it switched into full musical. Lol

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[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

What did you think of the movie overall?

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21539) a year ago

It seemed like it could have been a lot more fun if it weren’t so overly preachy with feminist lectures throughout. I don’t watch many new movies to begin with, so it was a bit of a shock to me. Let’s just say I won’t watch it again and I wouldn’t want to see anything similar.

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[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

I felt the same way with it being too preachy. I liked the acting and the cinematography and I did laugh a few times early on. I rated it a 6/10. Did the people who forced you to go enjoy it?

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21539) a year ago

My wife, two daughters and friends all said they enjoyed the nostalgia factor of the movie most.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

Currently 337M WW.

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[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

Have you seen it yet?

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

No. I was going to take my daughter, who’s into Barbie, but I now realise that it’s not a kids movie, so now I’m not so sure.

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[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

Yeah there’s a lot of adult themes and some questionable messages in it that might not be suitable for kids.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

An odd direction to take for a classic children’s toy.

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[–] capuchin (3209) a year ago

I suspect Mattel are being very shrewd from a marketing perspective.

I think what they're doing is repositioning Barbie for parents, or people who may be parents at some point in the near-ish future. After all, it's not the little girls asking for Barbie dolls who are asking themselves the questions about whether or not Barbie is 'problematic.'

Get the parents on board with it, reframe Barbie's reputation, and you've future-proofed your doll for a couple of generations.... perhaps.

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[–] letess (1564) a year ago

What are the adult themes, again? What’s questionable? Anyone.

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[–] letess (1564) a year ago

And yet the theater is full of kids. All in pink. With their wonderful dads who are wearing pink t-shirts too for their wonderful daughters.

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[–] Galactus03 (4375) a year ago

You were wrong man.

Can't believe people went to see a Barbie movie instead of Indy and Ethan...... 😏

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

MI-7 is meh so that's why no legs. Indy is terrible except for the first 20 minutes.

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[–] Galactus03 (4375) a year ago

I loved Indy so that means I will love MI even more... 😂

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[–] Thaisticks (3076) a year ago

Gee Jo, I'd be embarrassed to keep my name up with that topic heading

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

So embarrassed, he completely edited everything.

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[–] greentimemusic (1093) a year ago

early estimates say you are completely wrong! Woketard

Barbie‘s historic opening weekend at the box office proves we’re all living in Barbieland.

The film, which opened on Friday, July 21, raked in an estimated $155 million at the domestic box office on opening weekend. That’s far beyond the Margot Robbie-led movie’s projections, which were between $90 million and $110 million. Barbie nearly doubled the opening weekend box office of Oppenheimer.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

Did you notice that he edited his thread.

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[–] greentimemusic (1093) a year ago

Yea, typical. LOL

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[–] NoEasyBuckets (350) a year ago

Good thing IMDB shut down their boards when they did. I can't imagine all of these go-nowhere arguments at that scale.

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[–] blindfolded (1630) a year ago

Really, these "Early estimate" or predictive type posts are stupid as fuck.

It's the same as listening to idiotic sports talking head experts who give their rankings before the first game of the season, and then adjust their rankings in real time depending on every situation, win, loss, injury, and personnel change.

Fucking pointless.

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[–] Ranb (9777) a year ago

With a budget of $145 million and a world-wide gross of $337 million on the opening weekend combined with a 90% Rotten Tomato and an IMDB rating of 7.6, I think it is too late for it to flop already.

I don't plan on seeing this film, but I do enjoy the tears of childish people who are upset that a film they don't like is doing well.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1077904129/?ref_=bo_hm_rd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_(film)

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[–] blindfolded (1630) a year ago

Look, I don't care what side of whatever made-up fence these people lay on. I always get satisfaction when these people look like idiots 🤣

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[–] Interlepos (1808) a year ago

JoWilli, if a gold medal were awarded for completely reversing your original post, you would be the clear and worthy recipient. Congratulations on your remarkable feat of turning things around!

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

Did you notice that he edited his thread.

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[–] Thaisticks (3076) a year ago

Yeah I noticed. Jowilli is one of the biggest putzes on here.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38416) a year ago

It’s a dick move.

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