liked this a lot, it was definitely a joy to watch, but I think my expectations might have been too high. the performances are incredible, and I LOVED the production design, barbieland looked immaculate, but overall this just felt a tad bit... shallow? maybe I had too much spoiled for me ahead of time, but I just didn't love this the way I thought I would
also, gosling is fantastic as ken but I think there was a little too much ken and the kens for my liking, I would have loved to see some of the other barbies get more screentime/depth
ik people shit on lady bird a lot but idk that movie held more weight for me in terms of its story and script
the stuff I liked most was the humor for sure but also the stuff with america/margot and margot on her own, I wish there was MORE of that!! I wanted more of them together as a trio, sasha's character ends up really being sidelined and America is awesome and has been underrated by critics but again, she needed more!I like I could have done without the ken beach fight/dance montage even though ik that's a high point for a lot of people idk
I think I need to rewatch this too to get a better idea of how i feel overall
in terms of greta's big three i think little women > lady bird > barbie for me at least for now until I revisit all of them
Review by madsVIP 4BlockedParent2023-08-12T19:09:47Z
liked this a lot, it was definitely a joy to watch, but I think my expectations might have been too high. the performances are incredible, and I LOVED the production design, barbieland looked immaculate, but overall this just felt a tad bit... shallow? maybe I had too much spoiled for me ahead of time, but I just didn't love this the way I thought I would
also, gosling is fantastic as ken but I think there was a little too much ken and the kens for my liking, I would have loved to see some of the other barbies get more screentime/depth
ik people shit on lady bird a lot but idk that movie held more weight for me in terms of its story and script
the stuff I liked most was the humor for sure but also the stuff with america/margot and margot on her own, I wish there was MORE of that!! I wanted more of them together as a trio, sasha's character ends up really being sidelined and America is awesome and has been underrated by critics but again, she needed more!I like I could have done without the ken beach fight/dance montage even though ik that's a high point for a lot of people idk
I think I need to rewatch this too to get a better idea of how i feel overall
in terms of greta's big three i think little women > lady bird > barbie for me at least for now until I revisit all of them