We've drowned in comic book superhero sequels for over a decade now. People are tired of watching the exact same movies with different armor paints
Greta Gerwig was an indie darling for a decade before she went on to make two highly praised, award-winning films back-to-back.
Noah Baumbach is known for mumblecore indie dramedies like The Squid and the Whale and recently got an Oscar nomination for Marriage Story. The irony of him working on a Barbie movie is intriguing enough.
Margot Robbie has brilliant charisma on screen and this role seems tailor-made for her.
And if you've seen The Nice Guys, you know how hilarious Ryan Gosling can be.
I'm so there for a double feature.
I hope it's good. (Though I've got a suspicion that a lot of HN users will hate it, and not because of it's girl-coded intellectual property.)
I couldn't care less about Barbie as a brand... don't watch Transformers movies or most superhero movies. This one? Looking forward to it. It's going to be peppered with all sorts of weird and interesting cultural critique and humor.
It’s all about execution, and the Barbie movie has a promising set of creative people involved.
By the same token, would as many people be excited about an Oppenheimer bio if it wasn’t Chris Nolan in the directors chair? Doubtful.
Everyone involved seem to be able to walk that line and have the comedic skill necessary to come across as sincere in absurd situations.
As to the meme. That's just from the hilarity of this and Oppenheimer opening the same weekend. Similar openings happen all the time. Because it's a way for studios to not fight for the same dollar. At first people were laughing at the idea of Barbie crushing Oppenheimer at the box office, but that slowly morphed into the idea of just seeing both.
And since no company is never going to say no to more money, of course they got behind the idea.
Most people I know decide to go to the theater at the last minute. Maybe they got three interns to sign up for the double feature and this counts as a yuge spike.
Color me skeptical.
The national lab system formed to create the bomb quickly pivoted to HPC which drove funding and research to the computing industry for decades - anyone working in the tech industry, which I’d assume describes most people on this site, really should be interested in his story.
> You have to see Oppenheimer first. This is because Barbie lives in the world that Oppenheimer built.
My fiance and 10 of our friends already got tickets to both and can't wait. We're seeing Oppenheimer first, then a quick break for smoking weed, then back in for barbie
Would be interesting to see the data and if showtimes overlap. Or if it’s truly back to back.
I would describe the overlap as “people into films that are with a relatively high likelihood interesting”. Given who is directing and who is involved with both of those films that’s a relatively safe bet.
Fast & Furious in a double feature with Trolls. That’s what I would describe as double feature with little overlap. Both films have probably relatively distinct demographics that like them and the films are unlikely to be in any way interesting.
My local film society got a 35mm print of Oppenheimer, which I have tickets to see opening night. Barbie on the other hand I'm happy seeing on a digital screen closer to home.
https://www.tor.com/2017/06/07/studio-ghibli-shows-their-ran...
Something involving submersibles... Yeah, no, I'm going to go with Barbenheimer.
> Join Barbie on the ultimate underwater adventure as she snorkels through three unexplored marine environments on a hunt for priceless treasures of the deep. Along the way, she’ll visit colorful coral reefs and mysterious sunken cities. As Barbie explores the undersea world, she’ll uncover nine unique mini-games that test her puzzle-solving and memory skills. One game will test Barbie’s navigation skills as she helps Sandy the dolphin through a perplexing maze. Another game offers the brain-twisting task of finding matching items under clam shells. When Barbie beats a challenge, she’ll receive part of a key that, when complete, opens a new undersea landscape to explore.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=barbenheimer+merch&va=v&t=ha&iax=i...
