BARBENHEIMER is More Than a Meme

[@PentexProductions]

Which one ARE you watching first? ---------- Also if you liked this video then you might enjoy this one about useless movie trivia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqeZfXuufLCsd5I Or this one about why IMAX is better than 3D: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5enaXluoL2DhJI Thanks so much for watching!

[@sharlin648]

Openheimer then Barbie.

[@kinneticsand5787]

Yes.

[@krishacz]

whichever one is first in that afternoon/evening

[@krishacz]

and looking at the cinema's timetable, looks like barbie will come first

[@emmanuelmondesir]

@sharlin648 a person of culture I see

[@RachetCat]

Loved this line in Barbenheimer "I have become ~a barbie girl, living in my own world~ the destroyer of worlds"

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Can we get a like from OP on this one please it's really good.

[@xxxx-rn3yu]

Its I am become

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

​@@xxxx-rn3yuAnd also, it's "a Barbie girl in a Barbie world"

[@darrengordon-hill]

MISSED A LAYUP! "I have become the destroyer of Barbie World"

[@mellowcaptions6080]

the fact this is kind of lore accurate makes it 1000 times better

[@PumpkinMozie]

I think this phenomenon goes to show that Hollywood NEEDS more original movies. Audiences are sick of the constant reboots. I think that’s part of the reason why people are so excited for these two movies.

[@onemorechris]

that’s a very good point. there’s no number at the end of either of these films! and the other examples shown were all sequels of really old IP. let’s hope someone in Hollywood is taking note

[@Castragroup]

I thought it was low iq

[@bogus3858]

Yes...

[@RedTail1-1]

That didn’t really work out for Tenet, did it… the reason they keep rebooting and remaking is because it’s what people want. Whenever something original comes along no one cares and no one watches them. So no that’s not the answer.

[@beanoboy62]

​@@RedTail1-1tenet released during the pandemic? So no, it's failure doesn't prove anything.

[@IconofSin666]

This meme is so adorable tbh. I love, love, love when opposite concepts join up like this. Its like Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing.

[@CianaCorto]

Consooooooom!

[@futuredozer1735]

​@CianaCorto how dare people like movies. This is probably the least consoomer thing imaginable.

[@IconofSin666]

@@CianaCorto Wtf does this mean. I just think the fanart is cute.

[@IconofSin666]

@@donbusu Yeah. Because it's the most recognized crossover you fucking vacuum cleaner.

[@kori228]

Doom/ACNH was the first thing I thought of

[@mpan7376]

Barbie and Oppenheimer totally surprised me at how tonally parallel and existential they are. Both really posed ideas about what it means to human-which means to be a creature bound for death-and what happens when a person becomes an idea/figurehead and the legacy they leave behind.

[@MrDuncl]

Who ever expected Barbie to start thinking about death ? (a major turning point in the movie).

[@aarushikishore1417]

Exactly the way you described

[@BigSmella]

Oh whatever! 😂 Love it though

[@hasch5756]

Honestly, before I went to the Barbie film I really struggled to imagine how a historical drama about the Butcher of Lyon could turn out so colourful and whimsical

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

and they both featured men and horses.

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

Summing it up, Barbenheimer made Oppenheimer trendier and Barbie taken more seriously than originally expected.

[@Geym1account]

A great summary i must say

[@livebungusreaction]

I never new it was a meme. I and other nerds were already waiting for Oppenheimer since we first saw the trailer

[@vfa9761]

​@@TheGameMakeGuy be fr

[@arthurjorgebarroscosta9366]

@@livebungusreaction thats the think, nerds as I or you and your group were expecting oppenheimer, but the majority of the world werent, with barbieheimer this changed

[@zedzedzzzzzz3d]

true, the studio behind Oppenheimer didn't even advertised it that much, it was the public that made memes that did it for them.

[@beleakswordsteel]

Barbenheimer really reminds me of when Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing New Horizons releasing the same day. Both communities came together to celebrate their fandoms and the artwork of the Doom Slayer interacting with the bunny from ACNH were such a blessing during the height of COVID

[@quangnguyentrung647]

it's actually thr dog Isabelle

[@starblossom05]

Ironic is that they now officially claim to be best friends by both community as the gamers overall❤

[@sion8]

​@@starblossom05 I don't think that's irony.

[@GunnGuardian]

That's the first thing I thought of too. I loved all the memes that were created from Isabelle and Doom guy's friendship.

[@Heylo-714]

I just commented the same thing before reading this.

[@G-LukeJA]

I think Barbue floating from the top floor to the bottom floor because no child used the stairs is such an insane attention to detail

[@박지현-g8d]

I did.

[@crackle6875]

I knew kids that did…they usually had them slide down though, lol.

[@carsfan1995]

@@crackle6875 I was one of those kids. Though I played with Polly Pockets more than Barbie. I was actually more of a fan of Barbie movies and CD games than I was of the dolls.

[@biancalueras3861]

Yes!! I’m a biochemist but I also love Barbie. “Hi Barbie!” As I placed her in her corvette and the car only came waist high on her body.

[@BrooklynBaby100]

My boyfriend, not me, actually requested us to go see both on the same day! 😂

[@marvelouskev8023]

I took my daughters to see Barbie and Oppenheimer was playing next door to us. I admit, in my opinion Barbie was entertaining. But the sounds of Oppenheimer reverberating through our theater had me very curious to watch it. So in some form or fashion, I definitely experienced the Barbiheimer phenomenon 😂

[@nighty85]

I know that feeling. When The Dark Knight Rises came out, I fell in love with it so much after the first cinema viewing that I went to see it a second time the same week (with a different friend group to hide the fact 🙈). Some week later I'm back in the cinema watching another movie, feeling the bass reverb from the truck / car / motorcycle scene from the movie theater below the one I was in. I was almost longing to see it a third time, but then I'd have to check myself into some mental asylum. Long story short, I know the reverb feeling of another movie 🍿

[@ulty1472]

Also gotta love how friendly both teams are towards each other.

[@800Ms-k6n]

Florence Pugh was in Greta Gerwig's Little Women, of course she's going to support Barbie too because she's friends with Greta

[@quoth7330]

It doesnt make any sense for one crew to slate the other, its just bad optics. Looks much better to encourage people to see both. Better for the films, better for the cinemas and better for the crews. $$$'s

[@Yora21]

People respect creativity and passion. It's uninspired cash grabs that stick to what's safe that everyone is feeling tired of.

[@K3nM3g]

They are about the only 2 "normal" films this year.

[@LycheePunch]

But Nolan did not buy tickets for barbie

[@mindexhibit]

YES. in a way, these are "twin films", but twins who were separated at birth and grew up in completely different worlds, and now they realize they aren't so different after all. well done!

[@Z-MACx]

This logic makes absolutely ZERO sense. These two movies could not be further apart lol. Are people this impressionable these days? One YT video and everyone just jumps on the band wagon. Crazy.

[@Jjjbb-kb6ho]

Like in "Barbie : the princess and the pauper" lol

[@ClementinesmWTF]

@@Jjjbb-kb6hobabe wake up, new Barbenheimer lord just dropped

[@spand9043]

@@Z-MACx comparing it to twins is accurate, similar structure but contrasting personality

[@MarcelaHernandez-vf6de]

🎶 Im just like youuu, youre just like me 🎶 😂😂

[@denizgul6131]

As a particle physicist who is a fan of everything Barbie and pink, but also a movie nerd. My dreams are coming true.

[@PentexProductions]

This is YOUR DAY!

[@Moeller750]

This comment made my day!

[@m3talh3ad18]

Me, on the other hand, who is a fast fashion model but also has my thesis done on special relativity and energy conversion, also is in a unique situation.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563]

​@@m3talh3ad18 July 21st, 2023: the day that exists exclusively for the sake of you and OP.

[@swain-Ix1tv]

​@@m3talh3ad18you guys should like. get a cake

[@psychomoth06]

I’m calling it now: we’re going to see a LOT of Barbie/Oppenheimer-themed couples costumes this Halloween!

[@jamiegreenberg8476]

im single so i honestly might wear the rollerskate leotard outfit over a suit LMAO

[@Nightmarionne-FNaF]

And a lot of fnaf cosplays

[@Starii_64]

Picture this wives in a black suit and husbands rocking the ken get up

[@smithjoshua99]

I love that the actors are supporting each other and promoting each others movies 👏

[@lomax343]

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours...

[@dashamold1985]

​@@lomax343the most perfect line for this situation

[@Clint52279]

They always do that. They never say anything negative about other productions because they never know what the power dynamic is going to be next week. The person they trash today could be the person hiring them tomorrow.

[@BigMac-jr4th]

Lmao nerd

[@echelonrank3927]

these circlejerk feelgood moves are meh squared. because its WEIRD how they never say anything negative. itS FREAKING UNNATURAL🤤🤩👍

[@2law2be]

Oppenheimer for giggles and Barbie for philosophy

[@Walleyedwosaik]

I agree I think the fun little explosions in Oppenheimer will lighten the mood after watching the dark gritty barbie movie

[@mikek9297]

@@Walleyedwosaik You joke, but all tht pink is literally draining me of will to live...

[@andrewlutes2048]

Word.

[@Elven.]

@@mikek9297then you haven't reached the stage were constant tragedy makes you want the barbie movie

[@Saint_Wolf_]

Based. Oppenheimer is just a movie about a dude and his dude bros making some silly bomb, it's just men walking around, talking in close up and maybe eventually an explosion. Barbie is the in depth character exploration, break down and subversion of one of cultures most iconic toys.

[@andeasantos]

as a young woman who religiously played with barbie dolls at a young age and is currently a geeky cinephile, i think i can safely say i am the EXACT target audience of barbenheimer

[@shan_2933]

Hey can i ask if u don't mind, what did u do with the dolls exactly like i always hear people say play with dolls and stuff but what do u actually do with em? I'm sorry I grew up alone at my uncle/aunts house without siblings or anything so don't really get this..

[@faith4858]

@@shan_2933 hope you don't mind me answering, but it's essentially the same thing that many people did with action figures or other toys, using their imagination, it's just that many young girls adored them as they felt so authentically girly. I had a huge bin of Barbies that my mom would buy in bulk at the thrift store, and a playset that I got for my birthday one year, and all day long It would just be me, my Barbies, and my imagination. I would send my Barbies on space missions, and then they were jungle explorers, and then fashion designers and politicians, they were everything I wanted them to be. It was my childhood mind putting my thoughts into reality, and for the younger me that reality was my Barbies :) I would make props out of cardboard and make up storylines that I felt fit the doll and often kept the storyline going over several days, it was the best. I hope that makes sense!

[@dani01949]

I mummified my Barbies 🙃

[@Fleato]

noticing that the barbie outfits come from like classic barbie toy sets and stuff feels kinda cool. I can't really recall anything that a girlygirl might have in movies that has that level of care. mostly male targeted stuff seems to have those easter egg thinks where female targeted stuff kinda seems surface level. idk kind of a nice effort. I also can't recall the last time something so girly has gotten that full hollywood treatment with a big time director like Greta.

[@withthetrans]

Same!!!

[@journeyschaubhut]

Barbieheimer is really the best real life example of the “holy shit two cakes” meme I’ve ever seen

[@SakshiKumari.]

😂

[@barbaralachance5836]

Barbie can be a physicist, but can Oppenheimer be a Barbie? 😂

[@craigstephenson7676]

That’s gonna be the title of a top tier shitpost once clips of the movies come out

[@nomdeguerre7265]

He kinda was.....

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

No but he can "...am become" Barbie

[@mydeadsaint]

can Barbie be an oppenheimer?

[@spunchflopbadpants]

@@mydeadsaint yes

[@ZombiBunni_]

The first trailer was also a callback to the very conception of Barbie! Before her, the only dolls for girls were baby dolls. You played as the mother, but you didn’t get to project yourself onto a cool or inspiring figure… Barbie WAS that revolutionary figure for young girls’ pretend play!

[@DJBSharpMusic]

Indeed. Barbie did for little girls what action figures does for little boys.

[@DecemberSfy]

I actually ended up watching Barbie first and it gave Oppenheimer a special weight that I don't regret. Loved seeing these back to back! It really reminded me of why I loved going to the cinema growing up.

[@Bax365]

Tbh that might have been the better viewing order. Still both good films.

[@DecemberSfy]

@@Bax365 Yea, I think it was the optimal order. You started out laughing and partying. Then finish philosophical. Both excellent films nonetheless! And really engaging conversational experiences.

[@lenusniq_9746]

It's crazy how great it is to actually "see" scenes in Barbie trailer. Like I don't need to adjust brightness settings.

[@PentexProductions]

Refreshing to have colour, contrast and light!

[@kurtdewittphoto]

Seriously. Overly dark movies need to go away.

[@Vileplume87]

@@kurtdewittphotoI know, they’re so quiet nowadays too, it’s like everything needs captions or else I’m just staring at a black screen in complete silence for 2 hours

[@princesscherry5217]

​@@Vileplume87too quiet for so long that you finally give up and turn the volume up (if not in theater) or your ears finally adjust and BANG BOOM EVERYTHI G TOO LOUD IS HAPPENING NOW

[@oerthling]

@@kurtdewittphoto Dark, mumbly, dialogue drowned in soundtrack and those fucking shaky cams all need to go away.

[@Envoy_Intuition]

I'm surprised I'm one of the few going to see Barbie first. Nolan films need time to marinate, you watch the film and then take an hour or two afterwards to digest what just unfolded. I don't want to go into Barbie with the weight of the moral consequences of nuking Japan on my shoulders while watching Gosling "just beach" lol

[@PentexProductions]

Good argument in favour of Barbie first! Might be hard to enjoy the humour while pondering the likelihood of nuclear Armageddon!

[@CodeNameV13]

Barbie requires minimal thinking to understand how droll it is, enjoy.

[@90srapfan37]

That’s why I’m watching them at least an hr apart, and still watching Oppenheimer first.

[@isaac_paech]

That's why I'm seeing Oppenheimer early in the morning (10:20am) and then I have all day to digest it before seeing Barbie at night (8:45pm). Means I finish the day on a high as well.

[@Envoy_Intuition]

@@isaac_paech that's a good point! If you have a long enough break between showings, Oppenheimer first sounds like the move. I'll probably watch mine back to back

[@glidingforward]

The A.V. Club has noted that one of these films has a main character grappling with the concept of death. The other is Oppenheimer.

[@MagisterialVoyager]

I snickered! 😂

[@rtredz]

Barbie was a great piece of satirical social commentary. I genuinely think if you go in with an open mind, you will enjoy the film.

[@Deaglan753]

Imma be honest I was expecting it to have a different story

[@gabeux]

Lotsa people thinking its the usual ~2019 generic ultra-feminist movie and missing the "satire" point. Would be hilarious if this became the next Starship Troopers, and it really seems so.

[@malloryknox6802]

​@@gabeuxthe director is a hardcore feminist, it wasn't satire

[@moshei210]

@@malloryknox6802 So Ken did earn a paycheck of 6 figures with wolverine Beach body, yet mentally and emotionally weak towards Barbie and her mom? whilst being a fruity loops wholesome Simp..

[@malloryknox6802]

@@moshei210 that's bad writing, not satire

[@MoonMaidMokona]

The thing I love about Barbenheimer is that the shared release date is actually a common strategy for covering demographics -- theatres want to always have one new kids movie, one new "boys movie" (action comedies, historical movies abt great men, etc) and one new "girls movie" (romantic comedies, historical romance etc), so that everyone who comes to the theatre will find something "for them" -- that tends to reinforce gender stereotypes. The same could have easily happened with Barbie and Oppenheimer; girls seeing the former and boys seeing the latter, and then battling it out on the internet (where Oppenheimer would, undoubtedly, win. As you say, most of the internet tastemakers are still men). With that first teaser, Gerwig opened up new demographics to Barbie, and in doing so, made people notice that the two movies shared a release date. And then, instead of making this some kind of culture war (as the internet often does), people came together to create Barbenheimer -- this beautiful phenomenon where everyone, regardless of gender and typical preference, is encouraged to watch BOTH the Manliest Manly Movie AND the Girliest Girly one. Now let's just hope the movies are as great as they seem! 👠💣

[@MoonMaidMokona]

(Also please excuse my English, not my first language etc)

[@carsfan1995]

@@MoonMaidMokona You did great!

[@ibrahimtarek7911]

In my opinion the first scenario you stated about the girls watching the girly movie and the guys watching the manly movie seems like a great day. In the end, let’s be real, the guys are only gonna enjoy Oppenheimer and the girls will only like Barbie. You’ll just end up paying for 2 movies you didint even care about

[@Blakoss]

@@ibrahimtarek7911 that'll probably be the case for most people. Barbenheimer is probably the best corporate marketing tactic ever though, you gotta admit, They're getting smarter

[@factcat6847]

​@@ibrahimtarek7911that's a very narrow worldview where girls can't enjoy historical films and guys can't enjoy fun films. I hope you go see Barbie and prove yourself wrong

[@HueyTheDoctor]

This is the right attitude. We need to celebrate that these two movies might be totally different but they're both passion projects with huge pools of talent driving their creativity and the fact their intended audiences are so different means a very diverse range of people have a cinematic event they can be genuinely excited about right now and that's an awesome thing.

[@mummyjohn]

having done the double feature, the parallels are beyond remarkable. the cinematic event of the year I say.

[@ayporos]

Passion projects? You do realize Barbie is a misandrist piece of garbage right? There's no passion there, unless you can call a deep unfounded hatred of men 'passion' somehow.

[@CharveL88]

Okay industry bot

[@zereimu]

@@mummyjohn The cinematic event of the year without a doubt would be Sound of Freedom, don't let this distract you from that.

[@alexia3552]

Hell yeah. I love this comment.

[@justiceformattlabbe8021]

Barbie was part of the boomer culture that sprang up after WWII so the collision of the 2 movies is a perfect tribute to a generation

[@mrsnezbit2219]

Also they are both german names

[@justiceformattlabbe8021]

@@mrsnezbit2219 J Robert Oppenheimer and Ruth Handler also both had Jewish ancestry

[@ES-wn4oq]

​@@justiceformattlabbe8021Saudi Arabia actually banned Barbie in 2003 and called them Jewish Barbie dolls.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

Both are tools of Marxists.

[@ivanmartin1457]

My only wish with the Barbenheimer is that it makes filmmakers and producers realize the importance of practical effects, real production design, real costumes, real makeup and hairstyling. We have already had too many CGI messes lately with Marvel, The Flash or Cats.

[@elevenseven-yq4vu]

💪🧠👍 +1

[@robot_animal]

producers will never realize shit lol

[@StrawberryLegacy]

The respect for the Barbie movie you showed in this video is amazing

[@PentexProductions]

Imagination, life is your creation!

[@beybey384]

lmao that's a given, especially as a video essayist. Pentex should be given their flowers but not for something that's the bare minimum

[@LageYouTube]

​@@beybey384exactly

[@superidol238]

it was basically a barbie ad

[@tophergrallison]

Why? Is it hard to respect Barbie or something?

[@therealmisterj20]

I think it would be cool if movie theaters actually embraced the meme and showed double features for the films. It's also wholesome that the actors from both movies enjoy the meme, too.

[@jacquessiemens9170]

There is going to be a double feature in some german cinemas and I’m going to watch “Barbenheimer” tomorrow 😍

[@therealmisterj20]

@@jacquessiemens9170 nice lol

[@strngmgc]

There are a lot of double feature sessions of Barbenheimer in Brazil, both of them will come out a day early here on Thursday, I myself am going to one that will last all night with an extra surprise movie on Friday, Brazilians love memes in general so a lot of people are going to watch it.

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

I'll only be watching the one that doesn't open with smashing baby dolls like it's the steps of Babylon and saying "WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MOMS ANYMORE!". Ken is the villain for the movie, men are bad, they are pro child mutilation and Dr. barbie wants to indoctrinate young girls all across the nation to believe that men are better women than women. You're welcome, I just saved you 2 hours and $20, plus unimaginable time and resources on future therapy and medical bills. *Support good films, not propaganda films aimed at children.*

[@Tay-ge2gf]

@@strngmgc vc conseguiu o ingresso ;---;?? eu tentei mas falhei hahah

[@Astroponicist]

This may sound nuts but Barbie & Oppenheimer are not so different. Barbie has always been about the idealized life of a post WWII wife & Oppenheimer is about the idealized life of a WWII intellectual hero.

[@aphrodieMonkey]

Great observation, not nuts at all, except for how neat it all is lol

[@citiaii]

It’s true! And they both also speak of their expectations to invent or help their society.

[@DonHavjuan]

The Barbie movie is 98% undisguised misandry. It has almost nothing to do with Barbie.

[@darshan.88]

​@@DonHavjuanI'm literally a man but I loved barbie. You're just sensitive af

[@mikespearwood3914]

Yeah, that sounds nuts!

[@burburkang]

Watched Barbie to understand the problems with society... ... Watched Oppenheimer to understand the solution.

[@probrickgamer]

Take my updoot good sir

[@leomilazzo5433]

Are you a fascist?

[@cryptonvisor9501]

Hold on a sec-

[@kalsa3104]

wait....

[@gwainwright82]

'The Final Solution to the Barbie Question'

[@denismitrovic1860]

We need a Barbenheimer double feature Blu-ray!

[@PentexProductions]

YES!

[@fredbearchannel976]

That will be the greatest movie ever made screw endgame and across the spiderverse those are nothing compare to the god masterpiece that is barbenheimer

[@rkan2]

Has it ever happened before in some shape between two studios / publishers? I guess the publishers could be the same on BD?

[@cheesecakelasagna]

@@rkan2 I guess we're about to witness a historic first!

[@ClementinesmWTF]

We need a Barbenheimer trailer from the two competing studios. I can see it now, with the testing site city being replaced with Barbie’s Dream House

[@mckenziemcquarry9209]

In age where film enthusiasts are often divided it’s nice that we have a pair of movies that have united.

[@marabanara]

Totally agree. To nice to see the cinematic commentary channels I enjoy talking about both these films!

[@TheStoicNinja]

Because it's obvious everyone is going to watch both

[@gig9499]

That kinda rhymed

[@kingdingaling2469]

Omg. They both suck

[@JDJohnston9906753]

I know cgi isn't going anywhere, but my god...if these two films are some kind of an indicator of a return to more tangible/practical filmmaking, then I'm all for it!

[@TheSilverwing999]

Hear hear

[@PeterLGଈ]

Don't forget Tom Cruise; he loves in-camera movies.

[@dukeonwheels]

Hi. You must be new to Christopher Nolan films. As far as I can tell Nolan abhors CGI. He never used it in any of the Batman movies, which is saying something considering all the gadgets and gliding scenes.

[@heatherg1296]

Out of all the male commentary channels I've seen analyze Barbie, your video is absolutely my favorite and seems to best process the point of Barbie and why it's so special to a predominantly female audience. Thank you for considering a point of view different from your own life experiences and accrediting the movie with the touches that are beautiful to girlhood and drives home the social nuance and theme it holds. - one of your female viewers

[@obviouslyPSM]

it is an odd feeling that ive been genuinely excited for both these movies for months

[@PentexProductions]

Same!

[@roseblyth352]

As a girl who goes into work at the nuclear physics department every day wearing colourful dresses and sticking out like a sore thumb….this is the crossover I never knew I needed 😌🙌💃 Edit: To clarify, we’re doing fusion power (potential clean energy source), not bombs 😅 no death barbie aesthetic here

[@Sombriio]

sorry but i cant form this image in my head of you going to work, this must be so cool keep it up

[@Debakun]

Damn you were born for it

[@buddhahoo1]

Wow cool

[@deeplydeeplydope1111]

Love that for you! 🧚🏿‍♀️🧚🏿‍♀️

[@skyhappy]

Why do women care so much about what they wear? They are so insecure and superficial

[@SaraKochanny]

Just got back from Barbenheimer. I saw Oppenheimer first then Barbie, and I really recommend that order, I can't imagine doing it any other way. The first film is about how we could have destroyed the world 80 years ago, but we didn't. I got to walk into Barbie after that to see a fun, clever, beautiful movie produced by a world that didn't blow ourselves up. We survived Oppenheimer and we got to see Barbie. Humanity is great.

[@defj660]

Best comment here by far. You win.

[@PepeValenzuela]

man I had to remind myself that we survived the testing in the desert bc I was absolutely terrified of the atomic bomb thinking in the possibility of destroying the fucking world. Im watching barbie this monday to blow some steam off

[@SaraKochanny]

@@PepeValenzuela yeah just remember that we DID survive it and look at what get to create now :) enjoy barbie!!

[@princessazulaofthefirenati5870]

Well, shit. Looks like I messed it up

[@blakebrockhaus347]

As an experience together, I can see Oppenheimer being the better option to go first. But if you want to enjoy each film on its own merits, I think barbie first is the way to go. To me Oppenheimer very much feels like a movie that takes some time to process afterwards, and I think that watching barbie afterwards would have detracted from my experience of both movies. At least if you watched them back to back like I did.

[@Casey420]

"For i am a barbie girl, destroyer of barbie worlds" - Barbenheimer

[@emmarose6590]

Seeing Oppenheimer for the visual fun, watching Barbie for the deep profound meaning

[@janaehari53]

Severely underrated comment

[@Majin_Koolaid]

​@@janaehari53agreed

[@freakingfreak77]

Just came out from cinema watching Barbie (not watched Oppenheimer yet). Barbie surprised me and this might turn out to be true.

[@Damned_afterall]

MEEEE

[@adarsh4764]

I thought it would be the opposite!

[@WaterBottle4486]

As a male who has never played with anything Barbie related, and has a massive interest in historical subjects, I’m quite excited for both movies.

[@megan7792]

And as a female Barbie looks terrible

[@jwt-nu3ei]

​@@megan7792 if it's an existential comedy it'll be better than it looks.

[@fashionovawigs]

@@megan7792we cant all have taste

[@thesevenkingswelove9554]

​@@megan7792it looks okay.. It's not as corny as everyone is claiming..

[@dkdebest]

You are liar dude you probably sleep with barbie pillow

[@strawberryblondemilk7249]

I hope people are true to their memes and actually go out and support these films and make them both box office hits cause cinema needs it.

[@ttintagel]

I can't afford to go to two movies in one week, but I'm confident they'll both be playing for a while!

[@Justsomerandomguy951]

I already got my tickets for both movies on Sunday! 🔥

[@electriksnake]

The world needs to support “Sound of Freedom” to bring more awareness of how we can all fight to save children

[@MarcelaHernandez-vf6de]

We already copped our tickets! Watching Oppenheimer in the afternoon and Barbie at night! 💕

[@Kaivijs]

Last movie I have seen in a theather was Dune (pandemic+baby) and I am actually considering going to Barbie.

[@tracyvo3]

Barbie is actually so good and that’s from a girl who hated Barbie. That craziest part is that I didn’t even know I hated Barbie Dolls until the movie (I’m actually I just hated what people made Barbie out to be!) Go watch Barbie, it’s so refreshing in such a deep philosophical way for both men and women!

[@noskillreal]

Help me out my friend is saying that movie shows inequality between men and women but I don't think so, is it true?

[@ModeratelyCool]

@@noskillreal Think for yourself and form your own opinion

[@noskillreal]

@@ModeratelyCool Well, I haven't seen it yet. Okay, I wanna know your opinion. Tell me.

[@ModeratelyCool]

@@noskillreal haha well since you asked I'll try not to spoil too much. On the surface the film is a silly movie about a toy going into the real world, but underneath its about the reversal of gender roles. It does show inequality between men and women, but with the men being oppressed by the women and trying to fight for their rights. Essentially, men are put in the place of where women have been for centuries (excluded from positions of power and treated as second class citizens). I think a lot of the controversy started because most of the philosophy is subtle and some people would rather blame the other gender than put themselves in another person's shoes. Go into this movie with an open mind and you will find a surprisingly deep, funny, and dare I say dystopian story. Go into this movie expecting identity politics and you will be too offended to look deeper. TL;DR Watch Barbie with an open mind

[@noskillreal]

@@ModeratelyCool Thanks alot for explanation, have a great life.

[@goodial]

as a 32 year old male, you described the impact of the Barbie teaser really well. And now I'm actually more hyped for Barbie than I am for Oppenheimer. It seems like Barbie is going to be this year's Lego Movie: it would be the easiest cash grab, but the love, talent, care and deep understanding of the source material from the filmmakers show that you can make a great movie out of anything and every bad or even mediocre movie is just a missed opportunity ... well at least that's what I hope it will be. Movie's not out yet and reviews haven't come in, so who knows?

[@PentexProductions]

Exactly the same boat here. I think the comparison to the Lego Movie is fair - people expected a run of the mill cash grab, but it turned out to be a very well made and unique film that had no business being as good as it was. Fingers crossed Barbie does the same (I have every confidence in Greta Gerwig).

[@goodial]

@@PentexProductions in Greta we trust! :D

[@Allison_Hart]

the "i'll beach you off" scene makes it seem like it lol, that was pretty funny

[@allature]

Not to mention they both have Will Ferrel

[@Dilligff]

@@allature When I went with friends to see GogGv3 they played the Barbie trailer (and Oppenheimer, lol) prior to it. I noticed Will Farrel was in it and asked my friend if they thought that might mean they both exist in the same world and that he might actually be the same character.

[@Bloodhoven]

these films have one more thing in common: both movies revolve around a product that launched first in japan.

[@digitalbarrito3555]

You win, I laughed, incredibly hard.

[@billykhoabillykhoa7844]

Oh no you didn’t… 🤣🤣🤣

[@A1readyDead]

Nice joke, but it didn't.

[@Ok-tl1dv]

Good joke but the atomic bomb wasn’t first dropped in japan

[@MrGyngve]

@@Ok-tl1dv On civilians yes, but not if you count testing. EDIT: We call it a "launch" whenever a brand new Boeing aircraft is being flown open to the public regardless of how many test flights it has had, so I guess that's what was meant.

[@natatatm]

I love the idea of the Barbie movie being filled with a bunch of folks dressed in dark serious clothes and Oppenheimer being filled with a bunch of folks dressed in their colorful Barbie fits

[@HonkHonkler]

No.

[@a17waysJackinn]

@@HonkHonkler prepare r/whoooosh incoming

[@The13thRonin]

I love the idea of no.

[@bluecat5669]

bunch of folks

[@HonkHonkler]

@@a17waysJackinn I don't care, this meme is fxcking cringe lol.

[@rachelthornton4442]

SPOILERS FOR BOTH MOVIES: Another thing worth mentioning is that both are movies about legacy. Oppenheimer initially believes that the atomic bomb will be this beautiful revelation of all his theories and a way to save the world. Barbie initially believes that everyone loves Barbie and that they've fixed all the problems in the world. But they both learn they're wrong. Barbie is now perceived as a weapon for systematic patriarchy and a tool for making women feel bad about themselves, and the atomic bomb is...the atomic bomb. What started out as innocent for both Oppenheimer and Barbie has now become an existential nightmare for both of them. They were created to help people, not hurt them. So they try to undo what they've done, which as we know, is impossible. You can't unmake the atomic bomb, you can't get rid of the knowledge to make such a weapon, you can't undo what happened to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. And you can't unmake Barbie, you can't fix the years of systematic oppression, capitalist greed, and psychological damage that this doll has done to young girls' self-esteem. Two scenes I found powerful in both movies was their respective revelation of this. Oppenheimer is confronted with photos of the victims of the Hiroshima bombing. A young girl, who is basically Barbie's target demographic, rips apart everything Barbie has come to represent to her face. And neither of them can take it. Oppenheimer has to look away, Barbie starts tearing up through her forced smile. Barbie even says something that applies to both films; "We failed them." The fact that this whole Barbenheimer thing started out as a way for corporations to dick around filmmakers, but has now become a really nice way of appreciating filmmaking in all of its forms, is amazing to me. The fact that there are two great films that tell similar stories but in radically different ways is amazing to me. What started out as a rivalry has become a celebration of the medium, and that's really cool.

[@N0tsaved]

This is the perfect comment. I'm an existentialist first and that's why both of these appealed to me. Barbie was the existentialist nightmare I knew it to be from the trailers. There was an undertone of tragedy behind the plastic smiles and everything around her. It flat out admits that the goal of Barbie failed to become the dream of liberated and equal girls who would become women that are the equal of their male peers. The worst part is that so many people that sub to this person have already been poisoned to see pink and girly and bark like a dog. Barbie is an admission of the failure of feminism's goal and what is needed to move forward with both men and women as equals.

[@rachelthornton4442]

@@N0tsaved Thanks so much! I loved both films for different reasons (I’m probably discussing Barbie more because I was a Barbie fan growing up.) What I think this movie does so well though is that it addresses the existentialism with honesty, rather than with optimism or cynicism. My favourite moment of the movie was the moment on the bench, because I just think it’s the perfect response to the movie’s nihilism. Barbie is just sitting there, look at everything, looking at humanity, in all of its happiness and sadness and complicated beauty. Then she sees the old woman (played by costume icon Ann Roth.) All this time, she was afraid of death, of growing up, of getting cellulite, of changing into something that isn’t perfect. But Barbie sees the old woman and she thinks she’s beautiful. The old woman is the embodiment of all those things Barbie was afraid of, but those things make her beautiful. And better yet, she knows those things make her beautiful. Because that’s what being a woman is. Hell, that’s what existence is. It’s growth, it’s change, it’s getting cellulite, it’s ugly, it’s having bad days and bad thoughts, becoming weird, being afraid and uncomfortable but it’s also about being happy, becoming beautiful, enjoying your time with other people, loving other people and loving yourself. And the same thing could be said for Barbie. She’s over sixty years old but also in her early twenties. She has every job in the world and no job at all. She’s a sexualised object but has no genitals. She comes in every shape and size, but will forever be blonde and skinny. She’s every woman’s dream and every woman’s nightmare. She’s perfect but as imperfect as they come. Existence is as contradictory as Barbie herself. And that’s beautiful.

[@me-myself-i787]

Also, in both cases, it's debatable whether either character did the harm they think they did. That girl was from a very progressive family who goes to school in a very progressive area with very progressive teachers. Of course she'd be taught about the patriarchy, even if it doesn't exist, as evidenced by Ken failing to find jobs in the Real World. And Oppenheimer opposes the bomb, despite it ending World War 2.

[@akt3037]

Underrated comment

[@LeoneAmici]

As a hardcore Nolan fan that usually doesn't get phased by the hype around movies, I wasn't even planning on going to see Barbie at the cinema. But damn, this time they got me, I'll go to both and I'm kinda excited even as an adult man that never liked barbies. Just gotta love a good movie experience and you never know what you're gonna like until you see it.

[@WythenshawePhil]

fazed*

[@DkGMVjKfGGjj]

Lol you dont even believe that.

[@DkGMVjKfGGjj]

@justaguywhodoesntlikehentai that's true sir. I admit it

[@mikelake1306]

In a similar boat. I hadn't paid Barbie any attention before now, but it looks smart and worth my time.

[@darrenstettner5381]

Pretty sure the Barbie movie will be typical, girl boss, woke, feminist propaganda. Hopefully not but probably.

[@LordThranduil234]

Honestly this makes me really happy - the movie landscape lately has been a little bit bleak so having something fun like this this summer is really refreshing.

[@Mistar_Jonezy]

Yes x-actly, something original instead of another sequel or soft reboot.

[@vanessagaleano2834]

As someone who grew up reading both comics and playing with dolls and make up, thank you so much for making this video/ putting some respect on Barbies movie name as it deserves. It's so refreshing hearing so many men on KZbin not only be excited to watch it but also talk about it!

[@CJ-wh7ik]

U for real rn? Men talk about on the Internet because Ryan Gosling plays there. In real life no one cares. People spend so much time on the internet they think children movie is gonna be watched by adult men ffs

[@kw_2707]

@@CJ-wh7ik cope harder

[@downiethebrownie4753]

@@CJ-wh7ik I'm gonna see it right after Oppenheimer, I might as well. Good movies are being made again so maybe this could literally redeem the theatre and also show the world that Disney is literally the only reason we hate going to the movies vs streaming services.

[@prokopsklenarik5990]

@@CJ-wh7ik i'm watching the barbie first and i'm proud of it. The fact that the film is based on a toy doll doesn't devaluate it's professionality and impact on the male audience.

[@Blackwell0102]

@@CJ-wh7ik dont be insecure, you are KENenough its okay.

[@crunchycrispychip3266]

It's so exciting to see original films doing great. We definitely need more original films in an industry full of sequels and reboots.

[@minglin2814]

Original???

[@LeeshMa]

Im so excited for barbie for many reasons but one of the biggest reasons is to actually be able to SEE something. Movies have been so dark these past years

[@princessthyemis]

true!!!!

[@zoe6723]

and leave the theater feeling good

[@yomama629]

Not just movies, that one episode of GoT gave me cataracts from straining at the screen so hard

[@dylankennedy6020]

And they're original screenplays! What a treat these days.

[@valhatan3907]

Quite visually and thematically. Movie are getting darker in term of lightning somehow

[@rebornvirgin]

barbie was way more serious and cinematic than i thought. they had beautiful shots and imagery that was totally unexpected.

[@manonfroment6733]

I'm not totaly surprised Greta Gerwig is a true a genius.

[@AbeDillon]

The old woman smiling on the bench reminds me of my mother and how much I miss her. Tears for days...

[@krisr4285]

I genuinely think that Oppenheimer might be really overwhelming and if you watch it first, you’re gonna be thinking about it the whole time you’re watching Barbie

[@mikek9297]

Then again if you watch it second, all the positive feel you got from Barbie may be buried under overwhelming sense of doom...

[@chiot888]

I just wouldn’t watch them on the same day idk why everyone wants to 💀 I feel like I need to decompress after Oppenheimer

[@voldemort4289]

@@chiot888just how I like it. Openheimer for dinner, Barbie for desert

[@TheMarslMcFly]

@@chiot888 That's what I'm thinking as well. Oppenheimer has a runtime of 3 hours, after that I definitely wouldn't have the energy left to watch Barbie for another 2 hours, even if it's bright pink, bubbly fun

[@Becausing]

I think you should watch Oppenheimer first since historically it came first. Then zoom forward 14 years for the invention of the Barbie. The everyday fear and imminent danger of living in a post-war era brought about a need for escapism. There was also the baby boom that created demand for toys. Barbie is the escapist antidote for post-nuclear fear.

[@ice-choco-Icecream]

As a girly girl who enjoys seriously crafted films I can't express how excited I am for Barbie, just because it's fun and cute doesn't mean it can't be good and serious. I hope this inspires other directors to take their works and up them instead of just assuming it won't work or that people won't notice if it cuts corners.

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

I'll only be watching the one that doesn't open with smashing baby dolls like it's the steps of Babylon and saying "WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MOMS ANYMORE!". Ken is the villain for the movie, men are bad, they are pro child mutilation and Dr. barbie wants to indoctrinate young girls all across the nation to believe that men are better women than women. You're welcome, I just saved you 2 hours and $20, plus unimaginable time and resources on future therapy and medical bills. *Support good films, not propaganda films aimed at children.*

[@dualfluidreactor]

the barbie movie is just a big giant ad for barbie dolls - it's literally nothing else than a scam and idolatry

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

@@dualfluidreactor It's way worse than that. It's literal marxist 3rd wave ♀ propaganda aimed at children.

[@insantic2197]

@@dualfluidreactor I saw u on the other comment, and now i realize this is just a bait comment

[@gaswe9236]

​@@dualfluidreactori dont think we watched the same movie. Oh wait. You didnt watch the movie. Bc its not out yet for the wide audience.

[@bunmonk1903]

When I first heard they were making a Barbie movie, I scoffed. Then I saw the trailer for it when I went to see the Super Mario movie and I was intruiged. They did a great job appealing to people who normally couldnt care less about Barbie. I hadnt heard of Oppenheimer until the whole Barbieheimer thing, but now I think I will see both in one afternoon. I usually dont even go to the movies

[@Girrrrrrrr]

Seriously. I grew up in the 90's, and don't care about Barbie. But she's been a part of the world I live in for so long that I feel like I've gotta watch it!

[@franze4]

i’m glad the barbie movie was nothing like the super mario bros movie🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 i like the games but that’s the most overrated fucking movie i’ve ever seen

[@beesalittlenerdbird5949]

As a 16 year old girl who loved both Barbies and Batman as a kid and aspires to be a director, your openness and respect for what Greta is trying to do makes me so so happy. I’m so excited for both of these films and am preparing to cry tears of awe in both

[@PentexProductions]

Happy Barbenheimer! Chase those directorial dreams.

[@greyLeicester]

Dude, you are still a kid at 16 😂

[@liquidbraino]

You and ten thousand other uncreative/unoriginal idiots in this comment section alone have started your comment with "As a". Nobody cares that you're a 16 year old girl or a 32 year old male or a theoretical physicist or a fan of Nolan or an underwater basket weaving expert. None of that sh*t adds any authority to your opinions or makes you special.

[@kbucket]

I was a girl who LOVED my Barbie’s and dressing up but then started to feel shame in doing “girly” things. I completely rejected all things feminine and pink since until the last few years of my 20s. Though I’m more comfortable in darker, androgynous clothes I’m opening myself back up to colorful and fun fashion. The thing is, I never stopped liking these things but I think growing up is learning to not care and reverting back to the things that made you happy even as a child. Im so excited for Barbie, it feels like the perfect movie for this time in my life. Also it’s nice to see something that’s simple and just fun!

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

I'll only be watching the one that doesn't open with smashing baby dolls like it's the steps of Babylon and saying "WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MOMS ANYMORE!". Ken is the villain for the movie, men are bad, they are pro child mutilation and Dr. barbie wants to indoctrinate young girls all across the nation to believe that men are better women than women. You're welcome, I just saved you 2 hours and $20, plus unimaginable time and resources on future therapy and medical bills. *Support good films, not propaganda films aimed at children.*

[@shanel4294]

all of this, I used to LOVE dolls growing up but my dad shut that down rq, so I rejected anything girly in his presence to try teach him a lesson (my 10 year old brain) I'm a cargos and T-shit kinda girl now, but I'm getting decked out in all pink for this barbie movie, pink nails, blonde wig the works. I'm so excited

[@Ryan-cb1ei]

Same here, I found myself coming back to things that made me happy when I was younger. Just embracing things without caring, it’s fun

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

I grew up loving the Barbie movies. I used to reserve my feminine side only to take a sharp turn and start wearing a lot more feminine clothing and make up. It's just fun to dress up in pink and bows and ribbons. Although it wasn't Barbie that got me to embrace femininity agian it still is a huge part of it.

[@jpotter2086]

Earlier today I heard a young father, in public, shushing his squealing toddler, accusing them of screaming "like girls". This shit still goes on :-/

[@DavidKennedy0391]

I don't know if you know this, but there was actually a double billing event that's eerily similar to Barbenhiemer that happened in Japan a long time ago. Two anime movies from the same animation studio, Studio Ghibli; ("My Neighbor Totoro" and "Grave of the Fireflies") were both released on April 16, 1988! They were directed by two of the studio's founders, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata respectively. Both of whom are respected filmmakers. "My Neighbor Totoro" is kid's movie about two sisters who move into the countryside and befriend a forest spirit named Totoro. It's a very happy and cheerful movie for all ages while "Grave of the Fireflies" is the exact opposite. It's about two siblings trying to survive in post WW2 Japan after the war left them orphaned and homeless. It's a sad and downright heartbreaking movie with a powerful message about the consequences of war that's not for the most emotional of people. A happy, funny, and cheerful adventure film for all ages and a drama film set in World War II released on the same day made by acclaimed filmmakers. If that's not a strange coincidence, I don't know what is!

[@PentexProductions]

I didn't know about that! Even more strange that they came from the same studio!

[@millyxando]

FYI, 'cause both of them are from the same studio, they decided to make a double-release, where you would watch Grave of the Fireflies first and then My Neighbor Totoro after. But the test audience were devasted after watching the first movie, crying their eyes out because of the orphans in the war, so they weren't paying attention to the happy sisters playing with a fluffy forest spirit. (both movies are incredible, i only recommend an box of tissue for Grave of the Fireflies + a time to digest the story)

[@kennedymungai]

Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata love doing this. In The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness documentary, they show some of the behind the scenes drama involved in such a release. What you stated above actually repeated itself in 2013 when Takahata and his team released The Tale of Princess Kaguya and Miyazaki and his team released Kaze Tachinu, though the movies do not have a contrast that is as dramatic.

[@anthtan]

Grave of the Fireflies is absolutely heart wrenching. 💔😢

[@kennedymungai]

@@anthtan It is also one of the best films I have ever watched. Happy to talk to a fellow fan

[@itspoopsi4094]

Coming to this video after watching Barbie first then Oppenheimer, i can happily report back that there is no perfect order to watching these to cinematic masterpieces, they both are unique and beautiful in their own right but they are both very existential and will leave you needing a moment to recuperate. 10/10 will be watching again

[@lilianafranco8423]

Gonna be totally honest, I didn’t really have much interest in seeing Oppenheimer before until I saw all the memes and it became less of “which one will you be seeing” and more “which one will you be seeing FIRST” - both were so outstanding, but I saw barbie first and it was totally the right choice lol

[@drrigel63]

Same. Honestly I kinda don't care about historical event/person type of movies bc they bore me. But Nolan might have did something exciting, and I want to see both bc of this and the memes :D

[@theminister1154]

Yeah it's best to get your man hating done first thing. I saw this movie with my daughter, and it was absolute disgusting filth. Wouldn't be a proper day in American Cinema if men were completely degregated. I mean what do men ever do of use? You know besides creating every job and being behind 96% of patents and running the infrastructure that keeps your life so cushy that you can actually afford a luxury belief like feminism, a belief that actively makes you stupider. Remind yourself of one thing when you're done with your man-hating. Remind yourself that if every man just disappeared from the planet and women could have no male children, the remaining 4 billion people on earth would be about 200 million in 20 years. Women are simply not capable of running the world as it stands. Obviously there are some capable women that would take over and stabilize the population eventually, but that would be about 3.8 billion Dead first. And then the remaining women would hate the women that actually run the world and provide for them. They'd call it something like internalized patriarchy.

[@basicallymid]

Same here. I'm not going to see Oppenheimer just because I prefer my history in the form of documentaries....but I knew Barbie had my money from that first trailer 😂

[@Abaviolinist]

It was surprisingly opposite. Watched Oppenheimer last night. I now feel like something is missing now that I haven't seen Barbie yet!

[@mummyjohn]

@@basicallymid I feel you on that...but when Nolan gets a 70mm camera out, I'm gonna be there for that production. That ain't something you get at home

[@0x13horizon4]

I adore and appreciated how you drew the parallels between Barbie history/lore/details with that of comic films. There’s a ton of depth in the “doll world” that goes largely unnoticed by a general crowd, especially men

[@stephanierodriguez3160]

As a woman, a fan of Barbie I love the respect you gave to Barbie and the acknowledgement about the femenine being always considered as inferior and how Barbenheimer is helping deffeating the barriers

[@rebeccahicks2392]

yeah, while I'm against forcing people into gender norms, it's sad that for women, being stereotypically masculine is seen as better than stereotypically feminine. (It's seen as better for men too, obviously, but that's less of a surprise.)

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

Imo one of the best things about Barbenheimer is how most people are giving Barbie just as much respect as the big Christopher Nolan historical epic Hopefully all the buzz will convince at least a few teenage film bros to see Barbie "for the meme" and maybe it'll help expand their tastes

[@dr.downvote]

@@rebeccahicks2392put your thought into it, you'll find the reason behind that

[@ademonizedwretchguy003]

​@@SuperNuclearUnicornshe has ladybird wtf r u talking about...

[@_kaleido]

@@dr.downvote the only reason I can think of is that society largely disparaged (and still does to an extent) femininity

[@nekotwt]

I watched Oppenheimer first because my girlfriend, who wants to be a producer and is very inspired by Christopher Nolan, invited me to watch it first because of it's incredible writing, dialogue, sound and visual effects, and general vibe. I grew up with Barbie but felt like watching it second doesn't take anything away from any of the movies as they are both amazingly produced movies.

[@RoflWaffer]

As a straight mid-20s dude, I've actually been more excited for the Barbie half. Huge fan of Nolan of course, but Barbie just seems so full of life and a big breath of fresh air. I love movies that can have fun and are still well crafted with a strong artistic vision.

[@mrcritical6751]

Same, was never into Barbie as a kid, I’m in my early 20’s and straight but the second I saw set images and the trailers I was just eating this thing up, it just looked so creative, fun and interesting

[@dylankennedy6020]

Didn't like bc you're at 69 likes

[@blackmarala]

Yeah its like a delicious cake with rainbow sprinkle. As an adult I miss all those kids cartoons I watched. Barbie brings me back to those times.

[@major_lag2643]

@@mrcritical6751 idk dude Barbie it screams cringe and simps, which, if youre in your early 20's you should know all about, e-girls, onlyfans etc. but it's on a big budget film. good luck sitting in the theatre next to a dude that hasn't showered in months and is a reddit moderator

[@umamenon4923]

As a history nerd who loved playing with Barbies as a kid and also an insane movie lover, safe to say that I'm ecstatic for Barbenheimer.

[@Absolutecinemakinoscorceses]

Is it weird that I wish there was an Oscar category for best marketing

[@PentexProductions]

It would be good to at least have a 'best trailer; category. There's such an art to making a good trailer.

[@wratched]

@@PentexProductions Largely lost these days I'm afraid. What I really miss is the teaser. Complete mini-films that were made before a foot of footage had been shot, often bearing no resemblence to the finished product, but pulling you into their world.

[@playgroundchooser]

I think Ryan Reynolds would have several statues if there was a best marketing category. Deadpool alone would have brought in a couple!

[@jhjhbihih8494]

Barbie is the best marketed film I’ve ever seen

[@entitree.]

idk, i'd only advocate for this if it prioritised marketing that doesn't give away spoilers or important details. Otherwise it would encourage marketing teams to reveal even more about the film

[@miguelramirez6211]

Especially with the strikes happening, Barbenheimer might be the last time we’ll see such dedication to marketing and promoting both ambitious/character driven movies. Makes me wonder if this will be a new age of movies or Hollywood?

[@justanothermortal1373]

The release dates for both these movies could've never been more aligned. This is going to be one of the greatest cinematic summers ever.

[@Salamander676]

More like overrated

[@solarmeds]

@@Salamander676you want a cookie?

[@Danbo22987]

One of them absolutely would’ve moved had the internet not turned it into a marketing meme juggernaut

[@agreeableWitch]

I appreciate what you meant by the brief comparison to the animated Barbie movies, but i do want to say that some of them, quite a few even, are very fun and enjoyable and good for what they intended to be (uplifting and memorable, sometimes educational, for young girls.) For their time, they were very well animated, and most of them included encouragement to engage in wonderful hobbies and careers that are often looked down on for being girly. And EVERYBODY knows that 12 dancing princesses and princess and the pauper are just straight up good movies. Basically, the new movie looks really good and different from those, but don't diss the classics either! :D

[@hanon880]

I totally agree!! It's not just like Disney direct to dvds movies which are 90% bad. Barbie movies have a lot of good thing and positive message. AND They adapted a ballet as a first movie. A BALLET. I don't know much about US but In France, very few people sent to see a ballet. It was like bringing more accessible culture to everyone. Very few movies adapt ballet and it's even fewer for all public movies.

[@gemeosnosgames]

How great to see someone that has the same opinion as me!

[@valhatan3907]

I'm quite the opposite. I like the classics, but the modern ones lately are meh.

[@LilacDaisy2]

This Barbie movie is just another Lego movie, the Matrix and The Truman Show, etc, etc. You know, there's a good and kinda perfect world (Eden) but someone (talking snake) tells the main character (Eve) that they're living a lie - that there's a better world out there, a REAL world, where they can escape the control of the rules-obsessed villain (God). Once you know Hollywood's favourite plot, you'll see it over and over.

[@somerandomchannel382]

Oppenheimer is from someone with talent. the other movie is about a plastic girl . I wonder which is worth a watch ⌚️

[@jaco3394]

I'm a woman but had zero interest in watching Barbie. I'd heard about it for months but was only interested in watching Oppenheimer. Then I saw the Barbenheimer memes and actually watched the Barbie trailer. I'm now planning on seeing both. I think no matter what, the fun people are having with this proves that we still love good movies and are actually craving them. It'll hopefully show movie studios that creating good, original content will excite people into going to the cinema to watch films.

[@Noplayster13]

I read the plot synopsis of the barbie movie. I don’t know how much you’re going like it if you don’t overtly hate men.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

I'm a guy and had zero interest in watching either. Now I will watch both.

[@VarunK-ii8eb]

​@@Noplayster13Is that movie about hating Men.

[@Noplayster13]

@@VarunK-ii8eb According to the plot synopsis; yes, it is. Or more like it’s about how men are so evil that they need to be reduced to being women’s housepets. I wish that was hyperbole.

[@3llzebub]

​@@Noplayster13dude, you're everywhere spreading your 'wokeness' about how this movie is anti-man. Go watch it and decide for yourself instead of blindly following what others tell you. Do you even understand how people benefit from getting you so invested into this fox news narrative?

[@ayametheepic]

I'm so glad Barbinheimer is that that exists like we NEEDED this. As a girl, I think everyone, especially women should see the Barbie movie. But I also think everyone should see Oppenheimer too.

[@Feaynnewedd]

Everyone: you cannot convince an audience of 90+% men to go see Barbie. Pentex Productions: hold my beer

[@HonkHonkler]

He still didn't lol.

[@dbutler9319]

Uh not really.

[@minatonamikaze6400]

Yesterday when I went to see it, it was like 80% girls, 10% dudes going with their gf and 10% CHAD barbie enjoyer

[@boopdoop2251]

Real men do what they want.

[@dbutler9319]

@@boopdoop2251 which is not watch barbie lol

[@patrickmitchell9068]

Tjust that something like this can be turned from a dirty tactic by corporates into a love for cinema by just the fans joking about it and helping both films, is amazing

[@PentexProductions]

Somehow, the corporates still win!

[@GiggleBlizzard]

@@PentexProductions There is no beating the system, resistance is pacified, counter-culture is commercialized and the workers remain poor. Atleast these two films seem genuinely interesting.

[@Cyril29a]

@@GiggleBlizzard The workers remain poor because the workers keep empowering the state to "protect them" when the stat is and always will be run by the powerful. The reason workers are poor is because of lack of competition in the labour space. The reason for lack of competition is two fold, one overly complex regulations for starting and running a business, and two wage laws that set minimum wage standards allowing large companies to create a wage floor for all workers regardless of skill level. Yet socialist morons will always clamber for more regulations no matter how much evidence is provided demonstrating the adverse effects. "Jeff bezos has a rocket so we need more laws!!!!" idiots

[@klowen7778]

Yep... aka, just more crap now cynically re-packaged as 'MetaModern' ("wink-wink...").

[@dinglshingle]

@@PentexProductions they were never losing

[@HotRetroFire]

I had a wonderful afternoon watching this epic double feature. Honestly came a way with more thoughts on Barbie than Oppenheimer, but I think that's because Oppenheimer is very complex in it's performances and depictions of very complicated people that requires more time for me to process. It felt like cinema again because these films had so much soul and artistic production compared to all the shallow super hero movies. It sucks that the actors can't celebrate their work and success because the evil/greedy ass studio execs pushing everyone to strike for better treatment.

[@Noplayster13]

So… Barbie is the villain of her own movie, correct? Like, she starts off as a matriarchal tyrant and then ends the movie establishing a tyrannical matriarchy where she reduces a whole sex to being housepets/sex slaves out of pure spite? Have I got that right?

[@3llzebub]

​@@Noplayster13Barbie and Ken, both dolls without genitals, are now reduced to sex slaves in your mind? All you're doing is demonstrating how little you know about the movie in reality, and how confident you are in your stupidity.

[@elisesanchez3813]

​@Noplayster13 no, she ends up encouraging the men to find/discover themselves independent of Barbie, because of how linked Ken's are to Barbies. It promotes equality but also makes fun of long running patriarchal ideologies by framing them from the opposite perspective

[@Noplayster13]

@@elisesanchez3813 Really? I thought the movie ends with her saying that she won’t allow kens to be equal with Barbies in her world because in a different world, she thinks that women aren’t the equal of men.

[@veemie8148]

@@Noplayster13 did you watch the movie?

[@mmmchestnut4085]

This explains so perfectly why both movies are incredible, and watching both in the same day was an awesome experience

[@der_paddo]

I just spent 6 hours in a cinema watching Oppenheimer and Barbie back to back. It was an amazing experience! Highly recommended!

[@m3gAnac0nda]

So? How was it? How did Nolan handle the anti-communism sentiment? Hope he didn't sugarcoat or justify it!

[@TTFMjock]

@@m3gAnac0nda Wait, anti-communism is bad?

[@chaosofthegalaxy3094]

@@m3gAnac0nda It was very critical of the U.S government at the time, and it’s sympathetic to the characters they harass over it.

[@m3gAnac0nda]

@@chaosofthegalaxy3094👍👍 Thx! I'm relieved, Nolan is considered a conservative so I feared he'd whitewash the 50s red scare paranoia

[@BE-fw1lr]

@@TTFMjock Whether or not you think communism is "bad" or "good", McCarthyism was unequivocally bad. It was a witch hunt that 99.9% of the time just hurt people who weren't even involved with the USSR in any way, and mostly just served to send the country into a downwards spiral of paranoia that it still hasn't recovered from. Even if you think communism is bad, the response from the US government was deplorable.

[@cabcalloway674]

Weirdest double billing in cinema history? Hard to say. While they didn't come out on exactly the same day, I still vividly remember quietly weeping to myself throughout Inside Out trying not to let my bros see only to go into Mad Max: Fury Road immediately afterwards. The change in atmosphere hit me like a brick wall.

[@crakhaed]

Did your experience of both films back-to-back have any effect on how you felt about them after or change how you watched the second one? just curious

[@countbiscuit3274]

Man, Inside Out is such an emotional, good movie, in my opinion one of Disney's absolute best

[@frog6054]

Mad Max fury road is honestly one of the greatest film I've ever watch

[@hamoodtatari]

😂

[@greeneffectltd]

Barbie movie is for stupid people and kids and people that will never achieve anything of value with their lives ... I pity the people that would give their money for yet another Hollywood cash grab. Oppenhimer is the way to go! It is not a movie... it is cinema!

[@xxPenjoxx]

I was surprised to hear my 60 year old father say he's looking forward to Barbie. His words- "it just looks like a fun film, we haven't had a fun film in ages." We're going to see both this weekend, and I was sure he'd only want to see Oppenheimer.

[@zuraida5982]

Your dad sounds like a cool guy.

[@cherri_tsuuuu]

My boyfriend said the same thing. He had the bored look during Barbie but he still enjoyed himself because i was there, which was touching 😢

[@killer5934]

​@@cherri_tsuuuuhe hated the movie where they hate men and talk about patriarchy like the weather, all the f-ing time, you women are really delusioned

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

If he wants fun films, get him to watch Mario. With all the BS that Hollywood has put out over the years, it really is a breath of fres air in this nuclear wasteland of an industry....

[@ronanconley2595]

After seeing both of those movies, only a few short hours apart, I think they both equally critique society in Ways, no movie in recent years has. I I think I speak for almost every viewer of both films when I say, we will equally be racking our brain for the answers that lay within both Barbie and Oppenheimer for years to come.

[@ernestooropeza6150]

Barbenheimer feels like back when you used to go to Blockbuster to rent out a couple of random movies

[@PentexProductions]

Those really were the days.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

_Alexa, play That Funny Feeling by Bo Burnham._

[@schlumbl84]

So true! And there was a high possibility to be surprised how good your picks were. They dont really make original and imaginative movies like that anymore and rely too much on franchises.

[@mikek9297]

Why not Opparbie ?

[@peachbat6156]

As someone who is very girly and is also very interested in history especially WW2 I’m very excited to see both of these movies

[@lucileboyle4063]

Very girly and? You don’t need to separate your interest in history and femininity bbg

[@zixzizia1066]

@@lucileboyle4063fr

[@gwenmcgarry528]

WW2 is a very girly interest so that tracks lol

[@ruiqi22]

@@lucileboyle4063t’s bc barbie is hyper feminine and Oppenheimer is very historical. if the two movies were about horse riding and hunting OP probably would have also specified. And another top comment is about being a particle physicist who also loves pink.

[@Oozaru85]

The movie is gonna destroy those stereotypes. Its a feminist movie after all. Its anti-girly and anti-feminine. Don't let yourself get fooled by all the pink in it.

[@somewhereupthere785]

I was a tomboy, loved sports and doing physical things, but I also loved my Barbies. I had the camper and spa. Working bubblebath. Jesus H. Christ I loved the shoes. The fact that they made her feet unbending for the movies is just phenomenal.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Are you old enough to have the toilet that flushed and the non-Barbie fridge w real ice cubes?

[@Carcosahead]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823or the oven (don’t mind me, 29 yo with 2 sisters 😂)

[@kerriganqueenofblades7128]

This might sound dramatic, but this is the best video essay I've seen in a while. It perfectly depicts the internet meme that is Barbenheimer, which I myself was a little confused about, together with shedding an interesting and really open-minded light on both movies, that they so rightfully deserve!! Haven't seen any of them yet, but now I really want to. Great job 🙏

[@candycottonwithapple]

I think we're all tired and sick of franchises and remakes, and barbenheimer is a breath of fresh air.

[@pgc6290]

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[@edupunknoob]

I truly appreciated the parallel between these movies. As you were describing a movie directed by a critically acclaimed, award swimming director and writer, I thought, yeah, that’s Barbie!

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

I'll only be watching the one that doesn't open with smashing baby dolls like it's the steps of Babylon and saying "WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MOMS ANYMORE!". Ken is the villain for the movie, men are bad, they are pro child mutilation and Dr. barbie wants to indoctrinate young girls all across the nation to believe that men are better women than women. You're welcome, I just saved you 2 hours and $20, plus unimaginable time and resources on future therapy and medical bills. *Support good films, not propaganda films aimed at children.*

[@Anon-i2z]

never thought i would see 2 Extremely different universes act in a harmony together

[@fred6907]

One where you turn off your brain, and the other one where you need to actually pay attention and think.

[@nathangamble125]

@@fred6907 Which one is which?

[@nathangamble125]

I've seen far greater extremes than this. Batman's switch from campy child-friendly nonsense to dark and gritty is arguably a bigger leap, and that's a single franchise. Smash Bros. combines a ton of franchises (a lot more than 2) with vastly different tones. And then there's fan crossovers like Fallout: Equestria which take it to absurd levels.

[@MorganEdgy]

@@fred6907 Yeah, which is wich? 'cuz I never turned off my brain for any.

[@skyfishgaming69]

The same thing happened with Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing back in 2020, and both franchises still love the mix & match memes with the 2 franchises.

[@daxt3rdefluff255]

I'm so glad something like this just randomly happened, this is such a cool event and I love it. I love the buzz and atmosphere of a massive event and everyone going to this big thing and talking about it. Also I love cinema so it's great seeing it get lots of attention. It's great to actually go to a place for some big event and sit in the big room as it happens with others. I've seen Barbie so far and it's amazing, if I get the chance I'll see Oppenheimer too but I'd say it's great as well. I'm in another continent for the last few weeks but still went to see barbie due to the hype and that really nailed down how big this is, I was sitting there watching this movie while everyone I knew was back at home doing the same and even someone I know on the opposite side of the globe too was likely going to see it. Just amazing

[@darianbingaman6332]

As Linda Carter said, "You have to watch Oppenheimer first because Barbie lives in the world Oppenheimer built"

[@LangThoughts]

He was become Barbie Girl, creator of Barbie Worlds.

[@7thlady]

@@LangThoughts Underrated post right there. Hats off to you.

[@sendmorerum8241]

Full of plastic and nuclear waste?

[@darianbingaman6332]

@@sendmorerum8241 I think it’s just in terms of society. Post ww2 involved the invention of concepts like the nuclear family, the ideal woman, and “pink collar” jobs (domestic tasks and child rearing). Eventually women got tired of it, starting movements to free women from that, thus creating an icon of the youth: Barbie™️, the woman who can be anything. Yet, she was never a mother. Of course, that’s probably because of purity culture, so as not to encourage young women to want to become pregnant at a young age; as a result, however, Mattel created a woman who’s value was not in being a mother, but in being herself, with a million jobs and one name, a woman to define every woman.

[@sendmorerum8241]

@@darianbingaman6332 I think these times would have come anyway, no need to drop bombs at two cities with only civilians and zero militia living in it.

[@originaozz]

As a women who used to play with Barbie and a Nolan fan, this opening week might just be the best cinema event of the year! I'm watching Oppenheimer in the biggest IMAX screen on forst day and Barbie with all my high school friends who rarely are into similar filmography as me. Just love that I can embrace both sides.

[@TheLily97232]

Of the decade even !

[@PentexProductions]

I've managed to get a group of mates together for the double feature - with a boozy lunch in between! Enjoy your BARBENHEIMER day!

[@liquidbraino]

You and ten thousand other uncreative/unoriginal idiots in this comment section alone have started your comment with "As a". Nobody cares that you're a woman or a 32 year old male or a theoretical physicist or a fan of Nolan or an underwater basket weaving expert. None of that shit adds any authority to your opinions or makes you special. Why do you f***ing people always have to make everything about yourself?

[@kavid8120]

i’ve never seen any of Greta’s movies but the way she filmed Barbie looks so good and modern and clean! I might watch Barbie idk

[@dylankennedy6020]

Also not familiar with Gerwig but based off what I've seen of Barbie so far, she might find herself on my list of filmmakers

[@nagabe6394]

It's a good movie, a bit like Everything Everywhere All At Once in term of comedy and philosophy

[@nicgur_6981]

@@Slowlaxsexiest and outdated what😂

[@quiropracticoecuador1]

looks like Flintstones movie........and we know how well that did

[@Noplayster13]

I guess the question about whether you’ll enjoy it boils down to this question: How much do you hate men?

[@samf.s.7731]

Naturally, I couldn't resist seeing them both on the same day. I mean, the rush of ideas through my brain about us humans as a species, the ethical dilemma regarding the morality of feeling justified in asking for forgiveness for one's actions when one's intentions are sincere, and just how to process all of that ...was precisely what I was expecting to expeienece when watching Barbie. Okay that was not my best, I'll come up with something better in the next few hours. Promise! While I expected Oppenheimer to be haunting, and a very important movie, so I got precisely what I was hoping for, I was pleasantly surprised by how emotional I got watching Barbie, I really recommend everyone sees it. 😮❤ As for Chris Nolan's movie. That's gonna stay with me for as long as I live because of its subject matter. I feel genuinely like I've just seen something as terrible as an unfortunate car crash (Which is exactly what this movie was going for). Probably one of the best films I've seen in the past 10 years, and the best one I'd seen that's been directed by him. Chilling, haunting, and sorrowful. Again, exactly as its supposed to be.

[@asahihardy962]

you literally convinced me to give Barbie a chance. I will be watching it. Thank you for reminding me to keep my mind open.

[@PentexProductions]

Good on you. Hope you enjoy it!

[@unoriginalusernameb]

Please consider watching the princess and the pauper first. Fan favorite. Not all the Barbie movies are created equal and you probably shouldn’t start with a bad one. There are a lot of tier lists online. I genuinely hope you enjoy whatever you end up watching. Please update if you like whatever you decide to watch lol

[@L16htW4rr10r]

​@@unoriginalusernamebFairytopia and Magical Pegasus is personally my favourite Barbie movies too

[@Kay2Gee]

I was literally saying I am definitely not gonna watch Barbie and he just changed my mind as well.

[@unoriginalusernameb]

@@L16htW4rr10r I really liked the Pegasus one too! I forgot about that! I remember the physical disc my sister and I had came with a 3D version and that was crazy at the time, we had glasses with blue on one side and red on the other. That definitely made me like the movie more lmao The fairytopia one has such hilarious edits on yt I love when her arms reach to her knees at that one part haha or when the blue haired lady is like “those tea cups are for the friends I haven’t met yet” and Barbie’s like “?”

[@threeleggedcat]

I have never been more down to participate in a trend, like typically I am annoyed by and avoid things that "everyone's talking about" but this one is just so fun to me you can tell how much passion and care have been put into both films, and tbh even just a little bit ago I would have never even considered watching Oppenheimer, but now, I feel like I must watch both or what's the point! I have also been so anti new movies in general for so long now, this is making me excited about stuff I haven't been excited about in a decade

[@TheSilverwing999]

Yeah this is just such a fun trend that I'm all for it

[@HHTwice]

Yeah me too totally guys, also I’m very gay as well

[@bryce4395]

@@HHTwice lol what

[@biazacha]

Yep, after so much “Marvel vs DC vs Star Wars vs whatever franchise you can put here” I just want to go back to the cinema to have a good time, be it a colorful adventure or an interesting deep down on a real life figure that had a massive impact.

[@HHTwice]

@@biazacha right? If it doesn’t have gay sex I’m not interested!

[@rowbeans-l1n]

Now that I have actually seen both Oppenheimer and Barbie- One is a cinematic artwork that vividly explorers the existential ramifications our actions have on society and the course of history. The other was about a big bomb or something, I don’t really remember.

[@theminister1154]

A woman who has seen and liked Barbie is a woman with so many red flags that you can navigate an ocean liner around her. And you should. That film was missandrist garbage. It was absolutely foul.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

For real, Barbie was way more philosophical than I expected.

[@aurelius9026]

I actually agree barbie is legitimately a a movie I never would have expected to make me think about life

[@yasminflower5140]

Barbie was deeper than expected

[@MuchCow9000]

Oppenheimer had boobas, barbie can't beat that

[@KridayNarula]

I'm a barbie girl, destroyer of the world Life in plastic, is bombastic

[@fuferito]

What isn't mentioned in this video is how refreshing Australians' (yes, _and_ New Zealand's) contribution to Hollywood has been in the last twenty or so years.

[@PentexProductions]

As a New Zealander, I thank you on behalf of Jane Campion, Peter Jackson, Taika Waititi, Martin Campbell, Anthony Starr, Karl Urban, Jemaine Clement, and Sam Neill. The Aussies can keep Russell Crowe.

[@fuferito]

@@PentexProductions, Obviously. But, Peter Weir, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, and Margot Robbie are alright.

[@CorbCorbin]

⁠​⁠@@PentexProductions Your really going to just leave Brett out? Brett never gets any Concords respect, anymore. 😆

[@JB-fp3fb]

@@CorbCorbin Yeah! Brett won an Oscar!

[@PentexProductions]

Respect for Brett!

[@mistertwister2000]

This feels like a recreation of 2020 when Animal Crossing and DOOM Eternal were coming out at the same time and the fandoms ended up vibing. I absolutely LOVE when two wildly different fanbases/people just get along randomly, this is so much fun

[@Bellehiek]

Yes THIS!!! Completely agree. We come together by both being passionate and excited about something!

[@jamesvivian2855]

Isabelle and Doom guy becoming best friends remains one of my favourite memes

[@jacobusburger]

If you like that you’ll love kero kero bonito x death grips.

[@thesevenkingswelove9554]

Unfortunately there are trolls spreading hate comments on Barbie trailers..

[@dmvmeu7140]

​@thesevenkingswelove9554 yep also hi Army 💜

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Finally a video that deserves to be called "video essay" (even though that title has now fallen out of favor, because so many pretentious movie nerds have used it for their ramblings.) You had a clear point to make and succinctly argued for it. Really, well done. 👏

[@PentexProductions]

Thanks so much - it's what I always try to go for with my videos. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@-Araina-]

My thoughts exactly! This was a genuinely thoughtful and insightful video with real substance. Well done!