Why Barbie is WORSE Than You Remember
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
06:08 Part 1: The Plot
19:45 Part 2: The Politics
33:30 Part 3: The Barbie
53:57 Part 4: The Impossible To be a Woman speech
1:09:07 Part 5: The Worldbuilding
1:32:56 CONCLUSION
Maybe I'll add more to the description once my eyes stop stinging from all the....screens ✨
List of movies mentioned/shown:
Barbie (2023)
The Truman Show (1998)
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (2005)
Barbie: Fairytopia (2005) - (Just a shout out to bibble)
The Barbie Diaries (2006) - (the song from the intro is from here btw, Note To Self)
Barbie: Mariposa (2008)
Barbie: A Fairy Secret (2011)
The Lego Movie (2014)
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And additional tags because youtube algorithm hates me:
Barbie by Greta Gerwig
Barbie Movies
Barbie Animated Movies
Bibble ( ;) )
feminism
a video essay
film criticism
hollywood
Margot Robbie
Ryan Gosling
Oscars
Academy Awards
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Katara
Ken
Kenergy
I'm just ken
Billie Eilish
What was i made for
Rollerblading BACK to the SuccessfulLY Mediocre Barbie World 
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I feel physically nauseous from the thought that this might get claimed again but...this essay just needed to get out man, I can not wait around any longer for abstract potential threats. Hope u guys enjoyy
The Super Mario Bros. Movie was *this* close to being the highest-grossing film of last year.
THIS.
FUCKING.
CLOSE.
And then came this movie and people would rather see this sorry excuse of a Barbie movie (STOP HATING THIS VIDEO AND DEFENDING THIS MOVIE, YOU DISNEY SHILLS WHO THINK “WHITE FEMINISM” IS BETTER THAN REAL FEMINISM WHERE REGARDLESS OF THE COLOUR AND GENDER, EVERYONE IS TREATED LIKE EQUALS INSTEAD OF SOLELY WHITE WOMEN!!!!!!!!!) so that they could make fun of TSMBM losing to… THIS!!!!!! (and a few other movies for that matter, even one or a couple animated movies. It lost to at least one of the Frozen movies (TSMBM on its own, for as amazing as its success is, is only this much more successful than Frozen 1, yet opening weekends aside, more people would rather see another Frozen movie and anticipate more Frozen sequels than Illumination’s Mario movie sequels, but what if TSMBM2 is the highest-grossing animated… or general… movie in the late 2020s and Frozen 3 & 4 surprise the world by making less than, say, half a billion on a 2 hundred million dollar or more budget?) and The Lion King, which wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t the 2019 version (and its upcoming prequel that will lose to Sonic 3) because I’m sick and tired of people talking shit about the Disney Renaissance films just to make the remakes look better despite having all the more political (in)correctness, visuals that replace beautiful and lively hand-drawn with CGI that is supposed to look more realistic but also looks faker and less originality, but I just know that making failure after failure after failure, because of the sheer likeliness of Mufasa: The Lion King making under three hundred million dollars at the box office, if the Lion King remake were made in the 2020s, it would also make this little money or less)
Missed you!
Nutsa if you ever need someone to eat you like an ice cream cone, i know the man for the job. It might be Ryam Gosling. But if it isn't, don't be disappointed 😥
@kieranstark7213 also wtf are you talking about dude? The Lion King Remake and Frozen have literally nothing to do with last year's movies. TSMB is dogshit btw. Also it is the second highest grossing animated film of all time. Frozen anf Frozen 2 never came close to TSMB and none of the films you mentioned EVEN CAME OUT IN THE LAST4 YEARS LET ALONE 2023
This video is different than your previous ones. Not sure what specifically changed, but something did. It's still good, but I think I prefered your earlier work.
I believe Legally Blonde is a much more Barbie movie than this one
No fr fr it so is
Even films like Legally Blonde
Soul Surfer(2011)
Suzume(2022)
Puss in boots 2 are way more Barbie than that trash
@@user-sv9we5bx2nagreed 💅 my mind always makes me forget soul surfer. I just remember a lot of Christian mission group stuff. And Carrie underwood lol.
@user-sv9we5bx2n not really barbie as they have completely different aesthetics to barbie a more barbie film from recent would probably be do revenge
The Life-Size (with Lindsay Lohan and Tyra) is a better Barbie movie than the Barbie movie.
In a world of bad movies - mediocrity is seen as "good".
What happens when you stopped watching the MCU lol
And good is seen as equal.
The problem is everyone keep saying "well nothing is perfect" when you want the most minimum standards lol
@@thtswutshesaid if every movie made fails to meet your supposed ''minimum standards'', then it's probably not minimum standards. That is exactly how it works.
@@FrenkieWest32 You say this as if nobody with standards has reasonable ones. Some movies are actually shit, _THAT_ is exactly how it works~
The movie itself was fine, but the fact that people are arguing that it was snuffed from any Oscar aside from set design is kinda telling how low our standards have gotten.
Did you fall asleep during it? IT WAS NOT FINE!! sheesh. I was so angry leaving the theatre. "THIS is what I just spent an obscene amount of money on? AND MY TIME??"
I kept waiting for it to be better at some point, and it never was. The cringe levels were on red since the beginning of the movie and then I got also very angry as it ran it's time. And WTF was the ending about?!?! Calling it mediocre or fine is being very nice.
@@ThatWeirdFinn Good point in the video is that a lot of audience reaction is dependent on expectation. I'm kinda there with op, I went in with very low expectations and came out with little by way of disappointment >w<
But I didn't watch it in theaters, it wasn't playing yet in my theater and I only really see movies with friends
@ ThatWeirdFinn sheesh a little self center much
@@ThatWeirdFinn holy shit, please just respect opinions
I agree. I told one of my friends that I didn't care much for it, and he told me I'd missed the point. I said I understand existential crises (I have them every ten minutes). I understand the often contradictory expectations placed on a woman and how you can't really meet them. I understand that the Barbie world, where the Kens were essentially treated as accessories (like women are, especially to wealthy men, in the real world) was not a "better" version of the real world. I understand the need to find yourself. And with all that content, the movie managed to make me feel absolutely nothing about any of it lol. The execution was very meh. They had a lot to say and didn't say any of it well. But if I say that, I'm a "woman-hater." Correction: I hate everyone equally.
Reminds me of what Mr. Incredible said in the first incredibles movie: "They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity but if somebody's genuinely special-"
This is not about you, Bob - it’s about Greta
also in the first Incredibles movie, his son responds to “Everyone’s special in their own way” with “that’s just another way to say nobody is”, one of my favorite lines
@@L-xd6eu
Especially since it parallels Syndome’s “And when everyone’s super… no one will be.”
like which movie is genuinely special that was not appreciated?
if everyone is special then no one is
This wasn’t a good movie, it was an aesthetically pleasing movie. It grabs your attention but barely keeps it.
It’s Kenough
There could have been so much potential with its aesthetic. It could have been comedic with romance and room for another sequel even. It honestly is a dark movie with some weird agenda behind it. It really let me down for everything it could have been and even the training of the actors where meant to look at movies that where totally different then the whole “message” of this movie… like why did they waste their time…
I only cared about Ken. I loved him so much. I hated how it infantilzied women while also trying to say they are girl bosses. Like wtf??
@@Loch1210it’s kinda Kenough
I made the mistake of watching it back to back with Oppenheimer: I took the BarbenHeimer Challenge
I feel like Pirates of the Caribbean is the gold standard for making a fun and engaging script with basically zero source material. Nobody really had high expectations going in and had those expectations shattered at the theater. What's notable is the development for that script began in the early 90s and was a passion project. You can't just say "we're gonna make a movie about X property, write me a script" and expect gold, and that's exactly what Mattel did. Disney executives had to be convinced by their writers to make the pirates movie.
Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse stands as the best representation of Barbie
That show needs more credit than the movie
The continuation, Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures, is also pretty good stuff. Puts this movie's writing to shame on every level I can think of.
I love that show, I wish there was more honestly
I wish they still continued that show :( one of my fav series ever
This
I don't even know why writers want source material anyway when half the time it's like they don't even check it out lmao.
It’s so they can claim that they came up with certain ideas when it succeeds
It's more so the investors and studios want a recognisable IP rather than something original. The writers would love to create original works, but to get the funding they basically have to do an in name only adaptation of an IP because that's all that gets greenlit. Like the Velma series was originally just a passion project Mindy Kahling wanted to make but it had to get tied to the Scooby Doo brand to get off the ground
Or the 4th season of True Detective. It should not have been a 4th season but a stand alone series about 2 women detectives in Alaska. Like "the frontier" or any Norwegian detective.
Because they need to exploit the name of the brand to attract audience
I don't remember who said it but I read once that this movie is the epitome of "Plastic Feminism". Any societal issues this movie attempts to explore is just superficial and the portrayal of feminist values are glossed over as to not risk damaging the brand.
That was "verilybitchie", saw the same video you did (The Plastic Feminism of Barbie)
And yea the movie more than anything.... _aestheticizes_ feminism if we're bein generous haha. Only bothers to have the most surface level resemblance to actual feminism _or_ how it relates to barbie
@@ExpertContrarian Honestly there was as much unintentional misogyny as there was parodical misandry, but I may be steppin on ur toes given ur username >w
@@ExpertContrarian You really fuckin think I agree with the barbie movie's gender politics? That's fuckin hilarious
@@ExpertContrarian Nope. Couldn't be more wrong lmao
@@ExpertContrarian I'm a feminist who recognizes the movie as a twisted mockery of feminism that conforms to the perceptions of the simple-minded
I was 100% fooled by the marketing, by all the promotionial stunts. On opening day I wore pink, dragged everyone I knew in theaters to watch what I thought was gonna be the new mean girls, the new legally blonde. I was excited for all the quotes, all the costumes, everything. The intro with the gigantic barbie was great and it got me so excited, but thats where the film peaks for me. The first scene at the beach I was in my seat thinking how the dialogue is just off, everything seemed forced, and the "jokes" just weren't funny. Afterwards I came home and my mom asked me "Did you like it" and all I could say was "No" and I sat in my room to process all my disappointment
15 seconds of remembering how good Truman show was invoked in me more emotions than the whole Barbie movie by a mile
!!!
Barbie as a character was underwritten. It was like the movie tried everything in its power to NOT make this a movie about Barbie. They added dozens of extra "Barbies" and a variety of Kens and other side characters to take the focus off of Barbie being the main character. She was supposed to be "Stereotypical Barbie", but this wan't really explained or explored. Why was she "stereotypical"? Where was her backstory? The whole thing was too focused on having a message of some sort and having pretty sets and costumes, while neglecting to actually have a story with some kind of substance or character development.
She was stereotypical Barbie because she wasn’t the President, she wasn’t a scientist, she wasn’t part of the Supreme Court justice, she can’t fly a plane, she doesn’t even have a job, she’s just the Pretty Barbie, hence why she told Ruth Handler she wanted to be apart of the world that makes things and not the thing that’s made. All of this was explained in the movie when Stereotypical Barbie had her breakdown 🙄
I had that problem too
Margot Robbie’s character basically disappears from the movie in like the third quarter and is mostly replaced by America Ferreras character. I know she’s Stereotypical Barbie’s former owner but it’s confusing particularly due to the world building that went into the film(or lack thereof)
This film feels like Greta trying to be a copycat of Rian Johnson: wants to have this preachy story about X social issue, but then simultaneously attempt to evade criticism by having several characters say "shut up and don't think about it".
I mean also like as a feminist.... Greta doesn't understand feminism lol
I feel like she is more concerned with feeling a personal emotional catharsis, primarily for herself but also for the audience, than actually exploring the complexity of the themes that matter to barbie. i want to know why she has to abandon pink and look like a 2013 buzzfeed employee at the end. i felt so offended lol
Or the two of them just really want to do something ambitious but they don’t know what
They seemingly end up making up the movies plot as they are filming the damn thing.
I dont dislike either of them as filmmakers generally but I’m basically describing Barbie and The Last Jedi
It’s obvious as a mushroom cloud they want to do something ambitious but don’t know what, as I mentioned before. They are given the task of a modern installment of a classic franchise and they feel the need to do something unexpected with the main character but not only are they confused but they’re not considering how it effects these characters in the long run.
Why would Luke Skywalker toss the same lightsaber his father wielded, the same object he lost with his right hand seconds before discovering his fathers identity.
Barbie: crossed 1 billon dollar mark
Wb: flirts with bankruptcy
And I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies
Who never conceived of us billion dollar babies(la da da da da…)
When I left the theater I felt so off about this movie. It just... was so unsatisfying but I couldn't put my finger on it. Thank you for putting that feeling into words
The only thing this film had going for it is i wanna put my finger IN it definitely not on it though
My sentiments exactly.
I thought it would be more about Barbie with himbo Ken but it was more about Ken and it bothered me
Same here! I felt like it didn’t impact me as it should’ve and I walked out feeling like…”huh…?” Like, what was the main message again? The takeaway? The story? What happened to Barbie? I REALLY wanted a Legally Blonde-esque movie, just lighthearted with a kind message of embracing femininity and empowerment as well as unity between both genders. But….it just felt very superficial and most of the “feminist dialogues” just made me cringe. When that girl said “fascist..” I cringed inside, this felt more like a twitter argument then a genuine, fun movie of the year about Barbie.
Yeah, the way the film ended was weird, so basically she leaves Barbieland, has a heart to heart with her creator, decides to stay in the real world with the girl and the mom, and the first thing she does is...go to a gynaecologist?
And then BOOM! The end! Barbie Girl remix plays! And images of Barbie and Ken dolls (and Alan) flash across the screen while credits roll.
I was like "What? That's it? That's how the movie ends? Well, that felt rather anti-climatic!"
I guess maybe it's supposed to be anti-climatic, because it's funny, but...i don't know, dudes.
i liked the part where they obsess over there not being any women in charge of Mattel MEANWHILE IN THE REAL WORLD there are 5 women on the board of directors of Mattel (just about half) so their satire doesn't even work and actively lies to gullible feminists.
You missed the part where it is fiction? The fact there is a barbieland might clue you in.
@@FrenkieWest32 wait are you being serious? They literally call it the real world so it’s obviously trying to represent the real world
@@MarcAlcatraz yes, and Jurassic park is a documentary...
Ever present troll in the comments you are I see... Don't be an intentional blockhead. @@FrenkieWest32
@@cutekitty4862 you must be very fragile is everything that you don't like is "troll".
It drives me nuts how worshipped this movie is. And I 100% believe it was thanks to the marketing and memes. People think this movie is a cultural milestone empowering women thanks to the marketing and it's popularity. But it really is badly written, and people just can't see it? It really could've been a good, fun movie. It had potential to be a lot lighthearted and funny. I think it could've been improved a lot if they added 1-2 more songs and pushed the comedy further, because those parts of the movie had sooo much potential. Kens were funny, Barbieland was great, and the dancing was fantastic. The problem was the fact that they decided to make it preachy, instead of trying to make a traditional story with a concrete idea. Instead of embracing the FUN of Barbie.
I honestly think the early 2000's content for girls had it right. They knew back then how to make good shows/movies for girls that were feminist, relatable, wholesome, and just simply fun. Series that come to mind are Totally Spies, Winx, H2O Just Add Water, or WITCH for example. Barbie could've been something like that, but the director clearly did not have that intention. It was ruined by online activism, bad writing, and cynicism.
Yeah I hate the amount of credit this movie gets, kinda feels like endgame again where people think it’s a masterpiece when literally plot was rushed, I hope more people will be critical of this movie bc this film is defo not a masterpiece
@@Femmeaesthetic I really didn't like it when I saw it in theatres, but I watched it the second time with my mom while we were decorating our apartment for Christmas and I liked it a bit more. Perhaps its not a bad background movie, and if you don't fully pay attention to it lol.
People dont think this is a cultural milestone empowering women at all... Most people simply thought it was very amusing. And if others don't think it is bad, it doesn't mean they ''can't see it''. That sounds like a fairly self-centered view.
Totally spies and winx (and maybe the other stuff too) are for young children... This movie clearly is not.
THIS SO MUCH! And when I voiced this, people looked at ME like I was crazy. I know good movies. This was not it.
I will be in my dungeon watching Shawshank Redemption, The Fifth Element, Demolition Man, Tango and Cash and others if anyone needs me....
@@flannuu Well if it's a good background movie then it's not a good movie. I want to engage with the content. If I want to do something else, I'll put some no-brain music on and do the thing. Movies should be seen, felt and heard.
Barbie is such a strange experience. I can't say in good faith that I didn't enjoy it, because I did, it was a wild ride in the theater and a very entertaining investment of both time and money, although not the kind of entertainment I expected with everyone praising the movie. To its credit, it has a very unique aesthetic that helps tremendously with landing jokes, I genuinely laughed more than once during screentime.
That being said, it's the kind of movie I won't see twice, it's a very effective flashbang but once the flash subsides, you get to see what was hidden behind... and the more you think about it, the more it falls apart, Mattel being the most egregious example. It serves no purpose other than making slapstick jokes at the expense of world consistency, that entire section was just awful really.
Upon retrospect I realized that I loved the first half of the movie in Barbieland, the scene with the old lady, I'm just Ken and the soundtrack overall. That's about it. I still belt out "what was I made for" it's a gorgeous song, and the montage it plays over COULD have been really powerful if literally ANYTHING in this movie prior to it lead up to it. But in reality, Barbie's decision to become human comes right out of nowhere. She had maybe one or two nice moments in the real world. If we're being generous. A shame really. I still love Barbie dolls, though.
@@marcellacassab4331 Yeah, what made her want to leave Barbieland? What did she want to stay in the real world for? It made no sense!
Longer than the film itself!
And unlike the film, Nutsa's video is worth watching. 😁
@@charlesws7825This needs more likes!
I wired you a like, bro!!
Longwoman BAD!
when i spread misinformation on the internet
It's actually 9 minutes shorter, but still feature-length and Oscar-worthy (:
Writers reward fake Barbie fans by having Barbie take her creator's surname when she already has a full name in lore- BARBARA MILLICENT ROBERTS. Broke my immersion. Horrid, squalid, insulting.
The way they ignored the lore really irked me. Not only did they ignore her name, but all her friends and family over the years: Stacy, Kelly/Chelsea, her parents, Teresa, Christie, Raquelle, Kira, Becky etc.
The movie should have been a love letter to Barbie as a pop culture icon, and they just didn't do that
@@PlaystationSimmer they especially did my girl Midge dirty ... and her man Allan.
i'm not even that big of a barbie fan and even i know this. it's such an easy thing to get right but they refused to do so
I screamed!
@@PlaystationSimmer Bro...Raquelle's absence hurt me deeply.
This video articulated every fibre of hatred I had for this movie perfectly. ESPECIALLY THE "OUR LIVES ARE SO DIFFICULT SPEECH"
I would just like to say as a male (who is not overly attached to Barbie as a brand) Barbie and the Nutcracker is GOATed and I won’t accept any slander of it.
Ur absolutely right
Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Rapunzel, Magic of Pegasus and 12 Dancing Princesses are my favs 🩷
those early 2000s barbie movies are a thousand times better than this live-action one lmao. also, the nutcracker one is my favorite too
The fact that this is nominated for best original screenplay, let alone best picture is a fuckin travesty. Thank God Oppenheimer seems to be completely sweeping the award shows.
I wouldn't say thank god. Oppenheimer is just by comparison the best. I wouldn't serve it oscars on a silver platter either. But I guess my opinion is just double the unpopular
@@gabrielaaraujo4124 Yeah, but it's practically the one good movie being nominated. If you're familiar with the recent Oscars, good movies don't tend to win the awards they deserve.
Oppenheimer>Barbie
@@Segadrome Anatomy of a fall was pretty good.
@@zero-pl3tt Sure, if you can call a very stale, horribly paced slog a Best Picture. Sidney Lumet and Otto Preminger could have directed that in their fucking sleep.
2:41 This happens with games, and I find the time is about 4-6 months. It’s enough time beyond the “hype bubble” that people can levy critiques without backlash. Because it’s not just “hope” for a good product on its own that the hype bubble brings. It’s that it becomes a “water cooler moment” filled with “positivity” for people that have nothing else to talk about. So they get way too attached to these types of media to talk with people. They have nothing going on with themselves.
Spoodus-man Dos
@@tomjames9681 A ton of AAA games to be honest. Although (without spoilers) what are the normies saying about Spider-Man 2 now?
@@mrshmuga9from what I can tell, SM2 is to SM1 what OW2 is to OW1. Nothing too innovative, all the movesets feel samey, so a continuation of the first. So if you liked the first, you'd like a continuation of it, but a lot of people wanted new and innovative stuff, considering it's a flagship first party title exclusively on the PS5 and not available for the PS4, people wanted innovation that comes with ditching the last generation console.
@@wilhua3083 Okay so they’re bothered for typical reasons, barebones sequel. I didn’t care for Miles’ powers but it seems like that was a poor choice to have a side game when it would’ve made the sequel stand out better.
that speech given by the mother at the end pissed me off. like putting aside my thoughts on the contents of the speech, if you're going to have a character give a speech like that.... it is basic storytelling logic to have shown them experiencing/dealing with these issues beforehand. otherwise it comes across like they're extremely privileged and complaining about problems they don't have. it would have 100% made more sense for barbie (the only one we see actually experience sexism in the story) to have made that speech right before she decides she definitely doesn't want to go and be a human. adios. humanity sucks.
that speech was awful. i've seen it be praised as groundbreaking so many times but america literally says pretty much the same thing word for word in a throw-away scene in her show superstore eight years prior. it just felt cheap and recycled.
@@promisemochi the speech really didn’t work for me (especially bc even tho im a woman i couldnt actually relate to it-i know a lot of women will, but not me). it’s definitely not groundbreaking to say any of the things she said. thats a message that has been said by a billion different people in a billion different stories and all of those were better written than this one. like you said, it’s recycled. and a feminist speech does not make for a good film or good characters. those are infinitely more important to me than any political message
@@shhimreading906I think the reason why women relate to the speech is bc it validates there feelings about some struggle they go through even though it wouldn’t really be a big deal since people have shitty lives in general, feminists love to push this idea of “invisible women” when male disposability existed for many years where a woman’s life has more value, men struggle being bread winners providing for there family etc but hey it’s a chick flick movie with cringe monologue
@@Femmeaesthetic i do understand why people relate to it. it lists a lot of things a lot of women go through (not me personally, but ik plenty of women who have). it’s a speech that’s supposed to invoke a superficial feeling of relation without doing the narrative or character work to back itself up or make any genuinely insightful social commentary. it doesn’t seek to do anything but appeal to people who already agree with that point of view. the entire film feels like it has such a surface-level understanding of gender inequality. the whole film it felt like i was being lectured with the same points over and over again in the least subtle way possible “all men bad, do assault, oppress. women best in world.”
which is just a lie because there are positives and negatives that come with being either gender.
@shhimreading906 Why can't you ait that you probably can't relate to that speech because your behind is privilege.
The thing about her not feeling like Barbie anymore and wanting to live in the human world is handled so poorly. Especially considering the point was that her issues start because of the mother's feelings. Instead of romanticising the real world and have her wish to be there for no reason when she knows nothing about it and they didn't even explore it, they could've made a point of her not being able to stay as just Barbie now that she's seen the real world. Maybe she would need to find someone else to play with her but even if she tries to stay and enjoy her ideal doll world she's conscious now, she knows how things are not as perfect in the real world and more importantly she's learned the own damage her doll has made too (taking the point about the physical image you mentioned which was such a wasted opportunity). She could've used THAT as her motivation. Yes, she doesn't KNOW anything about the real world but she wants to, because she would rather come back to Barbieland to make it better but that's why first she needs to go and experience the real world and learn about it.
"I've been looking forward to this."
- Count Dooku Baggins
My video length has doubled since the last time we've watched
It's also important to note that the Barbie movie push the narrative that Barbie was the first ever fashion doll to exist which is bullcrap. Madam Alexander has existed since the 1920's and her company made the first America fashion doll, Cissy, 5 years before Barbie debuted.
Well. It’s a mattel ad at the end of the day so is that really surprising
@@lpsloveandgame6046 Not at all, I just think it's ironic for a "feminist" brand/movie to ignore history and other women's accomplishments.
where did the movie push that narattive? Sounds like you just made that up.
@@FrenkieWest32Opening line talked about how they were only baby dolls and girls could only be mothers. Which yes could be a joke, but the company itself says this too, saying that girls only had no dolls they could dress up in fashionable clothes only paper dolls or baby dolls. There's a really good vidoe M.J. Tanner that talks about the matter and shares a few more companies, founded by women, who made fashion dolls.
@@norabeth1951 yes, in a story where barbieland is an alternate dimension with barbies that are linked spiritually to humans playing with barbie dolls... It's fiction, not a documentary on the history of dolls.
Thanks for coming back, Nutsa.
I will never get over your editing style the level of work that probably goes into it I can’t i even to think about it paired with your commentary is just everything
Mom wake up! Nutsa just dropped a video
Yes, dear.
Nut
"Barbie had such rich storytelling potential. But NO... MEN." 🤣🤣
Nutsa and Critical Drinker are the only film critics I watch. I think I've disagreed with them on a film maybe one time. This channel deserves 100x the attention.
I recommend JesterBell too
DUDE SAME
I love their takes and they are usually completely spot on with all their analysis
this is the comment that convinced me to unsubscribe to nutsa lol
Critical drinker? Really? The right wing chud? You need to reflect.
Not the critical drinker
My ex friends said I was acting like i was better than them and that I was a snob because I didn't like barbie and prefered oppenheimer. They proceeded to call me a misogynist 🤡
There was a trend on, I think, Instagram where people judged ones romantic interest based on whether they like the Barbie movie
To be honest I was disappointed with both movies, Oppenheimer particularly. It just lacked an encompassing theme/focus but it kept setting so many different ones up and then abandoning them
Your part on how people collectively turn on initially well liked movies over time is similar to how we all look back at objectively bad fashions we wore, but don't know why.
This video essay is good. I haven't watched the whole Barbie or any Lego movie, but just seeing a comparison of how each franchise is handled from a world building perspective makes me sad. Barbie could of been so much more meaningful to Barbie fans.
Did you watch it?
@@fralanasko2900 watch what? The you tube video, Barbie, or Lego movie? Did you read my whole comment?
Is the babrie movie made for ''barbie fans''? Aren't barbie fans 4 years old?
@@FrenkieWest32 dont be that guy
@@foul-fortune-feline and what guy would that be?
Greta to her daughter: hey darling, here is a speech I’ve prepared so you understand how the world works for you as a female.
Daughter Greta: but mummy, you are a very successful director and story writer, who forced daddy to work on a project he didn’t want to
Feminist Mommy issues 😅
She actually has two sons, but this conversation would probably stay the same (lol).
Oh, could you imagine the convo to sons. That’d be awful. “Darling boy, you are a product of the patriarchy, your defining characteristics are dominate and oppress, …….. “ “but mummy, why does daddy seem to brow beaten?” 😂 @@lmahu6627
"And didn't you steal Daddy away from Jennifer Jason Leigh?"
@@NJGuy1973they aren’t ready for that conversation 🫢
I enjoyed Barbie but it wasn't the "best movie ever made" like people kept saying it was. The real spectacle of the movie was the marketing for it and like honestly cultural reset, pink was everywhere, never seen so many people so excited to dress up for a movie in all pink!! And the premier outfits that Margot wore were amazing, the all girls Mariachi band in pink for the Mexico premier made me tear up, it was real sweet. But the movie itself was just a movie. Not the worst movie ever but no where near the best. It also felt like a slap in the face to all the women who went all out in pink ready to see Barbie show that being cute a feminine doesn't make you any less intelligent, only for her to become a sad beige Barbie at the end.
If you wanna watch a better version of the Barbie movie, just watch Enchanted and Legally Blonde back to back.
God, Enchanted was bloody excellent. What aspects about Enchanted do you think are better than the Barbie Movie?/genq
@txwtw I think it is a better portrayal of the fish out of water story where Giselle really gets to explore the real world and fall in love with it, the good, the bad. She learns new emotions that she never had before and concepts she hasn't heard of and we actually really understand why she wants to change worlds.
Barbie was fun but the real world seems to be told to her rather than experienced by her. She gets told how women feel and how men act. She's only in the real world for a little while before she has to go back to Barbieland to reset everything and in that short time it's hard to imagine she was given a genuine valid reason to want to go back.
Giselle truly falls in love with the new world while Barbie seems to want to leave just because she can
I am sooo looking forward to this. No one does controlled demolition like Nutsa.
Wouldn't mind controlled demolishing Nutsa's best picture ammirite
i know you're a bit late to the party as far as talking about barbie, but i'm once again blown away by how much effort was put into the editing. i love your editing style. please take your time and i'll be excited whenever you're next project is ready to release!
RUclips snubbed this video harder than the oscars!
Seriously you deserve way more views here
What the film proposes as an answer to modern male/female relations is that the two sexes should just be atomized from each other, and that's no surprise when he whole film is a visualization of the feminist argument against the Genesis story.
Many hate the fact that Eve was made out of Adam's side (not his rib), as if that meant she was lesser than him because her creation was dependent on his', but that's not the point. The reason Eve is made out of Adam's side is to show how we as human beings are relational creatures by nature--both of us (but women especially). We are both interdependent of each other. You can literally not explain one sex without the other. That's the point. But in a society that values autonomy and hyper-individuality above anything else, interdependence seems like a threat.
Hence, there's no Barbie and Ken working together to solve their world's problems. There's no Barbie and Ken, period. The film could only propose "it's Barbie and it's Ken." Its answer is that men and women have to learn to separate themselves from one another to reach self-actualization, which is such a bummer. It could have actually been so much more.
this idea of "you have to find yourself" pretty much came from feminists, it's very obvious they hate Adam and Eve working togather since these radicals intention is to segregate the opposite sex, ken didn't need to "find himself" the only thing he wanted was a basic level of respect from Barbie, the same people who say "ken is just an accessory" are the same people who say "Ken needs to find himself to get out of Barbie's shadows" people defending this movie just gets worse and worse. Ken is meant to be a supporting character for barbie & barbie has that appreciation from him which this movie destroys the healthy relationship between these two characters. *not to mention ken dolls did have occupation*
Why would women be more relational than men if we are supposed to relate with each other?
Well, yes. Both men and women relate to each other. It is impossible to look at the male body or the female body and try to understand it by itself. It is only in relation to the other that it becomes clear. And that says something really beautiful about humanity as a whole: there is no "default" human body. There is no default human. Instead, there are two kinds who are made for relationship by nature. No human can withstand social isolation for long periods of time. It is just the case that women are especially relational. We can see an example of this clearly in a woman's reproductive system. Unlike a man who (biologically) has a very minimal and detached role in procreation (He only offers his sperm. The rest of the process takes place entirely within the woman), the woman is involved in the creation and her relationship with the child intimately at every step. Many women who have given birth describe feelings of this relationship being so deep that they cannot visualize themselves apart from their child. They feel like their lives are intrinsically connected to them, even after gestation.
Honestly I feel like Margot Robbie never really wanted to be the focus of this movie, especially with her move towards production. It felt like most people did it for the paycheck and nothing more, but Ryan had a certain passion about his role that made him stand out.
Imma be honest, I totally forgot for a sec who that was uploading, but was delighted when I realised! Great video and top notch editing!
Am I really going to spend 1 hour and 45 minutes watching a new Nutsa video about Barbie at 1:00 AM?
OF COURSE I AM!
THANK YOU NUTSA for fuck sakes, I’ve been saying ever since this movie came out that the speech was lazy and over played simple.
Barbie discovering for herself what woman have to go through rather than somebody informing her would have been a way more satisfying payoff.
Yeah, the classic film technique of 'show don't tell'!
I’ve heard people interpret the speech being simple as a way for the barbie to understand as the barbie don’t know about feminism
@@txwtw yes I get that. Still though Barbie identifying that problem before she even knew it was a problem would’ve made ppl feel seen.
What a nutsa video wow what a great way to spend the weekend
It's kind of funny that the best part of a feminist propaganda cash-grab movie....is the male lead actor
Feminist? Lmao. Maybe liberal feminism at best. Intersectionality could never.
"feminist propaganda" 💀💀
feminist propaganda is wild
It's kinda funny that you understand feminism even worse than Greta Gerwig
What exactly about the movie is propaganda?
I don't know how empowering a story about Barbie's creator would be since, yes, she was the first woman on Mattel's board but she was also fired and was guilty of conspiracy and mail fraud to manipulate Mattel's stock price.
Someone would find a way to see that as a 'girl boss' moment
@@SLIKZRKKshe Gatekeeping and girbossing and gaslighting
Well nobody is perfect, it's a story that should still be told
@@SLIKZRKK I mean, men had the Wolf of Wall Street and Leo gave them many girl boss moments, us girlies would like to stan an iconic criminal as well.
ITS HERE. ITS FINALLY HERE!!!
found out about you through EFAP, as one of the best guests, and now I get exited whenever you upload. Great work. The editing, script, jokes make these videos so enjoyable and well made. Thank you Nutsa for the great content
Ken understands the intrincacies of "freedom" and grows as a person, the Barbie World under "masculine rule" prospers before the Kens are psychologically manipulated into fighting each other by entitled women (Barbies) and the status quo is restored and finally Barbie and Ken recognize they need each other to actually thrive (nuclear family).
I said it before and I'll say it again: Barbie may be the most hilarious (unintentional) parody I've ever seen.
Interpreting them as prospering under Ken is a stretch, in my opinion. It was just the other extreme. Following another status quo without actually knowing why or if it is actually what they want.
Right for all but the last point. Hollywood could never. Ken and Barbie don't realize that they need each other, but that they can only thrive atomized from each other. In other words, "It's Barbie and it's Ken." She point blank tells him he needs to be Ken without her.
This reeks of bad faith man you didn’t even try
I bet that comment would do really well on an incel forum
@@sina3602 Who's takin bets that it's ripped from one?
I hate telling people that I didn't really like this movie that much. Happy that from now on I can just link them to this video.
Hoping that RUclips will leave you alone with no claims 🙌
we back
Does anyone else think it's weird that the Barbie movie doesn't even have Kelly, Stacy, or Skipper (not grow-up Skipper) in it? There is so much Barbie lore they could have added, like the Happy Family line having the first elderly Barbie couple, the grandparents! That could have gone with their aging gracefully message. It feels like they just looked at Wikipedia while writing the script and that's it. I also don't like how everyone is just "Barbie and Ken" when the toy-line has a whole cast of characters.
Edit: I just finished the video and you brought up the Wikipedia script writing too. Glad others picked up on that. 😅 How can they say Barbie has no story when she has a webseries, movies, books, and video games about her!
I’m gonna watch this bit by bit during my breaks at work today.
Barbie getting Nutsa’d.
If i ever hear her voice within 2 miles of me, she's gettin nutsa'd
9:05 Barbie comes to understand that there's more to the world than Barbie Land and that not everything is as it seems. She runs away because she doesn't want to be in ignorant bliss and can clearly see that the real world is not as she was told it was. That's why she runs away, she doesn't want to just go back to the way things were, she's been exposed to the real world, and it has piqued her interest. It's not about her changing her motivation entirely, she still wants to live in Barbie Land however there's a part of her that's telling her that she can't just ignore all the lies that were told to her.
It's not bad writing when a character is exposed to a world that is entirely different to what they were told it was like and wants to explore it.
If another Barbie movie gets to be made, maybe I volunteer to be part of the team! Love Barbie so much, my entire childhood!
Same I’d volunteer too to be part of making it. I’d want it to be recorded with old 2000s or 90s video film equipment to give it that girly 90s/2000s movie feel yk? Lol
@@txwtw I could see that. I would really like something princess themed or ballet themed since those are kind of iconic for Barbie movies.
@@cadencek3576 do you have any ideas on what the story for it could be?/genq
@@txwtw well if I had it my way I was thinking of kind of showcasing Barbie as an actual person with like a childhood and life with her younger sisters, Skipper (which could be a nickname), Stacie and Chelsea (also another sister or relative with the name Kelly which was the old name for Chelsea dolls), you could show her parents and her friends. That’s kind of what I was thinking. Ken could be a childhood friend and the two would crush on each other until they confessed.
I would like a princess idea but definitely.
I was obssed with this movie for 2 weeks after seeing it because I shared almost ALL of your thoughts on it, AND NO ONE ELSE WAS BRINGING THEM UP. EVERYONE WAS ACTUALLY PRAISING THE MOVIE.
I have no connection to the Barbie brand, but the way people and reviews were talking about made me excited for a funny SMART movie like the Lego Movie as well.
It was excrutiating to feel so strongly about the movie everyone was loving, but I was sure that with time people would re-examine it and see all I have seen.
I remembered your channel and was incredibly excited to hear your take on it, and you delivered.
It feels so satisfying to be validated like this lol. And also seeing someone who doesnt start assuming I am a misoginist because I hated the movie.
Omg you're back !
I saw barbie with a roommate in theaters and it was fine, but my mind went to the good place as it felt it tackled a lot of the themes barbie wanted to a lot better.
Instead of the title of this film called “Barbie”, should’ve been called kenough
This whole video was great! I’m so glad you didn’t give us a long history lesson on what Barbie is, her influence, etc and just jumped into your problems with the movies.
Despite the lengths you had to edit the video so you didn’t get struck by the (unfair) copyright stuff, it was hilarious, had me laughing! Thank you for this gem of pink covered shit of a movie! Hopefully, you can cover some other movies or media in the future that being you more joy than pain. Cheers to you!
Took me a while to get through the entire essay but it was good, and I honestly don't know what could've been cut to make it shorter. Hoping it doesn't get claimed. Congrats on the work!
To me the most insane part is how Gosling got nominated for best supporting actor while Robbie got nominated for nothing. If that doesn't say anything, I don't know what will.
America did get nominated though
Gosling carried the movie.
Gosling carried the movie.
I like how the video is almost as long as the movie itself
Better use of our time, lol. That, and rewatching the old CGI Barbie movies.
I saw a comment on another video about this saying how the strong reaction to this movie really showed where most of the public still is in their understanding of feminism, and it's largely the introductory stage. I can see how this story, and that speech (which gave me zero feels) would be revelatory to someone raised within very rigid traditional Western gender roles and isolated from most modern discourse. I do know people like that and have watched them have some of these first realizations.
But this movie still isn't the amazing experience it was hyped to be. Its message was muddy, it's writing bland, and it treated the audience like we're dumber than the average cow.
Im subbing bc I can see you are a genuine Barbie fan with the Barbie diaries theming (a movie I swear I never hear anyone talk about) aaand the Barbie magic of the Pegasus jokes that I died at. Haven’t checked out your channel yet at the time of writing so crossing fingers you got commentary on those.
I really like the structure and expression of your essays. You have an ability to take complex issues, befuddled thinking, and topical politics into a coherent, passionate, and all together intellectually satisfying counter point to the trash that passes as thoughtful discourse in today's world.
Great Analysis. This might be ny favorite essay on this channel.Thanks for critizcizing the whole movie without using the word "WOKE", wichtends to be cheap and doesn't adresses the deep problems the movie and the script really have.
Love the editing! I could tell that you took a long ass time on this!
I think That Star Wars girl channel pointed out something that most channels who criticized this movie aren’t pointing out (probs bc they don’t know). This movie is portraying this idea that kens are homeless & don’t have jobs but in actual reality of Barbie universe when look at ads, toys, animated movies/tv shows kens did have occupation. I remember Ken being a groomer, merman, cowboy, surfer etc but obviously this would destroy the narrative of the story. If Mattel really wanted a film director coming from “female perspective” they could’ve hired any female director who knew the source material because Greta herself admitted she didn’t know & did not grew up with Barbie but she was obviously hired because she’s a feminist filmmaker who’s well known for indie films like lady bird and little women, now she’s going to be a screen writer for Snow White remake. In actual reality Mattel had 40% of CEO’s but again it would destroy the narrative of the story. The moms monologue was all over the place, I could not relate to this speech, never in my life I felt embarrassed in the theaters!!! But overall the only thing good coming out of Barbie is the aesthetics, costume, setting, some background music and obviously Ken
Sorry I meant Mattel had 40% female CEOs
What?! She didn’t GROW UP with Barbie?!
Unbelievable!
Why did Mattel approach her to make this film in the first place, then?!
@@worthybutter2004bc she’s a feminist filmmaker famously known for indie movies, that’s all you need to know. Hollywood is a huge industry, could’ve hired any female director who knew the source material
She didn’t know or even grow up with barbie?? You gotta be kidding me rn 💀
@@worthybutter2004 ikr
Usually i listen to long videos while doing something else. However, with your video i actually watched and was very focused.
I'm really impressed with your work, it has humour, great attitude, and fun editing. Keep it up
I love the editing on this video. Having such editing on a feature length video cannot be understated
Wait, one of the people in charge of this film made _Marriage Story?_ How-? What-? I-
I'm honestly shocked.
"Marriage Story" was based on Noah Baumbach's breakup with Jennifer Jason Leigh and leaving her for Greta Gerwig.
im going to like this video. but watch it later. love your videos
I am doing same and comment for the algorithm
This entire review has critical thinking & constructive criticisms while at the same time being frustrated about this movie. Your genius !
This video is my introduction to your channel.
Your writing, delivery and editing are just brilliant!!
And also the comedic timing.
I was laughing so hard about the Bibble photos and the commentary on top of them!
Your script for this video was way more entertaining, enjoyable and thought-provoking than the Barbie movie.
So glad to see you back!!! :)
the barbie thats horrified by a bit of cellulite finds an old shrivelled up woman beautiful, yea right. it definitely did not feel deserved considering she barely arrived in reality
I get the impression that that scene was made when they had already shot the majority of film and mistakenly barely any of it is relevant to Barbie’s midlife crisis
They needed to bs the notion that Barbie’s arc is maintaining some level of focus
This is why you can’t just make up a film as you go: great moments of improvisation on set is not the norm but the exception
In a world where “aesthetic” is everything, this happens
Your editing a musical cues are really funny and I liked your Barbie impressions
So much detailed in depth analysis of this car crash of a movie, I love it!
I absolutely love this video, and I'm genuinely happy that someone put how I felt when the movie first came out so perfectly!
what editing software are you using. its impressive man. god i love it when you get all fired up like that. your voice is amazing.
Let's goooo been waiting for this
Just finished the video. Great work
yk what i thought the film was going to be about after learning barbie needed to go to the real world to find her depressed human (then finds out it's bc mother and daughter aren't getting along)? I thought the film would be about barbie getting these two to mend their relationship and it would focus on building their characters and establishing emotional attachments for the audience. That would have been a simple, wholesome plot with good stakes, and you could have had them all bonding only for it to be revealed near the end that barbie is doing this for selfish reasons or something and then mother and daughter get mad at her for like manipulating them and we have a brief separation before they reunite. If we'd wanted to throw in some social commentary about patriarchy and feminism then we could have done that along the way, i'm sure. But I'm convinced this film didn't exist to tell a story, it just existed so the writer could tell everyone her political views. Which, imo as someone who aspires to be a fiction writer, is not a good enough reason for this film to exist. Many, many people have written beautifully crafted stories to present a message they believe in. There is no excuse for this film to not have done that. The only reason I enjoyed the film was because of the way it looked and the fact Margo Robbie and Ryan Gosling are great actors. This film has no substance. i wrote a more coherent plot in 10 seconds in my head while i was in the cinema than anyone working on that film did in months.
Barbie could be like Paddington with nuance regarding adults behaving finnaly like adults while letting girls explore and have fun. Barbie could be an aspirational character, a pink hyper competent freak of nature
Wait, I'm leaving another comment cause yesterday I got distracted and forgot to finish the video. -_-
So the first thing that came into my mind when I left the theatre in my stupid pink outfit, feeling like a fool, in utter shock and confusion by what I had just witnessed, the first thing I thougt was: "wait, this is actually everything that could have gotten wrong with the LEGO movie, but... barbie". And I'm so glad I'm not the only one who immediately made the comparison between the two!
I've now watched several video essays on the barbie movie, and this is by far the best and most entertaining I've seen. IT EVEN HAS A BIBBLE. But the last part about the LEGO movie really made me scream, cause I have waited so long for someone to talk about this phenomenon specifically.
I think there are so many interesting discussion we could make about the peculiar task of adapting a popular toy line into a big budget movie. And analizing the decisions that were taken during the making of Barbie and the LEGO movie respectedly, I think that the lego one succeded in every aspect the other has failed.
Nutsa, your intro was SPOT ON and a dELIGHT to listen to 😂
Thank you for all the work you’ve put into this video!!
Excellent editing and unexpected graphics. Keep it up!
I'm a simple man. I see a smart woman ranting about a shitty movie - I hit the like button!
Fantastic video! Some very compelling and original arguments and great editing. I actually had fun watching this and the same cannot be said for my experience of the Barbie movie
This editing is so GOOD
Nutsa has returned!!!
Yes to all of this!! Thank you for making this video. I felt seen omg 😂
Thanks for the great video. Really enjoyed it.
this is literally exactly how ive been feeling about that movie
im way farther into the video now, just heard your version of story-line, so good dude
I don't have anything to add to the real discussion because I think you hit the nail on the head regarding the movie sacrificing its plot for its confused messaging... I just want to know what the heck the little blue goober fairy thing is that you used for reaction images
The little blue fluff fairy is Bibble is from the Barbie Fairytopia universe! He is a pet and sidekick character of Elina (Barbie) and is probably one of the funniest and iconic characters in the classic Barbie movies.
@@key5270 I love him, he's like Alvin the Chipmunk wearing Sully.
I’m so glad people are finally voicing their dissatisfaction for this movie. I was so excited for this film. I thought it was going to be like a live action Life in the Dreamhouse. I watched it at home as soon as it came out and I couldn’t even sit through it all. This was not a Barbie movie, this was not even a family movie. I just wanted to have a fun time not be lectured on how the patriarchy has oppressed women. The internet’s reaction to this movie actually gaslit me into thinking we watched different movies. I’m so glad I’m not actually going insane and that I’m not the only one who thinks this. (Also the film feels so hostile towards the Barbie brand itself. Even the fact that they call her “Stereotypical Barbie” instead of like “Classic Barbie” that feels is so mean spirited.)
If you watched any trailer or interview about it, you would have known it was not a ''barbie movie'' and not a family movie in the traditional sense...
@@FrenkieWest32 well not everyone is gonna have the time to watch every single interview or trailer on it, plus most of the trailers did make it look like a family movie with some of the childish jokes (like the foot joke etc)
@@txwtw not true. And if you just go to a 2 hour movie but you don't have the time for 2 minutes of trailer (which does not even make sense), then don't be surprised if it is an unexpected movie...
Wow. I initially thought the movie was mediocre and overhyped when I watched it, but your analysis made me realize it was actually just straight up bad😂😂
the subscribe lightup worked!!! new sub, loving this so far.
i watched barbie with a group of friends. they all walked out loving it… i didn’t. i thought i was crazy. so, so glad i’m not alone, and so glad it didnt win undeserved oscars (congrats poor things!)
Same everyone I know loved it and adored it but I didn’t either 😭