dad’s review of new Barbie movie

[hemispheres]

@nataliediana2012 I didn’t blame anyone. No one tricked me. I saw this very playful trailer and a very silly ad for car insurance.

I wrote this for the next Dad. If casting blame is important to you, then you might look for a different sub. This ain’t it.

 

[nataliediana2012]

@hemispheres You also by your own admittance saw the rating, and didn't think 'maybe there is a reason its rated that way' and instead just took your kids anyway. It's irresponsible. And I hope this was a lesson for next time.

I didn’t blame anyone. No one tricked me. I saw this very playful trailer and a very silly ad for car insurance.

I mean, that sounds like you are saying they tricked me

 

[hemispheres]

@nataliediana2012 I posted to be helpful to the next busy dad, and mission accomplished. My kids weren’t scarred emotionally or anything. It was a waste of our entertainment budget at their age.

There are PG-13 movies my kids can handle. The Marvel and Harry Potter movies are examples. I went in knowing the Barbie movie had no bad language, sex, or violence.

Ads were all over my 7 year old’s feed here in Texas. It was presented to my daughter/family more like Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. There are also some very silly Progressive ads.

Margot Robbie said it would be loved by very young girls.

So, yes, after being prompted to contemplate blame I’d say some movie exec wanted my 7 year old in Texas to be pumped about the movie and they succeeded.

 

[sunflower12345]

@hemispheres Despite laughing at quite a few of the jokes. i found it very sexist. The big message "all men are scummy dumb violent perverts" was loud and clear. - edit , if you are going to keep downvoting me please only do so if you have actually seen the movie and disagree and not just because you dont like what i said.

 

[hemispheres]

@sunflower12345 It was hard to explain to my 10 year old son afterwards. He didn’t have enough context out in the real world yet to know when it was an absurd joke and when it was a truth.

 

[sunflower12345]

@hemispheres Yeah a younger person wouldnt really get the poorly executed irony they were going for in some of the preaching about the "patriarchy"

 

[cc42]

@sunflower12345 Pretty much... Anyone who's seen it and doesn't acknowledge this is being dishonest. But this being reddit it's better to appear woke than to criticize a problematic message.

If you like this garbage you should take a serious look at how you parent.

 

[flipflopper]

@hemispheres Every ad I’ve seen has screened not a child movie.

 

[hemispheres]

@flipflopper I think the most reasonable answer is they made different trailers for different marketing segments. We never saw anything on our feeds that hinted things would get so dense and sad. Obviously, I wasn’t expecting Trolls or Elemental. But when Margot Robbie said young kids would love it, too…and my daughter had been getting ads for it for a month… we put on our pink clothes and bought popcorn.

It is a very good movie, but it was the directors version of Hannah Gadsby surprise trauma comedy.

 

[casidyjulian]

@hemispheres Why is your wife’s job relevant?

 

[hemispheres]

@casidyjulian I can’t answer this question well without spoilers. A network of career focused women is at the center of the plot.

 

[s8m6p]

@hemispheres My theater was dying laughing. Meant for 40+? More like 20+.

 

[waterdove]

@hemispheres Worst movie I've ever seen in my life. Encouraging children to all the things that are wrong in the world right now.