The Barbie Movie Review - SPOILERS AHEAD
At first, when I saw the explosion of pink everywhere, I was about to vomit. Pink is not my favorite color. I felt it was too girly for me to appreciate it. However, in this movie, I made the mistake of thinking it was a dumb-blonde-moment musical.
Oh, how wrong I was.
It was not a musical. But more of a deep philosophical take on human society as a whole. At times, it did take on a flavor of feminism, which was all right. Overall the script was so good that it made me realize that it was a comedy as well. So my final verdict is this - an unexpected social satire wrapped with a bright pink bow.
My favorite part of the entire movie was Ken's musical masterpiece - "I'm Just Ken" towards the end. Ryan Gosling was brilliant in this movie. Margot Robbie is beautiful in the movie. But I have a feeling nobody is going to be paying attention to her acting chops. The reason being the movie rides on aesthetic appeal ninety percent of the time.
Don't get me wrong I am also going to watch Oppenheimer tonight. Because of Cillian Murphy and he's Cillian it right now. (Sorry I couldn't resist.)