Barbie or Oppenheimer?

[Caesar of Bread]

7/21/23

 

[Kyriakos]

Where's the "neither" option?

edit: thanks

 

[Kouvb593kdnuewnd]

Maybe someday, not had any thoughts about those movies.

 

[Bamspeedy]

Have kids, so Barbie it is. Will see tomorrow.

 

[Gorbles]

If I could, both. Wife and I would watch Barbie, best mate and I would watch Oppenheimer.

As it is, neither. Two young kids and no babysitters.

Voted both

 

[Kyriakos]

Only good (sufficiently funny) thing to come out of the Barbie movie is the meme with Ken being a russian soldier.

Imo both him and Margot are a bit too old to play those roles; should have used people in their 20s ^^

 

[Gori the Grey]

Mash-up. Drop a bomb on Barbie.

Boppinharmony.

 

[Ajidica]

Barbie.
Good Director and Writer, the cast is stacked, and I'm not in the mood for a movie about how we burned thousands of civilians alive.

Plus, for whatever reason platinum blond Ryan Gosling is doing it for me. I've never seen him as being anything other than generically pretty and I prefer dark hair, but he is doing it for me in this movie.
(Now, I'm not actually going to see the movie in theaters, or even acquire it through other means. What am I, a boomer?)
And after having the song rattle around in my head the last two days, I've concluded it is a banger.

EDIT:

People were being bused in from churches to picket the theatres showing that, so a friend and I went to see it because we were curious as to what the fuss was about.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

What's the actual poll question about - which movie you should see? If so, your thread title should make that clearer.

I don't go to theatres anymore, and haven't seen The Passion of Christ. The Last Temptation of Christ was interesting, though. People were being bused in from churches to picket the theatres showing that, so a friend and I went to see it because we were curious as to what the fuss was about.

It was just a 'what-if' toward the end, that actually reinforced the traditional story that's told in the New Testament. I doubt any of the protesters had even seen the movie, or they'd have realized that there wasn't any reason to fuss about it in the first place.

 

[Zardnaar]

I saw Barbie yesterday. Not going to Oppenheimer.

 

[r16]

neither . The moneymaker is Barbie . But seeing it might create an unfortunate impression of being a dimwit , so Oppenheimer is pushed forward to make you look and feel like cerebral . It is a media operation actually , pushing people to see both .

in any case , ı have never liked Oppenheimer , the actual person . Feeling high with harnessing the power of gods (July '45) he was already in depression (August '45) after learning the monopoly in knowledge was never real , with Heisenberg actually sabotaging the Nazi effort with maximum effectiveness with minimum footprint . Which then went on to cause deaths and stuff (Rosenbergs to begin with) as village idiots like Truman wrecked one move after another to contain the genie of Jewish Physics as Adolf's lot used to call it . Oppenheimer didn't have the power he assumed he had , irritated all kinds of people , hence the Cold War and the cowboys . Easily matched in so many other countries .

 

[sophie]

probs neither because I’m still feeling pretty skittish about going into a crowded theater, but in a non-COVID world I’d take Barbie

 

[Zardnaar]

neither . The moneymaker is Barbie . But seeing it might create an unfortunate impression of being a dimwit , so Oppenheimer is pushed forward to make you look and feel like cerebral . It is a media operation actually , pushing people to see both .

in any case , ı have never liked Oppenheimer , the actual person . Feeling high with harnessing the power of gods (July '45) he was already in depression (August '45) after learning the monopoly in knowledge was never real , with Heisenberg actually sabotaging the Nazi effort with maximum effectiveness with minimum footprint . Which then went on to cause deaths and stuff (Rosenbergs to begin with) as village idiots like Truman wrecked one move after another to contain the genie of Jewish Physics as Adolf's lot used to call it . Oppenheimer didn't have the power he assumed he had , irritated all kinds of people , hence the Cold War and the cowboys . Easily matched in so many other countries .

Barbies not your typical brain dead Holkywoid bilge water and it's not really a kids movie either.

It's a clever social satire/commentary with a lot of layers.

 

[RobAnybody]

Although I'm not planning on seeing either in the theater (just not enough interest, not an aversion to going to the theater fwiw), I am absolutely looking forward to watching Barbie on streaming when it's available. I'll probably watch Oppenheimer at some point because it seems interesting (I just hope no one spoils the ending for me!), but Barbie looks absolutely fun.

 

[Zardnaar]

Although I'm not planning on seeing either in the theater (just not enough interest, not an aversion to going to the theater fwiw), I am absolutely looking forward to watching Barbie on streaming when it's available. I'll probably watch Oppenheimer at some point because it seems interesting (I just hope no one spoils the ending for me!), but Barbie looks absolutely fun.

Barbies fun but there's a lot going on with its themes and satire.

 

[RobAnybody]

Oh, agreed - that's what makes it look entertaining. If it was just "A Day in the Life of Barbie" movie it'd be boring. But it looks (again, just my impression from trailers, no spoilers here) more like The LEGO Movie, which I enjoyed.

 

[Zardnaar]

Oh, agreed - that's what makes it look entertaining. If it was just "A Day in the Life of Barbie" movie it'd be boring. But it looks (again, just my impression from trailers, no spoilers here) more like The LEGO Movie, which I enjoyed.

I have't seen LEGO movie.

 

[lymond]

Finally, Barbie gets her due. It's about time. The injustice has been remedied!

I voted Oppenheimer. (Apparently, I'm the only one to vote for what appears to be an event movie, although I guess they both are really)

 

[Plains-Cow]

Toasters...toaster?

Brave Little Toaster?

 

[amadeus]

Barbie -- plot summary? She goes to the real world. I'm in the real world. I need to spend $20 to see what I can see for free? Pass!

Oppenheimer -- already know the ending.

Spoiler ending to Oppenheimer :

we win.