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TST Film Review Thread

i was surprised this movie was even approved by them, Mattel being the physical “bad guy” and all. Plus they made some pretty big jabs, primarily mocking them as running a pretty, while not sexist, patriarchal business.
Well yeah exactly, it's a "what are we like, eh?" kind of thing, it is cynical really but it's done so well it's also why the film is so succesful with such a wide audience
 
What a great day Barbenheimer was at the cinema.

Plus it led to this all time fantastic moment at the Oscars


From: https://youtu.be/7ATHyYaKi-c?si=ws2mD8emoI13PoKP


Would definitely recommend Greta Gerwigs previous two films Ladybird and Little Women as well.

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Nice couple of cinema trips for me the past few days.

Celine Song has followed up the fantastic Past Lives this week with the Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal. Probably not as good but still enjoyable.

And today the Bob Odenkirk starring Nobody 2, obviously the first one was so unexpected and lightning in a bottle its a difficult thing to recapture. However by having him trying to go on a regular family holiday and trying to let things slide lead to it escalating once again. So its lots of fun, and pretty inventive with its action once again.


nice use ofa Miami to splatter some hired goons in the third act.
 
I also watched Barbie last night, and I’d heard good things about it, relatively speaking, but I was not prepared to enjoy it as much as I did.

The leads being Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (who have been in so many films that I’ve been watching lately, including both in The Big Short) are both brilliant as ever with their performances. The ensemble cast was also fantastic too, with America Ferreira (who I’ve just seen in Superstore), Micheal Cera, Will Ferrel, Simu Liu and Kate McKinnon.

It definitely builds upon that playbook that was crafted in the Lego Movie and improves on it in pretty much every dimension. I was not expecting a movie about Barbie dolls to have so many sci-fi beats, and a thoughtful reflective theme that dissects some pretty heavy and weighted topics. No doubt that this film was an eye-opener for so many people, and I think it has plenty of appeal for both men and women. Probably one of the best family films of the 21st century hands down.

Now it’s time for Oppenheimer! I just need to find where it’s streaming at the moment…
 
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