You know, from the trailers this movie looked like it was going to be nothing more than pure, silly fluff. And usually critics have a tendency to slam such movies that are just made to cash in on an already established brand (just like "Super Mario Bros Movie"). So therefore I`m honestly surprised that this movie was so well received by critics.
shareI think criticising this movie is considered the equivalence of criticising feminism. I don't think majority of movie critics would even dare, not without being labeled as misogynist and closet conservative.
shareBingo. The movie used feminism the way Black Panther used racism. Neither movie is at the very core that good, certainly not worthy of the ticket sales Panther got or Barbie will get... but if you push a movie in a way that forces critics to fawn over it or be accused of going against a liberal cause then you pretty much guarantee high praise. It will however be more likely to see a sequel go the way of Wonder Woman 1984... while the studio may be foolish enough to think it will be more like the Panther sequel, though that one had the benefit of a pity audience from the original actor's death. Otherwise it would have probably tanked like Wonder Woman's sequel.
shareFair enough.
shareSame reason why Beyoncé gets good critical reviews on her music. Because the only reason you can possibly have for not enjoying her output is pure unfiltered racism.
shareI completely agree. My wife, me and my mother went last night. They both said they wanted to walk out because it was so bad. We laughed at dinner at how it could have such a good RT score. I explained how reviewers get castrated if they don't agree with every movie that tries to be progressive.
shareThe user score on metacritic is largely negative. Forget the paid critics. They cannot go against the feminist Barbie without getting fired.
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