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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 9071799" data-attributes="member: 6716779">So just seen Barbie in the theatre using my time travel skills AKA living in New Zealand.&nbsp;First summer movie I've seen but it's winter here and I live in the deep south.&nbsp;Probably not in the target demographic for this movie. I self identify&nbsp; as a post Colonial mongrel southern man who is almost 45 years old. Southern&nbsp; men eat gravel for breakfast, lick granite for dinner and drink glacier melt water. Only the glacier melt water part may be true.&nbsp;We respect the three basic food groups (keg, can, bottle) and mock the UK, USA and the French at every available opportunity. Willing to settle for an Aussie as well.&nbsp;So the movie is technically a comedy but it's a social satire with various other elements here and there. It has a lot more nuance than your typical Hollywood&nbsp; blockbuster and leans more towards making you think vs overly preachy and making your teeth itch.&nbsp;It's not really a kids movie as such. What you take away from it might vary but there is kinda of an underlying theme running trough the movie. It kinda mocks everyone&nbsp; eg corporations, modern Hollywood,&nbsp; Mattel, consumerism etc.&nbsp;Minor nitpick bit on the nose here and there depending on your knowledge of events in America&nbsp; but it's more of a tap on the nose with velvet gloves well executed and cleverly done vs badly written boxing glove to the face. It's not to American that it will make your teeth itch either.&nbsp;Overall brilliant movie best recent release since John Wick 4 or last year's Bullet Train imho. Bonus points for distinct lack of Spandex and a formulaic brain dead plot chat gpt could spit out.&nbsp; Well I'm off to shoot something small and fury and eat it raw (mocha and muffin tbh sssshhh don't tell).&nbsp;9/10 on the Southern Man's beer o'clock chart better than some ice and gravel to the face. No French jokes don't want to cause a riot and have my house burnt down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 9071799, member: 6716779"] So just seen Barbie in the theatre using my time travel skills AKA living in New Zealand. First summer movie I've seen but it's winter here and I live in the deep south. Probably not in the target demographic for this movie. I self identify as a post Colonial mongrel southern man who is almost 45 years old. Southern men eat gravel for breakfast, lick granite for dinner and drink glacier melt water. Only the glacier melt water part may be true. We respect the three basic food groups (keg, can, bottle) and mock the UK, USA and the French at every available opportunity. Willing to settle for an Aussie as well. So the movie is technically a comedy but it's a social satire with various other elements here and there. It has a lot more nuance than your typical Hollywood blockbuster and leans more towards making you think vs overly preachy and making your teeth itch. It's not really a kids movie as such. What you take away from it might vary but there is kinda of an underlying theme running trough the movie. It kinda mocks everyone eg corporations, modern Hollywood, Mattel, consumerism etc. Minor nitpick bit on the nose here and there depending on your knowledge of events in America but it's more of a tap on the nose with velvet gloves well executed and cleverly done vs badly written boxing glove to the face. It's not to American that it will make your teeth itch either. Overall brilliant movie best recent release since John Wick 4 or last year's Bullet Train imho. Bonus points for distinct lack of Spandex and a formulaic brain dead plot chat gpt could spit out. Well I'm off to shoot something small and fury and eat it raw (mocha and muffin tbh sssshhh don't tell). 9/10 on the Southern Man's beer o'clock chart better than some ice and gravel to the face. No French jokes don't want to cause a riot and have my house burnt down. [/QUOTE]

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