Barbie Trailer (2023)

[Lumiere 5,647]

Simu is so hot 

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I think it looks great. SOO campy! Looks like the dolls world come to life with the animation/props. Almost hard to tell what's CGI

so excited for Kate McKinnon

so exciting seeing Hari Nef in more and more huge projects!! met her in 2015 <3 

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omg so that's the plot, she leaves Barbieland to go to the real world and that's why there's "She's a human" character posters! Imagine she was the size of a Barbie in the "real world" lmfaooo

[Schwerk 6,988]

It's deliciously camp, which I love, but I'm not sure I'm gonna love this movie. All depends on the actual plot.

This men don't matter narrative in the posters and trailer is funny, but that's not true feminism. In this misogynist society where men look up to the likes of Andrew Tate for example, I wouldn't like this girl power, we don't need men thing to dominate. 

I know it's not that deep, all I'm trying to say is that hopefully the jokes and story are not as cliché as they seem in this trailer.

[Future Lovers 6,448]

2 hours ago, Schwerk said:

It's deliciously camp, which I love, but I'm not sure I'm gonna love this movie. All depends on the actual plot.

This men don't matter narrative in the posters and trailer is funny, but that's not true feminism. In this misogynist society where men look up to the likes of Andrew Tate for example, I wouldn't like this girl power, we don't need men thing to dominate. 

I know it's not that deep, all I'm trying to say is that hopefully the jokes and story are not as cliché as they seem in this trailer.

I think the point of the “men don’t matter” aspect is in itself commentary. Barbie has long been controversial in many ways, but one way has been in the very existence of Ken. Some have long felt that him existing to be Barbie’s love interest undercuts the purpose of Barbie which was to inspire and empower women to be independent and Ken has sometimes been viewed as a continuation of the “women need a man at some point” narrative. Joking that the men are superfluous here seems very in line with the film’s core concept which is tackling Barbie’s controversial aspects with tongue in cheek humor. 

[Taylucifer 5,061]

I love that I have no clue what this movie is about

[Monstermilo 3,731]

i feel like this is gonna flop 

but i love margot so i hope it doesnt

[SimonBaetens 6,759]

Yikes, looks terrible. I'm in!

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19 hours ago, erfaan said:

I'm so confused after watching that trailer like what even is the plot of the movie and who is the target audience 

"After being expelled from Barbieland for being a less than perfect-looking doll, Barbie sets off for the human world to find true happiness."

The girls and the gays 

Yes I will be seeing in theatres

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[mamo 17,763]

y'all need to chill with the hot takes already. it's just a bit of fun! 

this trailer doesn't give much away however it's directed and written by Greta Gerwig who has previously directed ladybird and little women both with fully developed, realised and deeply complex portrayals of women. I fully trust her with the Barbie movie and i'm personally so excited to see what Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (who co-wrote the screenplay) have done as it's probably not the 2-D caricature version of Barbie we expect but something more compelling whilst also having the additional elements of fun/camp involved! It seems like a win to me. 

[Franch Toast 25,913]

8 hours ago, Schwerk said:

It's deliciously camp, which I love, but I'm not sure I'm gonna love this movie. All depends on the actual plot.

This men don't matter narrative in the posters and trailer is funny, but that's not true feminism. In this misogynist society where men look up to the likes of Andrew Tate for example, I wouldn't like this girl power, we don't need men thing to dominate. 

I know it's not that deep, all I'm trying to say is that hopefully the jokes and story are not as cliché as they seem in this trailer.

I don't think it's about men not mattering, it's playing on the fact that most kids who play with Barbies don't really care much about Ken, at least not girls. I had like 30 Barbies growing up and zero Ken dolls because Ken wasn't fun. The point of playing with Barbies for my friends and me was to dress them up in all the cool clothes and style (and sometimes even cut ) their hair....Ken didn't have hair you could play with, it was plastic. For little girls at least, we weren't interested in dressing him up because his clothes were boring. You couldn't braid Ken's hair or put it in pigtails or give him a mohawk, and he didn't wear high heels or fun dresses. He was just kinda there with his stupid plastic hair and generic clothing.

And when we got old enough to where we might think about Barbie dating, our Barbies just became lesbians and made out with each other (and sometimes scissored), because none of us had Ken dolls. 

So at least to me, when I see the "and I'm Ken" in the advertisements, I chuckle because Ken was an afterthought for my friends and me––not because we hated men, but because Ken was so boring compared to Barbie. I think I only knew one girl with a Ken doll, and we all felt "meh" about him. 

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1 minute ago, Franch Toast said:

I don't think it's about men not mattering, it's playing on the fact that most kids who play with Barbies don't really care much about Ken, at least not girls. I had like 30 Barbies growing up and zero Ken dolls because Ken wasn't fun. The point of playing with Barbies for my friends and me was to dress them up in all the cool clothes and style (and sometimes even cut ) their hair....Ken didn't have hair you could play with, it was plastic. For little girls at least, we weren't interested in dressing him up because his clothes were boring. You couldn't braid Ken's hair or put it in pigtails or give him a mohawk, and he didn't wear high heels or fun dresses. He was just kinda there with his stupid plastic hair and generic clothing.

And when we got old enough to where we might think about Barbie dating, our Barbies just became lesbians and made out with each other (and sometimes scissored), because none of us had Ken dolls. 

So at least to me, when I see the "and I'm Ken" in the advertisements, I chuckle because Ken was an afterthought for my friends and me––not because we hated men, but because Ken was so boring compared to Barbie. I think I only knew one girl with a Ken doll, and we all felt "meh" about him. 

This makes sense! I was trying to understand exactly what it meant. I had quite a lot of Barbies when I was little and I don't think I had a single Ken ever lol. I sooner chose a wrestling figurine over a Ken 

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1 hour ago, Franch Toast said:

I don't think it's about men not mattering, it's playing on the fact that most kids who play with Barbies don't really care much about Ken, at least not girls. I had like 30 Barbies growing up and zero Ken dolls because Ken wasn't fun. The point of playing with Barbies for my friends and me was to dress them up in all the cool clothes and style (and sometimes even cut ) their hair....Ken didn't have hair you could play with, it was plastic. For little girls at least, we weren't interested in dressing him up because his clothes were boring. You couldn't braid Ken's hair or put it in pigtails or give him a mohawk, and he didn't wear high heels or fun dresses. He was just kinda there with his stupid plastic hair and generic clothing.

And when we got old enough to where we might think about Barbie dating, our Barbies just became lesbians and made out with each other (and sometimes scissored), because none of us had Ken dolls. 

So at least to me, when I see the "and I'm Ken" in the advertisements, I chuckle because Ken was an afterthought for my friends and me––not because we hated men, but because Ken was so boring compared to Barbie. I think I only knew one girl with a Ken doll, and we all felt "meh" about him. 

 

1 hour ago, Cello said:

This makes sense! I was trying to understand exactly what it meant. I had quite a lot of Barbies when I was little and I don't think I had a single Ken ever lol. I sooner chose a wrestling figurine over a Ken 

It's interesting because in that world, Ken has always been just Ken, Barbie's supposed love interest although very few had him lol  but Barbie was always something more... She had a profession

I was very curious how they would cover that and the posters made me laugh 

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8 hours ago, Future Lovers said:

I think the point of the “men don’t matter” aspect is in itself commentary. Barbie has long been controversial in many ways, but one way has been in the very existence of Ken. Some have long felt that him existing to be Barbie’s love interest undercuts the purpose of Barbie which was to inspire and empower women to be independent and Ken has sometimes been viewed as a continuation of the “women need a man at some point” narrative. Joking that the men are superfluous here seems very in line with the film’s core concept which is tackling Barbie’s controversial aspects with tongue in cheek humor. 

I think it’s going to question what having a love interest means and its purposes in playing and imagination. She has never officially married and never had kids. That’s very significant in the history or Barbie and had/has an impact on little girls.