Board 8 > First reactions to Barbie and Oppenheimer

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Raka_Putra
07/14/23 2:19:23 AM
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Thanks to LoyalToTheGame at the Movies board for compiling these originally.

Barbie

Joseph Deckelmeier
@joedeckelmeier
#Barbie caught me off guard & I mean that in the best way possible. Its funny, bombastic, & very smart. Greta Gerwig aims for the fences & hits a home-run. Margot Robbies performance is great & @RyanGosling & @SimuLiu are pure entertainment! The whole cast is brilliant!

Collider writer Perri Nemiroff praised the craftsmanship of the film, particularly the costume and production design. When it came to the story, however, she had more mixed opinions, stating: I think the film serves Margot Robbies Barbie and her journey especially well, but there are other characters experiencing important arcs that needed more screen time to really dig into and explore to the fullest.

Perri Nemiroff
@PNemiroff
I have seen #Barbie! The craftsmanship is incredible. In particular the costume & production design includes next-level work that heavily contributes to creating the feeling that these truly are Barbies, their dream houses, and their worlds come to life.

As for the story, thats where Im a bit more mixed. I think the film serves Margot Robbies Barbie and her journey especially well, but there are other characters experiencing important arcs that needed more screen time to really dig into and explore to the fullest.

Jamie Jirak
@JamieCinematics
I can't officially quit twitter before telling you all that #Barbiis currently my favorite film of the year. Greta Gerwig somehow exceeded my expectations. She tackles the positives and negatives of Barbie so beautifully. Give Ryan Gosling an Oscar nomination, I'm dead serious!

Sharronda Williams
@payorwait
#BarbieTheMovie is witty, heartfelt, and downright fun at times. Ryan Gosling is a scene stealer delivering most of the laughs while Margot Robbies heartfelt performance will tug at your heartstrings. While I enjoyed most of the film the screenplay feels bloated at times

Katcy Stephan
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#Barbie is perfection. Greta Gerwig delivers a nuanced commentary on what it means to be a woman in a whimsical, wonderful and laugh-out-loud funny romp. The entire cast shines, especially Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in roles they were clearly born to play.

Oppenheimer
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/oppenheimer-first-reactions-christopher-nolan-praise-overlong-1235665940/

Below are the reactions of 5 different people.

  1. #Oppenheimer left me stunned: a character study on the grandest scale, with a sublime central performance by Cillian Murphy. An epic historical drama but with a distinctly Nolan sensibility: the tension, structure, sense of scale, startling sound design, remarkable visuals. Wow
  2. Christopher Nolans #Oppenheimer is truly a spectacular achievement, in its truthful, concise adaptation, inventive storytelling and nuanced performances from Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon and the many, many others involved - some just for a scene.
  3. Totally absorbed in OPPENHEIMER, a dense, talkie, tense film partly about the bomb, mostly about how doomed we are. Happy summer! Murphy is good, but the support essential: Damon, Downey Jr & Ehrenreich even bring gags. An audacious, inventive, complex film to rattle its audience
  4. I was skeptical, but Oppenheimer has stuck with me since seeing it last week. Yes, it's 3 hours, but in a dense-Scorsese way and the last 20 minutes (why Emily Blunt clearly took the role) bring its three narrative threads to a moving conclusion. Cillian is what you'd expect (not a read, he's very good), but this is Robert Downey, Jr'.s moment. RDJ is so good in Oppenheimer it makes you sad this is his 1st on-screen work in 5 years. It's time to work w/ the likes of Joon-Ho, Jenkins, Campion & Ostluds @RobertDowneyJr
  5. Am torn between being all coy and mysterious about Oppenheimer and just coming out and saying its a total knockout that split my brain open like a twitchy plutonium nucleus and left me sobbing through the end credits like I cant even remember what else.

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TheWizardOfOrz
07/14/23 2:22:36 AM
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Well we are going to see Barbie most likely but I haven't heard if she's interested in seeing Oppenheimer at all soooo
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Xiahou_Shake
07/14/23 2:28:34 AM
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Will definitely be watching both as soon as they hit streaming.

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Forceful_Dragon
07/14/23 2:29:19 AM
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I am under strict orders not to see either until my wife gets back in two weeks.

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SHINE_GET_64
07/14/23 4:46:54 AM
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No interest in either

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LordoftheMorons
07/14/23 7:29:11 AM
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I am extremely excited to see Oppenheimer. I might see Barbie if the reviews are good since I'm a fan of Gerwig/Robbie/Gosling.

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masterplum
07/14/23 7:31:11 AM
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Interested in Barbie. Not interested in a 3 hour fictionalized documentary

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neonreaper
07/14/23 8:58:41 AM
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Yes to both. Oppenheimer is a must see, Barbie I will endure for the sake of the children

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Forceful_Dragon
07/14/23 9:28:53 AM
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neonreaper posted...
Yes to both. Oppenheimer is a must see, Barbie I will endure for the sake of the children

Children? What ages because it does not appear to be a children's movie

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Bane_Of_Despair
07/14/23 12:58:56 PM
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neonreaper posted...
Yes to both. Barbie is a must see, Oppenheimer I will endure for the sake of the children


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mnk
07/14/23 1:10:27 PM
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I have no interest in Oppenheimer, but Barbie sounds like fun.

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Murphiroth
07/14/23 1:27:07 PM
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https://twitter.com/theatomreview/status/1678894349252190209?s=20

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/2/AAPhobAAEpyU.jpg

I'm not super interested in Oppenheimer but this review's phrasing has me cackling.
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NoFInBadger
07/14/23 1:40:14 PM
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You people will watch a movie about ANYTHING it seems like.

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_Keeby
07/14/23 2:35:18 PM
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Zero interest in Oppenheimer, and I dont mind Barbie but wasnt planning on seeing it. This thread did remind me I wanted to see Ruby Gillman, though.

Also, check this out.
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FFDragon
07/14/23 2:37:37 PM
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I don't want a movie to blow a load of anything in me

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Katon
07/14/23 3:09:34 PM
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Just Oppenheimer.

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Obellisk
07/20/23 8:31:28 AM
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19 screens in all of the United States are equipped to show Oppenheimer as Nolan intended it.

Thanks Christopher Nolan

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_stingers_
07/22/23 12:31:20 PM
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Oppenheimer was great would definitely recommend

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Not_an_Owl
07/22/23 12:58:24 PM
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_stingers_ posted...
Oppenheimer was great would definitely recommend
This, with the caveat that holy shit this is a 3 hour long movie and it feels like it. Like, there aren't any scenes that really drag or any extraneous fluff, there's just so much stuff happening that it feels like a long movie.

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redrocket
07/22/23 1:00:02 PM
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The wombo combo paid off

One distrib points out that never before in the history of box office has a weekend seen one movie open to $100M+ and a second to $50M+.


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GenesisSaga
07/22/23 2:01:33 PM
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redrocket posted...
The wombo combo paid off

One distrib points out that never before in the history of box office has a weekend seen one movie open to $100M+ and a second to $50M+.


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UshiromiyaEva
07/22/23 2:03:05 PM
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https://youtu.be/q38lDb9XE8c

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Grimlyn
07/22/23 2:12:01 PM
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Forceful_Dragon posted...
Children? What ages because it does not appear to be a children's movie
It's PG and actually looking at the notes looks incredibly mild, certainly no worse off than all the Jim Carrey movies of the 90s, or even the Simpsons.

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scarletspeed7
07/22/23 2:46:11 PM
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UltimaterializerX posted...
Two different target audiences.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/2/AAUHRBAAErq8.jpg

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HanOfTheNekos
07/22/23 2:59:18 PM
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Barbie beated.

It was very clever. Definitely enjoyable even if you're seeing it with kids. Probably better for adults, even.

It had the best joke of the year so far

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Lopen
07/22/23 3:26:00 PM
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UltimaterializerX posted...
They aren't close to the same target audience.

They're the audience that likes good movies.

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neonreaper
07/22/23 3:50:41 PM
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Barbie is really good.

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Grand_Kirby
07/22/23 4:12:46 PM
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HanOfTheNekos posted...
It had the best joke of the year so far
Which one?

I think it probably had the single greatest final line in any movie

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Eddv
07/22/23 4:24:51 PM
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Will definitely see Oppenheimer. No interest in more fully commercialized dreck like barbie

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_stingers_
07/22/23 5:00:40 PM
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Grand_Kirby posted...
Which one?

I think it probably had the single greatest final line in any movie
wasnt oppenheimers final line that tho

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HanOfTheNekos
07/22/23 5:48:31 PM
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Grand_Kirby posted...
Which one?

I think it probably had the single greatest final line in any movie
The Justice League one

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RySenkari
07/22/23 5:58:22 PM
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I was going to see Oppenheimer and Barbie both on Friday, but I withheld from caffeine that morning so I wouldn't have to pee during Oppenheimer, and by the end of Oppenheimer I had a mild headache and had to go home. I'll see Barbie on Monday.

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HanOfTheNekos
07/22/23 10:47:02 PM
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I have become Barbenheimer, watcher of movies

Oppenheimer was fantastic

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guffguy89
07/23/23 1:12:05 AM
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I cant stop saying Barbenheimer. It just rolls off the tongue.

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GenesisSaga
07/23/23 8:15:22 AM
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Barbenheimer is such a dumb name for this combination of films when Atomic Blond and Blonde Bombshell are right there

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Leonhart4
07/23/23 8:24:56 AM
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Should've gone with Oppenbie

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Meow1000
07/23/23 11:40:03 AM
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90% and 94% on RT did not see that coming wow

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PrivateBiscuit1
07/23/23 12:28:34 PM
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Saw Oppenheimer last night. Extremely good movie, interesting, enjoyable drama. It felt like a long movie, but it didn't feel 3 hours long.

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Lopen
07/23/23 12:36:55 PM
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Saw Barbie last night it was pretty funny. Lot of great meta humor going on there and the plot was actually pretty decent.

I want to see Oppenheimer too-- not sure I'll get to see it on theaters but hopefully

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Kenri
07/23/23 12:39:54 PM
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GenesisSaga posted...
Barbenheimer is such a dumb name for this combination of films when Atomic Blond and Blonde Bombshell are right there
Atomic Blonde is already the name of a movie!

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HanOfTheNekos
07/23/23 12:54:04 PM
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Barbie felt a little long at points.
Oppenheimer never felt like it went on too long, to me.

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Grand_Kirby
07/23/23 2:44:10 PM
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Barbie was enjoyable throughout, so I didn't feel like it was obnoxiously long, but it definitely could have been shorter. You could cut out all the Mattel scenes and lose nothing much except for a few good gags and performances.

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TomNook7
07/23/23 3:10:42 PM
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Oppenheimer down. Goin to see Barbie in a bit

I just think its funny oppenheimer fucks. Banging some chick reading a book in a foreign language like now i am become death destroyer of worlds. What an absolute G

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Aecioo
07/23/23 4:08:00 PM
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Kenri posted...
Atomic Blonde is already the name of a movie!

And it slaps.
Check it out if you haven't. It's like a prototype John Wick that somehow came out after

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TomNook7
07/23/23 7:32:57 PM
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Anddd Barbie done. Was not expecting it to emotionally wreck me at the end there

Honestly I feel like I got super powers watching those two back to back like that. Feel like I've reached a new level of enlightenment

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jcgamer107
07/23/23 10:11:21 PM
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Oppenheimer was a true playa. Can't say I recommend having Florence Pugh stare you in the face while she rides Oppen D and you're sitting next to your mom though.

I really liked Oppenheimer and the first half hour or so of Barbie

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Kenri
07/23/23 11:21:00 PM
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Aecioo posted...
And it slaps.
Check it out if you haven't. It's like a prototype John Wick that somehow came out after
I liked it, but I would have liked it like 5x more without one particular scene/plot twist somewhat late in the movie.

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