As the title says; I watched both Oppenheimer and Barbie back to back with my friends today, so if you’re interested in what the experience was like or what happened in each movie or any questions really please ask away!
You can’t convince me that the meme surrounding these films wasn’t a corporate guerilla marketing tactic. It came out of nowhere and doesn’t seem at all funny enough to be as big of a meme as its become.
You’re probably right. Then again I find the memes fairly enjoyable and the fake posters (like the ones I shared) are pretty rad to me.
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Why the hell is there so much attention diverted to Barbie and Oppenheimer? Were they pushed this heavily as some counter-intelligence operation?
Call me naive but I don’t really think this was some elaborate scheme. From what I can tell, the hype and whatnot came from the hilarious fact that both Barbie and Oppenheimer were released on the same day and both were anticipated to be the movies of the summer, naturally putting them in competition. Two very big films with vastly differing aesthetics is the perfect pairing for such a phenomenon. Thus the memes came out in full force and definitely contributed to the further marketing of these films.
Fair point. I was just overthinking things.
The guerilla marketing for Barbie pre release was next level and it quite literally inserted its tendrils into every form of Media they could fathom and it paid off in dividends, leading to over a billion dollars at the box office. While all Christopher Nolan had to do was hype up the formats and be Christopher Nolan. Haven’t seen either of the movies yet unfortunately, but plan to eventually.
There definitely went many millions in the advertising of both. The generated hype will probably die down in one or two months, I suppose.
I was just scratching my head as I haven’t really seen a movie that generated this much hype; although, that may be, in part, because I haven’t touched grass in a while.
I really enjoyed the Barbie movie, it was thought provoking without being preachy or trying to drive a particular narrative. It was also funny, and sad, and overall fun to watch with great costume and set design. Probably will go see it again if its still in theaters at the end of the month honestly
I heard that Barbie was inspired by Lain. Can you confirm or deny the Lainness of the movie?
I’ve never watched Lain but I will get to it now. I will say that Barbie referenced a lot of different movies/media so I would say it’s possible. Once I have watched Lain I’ll come back to give a more complete and definitive answer.
Serial experiment Lain?
Serial Experiments Lain.
Oh cool! I’ve watched the series a couple times, although its been over a decade since.
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Which one did you enjoy the most?
Both were well made films but I enjoyed Barbie more, I cried a few times and it made me really want to call my mom afterwards. Both complex in their own ways, too.
Ditto and agree. Barbie is the better movie for lots of reasons, OPP was actually a huge let down… I was really hoping for more details on why the bomb was actually used, more details on Russians involvement in Japan’s surrender, and far more desperate angst. All in all OPP is fine, it’s just definitely not Nolan’s best.
I really don’t understand why people online (twitter and TikTok, but mostly twitter) were freaking out about this movie. I’m not talking about the valid historical critiques, but more so the people arguing whether Oppenheimer himself was portrayed as a sympathetic character vs a coward. I have to wonder if we watched the same movie because to me it was pretty damn clear what they were trying to portray, not just with the characters’ actions but with the framing and music choices. I did say both movies were complex and I stand by that, but Oppenheimer wasn’t complicated in the way some are making it out to be.
Why did you do that to yourself?
Very fair question, haha. I wanted to hang out with my friends and watching a movie was what we all decided on. I really wanted to see Barbie and others wanted Oppenheimer so we came to the conclusion that we would do the fabled Barbenheimer.
Did you like Oppenheimer? I saw it and while I won’t spoil the movie, I’ll just say I didn’t enjoy it. Like I was literally surprised at how much I didn’t enjoy it, I didn’t outright DISLIKE it, but it’s a no from me, dawg
