Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on Barbie

2023 has been a fairly large yr for films, however not a lot of this yr’s blockbusters have fairly the hype behind them that Barbie’s had. Greta Gerwig’s take on Mattel’s ever-popular style doll line caught of us’ consideration with its first trailer, and every new glimpse on the movie teased out one thing that may be if not nice, then no less than attention-grabbing.

There’ve been loads of films based mostly on toys in recent times, however not all of them have had fairly this degree of buzz. It’s not each day {that a} summer season blockbuster is marketed primarily at ladies, however Barbie is a type of manufacturers that’s so robust that it couldn’t actually assist however catch your consideration both approach, one thing one of many movie’s trailers cheekily acknowledged. (“If you like Barbie, this movie’s for you; if you hate Barbie, this movie’s also for you.”) So far the film’s gotten quite a lot of love, with fairly robust critiques throughout the board for…mainly every little thing, notably its two leads, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

WB’s been advertising and marketing Barbie like mad in latest months, however what’s additionally helped its reputation enhance has been Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, of all issues. The two films launched on the identical weekend, main many on-line to first argue over which of the 2 films would do higher on the field workplace, then determine to make a complete occasion out of the 2 movies. In what’s since been christened “Barbenheimer,” some moviegoers have opted to see each films in the identical day…and from the sound of issues, many remorse beginning issues off with the three-hour Oppenheimer.

In this weekend’s Open Channel, we wanna know each your ideas on Barbie and if you happen to determined to do Barbenheimer (and in what order). Let us know down within the feedback beneath.

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