I live in a remote place, not near a movie theatre, so I am probably going to wait to see these movies when they are streaming, but I am so happy that Barbie exists. There are so few movies made primarily for the female audience. I feel like every five to ten years Hollywood makes one, there are lots of articles about "Wow, women will go…
I live in a remote place, not near a movie theatre, so I am probably going to wait to see these movies when they are streaming, but I am so happy that Barbie exists. There are so few movies made primarily for the female audience. I feel like every five to ten years Hollywood makes one, there are lots of articles about "Wow, women will go to the movies if something is made that interests them," and then for next few years it is all things thought to appeal to 20-year-old males. I don't mind seeing some of those movies, I in fact have like a few of the Marvel movies, but it is nice to have something that seems to want to appeal to women, even if I am probably to old to be the target for this particular movie.
Sonny, I agree with Sarah that you probably aren't interested in movies that are about the interior lives of women, but not everything has to appeal to all people. It seems like the default is appealing to the previously mentioned 20-year-old male, and mixing that up is a good thing.
It's funny the Barbie movie reminded me of the Wonder Woman movie, not thematically or visually or storywise or anything, but because because both movies reminded me what it was like to just puzzle through the world girl/teenager/young woman and try to make sense of it all. And then I realized how few movies even try to address that in any way, despite that approximately 50% of the population will transition from girlhood to womanhood. (See the perennial popularity of any Little Women or quality Jane Austen adaptation)
Meanwhile in my lifetime, there have been like 5 different Spidermans pining for Mary Jane and learning that with great power comes great responsibility and 3 different Batmans coming to grips with the death of their parents.
I live in a remote place, not near a movie theatre, so I am probably going to wait to see these movies when they are streaming, but I am so happy that Barbie exists. There are so few movies made primarily for the female audience. I feel like every five to ten years Hollywood makes one, there are lots of articles about "Wow, women will go to the movies if something is made that interests them," and then for next few years it is all things thought to appeal to 20-year-old males. I don't mind seeing some of those movies, I in fact have like a few of the Marvel movies, but it is nice to have something that seems to want to appeal to women, even if I am probably to old to be the target for this particular movie.
Sonny, I agree with Sarah that you probably aren't interested in movies that are about the interior lives of women, but not everything has to appeal to all people. It seems like the default is appealing to the previously mentioned 20-year-old male, and mixing that up is a good thing.
It's funny the Barbie movie reminded me of the Wonder Woman movie, not thematically or visually or storywise or anything, but because because both movies reminded me what it was like to just puzzle through the world girl/teenager/young woman and try to make sense of it all. And then I realized how few movies even try to address that in any way, despite that approximately 50% of the population will transition from girlhood to womanhood. (See the perennial popularity of any Little Women or quality Jane Austen adaptation)
Meanwhile in my lifetime, there have been like 5 different Spidermans pining for Mary Jane and learning that with great power comes great responsibility and 3 different Batmans coming to grips with the death of their parents.