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Greta Gerwig's Barbie is kind of a masterpiece [1]
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Date: 2023-07-31
I don’t watch movies. Action movies — don’t like them. Superheroes, comic book figures — no interest. Comedies often just embarrass me. I have enjoyed the occasional rom-com — do they still exist? It’s not so much that I dislike movies as that I’m still so driven — even in retirement — that I feel bad just sitting down to “watch” something, whether a movie or sports or whatever. There’s too much out there to do, too many problems to reckon with, too many opportunities, too much to think and worry about. Just sitting and watching something for entertainment seems a waste of time.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie goes far beyond entertainment. It absolutely captivated me from the prologue to the final kicker. I didn’t move a muscle or take a breath the entire movie. I did get teary eyed throughout, both in laughter and in emotions. My wife bawled. Even when a dance number started, when normally I would drift back to reality, I was sucked in. Everyone now knows the movie is a huge hit, but the reason why is that it’s a masterpiece. It will probably never get the credit of “Casablanca,” but it’s in that league for me. For any of us who won’t get to go see the movie, here’s gift link to a NYT review, which I think captures the movie in its whole masterpieceness, including a discussion of the consumerism issue and Mattel. Note, the review contains major spoilers. A couple block quotes from the review below the fold.
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