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czarina
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posted 27 July 2023 02:53 PM
Sh!t. I wrote a whole long review, a prose poem and the whole thing vanished. Shoulda written it in Word first.

Bottom line: go see it. When I have time I'll recap.


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posted 27 July 2023 03:37 PMHide Post
I'm sorry you lost your review, I want to read it!!

I am quite interested in the movie, but most likely will have to wait until it's available online somehow.


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posted 27 July 2023 05:50 PMHide Post
I’d like to see your review as well, if for no other reason than to judge the remarkable marketing blitz I’ve been witnessing for the last 10 days.


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czarina
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posted 27 July 2023 06:24 PMHide Post
It's a dark and subversive meditation on gender politics, wrapped in bubble-gum pink.

Barbie has an existential crisis, embarks on a hero's journey, falls into a dark night of the soul, only to be transformed.

All the while it is totally hilarious. I laughed my ass off through the entire film.

My favorite part might be the opening scene, a riff on the opening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" complete with the Strauss soundtrack. So over-the-top and imaginative. Great writing, too.


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posted 27 July 2023 07:11 PMHide Post
oh wow. NPR did a story about the opening of the film, and they have a clip on their site showing how it is a spoof on the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey:

https://youtube.com/shorts/0MozCnQRR8Y?feature=share


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posted 27 July 2023 07:14 PMHide Post
Here's the article on Classic FM Radio about the choice of music:

https://www.classicfm.com/disc...-2001-space-odyssey/


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