re: Finally watched Barbie....am I missing something?

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The Will Ferrell part was horrible, didn't even really get the point of it. Most of the "satire" in that movie felt pretty dated

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Yeah, it was just completely weird. And again, not in a meta/fun kind of way. It didn't make any sense.

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Her feedback was how they made the message too black and white. Women are either submissive to men and weak OR domineering and disrespectful towards men. No balance or equal standing or respect.

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Yeah, that was annoying as hell. Not only did they try to beat you to death with the message, it didn't deliver the message in a very coherent or realistic way. Even from a caricature standpoint it didn't make much sense, because as mentioned in the comment above some of the real world parts were normal yet some were completely cartoonish and made no sense. And there was no attempt for men and women to coexist together just fine and both contribute to each other. It was all just "either you run all things or we run all things."

The "best" part of the movie to me was the part with the lady who created the original Barbie. That at least felt like it had some attempt to have heart in it.