Why is Barbie so anticipated? It seems like this whole meme was planted by the industry.
It has significant LGBT representation which is something contemporary pop culture critics support.
The Barbie-Oppenheimer Double Feature Is Happening, Data Shows
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Same reason Oppenheimer is: because of who is making it. Like, otherwise why would I care to see a biopic about a guy from 70-80 years ago in the theater?
Aren't biopics usually about people from the past? How is that unusual?
They are rarely hits people watch a lot. They tend to be a niche interest. I think that was OP point. He is not going for biopic normally, but this one has a star in it.
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Chronologically.
So clearly Oppenheimer and then Barbie right? I'm assuming Barbie is some kind of post-apocalypse hypnosis coping method of a society.
There’s a Philip K Dick novel where the decay of Earth has led to the colonization of the solar system, but most people on the colonies are barely surviving in hostile living conditions. Their main form of entertainment is to do drugs that allow them to group hallucinate and insert themselves into their Barbie play sets.
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#74Why is Barbie so anticipated? It seems like this whole meme was planted by the industry.
My thoughts exactly. How do they have "data"?
Most people I know decide to go to the theater at the last minute. Maybe they got three interns to sign up for the double feature and this counts as a yuge spike.
Color me skeptical.
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#75Why is Barbie so anticipated? It seems like this whole meme was planted by the industry.
It's because it's Greta Gerwig's third movie and her first two were both nominated for Best Picture. She's not quite Christopher Nolan yet, but Hollywood is aching for some semblance of the era when people cared about filmmakers and one-off projects by auteurs that were not part of a franchise could get big-time funding and a hot cast.
I have one name for you: Wes Anderson.
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#76Confusing title for me. Oppenheimer is related to WW2, so I believed this was about Klaus Barbie [1] instead of the doll. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie
That was my first instinct too as I was unaware of the Barbie movie. Reminds me of the "Barbie" museum in the movie Rat Race, which to the family's shock was actually a Nazi museum.
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#77Why is Barbie so anticipated? It seems like this whole meme was planted by the industry.
My thoughts exactly. How do they have "data"? Most people I know decide to go to the theater at the last minute. Maybe they got three interns to sign up for the double feature and this counts as a yuge spike. Color me skeptical.
try to buy tickets to opening night. I booked both a couple weeks ago and they're both now closed to sold out already.
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This is my thought. I have to believe there’s a solid inverse relationship of interest. But everyone is interested in one of them. Parents/kids or men/women seem like sensible cohorts for Oppenheimer/Barbie. Would be interesting to see the data and if showtimes overlap. Or if it’s truly back to back.
I think you have a too narrow view of people’s interests. I would describe the overlap as “people into films that are with a relatively high likelihood interesting”. Given who is directing and who is involved with both of those films that’s a relatively safe bet. Fast & Furious in a double feature with Trolls. That’s what I would describe as double feature with little overlap. Both films have probably relatively dist…
I'd also speculate that animated childrens movies are not likely to overlap with much at all in terms of double feature worthiness.
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I'm sure there's at least some but barbieheimer has been a meme since the first dates got announced so I think it's pretty safe to say that a lot of it is people seeing both. My local theater even has the posters right next to each other. My fiance and 10 of our friends already got tickets to both and can't wait. We're seeing Oppenheimer first, then a quick break for smoking weed, then back in for barbie
Wow, how did you get 12 people to commit for 5h simultaneously? Not facetious, genuinely curious. I don’t think I could do that even for a shorter birthday party
My friends and I just really love a themed activity
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I'm sure there's at least some but barbieheimer has been a meme since the first dates got announced so I think it's pretty safe to say that a lot of it is people seeing both. My local theater even has the posters right next to each other. My fiance and 10 of our friends already got tickets to both and can't wait. We're seeing Oppenheimer first, then a quick break for smoking weed, then back in for barbie
Are you loading up pre-oppenheimer also, is the question this leaves me with.
Nope going into oppenheimer sober and then the weed and barbie is to recover