I watched Barbie so you don’t have to

I can’t think of a movie more suited for the United States in 2023 than Barbie. You know how in real life, there are clashes going on between liberals and conservatives over things like “the patriarchy,” women’s rights, abortion, social justice, etc. Well, this movie paints a vivid and obvious picture as to who’s to blame.

White men.

The writers are clearly living in their Hollywood bubble (think: all men are bad… no scratch that, all conservative white men are bad) and have no clue that there are men out there that appreciate women in all their wonderful intricacies and that there are women out there that appreciate the same about men. The movie was not entertaining, except for a handful of scenes (Will Ferrell taking his character to extremes, for instance). From the very beginning, the movie was determined to be hateful towards men up to the final, very last frame. In fact, the only male that wasn’t written to become hated was a soft, beta male as some call them. Michael Cera’s character.

Technically speaking, the cinematography was fine. The cast was fine. Why Barbie wants to become human is clumsy and not explained. It’s just a bad story. The obvious message of the movie:

Men suck.

This Rotten Tomatoes review says it perfectly…

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One thing I appreciate in movies is the way they can evoke different emotions. A romantic comedy has more than just romance and humor, there might be an element of danger or adventure. A horror movie has moments of humor. A fantasy movie includes a love story. This Barbie movie, I can’t even figure out what it was other than a boring, predictable bashing of men… and white men specifically. I think I laughed twice but most of the time just wondered how much more I had to endure.

It’s that bad.

I didn’t come away hating America, hating my white male self, or thinking that women are God’s answer to mankind’s problems– excuse me, womankind’s problem– so I think their mission failed with me. Maybe they’ll try to get me to hate myself in Barbie 2.

-Out of the Wilderness