Oh no, anything but symbolism!Hollywood can't help itself but to include symbolism and occultist ideas in their movies. Even Barbie, for f***s sake.
You like that shit, eh.Oh no, anything but symbolism!
Did symbolism steal your girlfriend or something?You like that shit, eh.
You want movies to not have symbolism in them? Huh?
I'd love to hear about these "occultist ideas"
Nah. Not so tiring.It must be tiring looking for symbols and hidden messages in everything.
Did you just assume I am straight? It's 2023, bro.Did symbolism steal your girlfriend or something?
Did you just assume that ArGarBarGar assumed you were a man? Did you just assume that in 2023 a non-binary being identifying as a chair couldn't have a girlfriend? Damn... you should get on board with the times.Did you just assume I am straight? It's 2023, bro.
When Barbie leaves her house, she is driving down a pink brick road. Barbie drives past a movie theatre. On the marquee, for a brief moment, you can see Wizard of Oz is playing. So within the first few minutes, two references to the theosophical evolution of consciousness is presented. When Barbie embarks on her journey down the brick road, she is becoming aware that life is not so ideal. Her feet go flat, her toast is burnt, there is no milk - the Utopia is gone. Suddenly she is burdened with the thought of mortality.
Barbie is directed to visit Weird Barbie for her flat feet, but this meeting is where Barbie learns she has "opened a portal" due to her evolution of consciousness. Weird Barbie, with a circle around her right eye, has already been enlightened. She has already faced death. With the knowledge of death, she make the transformation a reality. This is the Freudian Thanatos Drive. Barbie must make her way to the real world to find the girl playing with her as a doll. As above (real world) so below (Barbieland) is now Barbie's call to adventure in the hero's journey.
Weird Barbie, while already aware of what Barbie will choose, offers her a choice between a heel or birkenstock - her Neo moment of the red or blue pill. Barbie takes the birkenstock, where her voyage begins down a pink brick road (mirroring Dorothy's Gnostic awakening) and ultimately though space. While traveling through space, an image of Saturn is shown. This is interesting because the planet represents death; and the thought of death is why Barbie is on this journey. To occultists, Saturn is the ultimate grim reaper.
When Barbie and Ken finally make their way to the City of Angels, they both experience different feelings and emotions. For the first time, Barbie feels the opposite of happiness when she sheds a tear after channeling a vision of the girl playing with her doll. On the other hand, Ken is feeling empowered by seeing men in dominant roles. It was during this time when Barbie says something to the effect of "I'm conscious, but it is myself I am conscious of." Some occult philosophies believe God made himself into a human, to abstract consciousness. It is a way of seeing yourself, like looking into a proverbial mirror. "I think therefore I am." I definitely think Greta was not only inspired by 2001, but also Eyes Wide Shut. She paid great homage to Kubrick and his ideas.
When Barbie leaves her house, she is driving down a pink brick road. Barbie drives past a movie theatre. On the marquee, for a brief moment, you can see Wizard of Oz is playing. So within the first few minutes, two references to the theosophical evolution of consciousness is presented. When Barbie embarks on her journey down the brick road, she is becoming aware that life is not so ideal. Her feet go flat, her toast is burnt, there is no milk - the Utopia is gone. Suddenly she is burdened with the thought of mortality.
Barbie is directed to visit Weird Barbie for her flat feet, but this meeting is where Barbie learns she has "opened a portal" due to her evolution of consciousness. Weird Barbie, with a circle around her right eye, has already been enlightened. She has already faced death. With the knowledge of death, she make the transformation a reality. This is the Freudian Thanatos Drive. Barbie must make her way to the real world to find the girl playing with her as a doll. As above (real world) so below (Barbieland) is now Barbie's call to adventure in the hero's journey.
Weird Barbie, while already aware of what Barbie will choose, offers her a choice between a heel or birkenstock - her Neo moment of the red or blue pill. Barbie takes the birkenstock, where her voyage begins down a pink brick road (mirroring Dorothy's Gnostic awakening) and ultimately though space. While traveling through space, an image of Saturn is shown. This is interesting because the planet represents death; and the thought of death is why Barbie is on this journey. To occultists, Saturn is the ultimate grim reaper.
When Barbie and Ken finally make their way to the City of Angels, they both experience different feelings and emotions. For the first time, Barbie feels the opposite of happiness when she sheds a tear after channeling a vision of the girl playing with her doll. On the other hand, Ken is feeling empowered by seeing men in dominant roles. It was during this time when Barbie says something to the effect of "I'm conscious, but it is myself I am conscious of." Some occult philosophies believe God made himself into a human, to abstract consciousness. It is a way of seeing yourself, like looking into a proverbial mirror. "I think therefore I am." I definitely think Greta was not only inspired by 2001, but also Eyes Wide Shut. She paid great homage to Kubrick and his ideas.
Nah. Not so tiring.
I agree with a lot of what you're saying.I don't know if the movie is good or not (haven't seen it), but I'm happy that mid-budget films like this (140M) and Oppenheimer (100M) are doing so well at the box office.
Hopefully Hollywood cuts back on the insanely high budgeted action schlock films.
Very much looking forward to Napoleon. It's budget is said to be around 130M.
On the downside, the success of Barbie means we're going to get a ton of "product" films. But I'll take it I guess. I'd rather watch a movie about a potato chip than some more superhero/sequel/reboot shit at this point.
When Hollywood dramatizes real life events or people, I often find it annoying. It's usually overly dramatized in a way that makes it unbelievable or corny.Napoleon I'm not excited about. More overdramatic bio pics.
I don't know, Hollywood was kind of going through that phase pre-MCU and it didn't get very far. There's a bunch of reasons why Barbie seems to have worked here, and the 'product' angle is probably the least of them.On the downside, the success of Barbie means we're going to get a ton of "product" films. But I'll take it I guess. I'd rather watch a movie about a potato chip than some more superhero/sequel/reboot shit at this point.
Not a chance this movie would be anywhere near as successful as it is without the Barbie name.I don't know, Hollywood was kind of going through that phase pre-MCU and it didn't get very far. There's a bunch of reasons why Barbie seems to have worked here, and the 'product' angle is probably the least of them.
Really? I think it probably extremely high up on the list on why it is as big as it is. If it wasn't for the product or name value the movie wouldn't have gotten people in the door to begin with.I don't know, Hollywood was kind of going through that phase pre-MCU and it didn't get very far. There's a bunch of reasons why Barbie seems to have worked here, and the 'product' angle is probably the least of them.
Not a chance this movie would be anywhere near as successful as it is without the Barbie name.
Really? I think it probably extremely high up on the list on why it is as big as it is. If it wasn't for the product or name value the movie wouldn't have gotten people in the door to begin with.
I wasn't very clear but yes obviously being "Barbie" is an important component here, I'm just below the other important components such as cast, story, marketing, etc. Like if you took the name Barbie and made a movie like, I don't know, Legally Blonde, or something just for kids, it's not going to make a billion $$$.The story is defined by Barbie and couldn't be told by swapping it out for another doll. It's not just the name recognition, it's the actual doll that allows people to connect with the movie.
I wasn't very clear but yes obviously being "Barbie" is an important component here, I'm just below the other important components such as cast, story, marketing, etc. Like if you took the name Barbie and made a movie like, I don't know, Legally Blonde, or something just for kids, it's not going to make a billion $$$.
And the point I was making is that's going to be a hard thing to nail to make this a legit trend for the movie industry, which they've already tried before. If anything I think perhaps the real lowkey likely unintended genius here that you may see try to copy was the Barbie/Oppenheimer release combo that played off each other and went viral. Though I guess that's going to be hard to repeat as well.
Barbie will be a huge fail. I’ll just call that right now.