Here is what critics are saying about the movie showdown of the summer. Which half of "Barbenheimer" ended up on top?

Here is what critics are saying about the movie showdown of the summer. Which half of “Barbenheimer” ended up on top?

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      9·
      1 year ago

      Lol I went to see Mission Impossible in theatres recently and it starts with Tom Cruise thanking you for watching movies in the theater and suggesting it’s the best way to watch movies.

      The people behind me talked through the whole thing and on the other side of the theatre two people got into an argument because the one person was on their phone the whole time. Ushers had to come in and tell them to be quiet or leave. So yeah, Tom Cruise thinks that’s the best way to watch movies.

      • moobythegoldensock@geddit.social
        7·
        1 year ago

        Pretty much every studio is making their actors do these terrible promos. The D&D movie had it, too.

        It’s just a commercial for Tom Cruise: whether he personally believes it or not is irrelevant.

      • CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah the last time I watched a movie in a theater was Top Gun Maverick which had a Tom Cruise intro. There was a teenager sitting near that was trying to make jokes throughout the entire movie; they were as unfunny as they were loud. The theater’s great sound system doesn’t really matter when you can’t hear it over obnoxious audience members.

        I wonder what the future of theaters looks like. I hope they realize that home is just a better way to watch movies, and start pivoting into the ‘experience’ aspect; start serving quality food, or add a live host, or regularly have themed events. Imagine if there was one next to a convention center - if there was e.g. an anime convention they could show a bunch of anime films to tie into it.

        Those aren’t the best examples, but something along those lines is the only way I see myself watching a movie at a theater again. If they give me a reason to go I’ll go, but right now, there just isn’t one.

    • BoneheadedTwizzle@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      I think it is because they are so different. The contrast is amusing so people are having fun with it. It’s like the Matrix vs Momma Mia release or Doom vs Animal Crossing game release.

      • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        If anything, it’s been really refreshing to see. Twenty years ago, your average film bro would be calling Barbie dumb, girly, and gay, and now it’s being widely acknowledged that a female-directed movie with explicitly feminine aesthetics can absolutely be quality legitimate Cinema™ and go toe-to-toe with a literal Christopher Nolan biopic about a scientist making a bomb during WWII.

    • hydro033@kbin.social
      19·
      1 year ago

      It’s basically a new front on the culture wars - feminine vs masculine. So tiresome. They’re both good films.

  • newcolour@reddthat.com
    9·
    1 year ago

    The great thing is that one can see both movies. Everything is becoming a competition. It’s like Beatles vs RS all over again. Why decide who’s better when you can have both??

    • NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      Right? I’m a history teacher. I will almost definitely be seeing Oppenheimer in the theaters and buying it on Blu-Ray later. I might watch Barbie if it’s on a streaming service I subscribe to.I have zero nostalgia towards Barbie and don’t really care about the movie, but ive heard good things, so… maybe I’ll watch it someday. To say that they are competing for the same audience is ludicrous at best.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      Chris Nolan Barbie sounds fun! I’m not certain that pink is in his colour palette, though.

      I haven’t seen any of Great Gerwig’s stuff, though.

  • Lumidaub@feddit.de
    41·
    1 year ago

    “Hmm, Oppenheimer or Barbie… Let’s check the reviews… Okay, I see. Oppenheimer it is, kids!”