THE *Barbie* Commentary
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Dylan is a Ken at heart. His skill is Movie. Not reviewing them. Not watching them. Not making them. Just Movie.
To be fair, he is very good at Movie
this...yes it makes perfect sense!! thank you!!
You're very brave Ken
He is so good at Movie!!!
what a good job he does at Movie!
"It's like an everyday Barbie? Why would you want that?"
Dylan doesn't know that The Sims is incredibly popular with girls.
I was just about to say 😂
Yesss i'm obsessed with playing through generations normally and cas. About barbie too, we have everyday barbies irl and people buy them. Also, Barbies didn't use to have roles till recent years. I never had dolls with certain roles, although, i was a MH kid
The sims isn't popular because it's an everyday life, it's popular because it isn't. You get to play around the rules of the game, act like a psychopathic god, or fuck everyone in sight
@@franciscasilva8406 Right, but that's the same as Barbie dolls. An Ordinary Barbie would just be a Sim.
@@FurTheWorkers So people don't want ordinary barbies, they want blank slate barbies, projecting whatever thing they want into them, which is a very different concept.
The scene where barbie calls the older lady beautiful is where she sees beauty in aging and begins to desire that instead of staying the same stereotypical Barbie.
Yeah, she starts out afraid of imperfection and death but discovers there's more to the experience that make it worth having.
The dam begins to break, slowly
Its almost like in Hook. Peter Pan is afraid of growing up but in this film he grew up as there were things he wanted to experience.
Yes, also Dylan wanted there to be more conversation with Barbie wanting to be human. But I think they did that wonderfully because women have a lot of quiet moments, unheard or ignored and it's really wonderful because the introspection in those moments is so real
I think the old woman is actually the inventor of Barbie’s daughter!!
Dylan not understanding the silence is the most man hes been
exactly what I was thinking
To be fair I did complain abt the silence especially in the kitchen scene and I’m a woman😭
Like those 2 scenes are doing exactly what he is wanting but he just didn't understand it lol
SO TRUE
dude i was like "thats literally the point" cuz like there is no way to put into words what its like to be a woman. you just have to feel it and see it, and thats what the montage and the silence was for
The “you’re so beautiful” was Barbie wanting to grow old. It was doing exactly what you wanted it to without dialogue lol
and also die.
I was gonna comment this! Thank you for understanding that message! I'm a man and even I got that on my FIRST watch.
But it was only 1 scene that lasted 2 minutes…I’m sorry but that doesn’t feel like much to completely change your entire identity. If the theme is “It’s better to be real and imperfect than to be a doll” then that should be explored and explained during the entire movie, not in one scene only.
@@confusedpozole406 it was a short scene. but it set the rest of the movie. after barbie had that emotional realisation her perspective of the real world and beauty as she knew it completely changed.
the scene with ruth was basically the same thing but longer. this time she was faced with the person who made her and it solidified this "its better to be imperfect" idea
I agree that Mattel's time could've been cut down substationally, possibly to make room for more of Barbie's exploration of humanity. But the "I'm a son of a mother. I'm the nephew of a woman aunt." Joke had me wheezing. It's so accurate! 😂
that’s kinda the whole point of the Mattel scenes tho.. it’s an exaggeration of how stupid men can be
@@alanarose767 Yeah, and like I said, it's accurate lol
Reminds me of Peter b Parker in across the spiderverse, "as the father of a daughter and the son of a mother.."
I think it also lends to the argument at the end of the movie that it's okay to be average, to be normal. Not everyone has to be a main character to get their time to be acknowledged.
I also just love Will Ferrell, and cutting down his time feels criminal 😅
i've never wanted to girlsplain a movie more in my life
LMAO so relatable
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Valid
It's funny watching the different reactions people who never played with barbies have to the opening scenes, 'cause to us, they make SO MUCH sense.
I couldn't contain my laughter when I first saw the opening sequences. The air flips, dance offs, and final fight chaos were all how I played with my dolls and GI Joes and whatever random crap I had. My inner child felt so seen. xD
I saw this with a friend of mine and my partner. There were so many references he didn't get which my friend and I giggled like fiends to, like the cellulite and BBC Pride and Prejudice reference.
Well, I always liked her animated movies/series better than her dolls ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Right? When I got my first barbie, my life was changed forever. She could literally do anything.
YES! his questions about the walls... i was like "well, dylan for sure never played with barbies"
the irony in dylan not liking how on the nose the “beach off” joke is is that that is quite literally all of the jokes he makes, and that we enjoy, in his commentaries
Also idk about you guys but I and everyone I know who watched the movie understood the joke differently. We all thought it was a reference to j**king off, which would be way more funnier.
@@Liz-ir1blyes that was the whole joke. Which makes it even funnier that Dylan didn't like it😂
@@lizzyrank5405he did get it he just didn’t think it was funny.
He got the joke.. but they’re delivery compared to his cringy jokes, are different 😂😂..
i also think it was kinda a joke on how "manly" men behave, like how ridiculous it can sound to women. not surprised he missed that lol
The bonfire scene bothered the Ken's because each Ken was made for a specific Barbie and they are ok with other Barbies but want their own Barbies more.
I also think that their jealousy is stronger than the need for attention
I think a lot of the jealousy, especially in that scene, is linked to Barbies all being unique and Kens being interchangeable.
I also think that they want the Barbie they have eyes for to want them aswell, they don’t just want possession of the Barbie’s because the Barbie’s have brushed them off and rejected them so many times they want the Barbie’s to be the ones wanting them instead
Here's the thing dylan, women don't need words most of the time to understand what the other is feeling. There was so much that transpired in those silent moments, it's insane
I get what you’re saying but as a man who grew up with an autistic sister this feels like an alien statement to me LMAO
That’s not something that only applies to women, actually that’s a rule of cinema that Dylan himself talked about many times: show, don’t tell. I guess what he meant was that those moments felt hollow to the point we could just see it however we wanted to instead of the movie actually wanting to say or show something
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979 But the thing is this movie is made for the girls and most women understood everything that was communicated in those silent moments, those silent moments told everything they needed to for the target audience.
As a woman, can't relate. That scene was just odd.
This movie was clearly for the girlies because I cried at least 6 times throughout the movie. As a female, it just hits different and that’s the point
First time watching it, I cried 3 minutes in
I'm a man and cry everytime i watch this movie, i have a mom too, and the final scene just moves me...
Girl I watched it for the first time today and BAWLED
I disagree, Ken was the best character by far and had majority of the songs.
Wtf
dylan not wearing pink for this commentary is a crime
911!
he misdirected us. and went for the Oppenheimer color scheme. idk if you know "Pitch Meetings" by Ryan George, but he did the same for the pitch meeting of Barbenheimer.
Not even the lights! *gasp*
@@kaygafane ah makes sense now it was a misdirect!!!
maybe he’s wearing his pink shorts
Can't believe Dylan is actually reviewing a recent fim rather than some obscure teen movie from the 00s 😂
i was literally just thinking the same thing 😭
he did little mermaid recently
I think it has nothing to do with the huge man crush he has on ryan gosling
It makes me want to watch him watch all the old Barbie movies😂
😂😂😂😂😂
I think the ending didn't hit you as emotionally because it was centered more around girlhood, which is something you as a man can't really understand. The clips showed various women in places and gatherings that mirror a lot of our own experiences and made it feel like we were almost watching ourselves. As little girls who played with Barbies, we grew up idolizing her and wanting to be "perfect" in every way--just like her. So to see Barbie here, watch those memories that Ruth showed her of OUR experiences just being girls, and her want to be like US, felt really validating in a way. Ruth told her to feel as she watched the memories, and thats exactly what Barbie did. The clips of women experiencing things through all stages of life, with all their simplicity, perfectly captured the essence of girlhood. Seeing Barbie be brought to tears by something we often consider ordinary and choose that over Barbie Land, not only wrecked me (and some other women I know) emotionally, but was incredibly beautiful.
I don’t think it’s that fair to say “he didn’t get it because he’s a man” because it’s basically underminding the opinion of the male viewers, also I’m a 21 y/o gal and it didn’t hit me emotionally (mostly because I couldn’t take this movie seriously)
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979they can have an opinion on it but it’s just common sense that they won’t connect to it the same way women will because it’s made to represent womanhood, not manhood
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979it’s not undermining male viewers just objectively it was targeted for women and he wouldn’t understand the experience of women which is why he wouldn’t get it like it’s not that hard to understand
@@bethD-ld8ld Well she is a girl and she said it did not hit her the same lol
beautifully said, best barbie commentary i've read
I'm turning 27 soon and the amount of times I've heard Alpha Male podcasters talk about how women over 25 are "past their prime" and how younger people think of me as old is enough to make me think differently about myself. I know being in my 20s means I'm still relatively young in the grand scheme of things but when men are treated as desirable when they turn 30,40,50, etc. while a woman that's older than 23 is treated like she's no longer valuable to society, it makes sense why men wouldn't really react to the bench scene the same as women.
Barbie is not only admiring an elderly woman for aging (a foreign concept to her) but also calls her beautiful -- something that a lot of people would never do. The confidence in that old woman made me feel more reassured. It made me look forward to the idea of growing old.
I used to work in a specialty that catered to the elderly. So many elder women telling me not to let what men and society expect from me to impact who I am. When we age we lose what is considered valuable to so many, so invest in yourself as for who you are. I'm glad I heard those lessons in my 20's.
wtf is an "alpha male podcast" and why are you listening to them lol, they sound horrible?
I feel like more now than before, women don't care anymore what men think of them. 25 should be your time to put all the ways in which OTHERS see you behind you and start living to only care about what you think of yourself.
Men Podcasters are trash, women who judge other women are trash. Become whomever you want to be. And never let he world influence your self worth at any age. Because there are so many people older than you still figuring out everything too, no one ever expires, we just live. ❤
I also see a lot of people esp women on the internet say that in their 30s and 40s they felt more confident, more happy and less lost or frantic than they did in their 20s. And I think that's a nice thing to look forward to :)
I think everyone should do what makes them happy when it comes to their bodies but all the face lifts and stuff and like 13 year olds already using anti aging creams and stuff...just makes me feel weird. Idk
Same here - I'm in my 20's and it's so scary at times to hear how "everything will be lost when you're over 27" kinda stuff. But then I try to remember that aging is a privilege and not something bad. Some people don't get to age so I should take it as a blessing.
I actually really liked the narrator joke. Came literally out of nowhere. Made everyone of our friendgroup in theater laugh
same I actually laughed - which caught me so off guard
Do you mean the joke where the narrator said about not casting Margot Robbie to prove a point about being good looking? That was my favourite joke in the movie
Same!
I didn’t like the breaking of the fourth wall it felt really out of nowhere
when i saw the movie in theater just about everyone in the theater laughed
in my opinion barbie becoming human IS her accepting that shes not perfect, so i do think that journey kinda comes full circle
Yeah this is how I feel about it too! "In the real world, humans aren't perfect like Barbies are, and that's okay and even beautiful" was what I got from the movie, to even become human she had to accept herself fully, insecurities and all. I definitely cried at the end lol
But still that decision kind of came out of nowhere, Barbie spent just a few hours in the real world and most of her experiences there were unpleasant for her, what made her choose to stay there for good? Why did she make such a point to get Barbieland back to the way it was if she wasn’t even going to stay there? Why didn’t Ken go as well (he had many more reasons to want to live in the real world than her)?
@@kittensaver same, she had to say goodbye to being a perfect idea and embrace being a whole person, flaws and everything, and i feel like that is something that i could relate to. especially when you go grow up as a woman there are so many ideas of who you should and can be and breakig through those expectstions and molds is such an essential step in growing up but also a never ending process for anyone i guess. also i liked those silent moments, they had a lot of weight and i guess the point that you could also just hear your own thoughts reflected in the silence was nice
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979 for barbie its just embracing reality i guess, she saw how muh beauty and strength the was to the real women in the real world. and ken i think his whole point is that he needs to define hinself in the barbie dominated world and figure out who he is there. yk kinda both barbie and ken chose the "harder" path to go to to define themselves against the odds that are stacked against them
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979 it's about accepting reality real life women are not barbie, real life women live in a patriarchal world that sucks and we just have to deal with it and try to be happy that's the point
The part where the narrator says, "Note to the film makers Margot Robbie is the..." was my favorite line in the whole movie it was incredibly funny and is so relatable.
I honestly found it dumb
Same
It defeats the point the movie was trying to make tho. Like "oh if u wanna portray insecurity then this extremely beautiful actress is probably not the one because she's too beautiful to worry about her looks" it's just unnecessary
The reason why the kens would turn against each other during the song partner swap is because they would feel inferior to one another, it doesn't matter that another barbie likes them because the one they liked left for another ken. If that makes sense
It does (to me) :)
The fact that I didn't blink an eye when you said "I hope something really heartwarming like her mom just died" says something about you Dylan...
Fr I don’t think anyone of us were surprised
The conversations in Barbieland is supposed to reflect how kids make up dialogue when playing with dolls, thats why a lot of it seems dumb
or the way ken was flying in the air all crazy after he hit the plastic beach wave before landing right on his behind. that was EXACTLY how kids played with dolls.
No child talks like this
Still there are some inconsistencies there, like it’s said right in the beginning that the Barbies believed they solved all women’s social problems in the real world but then later in the movie when Ken brings “the patriarchy” to Barbieland they say the Barbies were vulnerable to patriarch ideas because they were never exposed to them, but how could the Barbies think thanks to them things were better for women in the real world without being aware that things were worse for them in the past hence the patriarchy?
I hate when people act like they could do better when it comes to scripting... I know he does not claim to be but it's implied when being so critical.
@@itsdavidhoth at the very least he acknowledges that its a movie for the ladies so he knows he might not get everything but yeah :P
my favourite joke in the whole movie was "ONCE THEY LEARN HOW TO BUILD SIDEWAYS AND NOT JUST UP" coz it caught me so off guard
THIS!!!
I loved the silent scenes. It’s a silence I, and I think many other women, know well. The comfortability and safety and understanding and belonging of just being with another woman, especially an older woman is not loud, it’s quiet and peaceful. Words just aren’t needed
The reason the Kens get jealous when the Barbies switch their interest to another Ken is because each Ken is specifically coupled with a specific Barbie. Ryan (stereotypical Ken) and Margot (stereotypical Barbie) are *literally* created to be together. It is amplified in the statement, "I only exist within the warmth of your gaze," that Ken says before Barbie helps him realize that "Ken is me!" So, if her "gaze" shifts to another Ken then the *coupled* Ken losing his existence...until the lesson allows them to be their own being.
Gosling is beach Ken. He constantly says his job is Beach. Not lifeguard. Just beach.
This was my favourite message of the movie, we've heard the whole women empowerment thing over and over again, but what kens experiencing is something almost everyone understands and is so SO important, and we dont often see it from the mans side, so this isnt a topic very often explored and i loved that they did it
@@cloudeia6894except it wasn’t explored and he went back to exactly where he was in the beginning, but the women get to move on? That’s not good messaging
@@ninjanibba4259 Ken learnt the value of himself and being able to exist without a girlfriend and the women realised they had been taking the Kens for granted, which leads to their eventual integration in the upper levels of their society. I think it is good messaging.
I was confused about that too. It seemed like the couplings came out of the blue because the kens were acting interested in everybody before that beach scene by the fire.
I love how Dylan is so consistently ‘so close yet so far’ with his theories. It’s a real talent.
This
One that was not even related to the movie but rather Barbie itself is being able to take a baby out of a Barbie.
His theories make everything better!
Yep, his entire explanation of the movie is also so far off
It's like Ken Jeong on Masked Singer 😂😂
Like so many other people are saying, I was crying in the cinema during both “quiet” scenes. Just watching it felt so realistic and raw. Just the beauty of life without expectations or stereotypes or anything like that and wanting that so badly.
I was crying before I even realized it or understood why. It really touches something that most if not all women experience, to the point that you stop paying conscious attention to it.
@@vanyadollysame i just bawled my eyes out when the montage came.
That conference part was actually pretty smart according to me. Something that could be done in 30 seconds but takes 3 minutes and the whispering to reach the top actually felt like an indirect commentary of how the corporate world works. Always following the heirarchy and wasting a lot of time.
To me, the messages make sense together - at the end, Barbie no longer wants to be perfect, she wants to be human (and thus inherently imperfect).
Exactly, it would be hard for her to just live in Barbieland after what she had experienced and felt. Her arc was knowing that she didn’t always have to be perfect and being in Barbieland she’d have to be stereotypically perfect
But still that decision kind of came out of nowhere, Barbie spent just a few hours in the real world and most of her experiences there were unpleasant for her, what made her choose to stay there for good? Why did she make such a point to get Barbieland back to the way it was if she wasn’t even going to stay there? Why didn’t Ken go as well (he had many more reasons to want to live in the real world than her)?
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979 she helped get Barbieland back from the Ken’s because they were kinda ruining it, it wasn’t a functioning economy anymore the Kens focused on the wrong things. Barbie made her decision based on her experience in the real world and what Ruth showed her, she found beauty in the real worlds flaws and imperfections
Agreed!
@@ambershoba how were the Kens ruining it? The changes Ken did to Barbieland had more positivity and freedom than how things were before, in the beginning of the movie it felt like a pink cult, but after he changed a few things everyone was happy, you can say that “the Barbies weren’t happy, they were brainwashed” but come on, that makes no sense and it’s just a petty excuse to say they just aren’t against the system because they are victims of it and they don’t know what they want (pretty much what feminists say about woman that are happy with the way they live), and I think it made sense that the Barbies would enjoy it because well it was something new and different and they had much less to worry about. And how wasn’t it a functioning economy anymore? The way things were before only the Barbies worked, with Ken’s changes the Barbies and the Kens were working
no way Dylan thought for even a split second that a pregnant Barbie doll where children reach inside to take out the newborn was a good idea lmfao
Well the thing is pregnant Midge had a removable belly with a baby inside, you could like take it out and make her hold her baby, and some people say she wasn’t discontinued because she was weird or because children didn’t like her, it happened because the parents were pissed by the possibility that she would give their kids an idea of where babies really come from
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979i read that and some people thought it was promoting teen pregnancy
and because her original doll didn't have a wedding ring lmao they were really freaked out about that@@lauracerqueiramachado8979
I had the doll and really liked her.
Lol ironically doctors will reach to remove babies for c-sections so it’s not far off from reality. And kids eventually learn how babies are conceived, it’s the parents who make it weird like saying that babies are delivered by storks 😅
Dylan while I love your witty commentary usually, I feel like you have really missed why this film is so brilliant. There is a clear disconnect between what you saw on the surface, and what myself and so many others FELT.
1. For Barbie’s journey, it was showing and implying rather than upfront telling like you were missing.
1a. All of the scenes that are quiet are keystone moments in her realisation of the beauty of the human, and more specifically, the woman experience. The extended quiet moment on the bench where she simply observes the world (which you identified) is powerful because it is her first experience of the spectrum of human emotions, children, parenthood, and aging, all of which are foreign concepts to her, and doesn’t require explicit dialogue to show.
1b. Barbie’s short dialogue with the old woman “you’re beautiful” “don’t I know it!” made me cry, because it contrasts so much to what society and structures dictate what women should be and look like. This old woman is confident in her beauty despite the conventional standards and expectations of youth. Women are bombarded with narratives both implicit and explicit that say older women are not beautiful, valuable, or worthwhile enough to be shown on screen, ad campaigns, positions of power and authority. There is no line more that would add deeper value to this interaction, following your thought, what would either of them even say or do? The dialogue is succinct but the teary appreciative look of wonder from Barbie and the somewhat bewildered look from the woman is absolutely perfect
1c. Barbie’s journey is also shown visually, through costuming and makeup, as she goes from perfectly curled and pressed to looser curls, and finally just a slight wave. The same follows for her makeup as it tones down significantly. And of course, the very obvious change between her heels into pink Birkenstocks. I’m honestly really disappointed and surprised that you omitted the final scene where she goes to her gynaecology appointment, it’s the experience of womanhood that she is JOYFUL to partake in.
1d. Barbie is constantly exposed to the multifaceted nature of womanhood, most explicitly during Gloria’s (the mother’s) speech about being a woman. THATS your explicit telling that you wanted man. And it, combined with the quiet insightful moments Barbie experiences, along with her moments of emotional expression (crying) is what provides such a deep and holistic approach to showing the changes for Barbie’s final choice to experience womanhood.
1e. Barbie’s final scene with Ruth Handler was so poignant to so many women and girls because it DOES show the intricacies of life, but it might not be obvious to everyone, especially men. The experience of being a daughter and growing and feeling life and how that relates to your mother, the society around you, and the way you see and respond to them is so heartbreakingly shown through the montage of home movies that Barbie “FEELS”; “close your eyes, and feel” made me sob. So many things try to dictate how women are “supposed” to view, feel, and react to things and the wordless purity of the snippets of so many lives shown in the clip creates a sense of solidarity and shared life that so many women can relate to. Being allowed to just feel life is so emotional (it should be, shouldn’t it). This also deeply relates to motherhood, which is a theme of the film since so many women are mothers, and so many feel the pressure from friends, family, and society to be a mother. It’s a unique experience for everyone but the nature of it is also shared, especially under patriarchies where we are delegated or forced to take up domestic and submissive roles, usually surrounding motherhood.
2. Your qualms with the Mattel HQ and personnel are because, to me, the film is trying to critique both the patriarchy AND capitalism.
2a. The patriarchy is very clearly a prominent theme in the film and is this reflected in the nobodies and forgettable faces of men that are the personnel in Mattel. While casting comedians to be the higher ups might make it “funnier”, it eliminates the real image of men you don’t care about running everything that is shown through the random men casting. Also it makes Will Farrell look funnier in juxtaposition. However, the length of the scene, to me, critiques the useless, repetitive, and drawn-out nature of capitalism. John Doe whatever his name is talking to his colleagues highlights their same-ness, their identical outfits in particular that reflect how companies under capitalism value homogeneity. Additionally, the way everyone pops out of their grey box cubicles to wave sets up the callback of the Mattel guys’ weird ass wave when Barbie leaves Barbieland for the last time. The long scene of John Doe trying to tell CEO about Barbie and the broken telephone that follows is a critique of the absurd rules and procedures that take place under capitalism, rather than him just telling him straight-up. The Barbie escape chase scene is also purposely cartoonish for 1. Fun and gags and 2. Again, showing off the bland homogeneity of the headquarters of BARBIE! The fun and creative product which contrasts the horrid office. Aka critiquing the concept of creativity under capitalism.
2b. Small point, the podcast hosted by wise trees IS a funny joke, because of the dominance of random ass men having podcasts.
2c. Your point about wanting to buy the ideal, the extraordinary, is true! But what women are sick of are that being the ONLY way we are shown in media and society. It’s not about just the product (and I know you get this, and it was just a joke) but actual representation and what women want. A women expresses what she wants, and is only truly considered when it is profitable.
3. Sasha (the daughter) and Gloria’s relationship DOES develop on screen but not as explicitly as say, Barbie and Ken’s, or Barbie’s personal journey, because this movie is saying so much, but it doesn’t forget the mother-daughter relationship. Another commenter has already said this but Sasha’s changes in costuming for her to wear more pink and “feminine” colours show how she understands her mother more, who always wears very “feminine” colours or garments, and how she has come to understand womanhood more. Rather than the cynical disposition shown in the beginning, her body language and expression becomes more open and positive at the end of the movie. Interpersonal relationships in film don’t always have to be solved with direct communication between the characters but can be shown through shared experiences and concepts, like we see!
4. The Kens. Their jokes are stupid because they’re supposed to be portrayed as stupid… like how women are portrayed in media made for men. Himbo for Bimbo baby. As you’ve correctly identified this movie is not anti-men! But instead anti-mono-gender-hierarchies! It shows the pitfalls of both the patriarchy and matriarchy through the mistreatment of Barbie in the real world, and the mistreatment of the Kens in the matriarchal Barbieland. Not only are they cast-aside, they are PORTRAYED and seen as not having feelings or deep thoughts. I loved the himbo Kens and the fact that Ryan Ken is still dictated by his role as Barbie’s boyfriend shows that the matriarchy does still have restrictive gender roles that limit the full experience of those affected.
5. Seriously why did you cut the gyno appointment scene that is so important as a resolution for Barbie’s journey :-( it also de-stigmatises women’s reproductive health
Overall, while I acknowledge that you meant for this commentary to be very lighthearted and surface-level and jokey, but when you started to actually critique the movie and go “I don’t get it” “it didn’t emotionally destroy me” it makes me want to explain why it WORKS and why it did emotionally destroy myself and so many others. Of course you are entitled to your own opinion and how you experienced the film, but when you start to not get it, it means that the film is not made for you, and I feel like you do understand that. But when that happens I would much rather that you have a conversation with someone/people who DO get it, and relate to the film in a way that you couldn’t. The Barbie movie is a powerful societal commentary disguised as comedy about dolls and thus discussion about it almost is impossible to divorce from its deeper themes. Do I think that The Barbie Movie is absolutely perfect? No, but I think it’s pretty dang close and one of my all time favourites, and it’s so emotionally valuable to women and people who have this experience of trying to operate under oppressive systems. The Barbie Movie shows that being a woman sucks so so much but it is also a beautiful and wonderful experience on THE BIG SCREEN! For everyone to see under a short 1h 54min runtime for just a taste of the intricacies of gender, society, capitalism, growing up, and so much more. Greta Gerwig packed such a powerful punch with this movie and I can only hope that makes studios sit up and make more things by women, for women, and including women, and for men and those ignorant to the horrors of being a women (whether wilfully ignorant or not) to open their eyes and ears and actually listen to what women have to say.
Anyway, I loved the Barbie movie so much (if that wasn’t clear already) and I appreciate your commentary on it! Much love,
this is a great analysis!!
Damn girl write an op ed!!! This is so spot on
Yeah this is also all of my opinion in one comment. And you made me cry.
@DylanIsInTrouble READ THIS!!! ITS BRILLIANT!!!
Move over Roger ebert this was actually well said and I don't say that a lot about yt comments lmao. The tediousness of the Mattel corporate scene was necessary because it showed how slow things actually move in bureaucracy and capitalism and dylan literally didn't understand that.
dylan making fun of the fact that he knows he didn’t know the ruth lore and being so close is hilarious i would’ve loved to see his reaction to finding out
"Even if you did wanna make the argument that men are poorly represented in Barbie, women also could make the argument that they're poorly represented or underrepresented in other films." THIS Dylan thank you!!!
He really just summed up the entire discourse the film caused in one line.
Every part of modern media poorly represents men as bumbling idiots that can’t do anything without the help of their wife
How are they poorly represented / underrepresented in other films? I’m genuinely curious because it seems now that men are the ones being badly represented, just from what I know, as a marvel fan, suddenly women are dominating all these shows and every movie is about a girlboss. I’m not trying to argue here I just have not seen women underrepresented in like years
@Aliu21. Theres many different arguments for underrepresentation or misrepresentation of women in movies. I admittedly have not watched many of the recent Marvel things, but ill point out, you notice it. You notice women suddenly being in lead roles and you see it as men being misrepresented. And i doubt you noticed it or cared when the men were in the lead roles, or saw nothing wrong with it. The goal is for men and women to be equally represented, but we're going through a phase of women being extra represented to make up for the past. In the case of Marvel, things like super heros, video games, etc. have always been marketed solely for boys and men, and now theyre moving toward including girls and women, and part of that shift includes making up for the past. I understand the argument of Marvel kinda overdoing it recently, but again it wasnt an issue when all the movies were about men.
@@annieswirl My point of "you notice it now but not when everything was about men" is just something to consider - not a jab or accusation. Its not bad that you notice it, but why do you? Maybe because the representation was lacking before. In the case of Marvel specifically though, I havent been keeping up but i have heard theyve been overdoing it.
Idk if I was imagining it or not but Margo started looking more human as time went on and I liked the subtlety of it a bit
100% I think that was definitely on purpose. You can tell they start going lighter with the make up and filters and they start showing more of margot the person and not margot the barbie
I think it's most obvious in her hair. It's like her perfect blowout was slowly deflating and that doesn't happen for the dolls. Unless you brush them out, the hair stays big.
For sure. You start to see more of fine lines and skin texture. Then at the end, you can tell that her foundation is slightly mismatched. I loved that detail
Fun fact - they had two versions of her costume too. Once she started looking more human, her dress also lost some of the colourfulness and got more dull.
The angles of the cameras, the filters. Etc. It was done on purpose
i was kind of surprised to see how disconnected Dylan felt from the "dual messages" and character roundness at the end because to me it felt very complete. i hadn't taken the time to fully develop this thought about it until someone else mentioned it in another comment, but i think a lot of that is related to, as Dylan mentioned, this movie being "for women" in a lot of ways. like the intention is clearly for everyone to laugh and learn from it, but there are just elements to the storytelling that will hit harder and work better for women because they draw on our experience in the real world and communicate in a way that we communicate with each other. those moments are quiet and eye contact were crystal clear for me, and i honestly hadn't thought that maybe they wouldn't be for men until i watched Dylan comment on them with that perspective of dissatisfaction. also, i think barbie's character arc and journey to both self-acceptance and desire for humanity are much more interconnected than Dylan gave them credit for, or maybe that's another area where the perception is just less clear for some groups, idk. i think her acceptance of herself and her feelings in all their complexity is what drew her to the real world because now that she has this more nuanced and self-reflective perspective it feels like going backwards to just return to the "everyday is perfect" life in barbieland. her eyes have been opened to a whole life of learning, growing, and emotions that she didn't even have any point of reference for before, so her newly accepted self longs for more of that and no longer belongs in the plastic, unevolving world where she once thrived as stereotypical barbie.
“the way that they’re stereotyping men in this movie is so crude… and accurate” 😭😭😭 23:52
I am SHOCKED that Dylan didn't even touch on the part where Allan beat up all the construction workers when the mom and daughter were trying to escape Barbieland. That was one of my favorite parts of the movie, and I figured Dylan would have also really enjoyed it since there was violence involved lol.
that and allen’s joke abt the ken’s figuring out to build sideways and not up lol
Omg me too I was so heartbroken when it went to the next part I reversed it just cus I was so sure he'd mention it and thought i'd somehow skipped it
And when Allan references his own slogan and says, "I'm Ken's best friend. All his clothes fit me." I didn't notice that until my third viewing of the movie 😂
Allen is such a gem🤌
Dylan being that close to guessing who Ruth was but still missing it, is classic 'theories with Dylan' 😂
same with America (the mom) and the daughter 😂
@@davidarjon2551He was so disappointed when he learned she didn't die from a medical condition! xD
I need a "theories with dylan" supercut now
I like to say that Ryan played the *heck* out of that character. He danced, he sang, he improvised comedic scenes, he was almost a villain, and then come to a conclusion "kenough". He deserves all the awards for this performance. 👏
It's not the same though... the barbies didn't treat the kens as bad as how kens treated the barbies or even how men treat women in the real world. Ken's treated barbies like servants and over sexualized them in every situation and treated them as less. Barbies only kinda ignored the kens. That's it.
The film makes it very clear that Ken's live in a "matriarchy" or sorts, albeit tamer. They don't have places to sleep and exist to serve and orbitate the barbies whenever they feel like it, always coming second place, after all, is a Barbie world. At the very end they even make the joke that the Kens have no participation in politics whatsover as well.
So no, it's not the exact same, but Gerwig's intention was definitely to draw clear parallels in a cheeky manner.
Something about two women of different ages saying “your beautiful.” And “I know” was really touching to me. It was transcendent beauty that touched on what it’s like to be a women, cutting through how we’re taught to hate ourselves and are pit against each other since childhood.
This moment had me in tears in the theater, wondering how long it had been since a stranger had complimented her.
This. And Barbie saw her future in her. She saw the life of human that has lived. That’s showing age on her face and the fact that she knows she’s beautiful just solidifies that humanity and the human experience is beautiful.
@@JasmineBoothe1it is indeed rare for people to see the beauty in aging. We try so hard to look young forever, without realizing that it is natural and normal, and all that lives will someday age and die. It's not an ugly thing at all, but there is a big stigma still
What I like too is the shot after when the woman is alone at the bus stop. Even though she seemed so self-assured in the moment, you can see that it did really affect her. It makes you realize no one has probably said those words to her in a long time. A good reminder to do that with loved ones in our lives.
ya same in tht scene what they said hit me so deep cause as women aging is seen as such a horrible thing its a taboo really for a women to age i feel like especially when almost everyone is using fillers and botox to prevent aesthetic aspect of aging i loved that scene of embracing aging which is a normal human thing everyone has to go thru and should not be so looked down upon and her realizing how non perfect thing can be so beautiful if u just embrace it that moment was what made me realize that she has desire for human life.
the narrator part about margot robbie being attractive was SO funny to me lol it was one of my favorite parts.. i like how they did it tbh
Right?! The whole cinema laughed at that part when I went to watch it.
Same. I don't really get the critique about it being out of place?? She narrates the beginning and we hear her at the end, her having a line in between wasn't bad or out of que? Idk. It seems like a joke that was made in post, which makes it funnier imaging them watching Margot Robbie go, "I'm not pretty anymore!" and them then going "lets get one more joke about the glaringly obvious." The whole movie is absurd. It's a very much not real DOLL going out into the real world. But the narrator making a joke was out of place??? 😂 idk.
THIS, totally this!
BUT I have a feeling that this was lost, in the sense of it being viewed at home. versus being in a movie theater and having that experience.
and of course it being a commentary.. so although Dylan's analyzing it and delving deep in it; he's not really viewing it in the same way, a regular person going to the movies would.
So I could see how he'd have that opinion, in this surrounding.
But yes, I also was very entertained by it and laughed along the entire crowd.
I think Barbie's I'm not pretty is meant for women who felt beautiful before but not anymore I used to be obsessed with my beauty but then my mental health got worse and I looked hideous I've been trying to get my looks back together ever since
@@Eloise_Gallant
Same
I get that there is a gap of people that didn't watch Sex Education and two of the actors from that are Barbie/Ken, but Conner Swindles that plays the regular worker dude, while playing Adam in Sex Education completely won me over (I get that there are some that disagree with my sentiment and that is valid). Conner warms my heart. And as a note Conner is a comedic actor, but he's British and if you haven't seen Sex Education I get that someone wouldn't know that.
My friend and I found his scenes the funniest. It’s just him.
Nah man, i cried when i seen the bench scene. It was just something you had to feel and i think it was perfect the way it was.
I really liked the bench interaction, Barbie has never seen someone that’s old, she’s never seen someone with “imperfections” but she sees this woman and she thinks she’s beautiful. It ties into the whole finding the beauty in her fears of imperfection and a contrast to how scared she was of change in the beginning
What I understood about the bench scene was that that woman, the old woman knew she was beautiful because she played with barbies and took that -- the message of being perfect no matter what -- to the heart. While the other generation (the teen's) had another view on the barbie message
The older woman IS Barbie. She's the actual daughter of the creator, and the doll is named after her.
@@pyjamallama2088 No she isn't, she's called Ann Roth who is a legendary Costume Designer in Hollywood. Greta needed someone who was older to play the part and decided to go for one of her older friends instead of going with Barbara Handler.
My thought with the whole "play you a song by the bonfire with 10 other couples around and then Barbie leaves me for another Ken" is that each Ken is emotionally attached to one Barbie, so even if you get a new Barbie she's not as good since you don't care for her in the same way and therefore you're still offended by Barbie going to another Ken
Also, I think there’s a specific Ken assigned to each Barbie. Like when weird Barbie says “that Ken of yours”
Exactly
There's also the scene after Ken (Ryan) and Barbie (Margot) talk where one Ken (Ncuti Gatwa) mentions something about missing *his* friend Barbie (Emma Mackey).
I thing that's right but also not true? Like, Ken (Simu Liu) was constantly fighting against Ken (Ryan) for Barbie's (Margot) attention. So did Stereotypical Barbie had two Kens?
I think you’re so right, but less that each Barbie has one assigned Ken and moreso that the one they were trying to woo was ignoring them, so even if they did get a replacement Barbie, they’re distracted by the hurt of being ignored by the Barbie they originally had/the jealousy of themselves being replaced by another Ken.
1) The Mattel guy with the broken arm is actually a recurring character in Fleabag and he's really good in that. 2) I feel like the daughter did grew. At the beginning she doesn't seem interested in much, she's distant towards her mom but as the movie goes by, she grew closer to her mom, defended her, empathised with her and was an active member of the crew/plan. 3) Funfact, the woman on the bench is Ann Roth, an Oscar-winning costume designer 4) There was a lot of deleted scenes so I wonder if those endings would felt better with some of those cut scenes...
I actually think that Barbie's character journey comes full circle. Being in Barbie Land means being perfect. That's the whole point of the decision with Weird Barbie at the beginning: go back to being perfect or embrace the truth in the real world. In the end, she's given that same decision and chooses her imperfections in the real world. It also touches back to Gloria's speech on women having to be real people but also lives up to expectations of perfection in order to fit into a world others have created.
Also, the quiet moments allow for Barbie to reflect and bask in the imperfections and slowness of the real world vs. Barbie land, which is always loud and colorful. Those moments show Barbie something she has never experienced, and although short, they are enough for her to understand the differences between her life and the life of the people she influences. Both moments made me wildy emotional.
Idk I just really love this movie.
I actually loved the narrator break, cuz hearing the entire theatre laugh out loud at tht joke was hilarious and lowkey uniting, saw this in a theatre packed with mostly women and some men, all of us wearing pink. It was a blast to be so excited and pumped for a movie, kind of reminded me of how my parents said going to the theatres was a party in itself, it was such a cool moment to be a part of
This is exactly it, I did not know how to namr the emotin after watching Babrbie in cinema, but this is it. It was celebration and fun time with strangers and it is is a long time when I felt so connected to humanity and people and it felt so good watching this in cinema.
and this narrator is omnipresent too so his complaint didn’t make much sense anyway because she can pop in literally at any time
I saw this movie 4 times (I swear not because obsession, just because I had 4 different occasions and groups I saw it with). Every time was so fun because of the energy of the people
@@96grunge I liked the break, I thought it was funny, but I get what he means cuz I had a similar reaction too. It's such a long time between when the narrator comes in, you kinda forget about her. It just feels random. My guess is that there were other narrator moments in the script that got cut
It's definitely in there for the theater goers, I can see how it doesn't really work when you're alone
Even if it’s not Monday, know that you are Kenough Dylan
It's Monday for me today, what country are you from?
Friday 💀
@@zerere_ what planet are you from? 👁👄👁
@@zerere_3 days ahead....????
It is monday
Dylan is always right
I think this movie hits differently for those who have experienced girlhood. In those moments of silence we can project our own meaning and I think that’s beautiful. Also I thought the making of Mattel scenes was purposely obnoxious and boring as a another message the movie tries to portray. From my perspective this movie is a portrayal of the simple and complex perspectives of girlhood.
For the ending, I would argue that the “wanting to be human” is the inadequacy that Barbie feels. A lot of girls feel sorry for feeling emotions, or feel like they are weak because of it. I cried during that part because (as a person who is an all work, no bias, people pleaser) I downplay my emotions a lot. It results in me feeling guilty or inadequate for the feelings I have. The ending, to me, symbolizes that you don’t have to be perfect BECAUSE you are not Barbie. Because you are human.
I love how Dylan instantly says he’s not going deep into the social commentary stuff because he’s scared of another hush incident
Yeah true, it’s smart cus most men can’t truly understand/relate to these deep feminism topics so it’s best he doesn’t state opinions on it online
@@gamech1ck681and if he did have reasonable critiques, he’d most likely just get hated on for it more
I don't think it's fair to say he's "scared". I think it's more like he's just tired of having to constantly defend himself against people who don't matter.
@@growingupwithdisney no, he made some reasonable critiques throughout this movie lmao
@@gamech1ck681☠️🤣
I understood the ending from a metaphoric point of view. Barbie represents a girl going through puberty: you may become sad about the realities of growing up but once you lose that innocence you can’t go back. In Margot’s sad smile when she is celebrating with the other Barbies she conveys that feeling. Greta Gerwig took inspiration from Reviving Ophelia, which describes how girls become insecure when they hit puberty because of the patriarchy.
This is a really interesting perspective
She went through nothing, you’re reaching
A character is supposed to reflect on things that challenge them throughout the film, by the end they’re supposed to be completely different….she’s exactly the same and wants change for….reasons
This isn’t deep, it’s not even surfaced
That’s beautiful, but still that decision kind of came out of nowhere, Barbie spent just a few hours in the real world and most of her experiences there were unpleasant for her, what made her choose to stay there for good? Why did she make such a point to get Barbieland back to the way it was if she wasn’t even going to stay there? Why didn’t Ken go as well (he had many more reasons to want to live in the real world than her)?
That’s a very broad argument, lots of people are insecure for various reasons. Patriarchy isn’t one of them.
I thought the change was in that in the beginning of the movie Barbie thinks that the real world is a better place because of her, but when she realizes that she didn’t have the effect she thought in the real world then she chooses to be a human who can create her own impact in the world rather than being a representation of an idea that didn’t reach the potential she thought she had in the beginning.
For anyone who doesn’t already know (because I didn’t for a while) the lady on the bench is Barbara Handler, Ruth Handler’s daughter and part of the inspiration for the barbie doll (I think). That scene when Barbie tells Barbara that she’s beautiful made me SOB because she IS barbie but she’s also human and she’s grown and aged. I don’t know I just love this movie So. Much. And I don’t mean to be rude in any way but I genuinely don’t think men will ever truly understand every part this movie. Also the home video clips when barbie is with Ruth at the end are clips from women that actually worked on the movie
It's actually award winning costume designer Ann Roth :/ sorry
The many scenes that are filled with silence are actually filled with a knowing messages between women and our struggles… definitely targeted more towards women
I'm 61, and the bench scene is one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen in a movie. I love it. It made me cry. People don't see the beauty in older women. We just get dismissed.
You're beautiful, I'm sure! ❤
yes and that was exactly the point being made. since the stigma related to women aging was never a concept in barbieland; margot's barbie was never taught to view aging negatively and so all she saw was a woman, not an old woman, just a beautiful one.
one of my favorite things about this movie is that Barbie sees the beauty in all women, regardless of age, weight, skin color, hair type, none of that matters to her. she’s “stereotypical barbie” outwardly, but inwardly she’s so much more accepting and compassionate than people believe someone that looks like her could be.
@@HarleenKaur-dd5hzthat’s such a great insight, i knew what the scene was communicating but couldn’t figure out how to put it into words. this is such a wonderful way to explain it!
Here’s my opinion on the ending: Its not Barbie’s desire to be a human. It’s her desire to be a woman. And the previous scenes showed that and how beautiful it can be. Seeing all those images of what it means to be a real woman, it was like being told that we are all in this together even though the world wants us to see each other as enemies. We are all sisters and daughters and sometimes mothers and we have more in common than not.
I never understood the ending but this really puts it into perspective
Yes that’s why she ends up in the gynaecology right?
😭😭that was beautifully put
@@martinafabianaroa8509 Yes!
i guess women are not human then... what a weird take.
28:46 "It's a cult" 😂😂😂 laughed so hard
I wish we got to see more of weird Barbie’s past since she was once considered “the prettiest of them all”
I got a slightly different message from Barbie wanting to be human. I feel like this is a metaphor for how many women feel. We always have to be perfect and meet so many expectations, so wanting to become real is like wanting to live as yourself and enjoy life instead of trying to meet all this expectations, or being what society says we should be. It shows that we also feel like toys, when we are objectified, sexualized, when our feelings are dismissed. The song What I was made for translated perfectly how we feel lost when we don’t feel enough while trying to be the perfect woman society expects us to be.
this makes so much sense!
i got the same message from the movie, which is why the online discourse has confused me so much. people online are twisting of the focus onto ken when to understand the commentary about ken, you first have to understand the pressure that barbie is under and how that translates to the struggles of women in the real world. yes, he is 'kenough', but that came from an understanding found by the barbies that you don't have to be anything or meet any of the crazy expectations (especially those imposed on women) to be perfectly human. i'm so glad i found someone else who got the same message
This! She is literally called Stereotypical Barbie and she goes on a journey to become just Barbie, flawed and very human.
Do you know that is what every human goes thru, right?
i also feel like it should be said that the feelings of being inadequate and wanting to be human are often experienced together by minorities and people who are separated from the perceived majority (pushing one form of experience while silencing and oppressing others). like ive never felt less human than when i think about how i dont meet certain standards or expectations or that im somehow “wrong”; i very much experience that alienation together.
the ending is not about her chasing something she's missing out on, but about finding a place in the world once you lose the innocence of girlhood. it's growing up and coming to terms with that and finding the beauty within the loss of childhood. so it's not this omg i want to be human, but a "i guess this is where i fit in now" which is quite relatable as a woman
I didn’t realize Barbieland was childhood and the real world was adulthood. That makes sense. Thank you for explaining that :)
Not saying your interpretation is wrong (I haven’t googled which is the right one) but I feel like this just highlights Dylan’s point about the movie being too vague about its plot. Not even I came to this conclusion and many others didn’t either. I do like that explanation better than some others tho.
I feel like it’s vague because though most women have a lot of the same experiences, the idea of “humanity “ is different for everyone. Like as a black woman, just to be treat like a regular human in the small town I live in, was something I related with, while some of my friends saw something different. Though I can see the want for something specific. But much like the idea that Barbie can be anything, a vague ending can (for the most part) be for anyone.
@@KingAmasawa I feel like this idea gets shot down with the “woman have it hard” speech 3/4 of the way through. They list a bunch of super specific things that are supposed to apply to every woman and I can’t think of a single person who any of that would apply to because of their gender in real life.
@@shadamyandsonamylover Clearly the point of that scene went over your head. Of course you've never met a person it would apply to because that person doesn't exist. The mom is describing the expectations that are placed on women from an early age, to be this perfect, self-aware, gracious woman that does no wrong. Even if you don't have those same expectations for women, those expectations do exist and we do feel them. Maybe not exactly in the way described, but the essence of what was said is universal.
25:00 i assumed it was each Barbie has their own Ken, so everyone Ken probably has a favorite Barbie or the Barbie they’re closest to 🤔
“I hope it’s something heartwarming, like her mum just died…” had me rolling 😂
for once i actually have to disagree with you Dylan. the "quiet" scenes were actually some of my favorites. instead of throwing out jokes or lines like they did during the whole movie, they cut out the unnecessary dialog and let the scene speak for itself. so much is being said in the eye contact between Barbie and Ruth, and the music mixed with the nostalgic scenes is absolutely beautiful. the beauty of the film together with the message makes it magical, just like barbie.
Exactly! The quietness felt extremely purposeful to me, like it was showcasing the quiet beauty of life.
I agree with the bench scene, but not with the tea scene. It put me off the "danger" of the previous chasing scene. I was like: how long are they going to talk while a bunch of guys are looking for Barbie hahaha. Also, for me, a lot of the scenes should have been a little bit shorter, including silence scenes. But I think that Dylan's point is that because of the duality of the final message, many scenes seem wasted. For instance, the tea cup scene represents that moment of vulnerability where Barbie needs some guidance to boost up her self-confidence. But, that moment could have been used to reflect in Barbie's desire to become human, which wasn't really brought up until the movie's end. Did anybody else think that Barbie wanted to be human before the final part of the movie? I genuinely thought that she was going to live with what she'd learned in Barbieland as the other Barbies were going to do. Moreover, we didn't know that it was possible for dolls to become human 😂. I think that what the writers wanted was to quite literally humanize Barbie, and, subsequently, womanhood. But, in my opinion, it is not driven by the story or by the characters. It is more of a external than internal driver of the story.
@@sage6861 i totally agree!
@@gustavomarquez4291 some scenes could’ve been shorter, but after the chasing scene, they took a break from the comedy and focused on Barbie and Ruth and this interaction. They were there in such an everyday way, it felt almost familiar and normal, and it showcased a more human Barbie, not the one they wanted to shut in a box just a few minutes before. It also showed Barbie learning from Ruth, how to sit or how to drink tea. They influenced each other. And I love that they didn’t rush that scene, and the importance of it.
@@madeleineh.h9027Yeah, maybe. I think that you could have done the break of comedy better if they did it after the chase scene. Or if Ruth had helped with it. But, well, I think that you didn't read my edited response hahaha. I think that that scene represents a moment of vulnerability as you've pointed out. However, the introduction of Ruth has everything to do with Barbie becoming human, and that is not brought up in any part of their conversation. We don't know that that's even a possibility till the movie's end. I think that that's Dylan's point. For me, the writers wanted to quite literally humanize Barbie and womanhood, so it happens based on the message of the movie instead of a character's motivation.
i love how dylan keeps stopping to explain the plot as if we haven't all seen this movie already and have been waiting for him to catch up. bless him x
I saw it in July or august and since then I've been waiting for him to AT LEAST mention the movie but I just assumed it wasn't on his radar, then the ooga booga video came out and my questions were answered
I did not watch hahaha
I haven't 😂😂I wanted to watch it before he posted the commentary but I didn't think he'd post it so soon. And I couldn't hear myself
I wasnt planning on ever watching the movie but i usually watch whatever commentary he posts and sometimes if there's a movie idk about or one im not sure I'll want to watch, I'll watch and see what other ppl say about it and if seeing some scenes makes me want to watch it then i will.
I haven’t watched it lmao
I love that every time he pauses to question something its immediately answered
Just saw him in DISNEY! That was honestly the highlight of my trip. It was such a surreal experience like i still cant believe that happened. Ive been a fan since 2018 and i am such a huge fan of dylan is in trouble, ooga booga and dylan will not participate (when that was still around). For anyone wondering he did infact forget his nose ring. But he was so so nice and like 7 feet tall like holy shit i never realised how tall he is. Thank you so much for taking a picture with me, it was like meeting one of my idols- sorry i didnt reference something or say anything cool when i met you i was literally in complete shock
Okay but the way Dylan was almost correct about Ruth while knowing nothing prior is pretty cool!
That right there is a professional movie watcher
i thought it was obvious. the way the tone changed from the chase scene to the calm, slow scene. Barbie looking like she recognizes her, and an old lady helping her while "not knowing" her without question... was it not obvious? maybe i too... am a professional movie watcher. guess i learned from the GOD of professional movie watchers.
@@kaygafanehahahah yeah maybe I‘m also a pro movie watcher, it was suuuuuuper obvious
it's mega obvious
It was the most obvious thing in the movie
@@Realmorii yes
31:54 I get where you're coming from Dylan, however, the scene is not just about Ken. It's also a joke about how women often times end up comforting men because they are sad about making mistakes. And Ken crying about the consequences of his actions to Barbie instead of actually apologyzing and owning up to his mistakes is sadly very accurate but therefore funny. So personally I didn't have a problem with them not taking this scene serioulsy.
I agree. I find it interesting to hear the reactions of men who genuinely seem to like the movie, because even though they "get it", the things they don't like always seem to be things that I thought were the main point.
There weren't 2 conflated arcs for Barbie, it was just one. She wasn't looking for acceptance + becoming human, she was just going on the same journey all women struggle with to claim their own womanhood instead of just living the role we are born into. the way the quiet scenes were filmed specifically read as longing, confusion, and uncertainty about how she fits in with the world around her (not insecurity about not being good enough). ken's arc wasn't given that serious an ending, because it wasn't about him, it was about her and her navigating compassion for men vs not owing them anything. The logical problem with the guitar jealousy scene isn't illogical for women because that's a lived experience for us. I even had a bunch of guy friends who said the Barbieland clutter and visuals went too far/wasn't great, but what they miss is that all those things triggered visceral memories and reactions from any little girl that grew up with Barbie.
I feel like, for all the movie was clearly intended to be approachable for almost all audiences, it was just ultimately made for women who grew up with Barbie, and if you aren't one of those women, you are just aren't going to get as much out of it. And that is pretty uncommon imo.
I feel like Barbie owed Ken more of an apology ... which she did do which redeemed her. and she should have comforted him. this is literally the first time she had ever shown him any care. which is what was helping make her more human. she needed to show him care. the Kens didn't even have homes and she never thought about that before. never noticing she was hurting someone. vs at the end where she notices the pain she caused and needed to help him. its integral to Barbie's growth.
there was actually 0 consequences to his actions. In fact at the end its a good thing that he did what he did because it caused the other barbies to slowly start treating the Kens better. even at the end the Narrator stated so.
Kens growth just needed to happen quickly(movie time) and he has been the thing to break up serious moments so even for his own moment. I had np for it having humor because i thought it fit the character and not because of your take that he was just a wining person who just made mistakes. Since Barbie made all the mistakes.
this i think is why Barbie land mirrors the real world and the Kens fighting for some power and fighting to be seen is supposed to mirror women in the rl fighting for those things ... and the barbies mirror the men. The Kens are even more emotional and actually care but none of the Barbie's have that.
rewatch and instead think of the Kens as women and it makes more sense... even his dramatic crying and leaving to cry on his bed
It wasn't funny to me, I liked how Barbie was comforting Ken, he might not have felt those emotions before, or didn't know why he did certain things or felt embarrassed, it takes time to own up to things and apologize and take accountability, I wouldn't expect someone to do that right away as they might not have known how to do it, are still processing their emotions, etc. The fact that barbie comforted him, was beautiful to me as she helped him get out of selfishness, that's not wrong. Sometimes having someone to help us can be very beneficial.
It doesn't really work since they flipped the gender roles. The scene wants to have the emotional association of irl woman having to go through that struggle of doing all the emotional labor for men when they deserve the apology, but in practice thats what Barbie has been doing to Ken instead.
With how Barbieland is set up, he's the disenfranchised group (no house, no identity outside of Barbie until the end, no representation in government) that has been wronged by her by how she took his support for granted and honestly never questioned how the system was treating him. After all, the only reason the patriarchy was appealing to Ken was not for the same reasons it's appealing to men irl, it was because Barbieland has systemic inequality that puts the Kens at the bottom as a byproduct of the flipped gender roles, ergo they go too far when another system is introduced that gives them agency over their lives even if its at the Barbies expense.
Which does confuse me for why we were supposed to cheer for the Barbies like... they don't deserve to be shoved into misogynistic positions, but we're supposed to cheer for the actual disfranchised group of the Kens getting reset to basically 0? I don't think this movie thought through the implications of just flipping the gender roles in Barbieland, it really fucks with the message.
@@gallifreyanrefugee7982barbie WASNT made for ken. she doesn’t need to apologize for anything.
I think the problem for Dylan was not understanding that there was only supposed to be one theme: accepting your flaws, accepting humanity. But that's reasonable because the film doesn't actually connect flaws to humanity enough enough for that to make sense without a lot of thinking. I remember sitting in the theatre during that climax and just scrunching my face up really tight trying to figure out what any of it meant until it clicked and i was like: oh i like this movie. Dylan has also projected a theme of how stifling a uniform life is, but that is not actually why Barbie wants to leave Barbieland-- she just wants to be happy with who she is, she wants to embrace humanity. She wants to leave a shallow world and accept the nitty gritty of life. But yeah I totally agree with him that the mother-daughter duo were wasted in this film, and it could have been presented better. But no one can deny it is surprisingly watchable for the times.
It’s crazy to me because I was so disappointed when I watched it, and was so vindicated with Dylan’s commentary but reading the comments has made me see the movie in a different light.
Pregnant barbie was real. The stomach popped off and you took the baby out. Some parents complained that it promoted teen pregnancy, even though Midge had a husband and toddler that were sold seperately. The doll got discontinued. I'm still bitter about it. I wanted one so bad lol
I had a pregnant barbie, but I'm starting to think it was a knock-off as this was like 2006, and mine was brand new. And also not a brunette if I remember correctly
My sister has a pregnant doll it looks like a barbie but its not the original its a rip off
I had one. My mom bought it for me and my sister when she was pregnant with my brother. I was afraid of touching her belly afterwards because I thought it would fall like Midge’s.
@@serotoninseeker2411 Hahahahahahha poor child
I still have mine 🥹🥹
i loved watching barbie in the cinema, everyone wearing pink and all women equally being able to relate to both the funny and the sad parts was so fun
everyone wearing pink? I wore my silver jacket with a big scorpion on the back and held a toothpick in my mouth, than you very much
@@helvete_ingres4717 no one cares
@@helvete_ingres4717you're just bitter because no one told you "hi Barbie!"
@@bbnagyu7704 u clearly do else why @ me so you're admitting you are a 'no one'. whereas i in contrast am a real hero and a real human bean. u mad?
@@malena6539 i'm still, as they say, kenough. when ken puts on the second pair of sunglasses 😎😎 I stand up in the theatre and say - he is literally me
Wow. You "explained Godfather" to us there, about nine minutes in! 😁
The seriousness, the messages are hidden under the goofyness. It's clever, because our guard is down.
I was laughing so hard at the movie theatre, and then I feel something strirring that I couldn't put my finger on, and I had to watch it again, because I knew there were more to it. I have carried Barbie with me since I watched it at the movie theatre. It's interesting to hear how different we all see it.
The guy at ~19:20 is a comedian. It's Jamie Demetriou - he's in lots of UK comedies including Stath Lets Flats. They DID cast a comedian and he's great!
When you said the quiet moments should have "delved into the beauty and fragility of life that Barbie never experienced" that, to me is exactly what happens in those moments and the ones that greatly moved me. The bench scene with the elderly woman, Barbie is seeing a physical appearance she's never seen before. There's no elderly, no wrinkles in Barbieland, yet she finds beauty in this woman. And she turns back to look at her, here where I think starts her desire to be human. And the woman saying "I know it" instead of "thanks" is perfect because in Barbieland, none of the Barbies every say "thank you" or diminish any compliment because they know their worth and beauty.
I also think the scene with Barbie and Ruth has so much importance and nuanced meaning about being a woman, and being human with Barbie saying "I normally don't look like this" and Ruth telling her she looks perfect.
I love you and I hope both sides of your pillow are cool. Oh mygod did the scenes of just appreciating age and emotions make me weep openly in the cinema
Yes! These emotional moments hit me so hard and even just whilst they were being shown in the background while Dylan was talking I started crying all over again thinking about it all
@@Brooke-un9eh same! The ending scene with the montage always makes me weep
This exactly!!!
@@Brooke-un9ehme too
“You are not the sum of your expectations, you just are” is actual poetry Dylan. Absolutely gorgeous
i was like ok writer Dylan
I never do this ever, i hardly even leave comments anywhere but thank you dylan, I've recently been going through some just horrendous things and havent felt this alome ever in my life but your videos offer me some real entertainment and happiness and if nothing else then a real distraction from all the bullshit. thank you for honestly giving me some kind of hope for myself and positive feelings in my life
This was so good! Your comments are super accurate and I can’t unsee them now. I LOVED this. It’s was very objective and fun.
Dylan, your theory about a young girl losing her mom so the doll comes into the real world and becomes a mother figure already exists! It’s called Life Size starring Tyra Banks as the “Barbie” doll and Lindsey Lohan playing the girl!
As soon as Dylan mentioned his theory, I thought about "Life Size" immediately. Its like a childhood fever dream.
Yes!
I loooooove that movie 🥲
petition for him to watch Life Size!!
i loved that movie as a kid!!!
in the kindest way this can be said, this is the first male reaction to Barbie that didn't just piss me off and give me that hopeless dread feeling yk? I don't expect every man to have the perspective of a woman, but just the capability to consider the other side of the coin is nice. I've always loved your reactions because you have a good balance of poking fun at things as well as trying to take them for what they were meant to be. good to have you back sir :)
Concur!
Definitely agree because I've seen some horrible reactions from men to this movie but I thought I'd recommend another male commentary that didn't want to make me scream: Reel Rejects. They're great and have become one of my favorite reaction channels over the past few years & I absolutely loved their Barbie reaction. (I don't know if you actually wanted a recommendation but your point definitely struck a cord with me because there's a few Barbie reactions I've watched from men and most of them leave me at least a bit disappointed if not downright horrified)
Yes! Another creator Film Cooper also gave another good review
Omni1Media & ProfessorNoName are both male reactors who reviewed Barbie - very non-toxic. I would highly recommend them both!
Yeah the only one (I'm atoll going through this one so I'm not counting it) I liked was from Badd Medicine
ooooh you really put all my thoughts to words, I really didn’t enjoy Barbie as much as everyone seemed to have did (outside of the Ryan scenes) but I couldn’t put my hand on why exactly.. one of my favorite videos from you!!
I’m glad you had the same thought as me. I didn’t know what message was being pushed and completed at the end and I wasn’t able to explain it but you put it perfectly. Thank you. 😂
I think a lot of the jokes don't hit in the movie or are random or they're saying "beach" instead of beach, same with the "i thought i might stay over tonight, to do what?" scene are all because the barbies and kens are being played with by children and so it's child language and how children expect adults to be like, I think it's actually a really cool way to show how the dolls and kids are connected
It's a brilliant way to show how culture is passed down and how society is just a thing made up of ideas that can be changed, for better or worse. And how we're all just big kids sometimes.
Also because barbie is asexual and doesn’t have a vagina😂
yea but in terms of a movie the "beach off" is supposed to be funny. but its not
I actually loved the narrator breaking in unexpectedly. The world was falling apart and suddenly the reassuring tones of Helen Mirren let you know that it's not all bad 😊
Also it was my second favorite joke in the entire movie
But she didn't say that. She butted in to remind us that Margot Robbie is prettier than the rest of us!
Same! And it was such a good like too that I can easily excuse it.
and i like it cause the joke is a play on how plenty people, often youtubers, say that during a scene where a beautiful woman has to break down because she isn’t pretty enough it doesnt work because that actress is already miles more gorgeous than the average woman. i’ve always found that complaint stupid in the first place (like individually you can look your best *and* your worst, regardless of other people) so seeing them make fun of it by having the narrator go like that was funny. also that incredibly random break from the movie got the most laughs from my theatre bc it was so absurd to do at an emotional point so i think it’s just a matter of preference.
Me too!! I watched it in theatres and there was audible laughter from a lot of viewers. I guess it's just one of those things that not everyone enjoys (I mean personally I dislike narration so was annoyed at first but idk the little joke just made everything feel better).
no but this 18:19 made me laugh uncontrollably in theaters i LOVE the completely unhinged and totally unnecessary jaw-acting
About your ending comments, I think the reason they went for “you’re adequate” in addition to Barbie wanting to be human is because being human means you’re not perfect as opposed to Barbie being portrayed as perfect.
I think the ending made sense because Barbie's journey is more about self-awareness than self-acceptance (she's the definition of female "perfection" so she isn't battling the self-doubt other women are made to feel) . Her eyes get opened to the complexity, nuance, and often depressing reality of humanity. Once she becomes truly aware, she can't go back to living in the safe illusion of Barbieland.
Thanks for another fun commentary Dylan!!
yeahhh, totally agree with that
yess
Also, she chooses reality over perfection. She will keep her cellulite and thoughts about death, get older, further and further away from the ideal, the fantasy. The two conflicts are two sides of the same coin.
exactly!
No
Dylan, it's about time you watch the OLD BARBIE MOVIES. yes. the animated ones. pretty pretty please.
edit : i didn't expect many ppl would like this & reply. and yes i know very well how Dylan HATES recommendation. but imma do it anyway sorry not sorry ❤️
That would be great😭
Dylan hates recommendations. Now he's not gonna watch them 😭😭😭
@@moteniolaaina4173 oh..we uh were actually saying…how much we would haaaate if he reacted to those 🫢🫢 oh noo pls don’t react to the animated Barbie movie series…🫢👀nooo
its not a recommendation, its a demand@@moteniolaaina4173
these would go so hard
Was sad today working and answering customers phone calls! 😢 Until I remembered Dylan and came here and had a blast and changed my day and mood! 🎉 thanks so much for your content! ♥️
I just love to see someone missout on some jokes or a meaning and in this way literally proving the point of the whole movie. 😂
I feel like the daughters arc was kind of rounded in a more subtle way. The more obvious is how she becomes supportive of barbie through the film and heals her relationship with her mum slightly but I’d also like to talk about the costumes. As girls we are often made to feel as if liking pink is embarrassing or being feminine is cringey etc, ESPECIALLY when you’re a teenager. So seeing how her outfits change from the first scene where she’s rude to barbie and she’s wearing all black to the final scene where she is wearing a pink top I felt that was a subtle hint at her becoming more in touch with femininity and kind of realising that it is okay to be girly/like girly things along with seeing the positivity in barbie and understanding her importance as well. Though pink does not necessarily equal girly/femininity … that was just how I personally perceived that :)
Yeah, he seemed to miss that whole thing.
A lot of people missed this. Men, I get, because they can't really relate too much with the whole "no feminine little girl, you're not supposed to like being feminine. Feminine and pink means dumb and overtly sexual to please men. Where's your solidarity to feminism???" that young girls often(myself very much included) go through. But the women not understanding that arc was like girl, how??? Literally look at her outfits in the beginning to the end. Starts off with her wearing darker colors and then she finishes the movie wearing bright and "feminine," colors. I truly don't know how people missed that.
@@rachel5399 yeah!! I felt it was obvious because when I was younger I went through the whole “ew pink” and “I’m not girly” phase because that’s what I thought I had to be to be cool 🤝 but I think the film does make it quite clear that her perspective changed on femininity after being around barbie and seeing how barbies actually feel. I do wonder how women especially missed it, I do understand men not seeing that though haha
The way she reacts to other people (including her posture) is another nice subtle aspect of this. At first she is incredibly defensive and reacts to others' perceived flaws without consideration. Over the course of the film she learns to be more empathetic and less quick to judge. She begins to realise that women existing differently to her is not a threat to the validity of her choices. They don't have to compete, they can exist side by side.
Fully agree
I actually laughed super hard at 'Margot is the wrong person to cast in this part' hahahahha
Ken's final breakdown is better with humor. Barbie grounds the scene as she reaches the end of her hero's journey, while Ken is the humorous foil as he's starting to have the existential crisis that she already went through. The way the black Ken goes from 0 to 100 with his hero's journey, as if wearing the mink is all he needed to turn around and spout suddenly deep-voiced wisdom is just hilarious. He was faster than Barbie and Ryan's Ken. I felt the movie gave plenty of room for Ryan's Ken to have emotionally serious moments, examining his identity crisis, his isolation from Barbie and the other Kens, and his search for intrinsic value.
29:35 you’re not a girl, you wouldn’t get it. We all sobbed in the cinema.
When Ruth said Barbie is "perfect" the way she is, also implies that Barbie's feelings about everything basically, are okay and normal too, and that imperfections are what makes something perfect.
"Ideas live forever. Humans not so much."
That line is going to be iconic.
30:00 u know what’s interesting about the scene on the bench is that apparently it was almost cut from the movie and the director had to fight just to keep that scene
30:57 The fact that he disconnected the feelings of imperfection and inadequacy from being human is honestly unfortunate. The silence and awkwardness is showing how Barbie doesn't really know how to interact with this world but she wants to, and that although she's imperfect in the situation and the real world, it's okay there unlike in Barbie Land (see: flat foot scene). To her it's not about the chaos and changing paced environment, the draw to the real world is the acceptance of imperfections