Interestingly, Margot Robbie, the actress for Barbie, is actually a Lemmy user. I randomly found her in a thread talking about the movie industry strikes.
She is also the moderator of !android@lemmy.world.
Such a multi-talented actress!
There’s no way that’s her real account - she barely has a social media presence, idk if she was even on Reddit.
I didn’t believe you at first, but it seems to check out! That’s awesome!
Lol, if i was as famous i too wold use an A.I. generated image of myself as my social media profile picture.
I’m not famous and if I have to put a picture of myself up in public I’d be AI generating myself.
Actually, if you would go and watch the barbie movie instead of bitching about it you would find a very good Oscar worthy movie which humorously points out several flaws in our current society hiding in plain sight.
And truly, what or who is bigger then oppenheimer in modern history? The man literally changed the world and is more or less the reason behind the longest period of peace in the west and beyond. It turned out that fear, deterrence, is the only thing that keeps war away.
They got that message loud and clear in Iran and Northern Korea. Especially after what happened in Libya and Syria.
Anyway, politic bullshit aside so far 2023 is, I think, a very good year for cinema.
Next to that I’ve seen this meme repeat itself yearly over the last five years. It’s getting tiresome. It’s time to think up a new one.
Not to derail your point, but I am 100% positive that the meme isn’t saying Barbie is a bad movie at all. This meme isn’t near as deep as you’re giving it credit for.
It’s making the observation that Hollywood has eroded its creative foundation to the point that there have only been two movies that anyone is talking about this year. Whereas in years past there would be dozens.
I have certainly noticed that over the last few years I care less and less about yet another Marvel movie or remake of an awesome 80s or 90s movie. It’s extremely obvious why masterful productions like Barbie and Oppenheimer stand out above everything else this year. These would have been great movies in the 90s too, but they would have actually been competing against substantially more films that are worth talking about.
I mean this is kinda bs. We had some really good movies released this year as well.
Barbie - besides all the bitching on lemmy, it’s actually a good movie
Oppenheimer - Maybe an all time classic
Spiderman Across the Multiverse - maybe one of the best superhero movies ever
Super Mario Bros - Not my type of movie but a commercial hit
Guardians of the Galaxy - Another really good superhero movie
John Wick 4 - Super fun movie
And that’s just halfway through the year.
Edit: and mission impossible this year too
We also had the new Mission Impossible movie which was a really good action flick.
On the other hand, the crappy live action Flintstones movie came out in 1994, so it wasn’t all winners.
Also Dumb and Dumber!
Crazy that Jim Carrey put out three huge movies in one year!
