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omerus91's rating
Walked out during intermission.
The trailer made it seem like this would be a sort of movie that hasn't really been made since the mid-2000s which is a fun ("fun" being the keyword) adventure with silly/supernatural elements to it. Sillly is me for thinking that that could happen in 2023...
- Visually, a fantastic job. Big props to the art and costume crew. Barbie Land was incredibly well made. The colors and the lighting in the film were on point.
- Not a bad idea for the plot, but the movie itself didn't care about the plot.
- Execution... You may as well get a hot pink piece of paper and a bright yellow pen, write "Men are bad. Patriarchy is bad. Women are good. Unless they're really attractive, in which case they're also bad." and read it aloud over and over and over again for 2 hours.
The trailer made it seem like this would be a sort of movie that hasn't really been made since the mid-2000s which is a fun ("fun" being the keyword) adventure with silly/supernatural elements to it. Sillly is me for thinking that that could happen in 2023...
While it may not be for everyone (especially the common Turkish audience who would regard this as a drama), this movie is a surprisingly good gem of an absurd comedy.
The plot is decent, the acting is good, and so is the directing. Add the little touches like lace laid on a dormant television in the living room, and it is quite immersive as well!
If you enjoy tales or instances of dark comedy, with an air of slight suspense, this film is for you. The rural setting and the frame plot of a family funeral does well to set up the story which unravels and snowballs into a somewhat predictable, but nonetheless enjoyable finale.
The plot is decent, the acting is good, and so is the directing. Add the little touches like lace laid on a dormant television in the living room, and it is quite immersive as well!
If you enjoy tales or instances of dark comedy, with an air of slight suspense, this film is for you. The rural setting and the frame plot of a family funeral does well to set up the story which unravels and snowballs into a somewhat predictable, but nonetheless enjoyable finale.
Theatre of the Absurd - in my opinion - is the most intellectually stimulating genre of theatre - later movie - that is greatly misunderstood and underrated in our contemporary times because of modern audiences' need for meaning and clarity behind each and every aspect of the visual medium. There are very few examples throughout the history of the genre in terms of theatre of film, and this - I dare say - is a modern masterpiece in its respective field in that respect.
Seek no objective meaning, no context, no concrete structure other than the ones that will naturally come to be in your mind as you watch this movie. It is as life itself as much as life can be as life itself.
Seek no objective meaning, no context, no concrete structure other than the ones that will naturally come to be in your mind as you watch this movie. It is as life itself as much as life can be as life itself.