Lol my edit lmao
Oppenheimer was very watchable for a 3 hour movie. I didnāt take a bathroom break, and I didnāt notice anyone else in the theater taking one either. Only complaint was that the sex scene was not in fact 15 minutes long as rumored above. Couldāve used more of that Opp bod.
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Trolly, I saw this scene and thought omg could The Final do for horror in 2010 what Scream did in 1996?
Then I watched the trailer and uh 
I think this looks too much for me, but on the off chance you watch it or have seen itā¦
I think we can all agree that the Dong character in 16 candles is pretty racist, although Iām not sure itās even as offensive as how the blond girl is treated after sheās passed out.
Probably a more subtle type of possible racism is Uncle Roger, a character performed by Nigel Ng whom he claims is based on the old men he knew when he was a child. Kenji Lopez-Alt called it being akin to blackfaceā¦although is it any more offensive than Billy Crystal portraying and satirizing old Jewish men?
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Itās an interesting topic. I do think itās different for someone to make a joke / create a character related to their own ethnicity / heritage. It can definitely still be offensive, but it definitely isnāt as racist to me as John Hughes creating a character named Long Duk Dong. Iām not sure where that leaves G. Watanabe. And itās definitely not for me to judge, thatās between him and the cultures he portrayed.
And yeah hoo boy there sure are a lot of 80s movies that aged baaaaaadly. Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds, Mr. Mom, Gung Ho.
Ok I feel stupid for not recognizing Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer, even though I knew he was in this at some point
lol how is that possible? I think the best spin is that you were so gripped by the drama and his performance was so authentic that the actor disappeared and you only saw the character.
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Get busy or Iāll kick your ass on the tandem excercise bike
It was hard because he never said Iām Iron Man
Also, wasnāt he in black and white and old man makeup most of the time?
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IMO he was extremely recognizable at all times, but thatās just one manās opinion.
Did you recognize Gary Oldman as Truman?
Nah but that dudeās a master of disguise. Last time I saw him he was a slovenly MI5 agent
In Revenge of the Nerds, the spying on the sorority and handing out their nude photos was pretty bad, even though they were owed some kind of retribution. I also wondered if I was supposed to feel bad for the cheerleader who āmistakenlyā screws Lewis instead of her jock boyfriend, Stan Gable? I mean, even with a mask on, is there any way someone could mistake Robert Carradine for Ted McGinley? 
Right like another beloved cool dude was Pat Morita, who also added a fauxcent for two of his most popular characters from Karate Kid and Happy Days
This reminds me of my favorite anecdote about Revenge of the Nerds. The 80s movie nerd archetype was essentially invented by the character actor Eddie Deezen (best known as Eugene from Grease although I favor his turn as Wesley in Midnight Madness). Revenge of the Nerds was basically a rip off of his lifeās work. Nonetheless, when the production was announced he was quite excited as he though he finally had a legit shot in a leading role. Instead he was told that they wanted good looking guys to play nerds, not actual nerds.
Barbie is for sure the weirdest blockbuster ever made. If it wasnāt for the IP it would be odd for a film fest movie.
I canāt believe this got made and it making a zillion dollars.
Really seems like right place, right time is helping fuel Barbie mania. Perhaps we just didnāt know how much latent love was out there for the ip.
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The IP must detract some people too. Itās basically an ad for one of the worst body-shaming products of all time. If it wasnāt for this thread I would never even consider watching it.
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I missed that one
One of the things that struck me most about that movie was how much he was a douchebag. Looked it up afterwards and it was relatively true about him (minus some condensing/changes for the screen)
I read a treasured take that Margot Robbie is a big reason the movie is doing so well.
Not because she is that amazing on her own, but because she has enough power now to have told the studio to let Greta Gerwig do what she wants and donāt you dare cut x/y/z scene.
Before Greta and Margot were attached to the movie, it was going to star Amy Schumer. Mattel had a very different movie in mind. We were saved by a confluence of elements and people who helped us see a singular vision of Barbie.
When asked what happened on an episode of Bravoās Watch What Happens, Schumer joked, āThey said I was too thin.ā But she has since then opened up about what really happened.
Schumer told The Hollywood Reporter in 2022 that an incident involving a Jell-O shoe led to her exit.
āThey definitely didnāt want to do it the way I wanted to do it, the only way I was interested in doing it,ā she told the outlet, confirming that she wanted the character to be an āinventor,ā but that the studio wanted her invention to be a shoe made out of the sweet treat. āThe idea that thatās just what every woman must want, right there, I should have gone, āYouāve got the wrong gal.āā
You donāt need to look any further to how bad it would have been than to see what Mattel is doing in the wake of Barbieās success.
