Nice. I didn't hate Barbie as much as the women in the family, but I did think it was a bit of a dog's breakfast. The best bits for me were the parts that passed the Bechdel test; if Margot Robbie, America Ferreira and Ariana Greenblatt had just hung out for the second part and done Lady Bird things I would have liked that more.
I did however learn two things from the soundtrack - Ryan Gosling has a band, Dead Man's Bones, who made an album with a childrens' choir and the music's really pretty good. And, the Pink Pantheress song Angel on the sound track has a celtic violin arrangement very reminiscent of Kirsty MacColl's Angel which has a pipe band; they are similar kinds of song, and although it's not a copy I think there's a degree of tribute being paid. And her album's nice too.
Nice. I didn't hate Barbie as much as the women in the family, but I did think it was a bit of a dog's breakfast. The best bits for me were the parts that passed the Bechdel test; if Margot Robbie, America Ferreira and Ariana Greenblatt had just hung out for the second part and done Lady Bird things I would have liked that more.
I did however learn two things from the soundtrack - Ryan Gosling has a band, Dead Man's Bones, who made an album with a childrens' choir and the music's really pretty good. And, the Pink Pantheress song Angel on the sound track has a celtic violin arrangement very reminiscent of Kirsty MacColl's Angel which has a pipe band; they are similar kinds of song, and although it's not a copy I think there's a degree of tribute being paid. And her album's nice too.