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Here is what critics are saying about the movie showdown of the summer. Which half of "Barbenheimer" ended up on top?

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[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 119 points 1 year ago

TL;DR: “They both got good reviews. Please spend money on movies again!”

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 year ago

Lol I went to see Mission Impossible in theatres recently and it starts with Tom Cruise thanking you for watching movies in the theater and suggesting it's the best way to watch movies.

The people behind me talked through the whole thing and on the other side of the theatre two people got into an argument because the one person was on their phone the whole time. Ushers had to come in and tell them to be quiet or leave. So yeah, Tom Cruise thinks that's the best way to watch movies.

[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 26 points 1 year ago

Pretty much every studio is making their actors do these terrible promos. The D&D movie had it, too.

It’s just a commercial for Tom Cruise: whether he personally believes it or not is irrelevant.

[-] Esjee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Dnd here being dungeons and dragons? I watched the movie online but obviously didn't see the promo. Wishing there was a link to watch the promo on YouTube.

[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, Dungeons and Dragons.

Essentially it was the whole cast talking about how great movie theaters are and then they all say thank you and call you a hero. For buying a movie theater ticket.

[-] my_blackest_day@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I got cringe just by reading this, can’t imaging if I watch it

[-] CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah the last time I watched a movie in a theater was Top Gun Maverick which had a Tom Cruise intro. There was a teenager sitting near that was trying to make jokes throughout the entire movie; they were as unfunny as they were loud. The theater's great sound system doesn't really matter when you can't hear it over obnoxious audience members.

I wonder what the future of theaters looks like. I hope they realize that home is just a better way to watch movies, and start pivoting into the 'experience' aspect; start serving quality food, or add a live host, or regularly have themed events. Imagine if there was one next to a convention center - if there was e.g. an anime convention they could show a bunch of anime films to tie into it.

Those aren't the best examples, but something along those lines is the only way I see myself watching a movie at a theater again. If they give me a reason to go I'll go, but right now, there just isn't one.

[-] seejur@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

There are very few movie that are better in cinemas. Dune and avatar comes to mind, and only on late night shows where people is usually more calma and quiet

[-] girl@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

IT parts 1 and 2 were amazing in theater, the whole audience reacting (and behaving properly) really enhanced the experience

[-] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

I saw avatar 2 in theater. And while I'm sure I've been at least once since avatar 1 came out, it's the last thing I remember seeing in theater before 2. I loved same day digital releases. In fact, I kept HBO Max subscribed until they stopped doing them. 99% of the time, home is just a better experience. And I just have a basic 5.1 set up.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

One pre movie ad I saw had Charlize Theron enjoying a movie to show how good movies are in theaters, but... She was in a private theater entirely alone. So sure, ultra millionaire celebs with private movie theaters in their homes think that movie theaters are the best.

[-] eek2121@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

83” LG OLED + decent sound system > theater IMO. The nasty theaters, high prices, rude people, etc aren’t worth it.

[-] aDuckk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm going to be seeing Dune and if that ends with me wanting to throw things at people I will just stream or download movies for the foreseeable future. I love the theater experience as intended but apparently my expectations are way off from the reality now.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The AMC theaters around me have been running a similar “movie theaters are great” promo featuring Nicole Kidman pretty much since they reopened after the pandemic.

It’s such an annoying promo that frankly it turns me off from going to theaters. I’m happy to wait for most movies to get to streaming (and/or piracy) for the convenience of watching when I want and to skip all their self-aggrandized promoting of themselves.

[-] kairo79@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe Theaters should make it possible to hear the Film over Bluetooth Headphones. So you can enjoy the Big Screen and use your Noise Canceling Earphone.

[-] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

And then they could display the film in a massive outdoor field, and we could watch on picnic blankets, and they wouldn't even need speakers at all if we all brought our own headphones. I miss the drive in :)

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

I think they should make them enclosed rooms isolated from other people. Maybe you can pop your own popcorn or bring other snacks. Having them close to your own home would be cool too. Maybe even inside your own home. I wish we had the technology to include screen where we live. Maybe one day...

[-] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's not the theater experience he gets, though. When people like him go to the theater, they're surrounded by their colleagues jerking themselves and each other off to their performances, not a gaggle of commoners.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 50 points 1 year ago

How about not linking to clickbait, or at least provide a TLDR.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 12 points 1 year ago

Tl;Dr: One of the movies has Margot Robbie and the other has a 3 more rotten tomatoes.

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Note to self: Order three tomatoes from grocery store today.

[-] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 38 points 1 year ago

My biggest hope for Oppenheimer is that it makes high waisted men's dress pants broadly fashionable for a while.

[-] victron@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

What's next, tying an onion to my belt?

[-] jivetrky@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Which was the style at the time.

[-] cliffhanger407@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It will happen to you.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't even understand this matchup. They're not even similar movies, but it's been hyped like they're competing against each other since they were announced. It's weird.

[-] BoneheadedTwizzle@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

I think it is because they are so different. The contrast is amusing so people are having fun with it. It's like the Matrix vs Momma Mia release or Doom vs Animal Crossing game release.

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

If anything, it's been really refreshing to see. Twenty years ago, your average film bro would be calling Barbie dumb, girly, and gay, and now it's being widely acknowledged that a female-directed movie with explicitly feminine aesthetics can absolutely be quality legitimate Cinema™ and go toe-to-toe with a literal Christopher Nolan biopic about a scientist making a bomb during WWII.

[-] ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It’s because they’re releasing the same week. They literally are competing.

[-] antaymonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They're entirely different demographics with arguably close to zero overlap. Where is the competition?

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

Demographics? That has nothing to do with it. They are different genres, but lots of people like multiple genres. Me, for example. I want to see both. Since I can only sit in one theater at a time, that means they are competing.

[-] ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Movies that release at the same time are considered to be competing because most audiences don’t go watch two movies in a weekend, they pick 1. Genre and demographic don’t necessarily have to be the same for movies to compete but there’s definitely overlap here. Barbie is being made by an auteur director, just like Oppenheimer. That’s partially why Barbie has hype, there’s a legitimately great director handling it instead of some unknown that is more likely to be pushed around by producers. Me and most of my friends all want to see both and we’re 30 year olds. Also worth mentioning that couples generally alternate between who gets to pick the movie and this is a perfect example of dudes wanting Oppy and ladies wanting Barbie - who will come out on top? It’s fun to talk about.

[-] ax28@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

It's just a meme, since they're both highly anticipated movies with very different vibes releasing on the same day. I don't think most people are actually expecting them to compete (if anything, most of the jokes I see are about watching a Barbie/Oppenheimer double feature). It's the same as the Doom Eternal/Animal Crossing jokes a few years back

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[-] newcolour@reddthat.com 22 points 1 year ago

The great thing is that one can see both movies. Everything is becoming a competition. It's like Beatles vs RS all over again. Why decide who's better when you can have both??

[-] MajorTom@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

It's just marketing. They want these movies to dominate everyone's attention, and the juxtaposition between these two is ludicrous enough to get people talking

[-] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Right? I'm a history teacher. I will almost definitely be seeing Oppenheimer in the theaters and buying it on Blu-Ray later. I might watch Barbie if it's on a streaming service I subscribe to.I have zero nostalgia towards Barbie and don't really care about the movie, but ive heard good things, so... maybe I'll watch it someday. To say that they are competing for the same audience is ludicrous at best.

[-] bron@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Agreed. They're not even the same genre!

[-] soycapitan451@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Part of me wonders what a Greta Gerwig - Oppenhiemer and/or Christipher Nolan's - Barbie would look like.

[-] Nath@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chris Nolan Barbie sounds fun! I'm not certain that pink is in his colour palette, however.

I haven't seen any of Great Gerwig's stuff, though.

Edit: I'm totally blaming autocorrect for the typo, but I'm not going to fix it because the Gatsby joke is too funny.

[-] SparkleWagon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

The Great Gerwig sounds like the rarely spoken of sequel to Fitzgerald's classic.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

"Hmm, Oppenheimer or Barbie.... Let's check the reviews... Okay, I see. Oppenheimer it is, kids!"

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