My issue is Greta made this movie with a disingenuous idea that women have absolutely no power in the real world and that Mattel is run completely by men with no female board members (not counting 1 secret character). When in reality, half of Mattel's board members are female and the longest running CEO was female

I hate movies that have to put down others, whether it’s acting like men are superior or women are superior, it’s toxic and unnecessary

Are we really surprised a Barbie movie in 2023 pushes feminism this hard?

They really should have ended the movie with both the Barbies and Kens realizing absolute power of either gender is bad, and they should be equal citizens. But it basically ended with Kens still being second class citizens (but now have a very tiny slice of power). But it is a Barbie movie, I understand. I just think they shouldn't have had Kens at all instead of making all the men look like complete idiots

I think the biggest problem is victim-mentality. For some reason there's a literal race in "who's being more oppressed?" and i find it sickening. It's like people nowadays take pride in their (apparent) oppression and not in their freedom

I think alot of parents just saw barbie and colorful imagery and didn't even check the rating they just assumed. A woman where I am walked out with her kids and got really mad about it not being for kids. She acknowledged that she should have checked the rating as well. This is an ongoing issue. Movies are being made that would only be for children when we were kids, and now they are mostly for adults. That why I am on it all the time, even if the rating is appropriate, I will often watch things first.

I dont get how ppl can think it isnt a feminist movie

Not just anti-men, it is anti-intelligence

The marketing was regrettably the most amazing marketing job I think I have ever seen. It is likely why so many parents are taking their kids to see the movie. They marketed it as being a movie for all ages. The trailers never really even showed the rating of the movie anywhere. It’s like a classic bait and switch, but dressed up in pretty colors.

Considering the director is an outspoken feminist, I'd say this is woke crap and not some kind of genius satire.

"Legally Blonde" is still the best Barbie film. Change my mind 🍺

My mom and siblings went to see the movie yesterday. At some point, two girls around my age (early 20s) were full on sobbing about the speech on feminism. Pretty much everyone at the screening were annoyed at how loud they were being and they concerned the elderly ticket taker on the way out. Apparently they cried all the way to their car in parking lot lol

I think misha is the only youtuber i know that goes on camera with no makeup at all and looks completely flawless

If you look at it from a male perspective; Ken is the protagonist and Barbie is the antagonist.

Can't we just be entertained anymore? It's exhausting to be lectured to on every medium. I find that I am re-watching old TV shows and movies to escape.

I saw both Oppenheimer and Barbie. One movie was fantastic and the other has Ryan Goseling in it. “I’m just Ken” was the only unironically good part of the movie.

Hard to imagine you sitting through this movie without dying inside

I actually interpreted the barbie movie as a subtle critique on woke culture. Woke people don't notice this, so they like the movie, but if you look deeper, it's about how wokeness is just as oppressive and contradictory as patriarchy. I thought it showed that if the woke world keeps going this way, it will become "reverse" oppression like with the kens, covering the truth with pink and smiles when in reality it is messed up. The movie also acknowledged binary gender differences instead of being filled with a bunch of made up genders. They casted thin, attractive white people without demonizing them or "calling out their privilege." The theme is that for a just world, we have to make room for everyone. Both the extreme right and extreme left create hierarchies and oppression, so we have to meet in the middle, like how the barbie movie began to integrate kens into the government and roles of power.

There already is a modern take on Snow White. Mirror Mirror. Not a masterpiece, but I can already predict it is going to be 100 times better than whatever the fuck is coming. As for Barbie, whenever I see my cousin play house, Ken is either the big bad villain, or the kissing partner for Barbie. The fact that they went out of their way to give Ken a character arc, and imply "hey, maybe extreme feminism is a bad idea" is a God damn miracle.

It just feels like a massive slap in the face as a long term Barbie fan, loved it as a kid, watched all the movies, I have most of them on DVD now as an adult (which to some is probably weird lmao they’re nostalgic for me so) so of course I was excited to see this movie as you can imagine, especially since they didn’t show any of the woke stuff in the trailer, it just looked like a fun movie. And seeing all the controversies around it I wanted to believe people were just blowing things out of proportion and maybe it wasn’t actually THAT bad… no it WAS that bad. The narrator of the movie especially just irritated me to no end, only one of the narrators lines I laughed at was when she was talking about how no one uses the stairs when playing with their barbie. This movie could have been so much better and I wanted it to be, I wanted it to have the same magical feeling the cartoon movies did. It’s insulting honestly…

I liked the Mario movie. I was never into Mario, but the movie was just cute. Princess Peach is a fighter, but also pretty. Mario is trying to save his brother. The villan has a goal I won't ruin for you. There is a mushroom theme that is amusing. Was it the best movie I've seen? No, but it was much better than what the have been pumping out of studios. We bought it mostly to support it.

They have to include "the message" in everything now. They will force feed it to us all if they can.

When the indoctrination hits the youngest, you know we are almost to that point...

I work as a server at a client hotel. We had one group called Courageous Women which is basically women leaders from many companies coming together to celebrate which is awesome, but I overheard such a hateful conversation about how “my life would be so much easier if I had a penis between my legs” coming from someone that makes 6-7 figures a year it just made me laugh. I make 18 an hour… life isn’t just automatically easy for men and it’s gross that people seriously think that.

Hello-let me help. Yes, the movie was totally anti-man and had no moral at the end of the movie. My mom and me walked out the theater in horror because all the movie accomplished was making Jon Travolta references, bagging on men, shoving that we live in a Patriarchy, and then saying that we should lower men and live in a Matriarchy instead. Also Ken was incredibly sympathetic because all he wanted was attention because he kept getting ignored. Hardly a villain and more of like a person who needed to break up with their toxic partner

When you come out of Barbenheimer and suddenly realize the one with moral crisis about the creation of the A-bomb was the least depressing of the two.

I honestly hated the movie so much, like usually I dont care, but this movie will be watched by millions of kids, and the ideas it pushes are just...

You forgot the ending when the Barbies took back barbieland and went back to being a matriarchy. A couple of the kens asked if they could work some of the jobs that the Barbies had and she said no. It was so pointless.

As a conservative guy, I give it a 4/10. The worst part was portraying men as idiots. As if your car, your phone, the electricity you use, the roads you drive on, etc, weren’t invented or maintained by men

Oppenheimer. It was brilliant. A lot of layers to the story. A lot of politics, science and it also shines light on how media and criminal justice worked back in the 2nd World War. I think Oppenheimer is my new favourite film, based on the fact that it has a lot of layers to it.

That's what I wanted as a conclusion. That neither the matriarchal or a patriarchal society is good...

I watched this with my wife and 19 year old daughter, I tried to enjoy it but it was soooo heavy handed and so negative we came out agreeing this was the weirdest movie with hated view and all hated the mothers speech. How this is getting so many positive reviews beats me...or does it "beach" me? 😭

A good movie that I think everybody should see is Sound of Freedom. I saw it last night and it was sad, but also eye-opening. However, I also saw Barbie and I enjoyed it. I think that regardless of political views, we need to be open minded and willing to try new things. I'm a centrist, so I try to find the middle ground between both sides because in modern day politics, both sides act incredibly stupid. Both sides are responsible for things being blown out of proportion. Both sides think they have to turn every movie and tv show into a debate, making it impossible to just have fun every once in a while. I think both sides have gone too far, but I have to admit, I am more right-leaning, but I am still incredibly critical of both the right and the left. Both sides act like children. It's tiring. And nowadays, both sides will attack you for being an independent/centrist. While I didn't agree with some of the political messages in Barbie, I still enjoyed the movie. Anyways, I love your channel, Misha, I agree with a lot of your views! 😊👍

I just saw this movie yesterday. Only because my friends wanted to go. The humor was not funny, and the plot was all over the place. Even during the most touching parts, I didn't find it touching (coming from an infamous crybaby). I just laugh at it. The whole movie shat on the patriarchy, but it's literally the patriarchy in the "real world" that propells our society. These new wave feminists want equality, but aren't willing to work as hard as men.

Oddly enough, I never grew up with that "boys vs. girls" thing. We all played together, and we did everything together. But that's rare, I suppose.

I went to the theater, and heard a literal baby cry. Me and my friends started laughing cus this was definitely not a kids movie

If I was given money every time the word Patriarchy was stated, I'd be rich.

Sound of Freedom and Oppenheimer are some good movies I'd recommend to go see.

Can we also mention the opening scene where little girls violently bash their baby dolls? It was so disturbing.

Barbie definitely isn’t anti men. They realise that Barbie Land in the beginning of the movie wasn’t perfect either.

Sound of Freedom is a must watch - from what I’ve heard. It’s not available in Britain yet (and probably never will be since our new monarch and vast majority of MPs are of the ilk targeted in this film!!)

I truly pity the parents who take their kids to this movie expecting it to be a kid friendly movie like the older barbie movies

Be ready for more Barbie movies because they are going to milk it dry!

So to summarise, Barbie's decision at the end is: Better to serve in a patriarchy Than to reign in a matriarchy Thanks for clearing that up, feminists.

Politics aside, I mostly saw this movie about existentialism and what it means to find yourself in this ever-living world. which in itself is very intriguing

I quite enjoyed the movie, but I do think it could've been done better. For example, after the patriarchy was gone in Barbieland, I thought that now they can create an actual perfect world because Kens knew what it was like to be the undermined gender in matriarchy and Barbies knew what it was like to be the undermined gender in patriarchy, therefore they understood what the others were feeling during either matriarchy or patriarchy, but instead of that, we got matriarchy again. There was even a scene where one of the Kens asked Barbie president if they could have one Ken in the constitution (Or whatever the government was) and the BArbie president declined. I didn't really mind the way that it showed women being treated in the real world, because in certain parts of our world, it does happen, however, the rant that Sasha went on about Barbie didn't make much sense because as a kid that played with barbies, I never thought too much about it, I just saw the dolls, not some sexist idea of what a woman was supposed to be (because I was 5). I did also enjoy the ending, however, I do think that changes based on how you see it. I saw the ending as a message to everyone that you don't have to be your stereotype. When stereotypical Barbie decided she didn't want to be that anymore I chose to be a human and to me that showed that anyone can be whatever they want to be and that they can be more than their stereotypes. Overall I think that it's a pretty good movie, but not for kids.

Felt like they went so hard for the woke shit that they were making fun of themselves😂

I think the point of the movie is that both the patriarchy and matriarchy are bad. I do see how they went a little bit too far with the sexual violence, but it serves the purpose of hyperbole (which is what the movie is, it needs to be taken to extremes to be understood). In the real world as well, the people that hear ken say he wants the patriarchy back are confused. I think he takes it too far after reading old fashioned books about the power of men. He comes from a land where men are nothing more than women extensions, he's excited to see he's worth smth. Which takes me to my next point, the movie shows that any extreme of power is hurtful to both sexes. The person in power has too much on their plate, while the other person is constantly seeking approval for the sex on top. In the end, Barbie encourages Ken to seek himself outside of Barbie. The point could've been more clear, but what it's saying is that the matriarchy is detrimental to everyone as well. Ken is hurt by the dynamic, and the pressure on Barbie hurts her as well. Ken also admits that he didnt like the patriarchy, he's just trying to be seen. He's doing all of those things that are seen as sexist (mansplaining, or the guitar thing) in order to be liked, to be approved. He cant even cry in public. The patriarchy not only hurts women, but also men. I think that a lot of people are going into this movie with bias, in order to find something woke or conservative about it. The film, although it couldve been better represented, tries to reach a compromise between the way we were and the way we're going. It's an attack towards sexist claims, but also towards anti-man feminism. Two things can be true at once. Lastly, Barbie very obviously maintains the idea that women can do whatever. I dont feel like thats changed. Edit: it also focuses on a very antiwoke connection, motherhood. The marvelous things of being a mother, of being feminine, of being a woman. Even though Barbie knows its hard in the real world, she decides she wants to be there, bcuz being a womanhood is beautiful. Men are shown stupid like they used to be shown in the past. Its not an attack on men, its an attack on the way we can end up seeing men if antiman feminism keeps existing.

There were some moments that I absolutely loved, the one where Barbie starts to feel more human emotions as she is sitting on the bench, looking at the old woman and thinking that she was beautiful, that the real world is not as perfect as Barbie thinks but still worth living in, she laughs when others do, sees leaves rustling in the wind, people having arguments, others loving each other's company and Barbie wants that, she doesn't want to be perfect and an idea, she wants the chaotic messiness and the beauty of our world which I thought was incredible, I actually broke down then and there, I know the way they portrayed men and treated the Ken's was unfair and ridiculous but there were also moments like these in the movie where it was not about feminism or gender equality but about being simply human and I loved this scene so much, it honestly shook me to my core💖

This is basically like the Stepford wives. Kind of a horror but not really since the Barbies get hypnotized back into obedience (after the Ken takeover) and the Kens were basically put back into their place as second class citizens while being told "Maybe, we'll give you equality one day. But not really."

Then they are surprised a lot of young girls decide to transition . They’re teaching them being a woman is a nightmare .

The message is supposed to be about finding compromise and balance between men and women, yet it does the complete opposite! By using modern feminism, it shows men as stupid, irrelevant, funny at best, weak boys. Ken is basically antagonised when he discovers his masculine side, which is shown as destructive and evil. Not to mention the fireplaces scene, which is basically a message to men that they'll always be played with, and that there is no such thing as an honest relationship. As a woman, this scene left me with bitterness. It completely shatters the image of a relationship between man and woman. That basically empowers women by saying "Yess you can sleep with everyone and deceive all men! You were played with? Now YOU get to do the same! You're so strong, wow!" Of course, there were some touching scenes that showed the hardships of women, but overall it's just going from one extreme to another. There really was a potential to integrate both sides. When Ken and Barbie come to the real world, it could be shown as both sides understanding what it's like to be in other person's boots and how both of the worlds in some way neglect one side, and try to find the common ground. Can't we just respect one another, goddammit? Also, the funny thing is how Mattel changes it's campaign to current trends and social media. Overall, the acting, scenography and visual effects were truly amazing. However, the message that it brings only divides men and women further apart.

From the ads, I thought the Barbie movie would be like the LEGO movie since Will Ferreal plays the CEO in both.

I think some of the issues with MI Dead Reckoning was it was filmed in the height of Covid and they couldn't have too many people in a scene together, and I think some of them talking one at a time is to do with Covid concerns. I hope part 2 will feel more natural again

Nah apart of that, I’m just sad because I thought the Barbie movie was gonna be a fun, wacky, and silly film to enjoy over the summer but no.. here we are again where they’re trying to push their political views against us😤 I miss these times when people didn’t take things so seriously

I dont think this movie is anti man, however this movie tried to convince it's audience that we still live patriarchy which is false since we have rights (going through bad experiences & struggle does not = oppression), same thing with matriarchal concept they brought up with barbieland, in animated barbie movies including the actual dolls, Kens did had jobs, they didn't need to be oppressed in order to be in the for-front which ironically in this movie Ken steals the show

I just went to to see this in theaters with my younger sister and brother. And I’m so proud my newly 15 year old sister noticed how politicized this shit was , I just feel bad cuz she wanted to watch the Barbie movie for her birthday but it had to be a whole movie dunking on the half of the entire of the human race

If the film wanted to be genius, it's not making a live action version and going the cartoon version instead

I also noticed there wasn’t a fat or wheelchair Ken, only fit Kens with abs.

The movie is pure misandry.

Barbies are for little girls there should be no politics or anything inappropriate for their age. Its funny and disgusting that this movie is 13+ so kids who actually play with barbies cant watch it.

Misha...you are such a breath of fresh air to YT! I love your channel...I love what you stand for. Your review about this movie is exactly what I would expect it to be, but you explain it in such a great way.

It’s not Snow White and the Severn dwarves anymore, it’s Snow Brown and the Seven Minorities.

What I never understand, is the whole idea that these writers are saying women are better than men in everyway, yet they are also the victims of men who are oppressing them?

Weird Barbie is played my Kate McKinnon. Me: .....yeah, that tracks

Take my like on the "Beach you off" bit. They really beached that dead horse.

Just found out that the teen girls were named after the Bratz dolls…can’t lie that’s hilarious and clever. I think the movie is intended to be satirical, but I also understand your points of concern. Love your channel!

I hated the barbie movie. The whole thing was completely nonsensical

you know recently I told my class mate that before I watch the barbie movie I want to buy a barbie doll for enjoyment, and she accused me of participating in "CAPITALISM" it just shows how wokeness is becoming normalised in our society 😂

Snow white will no longer dream about true love, now she's Snow Tan and she'll dream about true hate against men

What can you expect from the director who completely changed "Little Women" - making it about feminism when it's about family. Some people see their favorite topic everywhere. You would be talking to them about apples and they would start about how men eat apples because men are garbage or something. My husband and I enjoyed the new Indiana Jones movie BTW. (Critics pretend it's all about the female character, but I beg to differ.)

Awww ive been waiting for this review from misha 🙌🙌🙌

I actually think this movie is amazing because feminists and the director don’t even realize it’s inadvertently the most anti-feminist film we’ve seen in years. By going so hard into it’s propaganda, it shows how truly awful new wave feminism is. Also, the reason they had women enjoy the Kendom was to show that women who are happy “living under the patriarchy” are just brainwashed. I.e. any women who is happy in the real world due to their relationships with men are only that way due to brainwashing.

It's amazing that these propaganda movies always turns out in the inverted way proving their own faults and their desires they miss with their ideology.

Uplifting women doesn't have to be about downgrading men

However, perhaps the saddest thing about the Barbie movie is that many fully grown people do not understand that it is a fantasy movie, and not realistic in any way.🎬🎭😵‍💫

*WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT KATHLEEN KENNEDY? DIDN'T SHE RUIN STAR WARS AND PUT A WOKE CHICK IN THERE?*

I'd give the movie a 5/10. Visually, the movie looks great, Barbie world actually looks like the toy sets brought to life. The movie also has plenty of moments that are just simple and lighthearted fun, and the movie is also surprisingly deep at times. However, the political messaging is absolutely atrocious and toxic, which is concerning considering the fact that the target audience is little girls.

Who could have guessed that the anti woke girls who calls propaganda gay people existing would call this movie woke

Actually, it's Anti-Women by plot.

I came away from the movie with exactly the same perspective, but there are a green details I missed that make it more complex: 1) Ken learns about the patriarchy not from men but from feminist propaganda 2) Ken can’t get a job in the real world without having qualifications, unlike in Barbieland 3) Ruth at the end calls patriarchy an “idea” on the same level as Barbie 4) The way that the oppressed Ken behaves when he “takes back power” from his supposed oppressors is a nod to toxic girl bosses. I actually now think that this movie is a battle of ideas, and that Barbie ultimately inspires women to think positively about their own life and is an antidote to the misery of being trapped in the world view of the “patriarchy”. And most of the anti-men stuff in this movie is actually low key subverting the validity of the patriarchy.

Took the kids to Mario. Thats likely it for the year for children movies.

The fact that there is a Barbie movie playing in 2023 mainly aimed at young adults and trying to unironically discuss topics like "the matriarchy" shows us one thing: America needs to die.

3:15 What? No. Barbie picked the high heels. That was the joke.

Hi Misha! THX for watching this so I dont have too! lol

Came across your video Misha and I was impressed. You are so young. Very professional and articulate. It's nice to see that someone your age still has common sense. That means there's hope for this bizarre twilight zone world. God bless you young lady.

I don't think I've seen a movie before yet that despises both men and women equally.

This movie felt like a fever dream

Want a good horror movie? Have you seen The Shining? I watched it back at uni out of pure curiosity to find out where the whole 'HEEEEEEEERE'S JONNY' line came from (because I thought it first came from an episode of Johnny Bravo lol). You should go watch that movie just for how well the characterisations are done!

Your points about the Barbie movie are very well articulated. I agree with everything you said! :)

My 13 year old granddaughter thought it was politicaly correct ,propaganda, filled piece of rubbish. A waste of money and time she said.🤮🤮🤮

I saw a woman with her six-year-old daughter having just seen the movie. She was telling someone else getting in their car how great she thought it was.

After hearing this right winger describe it, I think that it could actually be a good movie.

I watched shoe0nhead’s video review of this movie. It’s worth a watch. The way she saw it was really interesting and not a way anyone else I’ve seen has described it.

The establishment of equality at the end of the movie was not clear at all and left me with a lot of question marks. I fear that some women especiallly younger women will interpret "Barbie" in a way that actually incourages them into revengful behaviours towards men who might have wronged them in any way. I believe the movie did not reach it's potential, does anyone else feel like that?

The sound of freedom was amazing!

You watched it so we don't have to. Thanks.

I know I'm late to the party on this one but Puss and Boots The Last Wish was fantastic

Thank you, Mishenka! I truly appreciate your take on it. Now I know enough about it to have a conversation, but don't have to see it! Keep up the good work!

Hi Misha I agree wid u Barbie was trash n Insidious was awful but not on mission impossible 7 it was freaking awesome enjoyed every minute of it n honestly didn't realized how fast it ended despite being 165 minutes long super excited for da next part.