MOST of the classic Barbie movies is just Barbie telling one of her sisters a story, so I don't get WHY they've abandoned that format. It could still work, Like, Barbie's everyday life plays out normally through her Netflix show, and for the movies, maybe Barbie takes a break from editing her KZfaq vlogs, and sees one of her sisters having a bad time, and sits them down to tell them story.

If they somehow managed to make a mermaid Barbie movie that’s boring, I’m worried

Let’s be honest, the earlier Barbie movies (Barbie as princess and the pauper, Barbie as Rapunzel, Barbie the magic of pegasus etc) are the superior Barbie movies.

Merliah did it first, smh. She will always be the queen of the waves

The fact that the main villain is literally a bunch of trash and not even a trash monster or something like that, it was just a trash island that they had to destroy with their powers.

"i also love that the animation in this movie was very mediocre" LMAOOO

How did we go from , ballet plays inspired , dramatic Barbie musicals to “oh yea my mermaid friend gave me a necklace let’s go help her “ sounds like a Dora episode

Oh, I can't believe her hair doesn't change color, I assumed that would be the main gimmick with these dolls

I usually don't like hating on new stuff as a collective, because when I see older generations do it, it comes off to me as narrow-minded. But when it comes to Barbie, I genuinely feel like there's a gap in quality (in terms of story and dialogue) between the older films and the newer ones. I've tried to chalk it up to my nostalgia in the past, but come on. You can't tell me music lyrics like, "I've got magic! Magic, magic!" are in the same league as, "You would think that I'm so lucky that I have so many things. I'm realizing that every present comes with strings." (and don't get me wrong, I don't even think The Secret Door is that bad of a movie). The classic Barbie films were so magical and whimsical and romantic though. Even my Mom liked them. They taught great lessons --- like Clara finding her inner strength and courage, Odette learning to have faith in herself, the Twelve Dancing Princesses learning to embrace their individuality, etc. They had pretty good dialogue too and were often genuinely funny. It felt as though the creators actually cared about telling thoughtful stories with fun and interesting characters. Nowadays I don't really feel that. I think the only film after 2011 that I truly liked was Starlight Adventure.

I havent even watched the movie yet but what the heck is up with all the colored hair?? Like I'm sorry but everybody just suddenly has bright pastel hair colors for absolutely no reason? Where did that come from? I love the concept of mermaids having colored hair but at least do it like it was done in Mermaid Tale with only pieces of her hair turning pink, that way we could still recognize who was who.

Barbie with blue hair makes me ✨uncomfy✨

With a basic-ass title like Mermaid Power, when in the past we've had more creatively named icons such as Mermaidia, Mermaid Tale, Pearl Princess, and even Dolphin Magic, it honestly doesn't surprise me that it was boring, but I'm disappointed regardless. 😅🧜‍♀

Not only the dolls are lacking quality compared to the old ones, the movies are getting worse too 😢

I wish that they'd go back to Barbie playing as a different character instead of the movie being connected to the series. I they wanted Brooklyn or the siblings to be in the movie, they can be different characters as well. Dolphin Magic and Big City Big Dreams are pretty good movies that connected to the series, but I want them to explore outside of it.

Is it too much to ask for the old Barbie movies to be on Netflix instead of THIS??

old barbie movies were movies with stories and the prettiest most iconic dresses and gowns the new ones just feel like product placements the dresses and stories are so bad😭

It's interesting to see how the style of Barbie movies changes so fast. I grew up with the 2007-2015 Barbie movies, and I saw an immediate shift in the Puppy Adventure movies (what wikipedia is describing as the second revamp). But I actually really enjoyed Spy Squad, Star Light Adventure, and Video Game Hero. There's just something about the Dreamhouse Adventures that makes it seem like the shift went just a little too far and I still haven't figured out what exactly it is about it that bothers me. I'm also wondering if it's just our collective aging taste and nostalgia, or if the quality of the writing in the movies really is deteriorating.

I think Techically the current era of barbie movies starts with "The Great Puppy adventure" because its where the lore for taffy got reset and the same puppies show up in all the new barbie movies plus the shows.

I literally watched this yesterday and while I didn't fall asleep, I genuinely couldn't tell you the plot if you put a gun to my head because it was just not memorable at all lol

People who are saying “Barbie is for kids that’s you don’t like it” it doesn’t matter cuz the older Barbie movies ware great even now rewatching them as an adult it is still great.

am I the only one who doesn't like this new Barbie art style? they all have tiny button noses with bug eyes and weird teeth, not a fan, wish she looked more like the doll

Honestly its interesting seeing the change from Barbie being an actress to Barbie being a youtuber

I didn’t even know a knew one had come out I never get any advertisement they needa promote these more

The newer movies seem to have an unfinished ending when they just finish with a song. It’s nice, but I agree with how they should have transformed back and said goodbye. Even a “see you later” would have had a less abrupt ending.

I haven’t seen the most recent Barbie movies but I’m sure they’re all at least decent. My only problem is that the more recent ones are just a bit more basic. The old ones were really creative and in-depth stories, but these newer ones are just “oh uh mermaids and magic and dolphins and stuff, yeah” I’m not saying that all recent Barbie movies are bad. I don’t like when people say that. I just think they should put a bit more creativity into the storylines. (And this might just be a personal thing, but I think they should try to come up with better titles, too. ‘Mermaid adventure’ isn’t bad but it’s just really basic.) I love that you talked positively about this movie, though, because overall it’s a Barbie movie, so can it really be that bad? :)

Anyone else notice Brooklyn and malibus mermaid looks kinda resemble the bi and lesbian flags??? Barbie u got smth to tell us???

I think Stacey's design really just throws things off. I mean, it makes sense in a way since Stacey is kind of a chaotic gal, but her colours really aren't doing it for. me. I like Skipper's design, and even Chelsea's, and if the Barbie doll was more pastel-y like in the movie I think it would work better. But yeah, I think it's really just Stacey throwing a wrench into the aesthetic.

When will we get a vampire Barbie movie😩😩😩😩

The doll is super cute, and the dolls look better than the character models in the movie, which is the opposite for most Barbie movies I feel,,, we're evolving, but backwards,,

after barbie stuff happens i go to tumblr to see what others thought and i think the fact that barely anyone talks about it speaks for itself

I wish that Brooklyn had a protective style, like her braids, or Havana twists, faux locs, etc . Her hair just doesn’t make sense, and it’s barely even wavy, nevermind curly/coily like it’s supposed to be.

I love how in big city big dream it’s implied how they both have the same name even though Malibu Barbie’s name isn’t Barbie her name is Barbara, Barbie is just a nickname and it’s been mentioned in other movies and the show. Also I don’t know why they didn’t mention their middle names her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts so if she actually needed to go by something rather then Barbie she could have gone by Millicent.

There was also a callback to Mermaid Tale when Talleigha tried to push Malibu and Brooklyn into a cyclone, much like Eris did to Merliah and Alistair did to Kylie.

I couldn't even finish the trailer-😭

Isla looks tanner and she looks like Brooklyn with them also both having purple hair. I think they made her eyes brighter to keep them from looking so similar. They could have just made their hair and mermaid outfits different

I’m glad that they made a sequel to dolphin magic, imo dolphin magic is one of the best of the newer movies. Glad that they’re adding all of the old barbie movies alongside the new ones onto Netflix though.

"if you're watching this, you probably enjoy Barbie movies" nope! I just really like your commentary and enthusiasm 😅 i watched like 1 barbie movie 15 years ago but you make it so interesting!

I only watched Mermaid Power because I was curious about the questionable character design of the bully mermaids, as they looked like cringey rejects from Shadow High or Monster High to me. The powers also reminded me a bit too much of things like Avatar the Last Airbender as well as the way characters earn their visions in Genshin Impact. I was very surprised that there were no dolls made of the bully characters who looked like they were trying to copy Shadow High or Monster High. Why would they not make dolls of the characters who had actually interesting designs? And I hate the molded on clothes on these dolls, which is a reason I stopped collecting Barbie movie dolls as a kid. At least I have Monster High, Rainbow High, and Shadow High to collect now.

Idk if someone raised that comment, but I felt like the musical numbers were just too close to one another and one or two could’ve been a simple scene. The other thing I personally didn’t like about them was that, for some reason, they felt the need to make Barbie/Barbie/other friends look at the “camera”?? Idk about other ppl, but it just bothered me a lot 😅 I think it’s the first time they tried that kind of “interaction” with the audience, maybe to test it out and see how the viewers react to it, but I hope they don’t do it again. It was appropriate for the Dreamhouse series because it’s supposed to be a sitcom, but it felt very unnatural in BMP.

New Barbie movies are not how they used to make them

When I heard that barbie was gonna have a live-action next year, silly old me thought they'd remake one of the classics like the fairytopia series or something. 😩

I think the current barbie universe started with dolphin magic and also kind of includes the both puppy movies. Because all of those characters keep coming back, with the same animations (except the first puppy movie) and mostly the same voice actors.

I had a feeling it would be 😭😭

Classic Barbie movies had such good stories, Barbie represented women and battled against misogyny, had adventures, gave lessons to her sisters, and nowdays Barbie movies are just she making vlogs and talking about cats/dogs?? like BRO why cant they make movies like in the old times? Where Barbie movies had actual content and she looked like an actual human rather than a creepy doll. Creativity is over.

My favorite is Barbie: The Fairy Secret, everything’s catchy and you’ll really feel the Barbie Malibu vibes! From fashion, script writing, playfulness, & milkshake details-everything!

Hey Caitlin, if it isn't to hard to ask, can you review ever after high? I don't know if you have watched it or not, But it has a really good story! And the dolls are awesome too! So I hope you'll review it one day:) (Even tho it's really dead)

I Miss the bright pink glitter transformation Barbie from the early 2000ds

I didn’t mind the movie, but the gemstone dolphin thing was also something I was asking myself. As for the story problem, the plot line of the movie is almost EXACTLY what I’m doing for a book 😂 I don’t want to feel like I’m ripping off the movie, but the whole thing with pollution and the mermaids having powers (though mine won’t have the four elements) is what I’m doing for my story. And the villain for my book is kind of like Marlow too

When you mentioned that the voice actor for Finn sounded familiar so I was curious to see if I would know it, and went to look who it was. And it was Johnny Yong Bosch! I've watched a bunch of animes that he's been in, so now I am very tempted to hear how Finn sounds, just to see if it reminds me of other characters Johnny has done XD

isla was really out here looking like that miley cyrus meme

I loved the chaotic energy of this video. Especially after the outro❤️

I was a Barbie fanatic as a kid, I am *not kidding* I can recital pretty much all of the older Barbie movies by heart (besides words I struggled hearing 😩) and play the whole movies in my head if I’m that bored ahh. Since 2016 though, I’ve given up watching them all right away and the interest just isn’t fully there. It doesn’t have much to do with nostalgia but just the fact that the quality from the dolls have sept into the movies. The animation doesn’t look all that interesting either. This makes me sad honestly because some newer Barbie movies can be so charming.

i feel like in the old barbie movies, barbie is more mature. This barbie is more childish

I feel like it would be cool to go to the next sister and give her the spotlight as barbie but still have barbie as a character ( idk if that makes sense)

i feel like that red bird and butterfly at the beginning of the movie is hinting at the next movie. Maybe there's gonna be an indiana jones-like or some sort of wildlife adventure movie where they probably find and discover new species. I'm mostly saying this because Brooklyn says "I've never even seen a bird like you". Can you please do a barbie movie prediction video?. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.

I blame the barbie movies from my childhood for my obsession with having brightly coloured hair

Gotta say I really like the little off-shoulder sleeve things that the Barbies have. They're an elegant little accessory to differentiate these character designs from every other basic mermaid doll. But damn those jerky character movements bother me. They're moving around too fast and it's stressing me out. Which sucks cause the character models and backgrounds look really nice. But yea, it wouldn't be a Barbie if the animation wasn't weird in some way, lol XD

Mariposa will always be the best Barbie movie. My sister and I watched that movie CONSTANTLY as a child. It was OUR movie. And I straight up did not know it was Barbie, I only knew it as “Mariposa.” And also, the one where her changes in the waves and she becomes a mermaid is pretty cool too but Mariposa is endgame Barbie for me

I was thinking for a Halloween video idea, you could watch and rank all the Scooby Doo movies.

I remember absolutely hating this movie while watching it. My favorite Barbie era was her actor era from fashion fairytale and fairy secret. I wish they continued that

The older movies: Adventure, teamwork and friendship, magic, fun songs. This movie: Trash is bad and mermaids stop it with their powers. It's a good message but badly executed, the mermaids hairs looked weird and a bit ugly, the songs were horrible. The animation is ok but the rest was not. I almost falled asleep when i watched it two months ago and can't remember the plot. I think it was about a ceremony and choosing who will destroy trash? I still remember what happens in Barbie Swan lake, the Daimond castle, magic of pegasus, Twelve dancing princesses and the Island princess. Thoses are really good movies 😀

I thought of a great video for you! Rankings the Disney Channel shows’ theme songs!! Id love to see you talk about the songs, maybe in tier list style? (even if you cant play them because of copyright)

I went to Netflix to watch this movie, but then I saw the little preview they played that showed that Brooklyn didn't have her braids anymore and that's when I knew that I wouldn't be able to stand this movie.

I mean, the only pro thing about this movie is that it's kinda better than the other Barbie and her Sisters movie. I can only think of some of the better ones like "Great Puppy Adventure", "Pony Tale" and "A Perfect Christmas", this can be included on that category but it's the fourth one out of the other movies that I mentioned.

Unrelated to the video but I love your content so much. It’s always the highlight of my day to watch these videos

When I was watching I totally shipped skipper and Finn too!

I personally enjoy the newer barbie movies especially for the better animation. While the older ones may have better stories these are still enjoyable and I look forward for more. The only thing I miss are extreme fashion forward outfits in comparison to these but the hair looks way better.

I thought this new Barbie universe started with Dolphin Magic in 2017? Because doesn’t this movie directly relate to that movie? And then it was the tv show AND THEN is was Princess Adventure

3:27 why do they look like a sea parody of the fairytopia guardians

Yesterday me and my friends wanted to watch a Barbie movie for the nostalgia and this was all we found so we saw it. We were so bored that we stopped watching it after like 20 minutes.

Let's make 'Make classic barbie movies again' trend on twitter

Why is no one talking about the bird that flew to Brooklyn Barbie or the butterfly that flew to skipper at the beginning of the movie, then never referenced again? what was the point of that bird?

I love mermaids alot, so I sat through Dolphin Magic, even though I didn't enjoy it so much. I confess I don't remember much cuz at the time, I wasn't giving the new timeline a chance and I only watched Dolphin Magic twice. But I remember loving Ken and his new job and I liked the silliness of the villain, who returned in this one. So.. That being said, my expectations were better for Mermaid Power, but not to high, so all your negatives didn't upset me. When I felt like sleeping, I skipped a bit. I felt the conclusion could've been better but I didn't hate either barbie this movie or the sisters, which carried me through the plot. Plus, addressing bullying is Always a plus for me. So, 6/10 for me. I look forward to seeing your future videos❤️

I’m so in love with Brooklyn Barbie dolls. They used a new nose mold for her and her freckles are so cute and make me so happy because I feel like I never see dolls with medium-dark skin that also has noticeable freckles (something I think about a surprising amount because I am a medium-dark skinned Black girl with noticeable freckles). I geek out about the changes there have been to the black Barbie’s over the past few years a LOT because so much has changed. There are so many skin tones now, so many nose molds, they use more than one eye stencil, there are a few designs with vitiligo, there’s an albino Barbie that is still intentionally designed to be recognizably Black, and so many hair styles and multiple curl textures instead of just wavy and afro. Like, of the things Mattel skips out on, the diversity in their female black dolls hasn’t been one of them. I admittedly don’t look at the other POC dolls as much to see if the same effort to mix features is there though

Hey so i was wondering where your tiana jumper is from cause i love it so much?! Also if you have any pics of the full thing cause i would love to see it😂 great video btw just cant stop thinking about this jumper

Honestly, I'm just *patiently* waiting for the comeback of traditional Barbie movies (you know, Barbie stars as a different person and the whole universe is not in the universe of Barbie Roberts herself) because this formula Mattel has been going with for the past 6 years is becoming dull

Why did Malibu and her sisters tell Brooklyn about Isla!? At the end of Dolphin Magic, the Roberts sisters decide not to tell anyone about Isla because it isn’t their secret to tell. And in Mermaid Power they just tell Brooklyn. They didn’t even weigh the options of whether to tell Brooklyn or not, they just told her. What happened to it not being your secret to tell?

Honestly, I haven't seen Dolphin Magic yet, so I liked that we finally got a Barbie mermaid movie where the animals look somewhat realistic and DON'T TALK!! In the past, I felt like the talking animals were really shoehorned in and it just made the movie feel a lot more direct-to-video than I'd like. And the animals being weird colors (a lot more common in the mermaid films, I think) felt at times like it was trying too hard to be marketable to children. So I think this movie is somewhat refreshing in that aspect. I like that it's just realistic enough that young kids may be able to better apply it to real-world imaginative play. Viva was also genuinely one of my favorite parts of the movie, I really wasn't expecting to see a vaquita here lol. What I really didn't like about the movie was how disorganized the plot was. It didn't feel like there was a proper story arc (especially with the girls randomly earning their powers one by one in an underdeveloped canon world), but rather like an extended toy commercial. Usually they try to hide that a little bit better. And the musical numbers only made it worse... not that they were unpleasant to listen to, they were pretty average, but they really didn't move the story along at all and just felt like music videos in the middle of the movie. I think that part of the reason for this is to capitalize on K-pop trends (like the songs on their KZfaq channel have been doing), by incorporating some vaguely similar choreography, but Zombies 3 also did that and I think they did it a lot better.

I can say what I did like about this movie was that they brought magic back. I missed it so much. I think most people watch movies to escape reality and that’s what Mattel has been getting wrong with these new movies. They’re basic situations. No magic to transport you to another world, just America. They need to bring back Barbie telling Chelsea or Stacy or even Skipper a story about a magical fairytale

It funny how people complaining about Barbie being unrealistic but the classic Barbie movie the 3d molded look realistic and the new Barbie movie the 3d molded look cartoonish .

I think the younger ones would like the movie more (bc I am one) but the plot is still so confusing, like how did Isla even change her hair, and in general, the blogger Barbie universe is really weird, she has a totally different hairstyle in one of the series, and I can’t even recognise the others in the series (like was it Brooklyn, Renee and Teresa?), plus I’m really about Barbie losing touch with her four og friends and now A LOT more with Brooklyn. (Btw y’all have to agree Aquaryah is amazing)

one thing that seems to be beautiful in this film is the scenery and the instrumental songs in the film. I want to watch the film but it never arrives in my country.

Wish you had mentioned a few more continuity errors in the movie, especially to do with the elemental stuff. I definitely noticed a few. I think Mattel just needs to space their movies out more so they have time to make them better quality.

I would argue that since Brooklyn's name is also Barbie, your barbie doll collection _is_ complete

im calling it now the next oen is going to be, "Barbie, in the hunger games

What is going on with Barbie what happened with the lessons with the values I mean come on go back to your old format

hey caitlin, maybe for christmas you can rank all of the barbie movie christmas songs!

My friends and I are just sick and tired of the Barbie dreamhouse adventures universe and the animation :/

I don’t really like the newest Barbie movies. They’re too much, and that takes away from the whole plot line and everything. I could go on about them for a while-

Honestly, we dont need the old barbie movies back, we need the newer ones to be better. Theres only so many. Its matter of time until kids start getting bored of the old ones.

Is it just me that Barbie’s mermaid blue hair looks identical to Addison’s alien blue hair from Zombies 3 also loved the movie and dolphin magic and Brooklyn Barbie’s mermaid design is my fav

Sorry for being a late comment but I think at the end of dolphin magic the dolphins and Lyla? I don't remember the mermaids name but anyways! I think that they ( dolphins and Lyla ) just swam away not really saying where they were going to.

I‘m honest I just watched the movie and I really liked it for some reason. Idk but the fact that there was a not realistic Barbie movie again made me wanna scream:) I really missed that stuff and I‘m quite sure I would love it as a kid, I loved the moments where each person got their powers! Definitely would watch it again even tho it‘s not like the old old ones but for real it’s still good for me and there‘s also a really good message cause they‘re talking about all the trash in the sea👍🏻

I disagree, this definitely wasn't the most boring Barbie movie I've ever watched, and I actually liked the soundtrack. I can't compare this to old Barbie movies that were literally epic, but as a comfort movie, it wasn't bad. I liked that they expanded on Marlo's character, and I'm especially glad that Barbie wasn't the power keeper.

So it’s the same plot as the rainbow magic movie?

With all of them having bright hair it does seem like too much. Maybe if they had streaks of colour with their regular hair instead it would have been better? Or more neutral shades instead of the bright ones. I think most of the mermaid "outfits" are fine, it's just the hair that's a little off. Although Brooklyn looks cute. I wouldn't change her that much. Maybe her darker skin offsets the brightness of everything else so it's easier to look at? Idk maybe the colours just work together unlike the others. If anything, I'm glad Brooklyn's back and now a reoccurring character.

Just curious, have you seen H2O, if not you gotta give it a watch.

Since in the earlier films Barbie was a grown-up actress, and here she's in her late teens wanting to be an actress, I almost think of these movies as prequel movies.

I had to stop half way thru, surprised I got thru the entire thing

She comes with two fins. They are called fins.