Daddy Daughter Days: Barbenheimer

 I finally did it. I finslly watched the "Barbie" movie. ...No, not the crappy CGI ones that were a part of every 2000s kids' childhoods (mine included). But the latest one that released alongside another movie that has since caused a merge in names (hence the title of this blog). We had 2 generations of Barbie doll collectors in the theater (Gen 1 being my aunt and mom, the second being me), and all of us had high hopes for the movie, I know I did. So let's dive into how that went.

I wound up missing a few seconds of the opening because SOME people (not gonna point any fingers) were taking their sweet time ordering lemonade and popcorn while chatting up the employees at concessions. Once we *slowly* got to our theater room, our eyes were quickly drawn to every girl's dream world that is "Barbieland." Barbieland is just what it sounds like, everything is pink and all the neighborhoods are lined up with pretty much every dream house you can think of. If Mattel made it, it was in Barbieland. Even I recognized a couple of the playsets referenced in the movie, like Barbie's dreamhouse, which was just an all pink version of the 2018 dreamhouse I bought off Marketplace a few months ago. 

Every Barbie in this pink eutopia has their own role like how it is in the depressing world we live in today. One Barbie could be President, another could be a lifeguard, there was even an ALL WOMEN SUPREME COURT in Barbieland (God, I wish we had that here). We're introduced to our main... Character? Doll? Idk what to call it. Her doll name is "Stereotypical Barbie" but we're just gonna call her Barbie for the sake of this post. Her role in Barbieland is what you'd expect. Popular girl living in this luxury dreamhouse, has lots of friends, the one guy has a crush on her but she doesn't feel the same way. Oh yeah, Scott Pilgrim is in this movie too, but he goes by Allen this time around. 

When Barbie finds out that she isn't "perfect" anymore, she needs to venture into the real world to find her human and make things right. Alright, good story so far. Human is sad, so it affects Barbie in some way. Unfortunately for her, Ken tags along, much to her dismay. The two dolls find their way to LA, in hopes to find answers to Barbie's current situation. Various antics ensue after that with a good bit of comedy thrown into the mix. 

I thought the movie was really great. One of dad's concerns was that it would be "just another movie to sell toys." But it was much more than that. The musical numbers were great, the pacing was great, everything about it was...Well... Great. To end this off, I highly recommend seeing this film while it's still in theaters (apparently my best friend thought it was so good he's seen it 3 times). Barbenheimer gets a good ol (9.5\10)

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