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RRA started following C’MON BARBIE LET'S GO PARTY...AT LOS ALAMOS | BARBENHEIMER WEEKEND THREAD | We’re Thriving in our Plastic Fantastic Era | Mother Mothered with 162M | Daddy Exploded with 82.4M , Weekend Thread | Exorcist $27.2M, Paw Patrol $11.75M, Saw X $8.15M, Creator $6.10M, Blind $3.13M, Venice $2.73M, Nun 2 $2.58M &Dumb Money $2.15M and Weekend Thread 7/28-7/30 - Barbenheimer Week 2; Barbie 93M/Oppy 46.2M - Haunted Mansion & Talk to Me OW; Mansion 24.2M, Talk 10M
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An element of nationalism is a persecution complex, blaming others for said nation’s mistakes/crimes or minimizing them. Look at Russians for the last (checks watch) 17 months screaming online about “Russophobia” as if they didn’t start a war, blow up a dam, fire rockets at civilians, pulling out of a grain drain which threatens starvation of the 3rd world, etc. As much as Americans and Chinese don’t agree on many things, we do agree that we look at whenever Japan* goes “woe me!” over 1945 and go really? *=I got nothing against Japanese folks, that awful war was 80 years ago. But if you tell me the sky is purple, I’ll point out it’s actually blue.
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OT but The miracle of Barbenheimer is that that easily could’ve been a nasty online film discourse war between two different blockbusters going after two different things, screams of “FilmBro!” and “Woke!” and what not. Sure you get some of that nonsense (the latter you’re hearing from political hacks and the usual clickbait merchants) but overall I would say the opposite is what happened for the majority. It’s nice overall people seem energized in a positive fashion for both films, and the stellar reviews and WOM for both is adding to it. You wish it would be like this most of the time. unfortunately it isn’t, so let’s enjoy this moment.
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Locals will inhale copium about how it’s great, but as somebody who gave it a good review….this is the first entry in the McQuarrie era of this franchise that felt routine. Didn’t knock my socks off like Fallout (one of the great 2010s blockbusters) did and discourse has already moved on from this. No “oh can’t wait for the resolution to this story!” It’s a better made Fast X. Paramount underestimating Nolan and a doll plays a part in the MI legs BUT…it’s not a film screaming for a rewatch soon like Maverick last year did.
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It’s because of that war and potential endgame* why many folks want escapism of any kind to distract from what is daily news. Shouldn’t be a surprise or revelation. Granted flipside th current reality give Oppenheimer some relevancy beyond just another WW2/Cold War period piece. *=Personally I think those nuclear fears are overblown. It’s a no win situation for Moscow (or the West, but they’re less likely to push the button than a government threatening daily and their bluffs more called than a bad poker player.) Now could a war happen? Sure. But it would be less The Day After and more Red Storm Rising.