It's been quite a while since a pair of films took over the box office. This summer was a major disappointment ...
The year 2023, however, hasn’t been quite as fresh. By the time Barbie and Oppenheimer opened, audiences had endured a third Guardians of the Galaxy, a tenth Fast and Furious, a Little Mermaid remake, a fifth Indiana Jones, a seventh Transformers, and a seventh Mission: Impossible. None of these movies were terrible, but they all feel too similar and unnecessary.
With her bright pink aesthetic, snappy dialogue, and cultural appeal, Barbie felt like a breath of fresh air. Say what you will about the film itself, butfantastic Oppenheimer, which ditched the CGI nonsense in favor of a profound, hard-hitting story about a complex man carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. It’s an intelligent, three-hour film, which contrasts sharply against the zany, juvenile antics of The Flash.
No, it’s not fair to compare the two, but judging by Oppenheimer’s massive $400M box office take versus The Flash’s paltry $268M total, it is fair to say audiences needed something that tickled their brains.Despite the enormous budgets attached to this year’s summer offerings, a surprising amount of shitty content was on display.
Ditto with Oppenheimer boasts gorgeous cinematography, crisp direction and editing, astonishing sound design, and some of the year’s best acting. Both films are unique works of art rather than products slapped together by an assembly line of marketers. People do care about quality, Hollywood.
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