2023 marked probably the most thrilling yr for Hollywood. From giants like “Killers of the Flower Moon” to animation spectacles comparable to “Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse” to transferring worldwide entries comparable to “The Zone of Curiosity,” audiences have been met with some riveting entries. Whereas every movie’s launch was met with pleasure—even the likes of “Quick X” and “Aquaman: The Misplaced Kingdom”—it wasn’t till a tentpole phenomenon took over the world: “Barbenheimer.”
Sure, we have now written a number of op-eds and analyses on each movies and at this time, sadly (and most likely), the final time we’ll discuss this popular culture occasion. What started as a head-to-head box-office battle on July 21 lastly ended on a disappointing word on the largest award of the season, The Oscar. Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus had 13 nominations, whereas “Barbie” managed to bag eight, which started an entire discourse on what the Academy deems “worthy” of its recognition. “Barbie’s” controversies—together with Greatest Director and Actress snub—didn’t precisely die down because the nominations. However now, the revealing of the winners has made the scenario from unhealthy to maybe worse.
Women and gents earlier than I flip in for the evening, meet the staring man that destroyed the Oscar’s and Barbie’s most grossed gross sales.
Oppenheimer: 7 Oscars
Barbie: 1 Oscar 🥲 pic.twitter.com/NmnrwOsT78
— Jon Lester 🥹 @ Damaged shiver neighborhood (@MerryMirage_75) March 11, 2024
It’s alright tho, 1 Oscar or not nobody can deny Barbie’s affect. it’s been probably the most influential film in YEARS to come back pic.twitter.com/jm9HqFXyGy
— ً (@tylerduran21) March 11, 2024
And watch neither of them win as a consequence of sexism
— Eddie (@OHMYDIAZ) March 10, 2024
“Oppenheimer” rose because the star of the evening, successful seven awards, together with Help Actor, and greater ones like Greatest Actor, Director, and Movie. Compared, “Barbie” received just one accolade, for Greatest Unique Tune, shedding to “Poor Issues” in Manufacturing Design and Costume Design. Of the three, “Barbie” may have simply received Hair and Make-up and Manufacturing Design, contemplating how the movie constructed bubbly pink and glittery units from scratch. (Thoughts we remind you, there was a scarcity of the color pink as a result of set designs.) From Barbie’s Dreamhouse to her journey to the actual world (bear in mind the forest trip?), Gerwig and her workforce took care of the smallest of particulars. With such perfection going into the making of the movie, it nonetheless baffles me (and the audiences), how the film was snubbed on the awards.
In what WOLRD do you not give “Greatest Manufacturing Design” to Barbie!?!?!? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/6GQ52SUWz5
— Tess Yocom (@TessYocom) March 11, 2024
Barbie actually truthfully did get snubbed. I feel they damage the Academy’s emotions with that one. The Academy must develop up!
— Brannon Dunlap (@bdunlap12285) March 11, 2024
I’m a straight white dad and I assumed it was one of the vital sensible issues I’ve seen.
— Soopervillain 🇺🇸 (@Excellentspeelr) March 11, 2024
It was “snubbed” by Poor issues (a femenist film) American Fiction (a movie about race) and Oppenheimer (Complain about that each one you want, However Flower Moon was additionally nominated and it talks about indeginous points).
— Jimmy Johns (@johns88851) March 11, 2024
Not even costume im shocked ksksksks it would get finest tune tho
— jenny (@clarkjoes) March 11, 2024
movie twt can chuckle all they need however barbie now has extra oscars than tár, the fabelmans and banshees of inisherin pic.twitter.com/UuQs2YKVh2
— jenny (@fairyhosk) March 11, 2024
Equally, the costumes in each movies have been nice. “Barbie” used a splash of colors and sequins to speak in regards to the iconic toy (together with its totally different variations), whereas “Poor Issues” selected the extravagant, gothic design to speak in regards to the character. Maybe, the latter received by a margin, due to the depth of the film.
Poor Issues does use Bella’s clothes to inform its story, getting with the varied clothes charting the event of the character.
Barbie, alternatively, did that backward and in heels (and like twenty totally different Barbies). #HATM #Oscars2024 pic.twitter.com/WO0wfcQoDc
— Dr. Peter Cullen Bryan (https://linktr.ee/pcbryan) (@pfxbryan) March 11, 2024
I see lots of people struggling between Barbie and Poor Issues for Greatest Costumes on the #Oscars so let me faucet the signal:
The final up to date winner was Priscilla in 1994.
Earlier than that, All That Jazz in 1979 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1966.
Barbie just isn’t taking place. pic.twitter.com/9fld2R8xkP
— Chucho E. Quintero (@Chucho_Q) March 9, 2024
Because the curtains draw on one of the vital thrilling movie rivalries in 2023, we want to take the time to understand what the films, particularly “Barbie,” dropped at the forefront: lighthearted dramedies deserve our respect. Furthermore, we should not overlook its affect on the business and its skill to convey pleasure to audiences shouldn’t be ignored. Allow us to bear in mind the significance of celebrating variety in storytelling and recognizing the efforts of all these concerned in bringing these cinematic experiences to life.
