I could not sit that long. Even for long meetings at work I often stand (in the back) .

😂 Good point Rhizo🤣!

Remembering that double features were the standard when I was a kid, two full length movies with an intermission. Snuck into the local theater when I was not yet legal for "R" rated films, saw both Shampoo and Tommy on the same ticket. My first "R" rated films, an interesting night.

I am so used to single films, not sure I want to do the double feature now. Although I do attend movies back to back every year at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The subjects are quite diverse so this situation is not so different. But the idea is for my DD and I to do lunch and the Barbie movie so will probably stick with our current plan.

No, I wouldn’t want to sit through two movies in a theater back to back, even if they were my favorites. I’m way too restless.

The Barbie movie doesn’t appeal to me whatsoever (I’ve watched trailers).

No way. We haven't seen a movie in the theater in years.

No and no. I have zero interest in seeing either movie, particularly Barbie. Then again, I still have countless hours of movies on streaming services that I'd like to catch up on in the comfort of my own home, so I may never return to the cinema again. And I'm fine with that.

I definitely want to see Oppenheimer. I read the biography the movie is based on and it was excellent, so I'm interested to see what Christopher Nolan has done with it. Barbie...not so much.

I love going to the theater, and plan to see both films, just not together.

Barbie looks really funny.

Oppenheimer is at least partly set at the Hanford Site in Washington, which is not far from where I grew up, and I immediately recognized the area in the trailer before I even knew what I was watching. I had field trips to the Hanford Science Center. My first internship was at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and I had to wear a dosimeter to measure my radiation exposure (came back as background only at the end of my stint, in case you were worried). I'm more interested in it as a piece of the history of that area than I am in it as a biopic.

Barbie is one of the last movies I'd pay to see and have to sit with fans through (a sentence deserving to end with a preposition). All that pink!

I'll wait until Oppenheimer is streaming.

I have zero interest in ever attending a movie in a theater.

I’d def be up for a double feature, particularly those two movies. I love Greta Gerwig, her movies are often interesting and funny comments on pop culture. DH and I both want to see Oppenheimer so this would be a great combination for us. Not sure we can leave the dogs alone for that long though, so we will likely see them on different days.

I must say I’m surprised that anyone here would go see Barbie. I really don’t know anything about it, but assumed it was a kid”s movie???

cawaps, you likely know that both the Hanford site and the Oak Ridge site were like workshops, though very large ones with thousands of employees, where bomb material was produced. Other than the construction of the instruments used in these places, the vast majority of the Manhattan Project work both technically and design-wise was done in Los Alamos. Oppenheimer was the leader, based in Los Alamos. Hanford and Oak Ridge were important parts of the project but not really directly of the Oppenheimer story.

Greta Gerwig doesn’t make children’s movies.

https://youtu.be/pBk4NYhWNMM

Thanks @Kswl. Never heard of her and had to google. Doesn't sound like my kind of movie. I let my friend know. Her GD is pretty young, probably not a good choice for her.

Oppenheimer might be somewhat interesting. I have 3 relatives who worked at ORNL. Will definitely wait to stream it though.

I have read some good reviews of Barbie, and it certainly does not sound like it’s for six year old girls, though I’m sure many will go. After the reviews and trailers we have seen, even DH agrees it’s might be a good theater-watch. Not that he will go, of course.

We will wait for Oppenheimer to come to our tv screen in some way.

(btw, it kind of bothers me that people shortchange little girls playing with Barbies, as if they are limited by the marketing. Little girls have pretty good imaginations.)

DH wants to see Oppenheimer . I'm not thrilled about sitting 3 hours but I'll be a sport and accompany him.

I plan to go alone another day to see Barbie. Oh darn I don't have any pepto bismo pink clothes in my closet to wear.

Hubs went to see the latest Mission Impossible movie this afternoon with my brother-in-law. One of the previews shown was for Oppenheimer and Hubs said he felt uncomfortable watching the preview with my brother-in-law, because my brother-in-law is Japanese. In fact, he was born in the Tule Lake Internment Camp. So that's a movie that they won't see together, but Hubs wants to see it.

If he was born at the Tulelake facility, doesn't that mean he's a native born American?

We used to go to the outdoor movie and see Trinity --cowboy movies triple features!! Oh to be young again. Sound of Freedom is the movie to see this summer.

Barbie might very well indeed be a good move - there is just no way I could sit through all that pink on a large screen in a theater.

At this point the only time I go to the theater is with a group of girlfriends. DH has hearing issues and the sound is just too loud and painful in a theater. Oppenheimer will be a good one for us to watch at home.

I'm not a big movie watcher these days but I did go see sound of freedom recently and it was powerful.

The media hype around the Barbie movie alone makes me not want to see it. The NYTimes is particularly guilty. I don't get it.

The fact that the Barbie movie has an R rating should make people realize that it’s not intended for children. I would hope.

Barbie is rated PG-13

Both movies are getting rave reviews!

I already *know* the Oppenheimer story.

I was born to early for Barbie, but would love to see the movie -- just at home, not in a theater! Funny promo where Barbie removes her ostrich feather slippers and still walks on her toes. (DM had a fashionista friend who never wore anything but very high heels, at home and away. Her ankle tendons shortened to where she couldn't wear anything else.)

"If he was born at the Tulelake [sic] facility, doesn't that mean he's a native born American?"

His parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., were born in Japan. They came to the USA and settled in San Francisco. His parents' families came separately - his parents met and married in San Francisco. His older sister was born in San Francisco. His parents and older sister were sent to Tule Lake in September 1943, and he was born there in December 1943. His younger sister was also born in the Tule Lake Internment Camp in December 1944. The family later went back to Japan and lived there for many years. His parents both died in Japan, and my brother-in-law came back to the States in the 1960s.

So, yes, he is a "native born American" citizen, but he is Japanese. It's not that difficult to understand.

Double feature here at the drive in is Barbie and Flash. We are thinking of going :) But not sure if we can sit through a double feature without a few breaks, lol.

I talked my son into seeing Oppenheimer tonight with me. Most of the shows are nearly sold out except for right up by the screen. So, we're going to the late showing. I also paid a heck of a lot for the tickets, $12 each! I realize that's not a lot for some of you but I'm used to $8 movies here and usually $5 or $6 for an early showing. I wanted to go to the mattinee but we couldn't make the earliest one that actually had seats, after 3:00 they are nearly full.

I think a more correct description would be that he has Japanese ancestry. This correction to the inaccurate terminology used is not difficult to understand. Also, my spelling of the town name is correct, at least as far as the town is concerned:

Sound of Freedom may be faith based, but I was told it is also to bring attention to child trafficking. i have no idea what minority group is advancing it, but i do think awareness of the subject is important.

I have been hearing or reading tons of rave reviews about Sound of Freedom. FWIW this seems to be across the board.

On our way home from Panera, I almost gasped. The parking lot at the Aldi down the street from me was jammed to the gills. Never has it been packed like this, and I was flabbergasted and then I remembered this post from yesterday. The AMC theater is running these two movies, both of which I'd love to see. There are usually a handful of cars at the theatre so tonight in a few hours there will be a stream of cars driving by my house. Although I'm not masking and I eat out all the time, I would not be comfortable sitting in this enormous group of people.

I am looking forward to both, and already have plan to see both, albeit on different evenings.

I'm surprised people think Barbie is a kids' movie! I've been a Gerwig and Baumbach fan since Frances Ha.

Try googling ”Barbie” and see what you get.

You mean what happens to the page? I sent that to my sister a few days ago. I have never seen Google do that before!

I came across the movie in reviews in the NYT and WAPO. Funnily, the NYT thought the movie was redeemed by the ending, and the WAPO though the ending was a miss! But both gave it a good review.

T he marketing for Barbie is out of control. Yes, the page. I may have to go see it. Oppenheimer is three hours long, so Ill wait until its o n the small screen

Sound of Freedom is a true story. As true as the Epstein/Weinstein stories. I know truth is stranger than fiction but denial doesn't make it any less true. Even if it's pure fiction..it's a most compelling suspenseful, relevant story. What are you afraid of?

I've changed my mind. My elderly mother and I are going to see Barbie together soon, because why the heck not. I have been hearing that it's clever and enjoyable, so now we are looking forward to it! YMMV.

I read something to the effect of, Barbie succeeds as both a gleeful escape and a battle cry.

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I feel the same Maire .. the pink and the aqua. It's an offence to my eyes

And yet I have heard only good things about it (from friends and professional reviewers). I don't question them but I just don't have any draw to see it-- and based on stills and clips, I am so turned off by the colors (and I love pink!). I should feel torn because I love Greta Gerwig and all she's done with Baumbach .. but I can't muster any interest. Maybe I'd have more interest had I been into Barbie (she was just a prop for GI Joe in my childhood)

I am very interested in seeing Oppenheimer .. SO is scoping out where best to watch it.

I wonder if there will be some blowback when all the little girls nag their parents to see the movie, only to learn that it is PG-13.

Report from the field: my 30something film buff son saw Oppenheimer last night and pronounced it "outstanding". I looked for tickets at one theater pretty near me that was showing it in IMAX, and everything is sold out except the first two rows (which I refuse to sit in) for the next two weeks. A theater very near me is also showing it in standard format, so I might try for an early afternoon weekday viewing, maybe after the first frenzy has died down.

My son and I saw Oppenheimer last night. I would say it was okay and way too long. My son and I both thought they could've cut out about half of the movie. Right after we were talking about this, as we were leaving the theater, we heard another person in the bathroom basically say the same thing. My son gave it a 6.5 out of 10 and I would probably would give it a 5.

I'd like to see all the reviews from people here who have seen both movies. I haven't been to a movie since pre-covid and I used to go two/three times a month since there is an AMC 1/2 mile away. After the commotion has settled down, I might see these two movies , so reviews, please.

Barbie was indeed good fun--for girls over 13 due to language and also Kens 'friend' Allen. I would have loved to see the look on one Dads face when he realized he should not have taken his 2 & 3 year olds to see that movie. The outfits other patrons wore were part of the show. Lots of pink halter tops, dresses, and a few suit wearing males.

Oppenheimer had so much material to cover it needed all of the 3 hours. Except maybe the Florence Pugh nude scenes. Excellent movie for anyone interested in physics or developing the atomic bomb.

The Sound of Freedom--religious? The brother & sister wore a Saint Timothy medal and twice the phrase "Gods' Children are not for sale" was said. Good but sad movie. The marketing seems odd to me as it begs for donations to promote a film that has already raked in 45 million dollars.

I can’t really pinpoint why, but I do not like Florence Pugh.

We saw O last night. What a movie. It was tense from the opening credits until the very end. I can see why some say it is too long. I thought it was excellent. It can be hard to follow but wow, the acting, the dialogue, the story. Very thought provoking. I had little prior knowledge and no real interest in the subject.

It is closer in spirit to a documentary than it is to escapism, though, so not for everyone.

I'm going to Barbie next weekend. I want to see Oppenheimer but oh my that's going to be a heavy movie so IDK if I actually will.