Barbie (Greta Gerwig, July 21, 2023) Movie • Page 23

Shouldn't the song the Ken dolls play on guitar have been Wonderwall?

 

I recall seeing a tweet or something saying that they weren't able to get the right for it

 

Also, instead of The Godfather it should have been a Tarantino or Nolan film.

 

Wonderwall isn't whiny enough

 

Wonderwall wouldn't have been a unique enough joke

 

I read the article about the use of Push and it makes sense. The song is about an emotionally abusive relationship and the Kens believe that's how their relationship with the Barbies has been. They are also doing the same thing to the Barbies by brainwashing them into thinking the Kens should be in charge.

 

The joke would still work if it was Nolan or Tarantino, but there is a masculine cult around The Godfather too. Yes, it is without a doubt of the best films ever made, but if you declare to a group of people that you've never seen it, the most emotional and shocked responses you get from such a declaration would be from men. This isn't even a new observation. Nora Ephron made it a running joke in You've Got Mail.

 

Quit trying to do punch up, they knew what they were doing and it was good and nice.

 

What if Ken had brought back original recipe Four Loko?

 

Okay now we're talkin'

 

I was in a nearly full theatre of mostly women that were mostly middle age & up. The godfather line landed really well.

 

It should have been Drive and Ryan Gosling should have said "OMG it's literally me for real" and then everyone claps

 

Was it an intentional reference that Ken trying to be cool looked very much like Gosling's character in The Place Beyond the Pines?

 

"Push" makes way, way more sense (and is way, way funnier) than if it were "Wonderwall."

 

Push is so angsty

 

I was not familiar with the Matchbox Twenty song Push before this film lol. If anything that’s the joke that didn’t land for me, I loved the Snyder Cut and Malkmus and Godfather jokes.

 

We are the same age, how is this possible

 

I guess some people don't have every Weird Al polka medley memorized, couldn't be me

 

"Push" is probably one of the 10 or so songs I heard most growing up, so that joke was a direct hit for me.

 

Push is a million times funnier as the radio song, but I can see an argument that the campfire scene could have been even greater with Wonderwall - Wonderwall's obviously THE quintessential song to make that joke with, and at that point it's more funny that you're making that joke in general than because it's Push specifically. But Push is so great and I was still riding the comedic high of it being in the movie in the first place that I think it worked just as well in reality. Probably overthinking it!

 

This is the most “hey why was this joke directed at me!!!!” Comment ever lol

 

How?

 

Also this movie was so meticulously crafted every single choice was intentional

 

Like I know 3AM and Unwell and heard those ones EVERYWHERE growing up but somehow Push completely missed me.

 

What about Back 2 Good, have you heard that one?