Bonus Video: Barbenheimer Review
Added 2023-08-31 08:37:55 +0000 UTCHello everyone!
Please enjoy this month's Bonus Video: My review of Barbenheimer!
In this video I share my thoughts on each film, my own experience of the event, and the overall cultural phenomenon itself.
Let me know what you thought of either film in the comments!
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Comments
Thanks Jack! Very kind of you. I know what you mean about RDJ but I wouldn't say Josh Peck or Devon Bostick are by any means household names. I didn't even know who Devon Bostick was, but even if I did, it's an actor'd job to transcend the roles they've played previously.
Elliot Roberts
2023-09-21 02:30:48 +0000 UTCHey Elliot, just a couple things, one, I'm a huge fan of your channel, I personally can't wait for your video on the Beatles' movies, but any video of any topic you put out is absolute gold. You bring what other "talking head" youtubers (as I call them) usually lack and that's personality and true care for the subject, it's so apparent that you truly are invested in each video. Second, I've seen Oppenheimer three times now, and each time I left with sort of an existential crisis. Easy to say, I greatly enjoyed the film, but I was wondering how you felt seeing some actors such as Josh Peck, Devon Bostick, and even RDJ who are so well known as other characters in media in a film like this. They had great performances but it sort of took me out of the film at certain points.
Jack Almoro
2023-09-20 02:17:54 +0000 UTCElliot, you have quickly become one of my favorite YouTube channels! I actually got a friend to watch your Lennon album ranking review too. Anyway, I totally agree with Noremac's comment above. You are an interesting guy that should have total freedom to do videos beyond just classic rock. I'm from Generation X and admittingly I don't always feel like I understand Millennials, but with your videos I feel like I understand them a little better.
Scorpio 2
2023-09-02 14:00:04 +0000 UTCI appreciate that!
Elliot Roberts
2023-09-01 06:45:43 +0000 UTCi’m really glad you got to talk about barbenheimer, i honestly get concerned about you being put into a creative corner sometimes cause you shouldn’t have to be “the beatles” guy or “the biopic guy”. you gotta do you and i hope that every now and then you make a video that is just for yourself :)
noremac
2023-09-01 02:55:00 +0000 UTCGreat analysis, honestly main channel worthy. We did the same double feature - Oppenheimer then Barbie. Thoroughly enjoyed both that first night, but when I went to watch Barbie for the second time a week later, I actually enjoyed it way more than I did the first time watching it. Maybe I was still feeling that post Oppenheimer depression on my first watch lmao. Thank you for the video, excited for the Beatles one to drop!
Lauren Wheeler
2023-09-01 01:21:25 +0000 UTCI saw Oppenheimer with a friend of mine at the Landmark Century Theatre in Chicago. While waiting to get in, I saw folks dressed in pink waiting to see Barbie. My friend and I were sitting in the second row and like five-ten feet away from the speakers. As a person who deals with sensory issues all the time, having to brace myself for when the movie gets loud was quite a chore (and in hindsight, I really should’ve brought my noise cancelling headphones, only I had no idea how close we would be from the speakers.) However, it didn’t matter. The story and people/characters were captivating enough for me to overlook how loud the film was. In our conversation about the film afterward, my friend had seen Barbie the day before (I didn’t and still haven’t). When I asked her how Barbie was, she told me while it looked great, the messaging was too muddled for her liking and that maybe she should’ve seen Oppenheimer first. Overall, I agree just watching the cultural phenomenon was fascinating, and it can’t really be replicated no matter how hard Hollywood tries. It was great to see at least one of the two films with a close friend.
Kathryn Coffey
2023-08-31 22:52:35 +0000 UTCThe closest approximation to Barbenheimer I can name is when Defunctland’s Disney Channel Theme and Hbomberguy’s Roblox Oof video came out a matter of days apart. Even then, the two were basically the “light” and “dark” versions of the same story. I do agree with the point about issues with estates/living participants’ authority. It can produce something disinterested with the truth (BoRap and The Dirt - the latter being even worse than BoRap), which thankfully Nolan avoided in a unique way. I do worry about astroturfed replications of this phenomenon, as a happy accident is much better than a planned release of two different types of movies.
Peter Melling
2023-08-31 22:14:03 +0000 UTC
