It’s because they’re releasing the same week. They literally are competing.
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
I don’t even understand this matchup. They’re not even similar movies.
ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
antaymonkey@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They’re entirely different demographics with arguably close to zero overlap. Where is the competition?
xantoxis@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Demographics? That has nothing to do with it. They are different genres, but lots of people like multiple genres. Me, for example. I want to see both. Since I can only sit in one theater at a time, that means they are competing.
ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Movies that release at the same time are considered to be competing because most audiences don’t go watch two movies in a weekend, they pick 1. Genre and demographic don’t necessarily have to be the same for movies to compete but there’s definitely overlap here. Barbie is being made by an auteur director, just like Oppenheimer. That’s partially why Barbie has hype, there’s a legitimately great director handling it instead of some unknown that is more likely to be pushed around by producers. Me and most of my friends all want to see both and we’re 30 year olds. Also worth mentioning that couples generally alternate between who gets to pick the movie and this is a perfect example of dudes wanting Oppy and ladies wanting Barbie.
ax28@beehaw.org 11 months ago
It’s just a meme, since they’re both highly anticipated movies with very different vibes releasing on the same day. I don’t think most people are actually expecting them to compete (if anything, most of the jokes I see are about watching a Barbie/Oppenheimer double feature). It’s the same as the Doom Eternal/Animal Crossing jokes a few years back
hydro033@kbin.social 11 months ago
It's basically a new front on the culture wars - feminine vs masculine. So tiresome. They're both good films.
girl@lemm.ee 11 months ago
dude, what
hydro033@kbin.social 11 months ago
I'm not kidding, in the US at least there is growing divide between the genders and anything that "represents them." We saw it first with review bombing of movies like Joker and then Ms Marvel. It was a tit for tat with incels and femcels going at it. I try to ignore it, but it's so toxic and ruins nice things for everyone else.
BoneheadedTwizzle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think it is because they are so different. The contrast is amusing so people are having fun with it. It’s like the Matrix vs Momma Mia release or Doom vs Animal Crossing game release.
BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 11 months ago
If anything, it's been really refreshing to see. Twenty years ago, your average film bro would be calling Barbie dumb, girly, and gay, and now it's being widely acknowledged that a female-directed movie with explicitly feminine aesthetics can absolutely be quality legitimate Cinema™ and go toe-to-toe with a literal Christopher Nolan biopic about a scientist making a bomb during WWII.