The Barbie Diaries
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Movie Reviews of The Barbie Diaries
Movie Review: Based on the previews
Summary: 2 Stars
I think the subject matter is a bit grown up for the younger girls. Its more suited perhaps to the tweens, who wont watch it anyway. I liked Mermaidia, it had strong female characters. I hope Barbie learns in the Diary movie there is much more to life then boys and popularity!Movie Review: A 13 year old's point of view...
Summary: 1 Stars
I was about 11 or 12 when this came out. So I've already been exposed to similar things like Lizzie Mcguire (sp?) and Mean Girls. I think this was on that road, just notched down a few levels. I was fine with the movie, but I'm getting kind of tired of this:
A girl, has guy friend, guy friend likes girl, girl likes popular guy, mean girls try to ruin her life, girl is friendly and smart, girl wants to be popular and forgets about her real friends, she realized her mistake and learns her lesson.
I love Barbie, I always have. My friend and I secretly play when we go to each other's houses. Honestly, I think most of the girls at school still play with dolls. But I dont think its right for little kids. For example, when I used to watch Lizzie when I was about 7, my Dad thought it was a good lesson for kids. Yes, but I was too young. Lizzie would say how "embarrassing" her parents were. I used to get mad at this. If the thought of my parents being embarassed ever crossed my mind, I would feel so guilty I couldnt stand it. I think until kids get older, they dont understand the movies/shows. Its too far over their heads. And they think of Barbie their role model, and copy her. If they copy these phrases, they will think its ok, and say mean stuff. They will say they hate people, and they want to be popular. Why does it matter? If you want to be popular, go do some acting and become famous. There. Your popular. Everybody at my school is popular. Why? BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE. The pretty girls dont get much more attention than everybody else. Everybody knew me, and I was a goody 2 shoes smarty. And in High School, you dont have these problems. There are teen pregnancies and other things instead. This is more Middle School based.
I know my friend's little 4 year old sister has learned from her big sister stuff like "That's stupid." or "These toys are all mine and you cant have any." I notice when I go to family get togethers, when my cousins and I are talking, the younger cousins always repeat stuff we say. And not everything my cousins say is good.
All in all, the movie was good, but not for young kids.
Movie Review: Are You Serious?
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched this movie with my 7 year old daughter, and regretted it about 10 minutes in. After reading Queen Bees & Wannabees, I can't help but despair whenever I look over the precipice and get a glimpse into teen girl world.
In Barbie's envisioning of this world the central theme is to "be yourself", but in the end they only seek themselves in a banal existence of dress shopping, chasing each others' boyfriends, inventing lip gloss disguised as a highlighter, deciding what to wear to an afternoon of watching cute boys practice football, and halfheartedly pursuing a career as a rock star. While I realize that this is teenage girl reality, is this what needs to be held up to pre-teens as a personality blueprint?
The popular girls look exactly like the unpopular girls, so it's not like the criteria for who gets to set foot on the "popular lawn" is really clear, other than you have to be mean-spirited and backstabbing. But at least they somewhat captured the spirit of what it's like to be on the outside looking in.
Of course, there's the "magic diary" aspect of the story, which seemed the only tie to the "other" Barbie world (Fairytopia, Mermadia, et all). I realized then what I was really watching...a marketing cry for help from Mattel. The target demo for Barbie has shrunk to 3-6 year old girls, and they're trying desperately to expand back into the 7-11 range that other brands like Bratz are chipping away at. I promptly dumped all Mattel stock from my 401k.
Movie Review: As bad as it gets... Totally stereotypical and derogatory towards young girls.
Summary: 1 Stars
My 4 year old loves Barbie movies of the likes of Fairytopia, The Nutcracker, etc. This one is not by the same producer but is made more for older girls. I was shocked at how horrible this was for a young girl to watch. I'm not the type to typically complain about the negative affects of things like Barbie on young girls. Actually I've found most criticisms overblown. My girls have Barbie dolls and use their own imaginations to play with them. This movie however pushes the stereotypes of Barbie right in your face. The girls are totally focused on makeup, fashion, what boys think of them, and the fact that if they are smart they will get ridiculed. This is EXACTLY the wrong type of message to build confidence in you young girl and no parent should get this for their girl. In one scene after Barbie was "dumped" by a boy she is ashamed to go back to school. In science class she is embarrassed to get noticed, however the teacher tells the class she got the high score (97%). The scene switches to her being very small and her classmates laughing at her. IS THIS HOW YOUR WANT YOUR DAUGHTERS TO FEEL !!! I was shocked. The movie is FULL of this type of sterotype that puts girls down and on the path to just get a job at the Mall and fall for some boy that acts like an idiot. DO NOT GET THIS MOVIE.Movie Review: Pretty Bad
Summary: 1 Stars
The animation wasn't very good, and the whole plot just proves how desperate the Barbie company is. The Barbie company is obviously scared by the threat of the Bratz dolls, so they tried to make a "cool teen" movie.
IN reality, Barbie is for three year olds, and the themes of the movies are just too adult for three year olds. Tweens are what this movie is appropiate for, and what self respecting teen would watch a Barbie movie?
The movie is about Barbie whining about being unpopular, and wishing that an (ugly) "Mr. Hotty will recognize her and be her boyfriend. H3er "so clever" scheme for popularity is to make her band play BAD songs at the fall formail. A total must see. NOT!