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   Movies: Her Loving Vincent Ready or Not The Invisible Man Cry Baby Babylon No Country for Old Men Assigned Theme/take away:  "There is none! Nihilism core :p" Her (2013) Director: Spike Jonze Screenplay: Spike Jonze      My favorite role is actually Spike Jonze as 'Alien Child' in this movie, fun fact! Jokes aside, Her is really fine. I put off finishing it for so long, and I'm not totally sure why. I would just never finish it. I would fall asleep in the first half and then give up, or just never make it through at all. I think it's probably the whole robot angle, and the lack of a physical body just didn't hook me. But I will be honest and say that the world of the movie feels a touch dead. Sterile, cold, invulnerable -- like there's a wall up. That most definitely could've been a purposeful choice in atmosphere, and if it was, I am very impressed. But you best believe I'm not going to try and find out. Regardless, that fact made the movie...

  Barbie (2023) Director: Greta Gerwig Screenplay: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach "Crash course in feminism for the 6th grade girl."     I read a reddit comment that said people often use the, "it's just a film about a kids toy" statement to defend Barbie from any thematic criticism. And maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like it's accurate. When I see people giving probably too in depth analyses of the content of the film, I don't see this point brought up as much. It's kind of a double standard. When negatively charged analysis is done,  you're expecting too much from the film, but when analysis for the opposite purpose is done, no one bats an eye.     In my opinion, Greta Gerwig hasn't directed a good film since Lady Bird (2017), and I don't have high hopes for the rest of her directing career. I know she's only directed three films, but if she continues down the blockbuster path, I just think it's unlikely I'll get very much enj...