From March of 2020 up until I stopped doing VHS of the Week late last year I must’ve mentioned my immense sadness surrounding my inability to take in a big ticket blockbuster in a packed movie theater in a dozen different articles. Even when Covid started to ease up-ish, I still couldn’t bring myself to return to the multiplex. The risk was still there and the movies weren’t. I enjoyed Top Gun: Maverick way more than I thought possible…but I watched it at home on my small TV with all my distractions. I have only seen two movies post pandemic…both at Brookline’s independently run Coolidge Corner Theater. The bizarre and unexpected Barbenheimer craze seemed like the perfect opportunity to return to a conventional movie house (twice) and take part in a rare yet extremely popular phenomenon that involved stepping out to the cinema.
I can honestly say thanks to your helpful review I will be seeing the Barbie movie. Thanks for the laughs, Tebo!