India is the only country where... - Page 2

If you look at the biggest hits in India over the past few years like KGF, Pushpa, RRR, and even Pathan - they are all very hypermasculine action films. A film like Barbie probably doesn't appeal to the current film culture.

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I don't know if Barbie is popular in India today. But there was a period in the nineties when Barbie was huge. As a young child, I preferred He-man action figures and Lego. I refused to buy Barbie. But sometime in fourth grade or so, all my classmates had Barbie, so I begged my parents to get me one. My younger sister had my parents get more accessories.

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Oppenheimer is a three-hour-long intense film. Early reviews have said it is emotionally draining and leaves the viewer feeling zapped. It is also rated R and is not a family-friendly film.

Barbie, on the other hand, has a shorter runtime. Early reviews have called it fun and feel-good. It is also a family-friendly PG-13 movie.

Summer movies in many parts tend to be family affairs, so families and casual viewers will pick Barbie. Oppenheimer will be picked more by ardent film fans and Nolan fans.

India perhaps doesn't have a large family or casual audience. Also, I think there is a huge chunk of people who are wannabe pretentious Nolan fans who believe Barbie is beneath them. 😆

Originally posted by: PangaNaLe

Not having interest in the film is not the problem. Neither is masculinity. Men even showing interest in watching this movie would get them ridicule in their friend circles in most places in India. That is toxic masculinity.

While that might be true, it has more to do with the genre of the film & nothing to do with being a female centric film. Tons of female centric films have made big money in India or been popular on television across all genres from Wonder Woman/Kill Bill to Erin Brokovich to Bridesmaids. Teenie Candy floss cinema doesn't do well in India in general because most people don't connect with it. Not everything has to be about masculinity/feminism.

Barbie is too elite, only the upper middle class and high class have played with them. The whole Ken and Barbie are hardly known,rest of them only think of it as a fancy doll. While Nolan movies have immense popularity, RDJ is popular because of iron man and the trailer looks very good with all bombs and all