i hate nolan.
barbie looks amazing. the design is pretty tremendous. gerwig doesnt know how to tell a story smoothly, which little women made obvious (but then neither does nolan, and people think its clever). she crowbars her feminist message into the film, its totally unsubtle, and im sure for some people that means its 'subversive', i wanted a good time, something like the lego movie (as far as movies about toys go), not something so heavy handed - it tries to do too much i think, to be a barbie and mattel endorsment, to be a critique, to be meta, to be sincere, to be fun, to be totally on the nose about The Patriarchy. all worthwhile stuff, and its done with slick hollywood economy, but the themes are right there in your face, not integrated into the narrative.
also, the best lines and performances came from ryan gosling and america ferrara, not margot robbie, which was surprising. ken even got a full song, which barbie didnt.
i might also just be the wrong audience.