I wanted to see one of the new barbie movies because I grew up watching the old ones, and I loved them.
Barbie and the secret door was terrible. Extremely formulaic and annoying. The music was horrible, less than 20 minutes into the film there were already 3 songs, and all are very bad pop songs, the classical music they used in the old ones fits a lot better for this.
The story telling was super lazy. They don't try even in the slightest to explain anything. The secret door magically appears, it doesn't have a spell or something that makes it appear. She is just carrying a fairytale book and that somehow makes the door appear.
Then, as she enters the magical land her dress changes and she magically has a tiara and a magic wand on her head... ok.
The villain was pathetic, Barbie villains don't tend to be very bad or anything, but they always look a bit menacing at least. This is just an annoying brat.
The plot overall is just lazy, we've seen it thousands of times before.
The colors were also extremely overwhelming, and it looked like it was a rip off version of a Dr. Seuss Land. I was very dissapointed with this movie, as the old ones were actually quite good and could be compared to a dreamworks production or something. This is at the same level of films like Pinocchio 3000.
The colors were also extremely overwhelming, and it looked like it was a rip off version of a Dr. Seuss Land. I was very dissapointed with this movie, as the old ones were actually quite good and could be compared to a dreamworks production or something. This is at the same level of films like Pinocchio 3000.