Showing posts with label Barbie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbie. Show all posts

Friday, 4 August 2023

Oppenheimer versus Barbie

 So funny, you wait ages for a good film and then two come along at once.  

First up! Oppenheimer.  I went to see this in the Tropic (yay!) with Patrick, and simply put, I thought it was exceptional.  Thought provoking and beautiful.  Entertaining, yet challenging.  And of course no surprise, I thought Cillian Murphy was just wonderful, I am tagging him now for the oscar.

Barbie.  Well, I have to say that I had the most wonderful evening going to see this with my Barbies, or "Squad" as we like to call ourselves.  We all dressed up and (see pic below) didn't we look great??? Afterwards we retired to The Saint for appetizers, cocktails and movie discussion.  I really, really enjoyed Barbie. But I guess I was not as wowed with it as a I thought it would be? Like it was really beautiful, stylistically and thematically.  I thought the mother daughter storyline was just gorgeous.  And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED America Ferrara's inspirational monologue.  And everything resonated with me (ugh! unfortunately).  But I came out of the cinema just  a little underwhelmed.  But....now as I type...I am feeling it more and more.  Hmmm.  Imagine that.

In summary, as you've guessed, my favoured film was Oppenheimer. 

....but my favourite photos are Barbie! Lol









Friday, 2 January 2015

Bunch o' Barbies!

Yesterday I crawled up into my parents attic and took down a box of Barbie dolls I stashed away approx. 15/20 years ago.

There are 11 in total, some of them are collectors or limited edition.  I apologise in advance for the quality of the photos, it was difficult to take pics with the plastic of the box reflecting.  I probably should take better ones in daylight.

I am selling these as a job lot - €200 if the buyer collects from me in Dublin, or €200 plus p&p if the buyer wants it posted.

Do you know any Barbie collectors?!  
Please share!

Edit.
My mother rang me today to say my dad had found 3 more boxes stashed away. There are 34 boxed barbies in total!
I will get some photos of the others!