Thanks to a shared release date (July 21) that birthed a bizarre internet meme, 'Barbenheimer' is in the cultural lexicon. For those unaware, Barbie, a pink-soaked spunky comedy about finding your purpose, and Oppenheimer, an epic historical biopic about the creation of the atomic bomb, are now cinematic siblings. Barbenhemier is a genuine phenomena, and it’s already powered both movies to a record-breaking weekend at the box office.
My local movie theater is pretty much my second home — the staff greets me by name at this point — so I had no qualms about booking a Barbenhemier double-feature. I was fully on board the hype train and convinced myself that watching these two much-anticipated summer movies back-to-back in a packed movie theater would be the best way to experience them. Not to mention, the perfect tonic for what turned out to be an extremely rainy Sunday afternoon.
