What is the proper ‘Barbenheimer’ viewing order? A debate.

Are you seeing Barbie first, or Oppenheimer?

Friday, July 21 is going to be a huge day for Hollywood as the highly anticipated Barbie and Oppenheimer hit theaters. Tens of thousands of moviegoers will attempt the double-header, but what is the correct order to consume the pair of films?

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Do you go for the seemingly light-hearted and brightly pink Barbie? The Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-led movie with soundtrack hits from artists like Dua Lipa?

Or do you start with the intensity of Christopher Nolan’s latest as he weaves the narrative of how the atomic bomb was created? The Cillian Murphy-led epic that will likely make you question humanity as a whole?

We let our staff discuss this exact thing.