devils1854 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Quote Cooper proves an able director. The opening scenes show him displaying a penchant for Kubrickian one-point-perspective shots, but he’s at his best, as so many directors who came up though acting tend to be, when the camera gets close to his performers and captures their intimate interplay. Not to disparage the talents of any individuals who worked on it (and I should emphasize that Cooper does damn well playing a musician, and Gaga is her usual disciplined marvel), but this is an example of Big Movie Studio Craft at its most well-thought out; among the many contingents of moviegoers it will please will be the “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore” crowd. Cooper is arguably prettier than Lady Gaga, but she is the one who commands your attention: that sharp, quizzical, leonine, mesmeric face – an uningratiating face, very different from the wide-eyed openness of Streisand or Garland. (Weirdly, she rather more resembles Marta Heflin, playing the groupie-slash-interviewer who went to bed with Kristofferson in ’76.) Her songs are gorgeous and the ingenuous openness of her scenes with Jackson are wonderfully sympathetic. Meanwhile Cooper, whose screen persona can so often be bland and unchallenging, makes precisely this conservative tendency work for him in the role. He is so sad you want to hug him. This “A Star is Born” is less about her ambition, his hubris and the general Price of Fame than it is the gently heartsore story of a loving relationship destroyed by alcoholism, set to a killer soundtrack. But that itself is quite something; the star that is truly born here is Cooper as a director. It’s going to be a phenomenon. It’s an extraordinary surprise that this new version packs such a wallop…[it’s] for people who never saw a previous version, for people who love any of the previous versions, and even for those who think the property is moth-eaten and old-fashioned. Lady Gaga delivers a knockout performance. Lady Gaga is nothing short of extraordinary. [She is] sensationally good. A first review for Talkhouse, accidentally published ahead of embargo last week, lauded ‘A Star Is Born’ as an “instant classic”, saying: “It’s one of those rare movies that grabs you from the opening shot and then just gets better and better with each passing scene”. How good is #AStarIsBorn? It's a total emotional knockout, directed by Bradley Cooper on a high wire of emotion, and he and Lady Gaga are stunning together. Happy to report that Lady Gaga is good in A STAR IS BORN. Music is too. And Sam Elliott is *great* #Venice75 Peter Bradshaw gave the film five stars, saying: “Cooper directs and co-stars in this outrageously watchable and colossally enjoyable new version, supercharged with dilithium crystals of pure melodrama. He appears opposite a sensationally good Lady Gaga, whose ability to be part ordinary person, part extraterrestrial celebrity empress functions at the highest level at all times.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beekay414 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 This is a remake of the Judy Garland version, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils1854 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 46 minutes ago, beekay414 said: This is a remake of the Judy Garland version, right? Its the fourth version 1937-Janet Gaynor, Fredric March(7 Oscar Nominations) 1954-Judy Garland, James Mason(6 Oscar Nominations) 1976-Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson(4 Oscar Nominations) 2008-Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 1 minute ago, devils1854 said: Its the fourth version 1937-Janet Gaynor, Fredric March 1954-Judy Garland, James Mason 1976-Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson 2008-Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Yeah but isn't it following a similar story line as the Garland version? Or are they all the same story lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils1854 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, beekay414 said: Yeah but isn't it following a similar story line as the Garland version? Or are they all the same story lines? Its all the same major plot. Old star finds a young nobody, they get together, young star gets big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils1854 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 North Dakota farmgirl Esther Victoria Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) yearns to become a Hollywood actress. Although her aunt and father discourage such thoughts, Esther's grandmother (May Robson) gives Esther her savings to follow her dream. Esther goes to Hollywood and tries to land a job as an extra, but so many others have had the same idea that the casting agency has stopped accepting applications. Esther is told that her chances of becoming a star are one in 100,000. She befriends a new resident at her boarding house, assistant director Danny McGuire (Andy Devine), himself out of work. When Danny and Esther go to a concert to celebrate Danny's employment, Esther has her first encounter with Norman Maine (Fredric March), an actor she admires greatly. Norman has been a major star for years, but his alcoholism has sent his career into a downward spiral. Esther Blodgett is a talented aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinee idol with a career in the early stages of decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, the studio publicist Matt Libby attempts to keep him away from reporters. After an angry exchange, Norman rushes away and bursts onto a stage where an orchestra is performing. Blodgett takes him by the hand and pretends he is part of the act, thereby turning a potentially embarrassing and disruptive moment into an opportunity for the audience to greet Norman with applause. John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson), a famous and self-destructive singer/songwriter rock star arrives late for a concert. He is drunk, sings a couple of songs, and walks off stage. John's entourage, including his manager Brian (Paul Mazursky), takes him to a bar where Esther Hoffman (Barbra Streisand) is singing. One of John's fans find him there and starts a fight. Esther grabs John and helps him escape out a back door. A Star Is Born is a 2018 American musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper, in his directorial debut. Cooper also wrote the screenplay with Will Fetters and Eric Roth. A remake of the 1937 film of the same name, it stars Cooper, Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle and Sam Elliott, and follows a hard-drinking country musician (Cooper) who discovers and falls in love with a young singer (Gaga) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I'm just shocked that in today's Hollywood with all the me too stuff going on someone actually put Andrew Dice Clay in a movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Ehhh...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncosFan2010 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Pretty excited for this one actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I hope he didn't have to kiss her. Her mouth is an ash tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 44 minutes ago, TENINCH said: I hope he didn't have to kiss her. Her mouth is an ash tray. You're damn lucky if all get and taste is ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ramster Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Movie looks phenomenal gonna win every award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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