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Smithy 06-06-2018 04:10 PM

A Star is Born (Out Now!)
 


Ahhhhhhhhh

Smithy 27-08-2018 12:20 PM

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Bradley Cooper’s Triumphant A Star is Born is an Instant Classic
Occasionally you see a movie and immediately know it's up there with the all-time greats. Now is one of those rare times.

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; within the first few minutes, you know you’re in the hands of a born filmmaker and can just sit back with the trust that your faith will be rewarded – which it is, many times over.

The result is a film with the breadth of an epic ensemble piece and the intimacy and undiluted emotional impact of a character study by Bergman or Cassavetes. And it’s not just a movie of multiple points of view – it’s a movie of multiple subjects and even multiple styles and genres, all of which are kept in perfect tonal balance by Cooper.

The undeniable standout is Lady Gaga, whose performance here goes far beyond what we typically think of as great acting and moves into the territory of, say, Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence. The role requires her to play every note on the emotional scale from the depths of despair to the joyous exuberance, and Gaga is flawless in every scene. Her work proves the cliché about the specific becoming universal, as she plays each moment in surprising, unique ways and makes bold choices no other actress would conceive of, yet gives each of those moments a profound and affecting sense of recognition for the audience – every triumph and every heartbreak feels utterly honest and relatable, and it all builds to one of the most emotionally shattering finales I’ve ever encountered in a movie.
https://www.talkhouse.com/bradley-co...FV4Ph0.twitter


An Oscar is BORN :flutter:

Marsh. 27-08-2018 12:21 PM

When will Swept Away?

Smithy 27-08-2018 12:23 PM

Idk what that is :eyes:

DouglasS 27-08-2018 12:25 PM

Mess. Lady Gaga can't act this is going to suck.

Poor Bradley Cooper he can do better.

I'm not suprised she has moved to acting after her music career has gone south though.

Marsh. 27-08-2018 12:26 PM

Her Golden Globe says otherwise. :love:

Smithy 27-08-2018 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DouglasS (Post 10176620)
Mess. Lady Gaga can't act this is going to suck.

Poor Bradley Cooper he can do better.

I'm not suprised she has moved to acting after her music career has gone south though.

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The undeniable standout is Lady Gaga, whose performance here goes far beyond what we typically think of as great acting and moves into the territory of, say, Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence
*also won a golden globe but ok, I guess if Tibbs very own Douglass says she can’t act they may as well scrap the whole film :bawling:

Morgan. 27-08-2018 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DouglasS (Post 10176620)
Mess. Lady Gaga can't act this is going to suck.

Poor Bradley Cooper he can do better.

I'm not suprised she has moved to acting after her music career has gone south though.

You must be another level of jealous

DouglasS 27-08-2018 12:31 PM

Lets be real she was awful in Hotel and the stars of that series were Dennis O'Hare and Kathy Bares. Lady GaGa was awful and clearly won just because she was a pop star. She was shockingly bad and her seasons were cringey.

Nominations /wins mean very little.. I mean Adina Poter has been nominatted for an Emmy. out of all the AHS cast.. she can't act for **** and don't try and justify that she can [I have liked her characters but they're all one note] :eyes:

DouglasS 27-08-2018 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Blurryface (Post 10176630)
You must be another level of jealous

Jealous of a pop star that had two popular albums and then disappeared from mainstream music and just flopped since.... Nope.

DouglasS 27-08-2018 12:34 PM

I think Bradley Cooper is great though, shame about the leading female though. Zendaya / Amanda Seyfried would have been great choices and would have propelled the film so much further. They'd probably cost more though.

Morgan. 27-08-2018 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DouglasS (Post 10176638)
Jealous of a pop star that had two popular albums and then disappeared from mainstream music / any popularity. Nope...

I don't see her without any fans :eyes:

DouglasS 27-08-2018 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Blurryface (Post 10176642)
I don't see her without any fans :eyes:

I mean Steps still have fans.. It doesn't mean they're relevant to todays industry though.

I just don't think shes a good actress and so I don't think the film will be any good.

Smithy 27-08-2018 12:57 PM

I mean she just performed to stadiums around the world on her most recent tour, but go off with no fans I guess!

And thanks for providing your opinion on something you haven’t even seen and which has only garnered positive press so far!

Jessica. 27-08-2018 12:59 PM

I love a multi-talented queen

Marsh. 27-08-2018 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DouglasS (Post 10176651)
I mean Steps still have fans.. It doesn't mean they're relevant to todays industry though.

I just don't think shes a good actress and so I don't think the film will be any good.

Yeah, look at all those worldwide tours Steps do and the millions of albums they sell across it. :unsure:

Smithy 27-08-2018 06:39 PM

Ffff the review broke an embargo and got taken down :skull:

Black Dagger 27-08-2018 06:41 PM

Miss Gaga coming for her crown.

Viola Davis and those other hoes be gone.

RileyH 27-08-2018 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 10176687)
Yeah, look at all those worldwide tours Steps do and the millions of albums they sell across it. :unsure:

They did that

Marsh. 27-08-2018 07:20 PM

I can't wait to give her the Bafta.

TomC 27-08-2018 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 10176625)
*also won a golden globe but ok, I guess if Tibbs very own Douglass says she can’t act they may as well scrap the whole film :bawling:

:laugh2:

Ammi 28-08-2018 03:53 AM

...the trailer looks excellent for this, GaGa looks perfect in her lead part..:love:..she has large shoes to fill as well with Barbra Streisand ...but I think she’s going to hold her own completely..go girl as they say, get that Oscar babe..:love:..

Smithy 28-08-2018 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10178004)
...the trailer looks excellent for this, GaGa looks perfect in her lead part..:love:..she has large shoes to fill as well with Barbra Streisand ...but I think she’s going to hold her own completely..go girl as they say, get that Oscar babe..:love:..

I thought this said she has large nose to fill with Barbra Streisand :skull:

http://a9.vietbao.vn/images/vn999/35...ollywood-2.jpg

Not far off!

Smithy 28-08-2018 05:10 PM



Another rave review :flutter:

Ammi 28-08-2018 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 10178413)
I thought this said she has large nose to fill with Barbra Streisand :skull:

http://a9.vietbao.vn/images/vn999/35...ollywood-2.jpg

Not far off!

....hmmmm, I think maybe it’s just more the pose though..posing their noses in the same way..:laugh:..

ethanjames 28-08-2018 05:17 PM

a cinematic masterpiece!

Smithy 31-08-2018 09:04 PM

ahhhh so after the premiere this evening the film has been met with RAVE reviews

The Guardian, 5 out of 5 stars:
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.—Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...bradley-cooper

The Telegraph, 5 out of 5 stars:
Gaga's big final number, performed almost entirely in a single-take close-up, gives the film the knee-weakening send-off it earns. This is a musical for lovers and loathers of the genre alike: deluxe studio entertainment like they used to make.—Robbie Collin https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/...-musical-ages/

Variety, positive:
Lady Gaga, in her fetching and accomplished movie-star debut, as Ally, an ingenuous, fresh-faced singer-songwriter who becomes his lover and stage partner before rocketing on her own into the new pop stratosphere. Cooper directed the movie himself, working from a script he co-wrote with Eric Roth and Will Fetters, and to say that he does a good job would be to understate his accomplishment.—Owen Gleiberman https://variety.com/2018/film/review...er-1202922858/

The Wrap, positive:
Cooper and Lady Gaga are dynamite together; this is a story that lives and dies by the central relationship and the instant chemistry that must blossom between them, and these two have it in spades. The musical numbers take immediately catchy songs and present them in an electrifying way.—Alonso Duralde https://www.thewrap.com/a-star-is-bo...ady-gaga-2018/

TIME, positive:
A Star Is Born is just on the right side of tasteful, which is to say it’s slightly on the wrong side: It could stand to be more nutso in its expression of grand human emotions and dismal human failures. But it works anyway: You come away feeling something for these people, flawed individuals who are trying to hold their cracked pieces of self together—or to mend the cracks of those they love.—Stephanie Zacharek http://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/

US Weekly, 3 out of 4 stars:
A Star Is Born tries very, very hard to be the most emotional movie of 2018. I’m not convinced it wins on that front, but I can say it gets the prize for most hysterical melodrama. Take it as a compliment.—Mara Reinstein https://www.usmagazine.com/entertain...-early-review/

Entertainment Weekly, B+:
Gaga's serious-actress transformation for her first major film role will undoubtedly lead the conversation, and she deserves praise for her restrained, human-scale performance as a singer whose real-girl vulnerability feels miles away from the glittery meat-dress delirium of her own stage persona.—Leah Greenblatt https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/31/a-star-is-born-review/


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glibberglobber 01-09-2018 09:01 AM

Jesus was the star who was born. The Wise Men followed the star that Gabriel sent to his birth place

Ammi 01-09-2018 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 10188639)
ahhhh so after the premiere this evening the film has been met with RAVE reviews

The Guardian, 5 out of 5 stars:
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.—Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...bradley-cooper

The Telegraph, 5 out of 5 stars:
Gaga's big final number, performed almost entirely in a single-take close-up, gives the film the knee-weakening send-off it earns. This is a musical for lovers and loathers of the genre alike: deluxe studio entertainment like they used to make.—Robbie Collin https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/...-musical-ages/

Variety, positive:
Lady Gaga, in her fetching and accomplished movie-star debut, as Ally, an ingenuous, fresh-faced singer-songwriter who becomes his lover and stage partner before rocketing on her own into the new pop stratosphere. Cooper directed the movie himself, working from a script he co-wrote with Eric Roth and Will Fetters, and to say that he does a good job would be to understate his accomplishment.—Owen Gleiberman https://variety.com/2018/film/review...er-1202922858/

The Wrap, positive:
Cooper and Lady Gaga are dynamite together; this is a story that lives and dies by the central relationship and the instant chemistry that must blossom between them, and these two have it in spades. The musical numbers take immediately catchy songs and present them in an electrifying way.—Alonso Duralde https://www.thewrap.com/a-star-is-bo...ady-gaga-2018/

TIME, positive:
A Star Is Born is just on the right side of tasteful, which is to say it’s slightly on the wrong side: It could stand to be more nutso in its expression of grand human emotions and dismal human failures. But it works anyway: You come away feeling something for these people, flawed individuals who are trying to hold their cracked pieces of self together—or to mend the cracks of those they love.—Stephanie Zacharek http://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/

US Weekly, 3 out of 4 stars:
A Star Is Born tries very, very hard to be the most emotional movie of 2018. I’m not convinced it wins on that front, but I can say it gets the prize for most hysterical melodrama. Take it as a compliment.—Mara Reinstein https://www.usmagazine.com/entertain...-early-review/

Entertainment Weekly, B+:
Gaga's serious-actress transformation for her first major film role will undoubtedly lead the conversation, and she deserves praise for her restrained, human-scale performance as a singer whose real-girl vulnerability feels miles away from the glittery meat-dress delirium of her own stage persona.—Leah Greenblatt https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/31/a-star-is-born-review/


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...ditto..:flutter:..:flutter:...great reviews...I loved Barbra’s version..her character portrayal...?...and I’m usually a bit sceptical of a remake when I’ve loved a character portray so much by someone who is such a favourite as well../..I adore Barbra...but somehow, I was never sceptical when I read GaGa was doing it...I immediately felt she would be amazing...and it’s lovely to see the reviews confirming it...:love:...

Smithy 01-09-2018 10:15 AM

Will you be going to see this ammi? :flutter:

Ammi 02-09-2018 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 10190402)
Will you be going to see this ammi? :flutter:

..oh most definately...it’s a great story anyway and yeah the GaGa edition Is something I’ve been looking forward to..and obviously the new songs and soundtrack as well..:love:...I know it’s going to be a movie that I’ll want to watch multiple times so I’ll be buying the DVD when it comes out as well..but that’ll be a little way off so I’ll be going to the cinema to watch it...I’m quite excited about it..

Smithy 02-09-2018 11:25 AM

Ugh :flutter:

I’ve had a look at my local cinema and as of yet they’re not showing it :umm2::umm2:

Like wtf?!

Tom4784 02-09-2018 01:37 PM

I'm quite looking forward to this, I don't think it'll do that well though since the Queen film is getting a lot of attention and they release within a similar window but it does look great.

Black Dagger 02-09-2018 01:48 PM

Nobody gives a **** about the Queen. Gaga is queen.

Tom4784 02-09-2018 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Dagger (Post 10193685)
Nobody gives a **** about the Queen. Gaga is queen.

Not the Queen, Queen.



It's managed to cut off ASIB at the knees so far in the promotion stakes which is unfortunate as they both look good but one of them is going to suffer the consequences of being high profile music films released in the same window and it's probably gonna be ASIB since Bohemian Rhapsody has all the oscar buzz atm.

Black Dagger 02-09-2018 05:34 PM

Oh lmao. I do want to see that as well. I love Rami.

Marsh. 02-09-2018 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 10193780)
Not the Queen, Queen.



It's managed to cut off ASIB at the knees so far in the promotion stakes which is unfortunate as they both look good but one of them is going to suffer the consequences of being high profile music films released in the same window and it's probably gonna be ASIB since Bohemian Rhapsody has all the oscar buzz atm.

Tbf, the potential for that movie bombed when they lost their original choice for Freddie.

Smithy 02-09-2018 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 10193655)
I'm quite looking forward to this, I don't think it'll do that well though since the Queen film is getting a lot of attention and they release within a similar window but it does look great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 10193780)
Not the Queen, Queen.



It's managed to cut off ASIB at the knees so far in the promotion stakes which is unfortunate as they both look good but one of them is going to suffer the consequences of being high profile music films released in the same window and it's probably gonna be ASIB since Bohemian Rhapsody has all the oscar buzz atm.

I personally haven’t seen any promotion for the BR, ASIB has Oscar buzz whereas I haven’t seen anything in terms of predictions for BR either :shrug: https://awardswatch.com/2018/08/31/f...rn-boy-erased/ the only thing mentioned is Rami for Leading Male, whereas ASIB has picture, director, actor and actress and it’s pretty much the same on other websites too, there’s no mention of BR, ASIBs opening weekend predictions have now moved to $35million - $55 million and it’s predicted to do $135m domestically, I think if people want to see both films they will anyway but being released first just means word of mouth is gonna have more impact for ASIB anyway

Tom4784 02-09-2018 09:04 PM

It's a matter of knowing how the Academy works though, ASIB is an old favourite for the academy which will benefit it but I dunno, I think BH will end up pipping it in the noms in the end. It's got crossover appeal whilst dealing with Academy friendly subject matter.

I think the only chance ASIB has is if it really does go the distance in terms of audience popularity but I don't really see that happening, the trailers for both were released at similar times iirc and I think BH generally trended more and got more views. I'm seeing both but I think, looking at both films, BH is going to do better at the awards although I do predict that Gaga will get a fair few noms, judging by the critics reactions to her. I predict she'll have at least a Golden Globe by the time awards' season ends. Potentially an Oscar too but that depends on the other competition.

Smithy 02-09-2018 09:10 PM

Don’t you mean ANOTHER golden globe :fan:

I mean either way I’d be happy with nominations, I wouldn’t expect her to win an Oscar for her first film, Glen Close is currently fave anyway, but she might snatch one for the soundtrack considering everyone knows she was robbed last time and she has a pretty good relationship with the academy after her previous performances.

Eh as long as the film performs well and is well received (so already halfway there) I’m happy :hee:


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