i hear his dialogue is just him lamenting in his velvety baritone about the imurity of today's peaches or somethin
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
*impurity
breaks the 25-year age gap of Cruise and Hoffman in Rain Man
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
I'm probably going to enjoy this shitty movie
― badg, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
I can't imagine it being any more stilted and awful than the 1976 version.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
wait til we get the next Jazz Singer
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
Co-starring Dave Chappelle?!
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
Bradley Cooper is the beige demon who makes sure very standard white dudes get to be in everything. He turns a scene to damp sugar quicksand with his treacley fingers and convinces you his vile incantations are him speaking some adorable French. I will fight him. Stand back..— Neko Case (@NekoCase) September 15, 2018
Musicians don’t sing emo songs a foot from another musician’s face with long pauses for “feeling.” FUCK OFF “A STAR IS BORN” TRAILER!! I want a DNC for my fucking eyes..— Neko Case (@NekoCase) September 15, 2018
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 16 September 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
Neko is a national treasure
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Sunday, 16 September 2018 19:34 (six years ago) link
<3 neko
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Sunday, 16 September 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
Wow ANOTHER remake? pic.twitter.com/3eKheaY1OY— Kevin T. Porter (@KevinTPorter) September 19, 2018
― Number None, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
That needs to be the actual version of the movie.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
so good
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
Neko Case needs to sing without six thousand feet of echo between herself and the band.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:30 (six years ago) link
That'll learn 'er...
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 September 2018 04:35 (six years ago) link
Cooper still #1 leading raccoon even Neko can't take that away
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
This movie isn't interesting in any way shape or form. It's almost dazzling how much of a nothing it is.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 September 2018 03:51 (six years ago) link
My friend the festival programmer adored it and he hates this kind of slop.
Speaking of slop, here's a quote from the NYT mag profile:
He’s intense and smart and named four books I hadn’t heard of within three minutes of sitting down, including “Cain’s Book” by Alexander Trocchi and “Beware of Pity” by Stefan Zweig. He talks about 5 percent faster than my personal processing speed. He wore a long chain around his neck and the things that hung on it were: his late father’s wedding ring, a cooking talisman that he wore in “Burnt,” Jackson’s ring and a little flower that his partner, the Russian supermodel Irina Shayk, gave him. He wore a Stand Up to Cancer shirt that I could barely see in the glare of his irises, which are the blue of a swimming pool in a tropical vacation brochure. (Do you know that they Photoshop the blue to make it bluer? Do you know that they do that to fill you with longing?)
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 11:15 (six years ago) link
i knew the byline before i looked it up
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2018 11:22 (six years ago) link
(did you know that Brad photoshopped his quote into this thread?)
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 11:27 (six years ago) link
It's almost dazzling how much of a nothing it is.
I promise to only "I told y'all so" once when this thing breaks 300 mil
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 September 2018 12:31 (six years ago) link
haha i came here to gripe about that 'blue of a swimming pool line' i mean jesus.
― piscesx, Thursday, 27 September 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
also do you know that the food in fast food commercials is fake???? do you know that they do that to make you buy fast food!!!!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2018 14:47 (six years ago) link
saw the trailer for the first time tonight; wild horses couldn't get me etc.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 September 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
Do you want to see Sam Elliott lose every fight? See this movie!
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 28 September 2018 02:48 (six years ago) link
idk if it's teh actual single/album version or waht but full shallow is out, apparently and man what a limp little song considering it's in the trailer
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 28 September 2018 03:37 (six years ago) link
Doesn’t take much these days among some demos
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 28 September 2018 05:10 (six years ago) link
I wish I had some juicy details. I don't make a career out of doing extra work, but I've done it enough times to get a sense of what's going on and what the mood of the set is like. TV productions are race car pit crews - they've all been working together for years, the director is a known quantity, the cast's roles are defined, and for the most part everyone knows what to do. The movie shoots I've worked on (almost all non-indie because you get paid and the food is great) weren't terribly different. Bigger crew, longer shoot, occasional luxury to dwell on one scene to explore different takes if you're ahead of schedule, nevertheless if it's organized there's some sense that there's a "there" out there for everyone to row towards together.None of this was apparent on the ASIB set. The below-the-line crew were great and fun to talk with because absolutely nothing was happening. "What's going on? I don't know..." was the call and response I heard everywhere - on the walkie-talkies, among the crew, the extras, the stand-ins, everywhere. Coachella, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Shrine Auditorium are all rented out, several hundred crew members, hundreds more out in the crowd, and the band onstage are all patiently waiting. A LOT of money is being spent. Cooper would come out, strum a guitar for a couple of lines, then remember he was the director and that he needed to assert himself as one. Hey AD & DP, can we get different angle from stage right? OK, We'll have to move the crowd, re-do the lighting, move the camera dollies to the other side - it'll take at least a hour of time and money to do this. BTW it's 9 in the evening and everyone has been here since 7am. Repeat this with every scene.I don't really have an opinion on the guy other than he seemed to be in way over his head and that he was very appreciative and gracious to everyone regardless of who they were. That last bit goes a long way with me but if a good movie comes out of this it'll be in post.Worth noting that there was an absolute electric change in on set energy whenever Gaga was around and unlike Cooper, sang live instead of miming along to a backing tape. Hopefully those live takes will make it into the movie.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 28 September 2018 05:12 (six years ago) link
to my surprise, the reviews are very good !https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-star-is-born
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 10:44 (five years ago) link
The reviews I've read say the first half is by far the strongest.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
friend of a friend suggested this movie is largely a showcase of actors actoring
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 12:01 (five years ago) link
god forbid
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 12:06 (five years ago) link
actors like lady gaga
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
There was a profile of Cooper in last Sunday's NYT that was so bad I could not get through any paragraph.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
did you try some from the middle just in case?
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
this was good, & is going to win lots of awards & make heaps of $
― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 October 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
coop does kinda hide behind/dwell on the sam elliot voice but its a smart decision to do so, & to purposefully build it into the story
― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 October 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Who’d‘ve thunk
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 5 October 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
This just opened here, but the 3rd biggest cinema chain isn’t showing it due to some kind of dispute with the studio. I only know this cause said chain partnered up with MUBI for their free cinema ticket app thing but never actually show any of the indie & arthouse films MUBI picks - when I saw this was this week’s film I thought it was gonna be the first week I’d get to use it since they launched but nah it wasn’t to be Dunno if I’m up for paying money to see it
― coetzee.cx (wins), Friday, 5 October 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
Eric is right: pleasant and at worst average for the first hour, but then there's ninety fucking minutes to go.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 October 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
I don’t know what to root for:
https://www.out.com/popnography/2018/10/02/are-gaga-stans-sabotaging-venom-opening-weekend
(Kidding, of course; I don’t really give a shit)
― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Friday, 5 October 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
Cooper would come out, strum a guitar for a couple of lines, then remember he was the director and that he needed to assert himself as one. Hey AD & DP, can we get different angle from stage right?
I remember reading something about how Sling Blade is one of the most virtuoso jobs in this regard, with Billy Bob Thornton having to switch from manchild to director.
― Pesto Mindset (Eazy), Friday, 5 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
this movie wants us to believe that a Springsteen who apparently only writes "Adam Raised a Cain" and not actual hits could somehow become an instantly recognizable arena rock superstar in the 2000s.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Monday, 8 October 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
so he's hozier?
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 8 October 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
I saw A STAR IS BORN and frankly I couldn't get over the fact that it takes place in a fantasy universe where alt-country is one of America's most popular genres of music and the Drive-By Truckers play 10,000 seaters.— Scary Kaleb Horton (@kalebhorton) October 8, 2018
― Pesto Mindset (Eazy), Monday, 8 October 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
it's only a movie, Ingrid
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 October 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
he's Hozier with a 20-year-career of being a superstar and who's recognized by everybody in a drag bar as soon as he walks in the door
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Monday, 8 October 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
Coop is sexiest when Gaga femmes him up in the bathtub.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 October 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Monday, October 8, 2018 4:45 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a modern day nashville
― adam the (abanana), Monday, 8 October 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
critic K Austin Collins sez this movie is anti-pop! if only i could believe him.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link