I expect ben hur numbers
Why does the trailer emphasize that bcoop directed it? How is that a selling point?
― dat, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
people generally don't know who directors are
it's a selling point
― Number None, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
it's a PASSION PROJECT through and through
― Yung Detective (Eazy), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Cooper's best acting might just be the PR campaign how he wanted to direct, passion project, blah blah.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
famous-actor-directs-film is almost always a marketing point
if we're going to include this one then we should include the Toho Kong vs. Godzilla movies.
nah*, there are sequels to the 1933 and 1976 Kongs that also don't count. but Kong: Skull Island is a remake of King Kong that just doesn't have the New York bit. *although the plot summary for useless moderator King Kong vs Godzilla does make me suspect that that one might be close enough. (I've only seen the 1933 and Skull Island.)
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
lmao talkhouse broke embargo, no idea who the reviewer is
And we are off to the races. pic.twitter.com/PTZ9IFNnqm— Sean Fennessey (@SeanFennessey) August 27, 2018
― devvvine, Thursday, 30 August 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
well, i'm convinced
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 30 August 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
gonna hedge my bets and say this won't be the most impressive directorial debut by an actor since Night of The Hunter
― devvvine, Thursday, 30 August 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
lmao
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 30 August 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
A Star Is Born (2018, dir. Bradley Cooper) pic.twitter.com/BudBkeMSmZ— ☭ a rube ☭ (@faggiecheung) August 28, 2018
― Number None, Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
omfg
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
outstanding
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Glenn Kenny's on board:
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.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 31 August 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
When we complain they don't make 'em like that anymore we don't want actual remakes of "'em." Having said that this could be an entertaining mess.
― abcfsk, Friday, 31 August 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
I think I would go to some other movie starring Lady Gaga, but not this one.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 31 August 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
Nature trying to destroy this movie https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/a-star-is-born-world-premiere-lighting-projector-venice-1201999539/
― faculty w1fe (silby), Saturday, 1 September 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
man I totally forgot that Dorothy Parker wrote this. was thumbing through a collection of her short stories the other night and was like waaaaaht
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 September 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
well, she cowrote the '37 original, but you can definitely pick out a few of her lines.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Reviews I've seen out of TIFF are dece-to-rapturous.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
(of course the "rapturous" end includes Owen Gliberman so)
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
Hearing that this movie might be good does nothing to make it more comprehensible to me
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
― abcfsk,
I don't think Kenny suggested it.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
If you told me this movie opened last weekend and already made $300 million I would believe you.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
I will never understand the cult of Bradley Cooper. Like, how he got to be mega-paid "serious" actor of Hollywood is completely baffling to me. He will always just be one of those ppl who was in Wet Hot American Summer.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 September 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
I liked him best as a smarmy quasi-supervillain in the TV version of Limitless
It's kind of funny that his most prominent screen role by a fair distance is in the GOTG movies
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
wait, there was a TV version of Limitless? I though the film sank with Cooper.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
I often use him as a grammar example when teaching appositives: "Bradley Cooper, an Oscar-nominated actor, has never given a great performance."
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
You'll change your tune when Cooper wins no fewer than 4 Oscars next February.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Christ is his name on the screenplay too?
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
By god it is, and with an &, I feel bad for the poor schmuck who had to call himself Cooper’s writing partner
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
Surely they'll save Best Actor for his Lenny Bernstein movie.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
(he's co-writing and directing that one too)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Yeah, no one watched it but he had a recurring cameo in the same role. I, along with approximately 6 other people, actually enjoyed it, way moreso than the movie.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
He was standout good in The Place Beyond The Pines.
― Pesto Mindset (Eazy), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
eh I'd fuck him
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
god I hated that movie lol
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Gaga's best bet for Best Original Song
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Naturally I checked:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_won_multiple_Academy_Awards_in_a_single_year
Acting trophies have never been part of anyone's multiple-award-winning Oscar nights.
yeah Limitless the film had one of the more palpable "what the fuck am i doing here?" de Niro roles I've seen.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
A STAR IS BORN: When a rockist marries a poptimist, clearly one of them must die. An incredible 30-40 minutes deflated, slightly, by a screenplay that’s not as rich as the music industry conflicts at its center. The songs are bangers though—genuinely. #TIFF2018— k austin collins (@melvillmatic) September 10, 2018
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link
Adding to the positive critical praise, Peter Bradshaw gives it 5 stars in the Guardian, saying it's hokum (quelle surprise), but "outrageously watchable".
"It’s the romantic epic of male sacrificial woundedness and it’s been regenerating like Doctor Who... supercharged with dilithium crystals of pure melodrama."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/31/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 10:26 (five years ago) link
stop conflating doctor who and star trek bradshaw you prick
― bitch that’s the tubby custard machine (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 10:28 (five years ago) link
Surprised he couldn't shoehorn a kryptonite reference in there somehow too.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 10:41 (five years ago) link
someone did really important work here pic.twitter.com/WkhEcrb54f— rachel syme (@rachsyme) September 8, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
I will never understand the cult of Bradley Cooper. Like, how he got to be mega-paid "serious" actor of Hollywood is completely baffling to me. He will always just be one of those ppl who was in Wet Hot American Summer. a student on Inside the Actor's Studio.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
and he isn't any better looking than the dudes who sell avocados on Eighth Street and Eighty-Seventh Avenue.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
Turning into a perfect hot take storm for Film Twitter.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
i would buy an avocado from Bradley Cooper
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 02:08 (five years ago) link
i am so happy i am not on Film Twitter
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 05:56 (five years ago) link
i would throw an avocado at bradley cooper
― bitch that’s the tubby custard machine (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:53 (five years ago) link