Posted: 8/31/18 at 2:00pm
https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-1202922858/I can’t wait! https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-1202922858/
Updated On: 8/31/18 at 02:00 PM
Posted: 8/31/18 at 2:03pm
"Lady Gaga mesmerises in Streisand's shoes"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/31/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper
"Lady Gaga delivers a knockout performance in A Star Is Born"
http://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/
"Lady Gaga electrifies in a Hollywood musical for the ages"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/star-born-review-lady-gaga-electrifies-hollywood-musical-ages/
Dear God, I cannot wait.
Posted: 8/31/18 at 3:32pm
I have a screening at the DGA in two weeks. I am pumped.
Updated On: 8/31/18 at 03:32 PM
Posted: 8/31/18 at 3:54pm
I'm a huge fan of Judy Garland, so interesting that they are comparing Lady Gaga to "Streisand's shoes"...
Posted: 8/31/18 at 3:55pm
Oh lawd, Glenn Close is SHOOK.
This was supposed to be her year in a cakewalk.
Posted: 8/31/18 at 4:06pm
It absolutely makes no sense that Glenn Close has three Tony Awards and ZERO Academy Awards!
I am happy about these reviews, and it's really nice to see Gaga receive absolute raves for her performance, considering she's never acted in a film in this vicinity before...
Updated On: 8/31/18 at 04:06 PM
Posted: 8/31/18 at 4:09pm
Solipsist234 said: "It absolutely makes no sense thatGlenn Close has three Tony Awards and ZERO Academy Awards!
I am happy about these reviews, and it's really niceto see Gaga receive absolute raves for her performance, considering she's never acted in a film in this vicinity before..."
Not really, she makes great tv shows/tv movies and appears in very average films.
She hasn't had a great 'film' performance/role in what 20 years?
Posted: 8/31/18 at 4:11pm
Posted: 8/31/18 at 4:18pm
One quote from the Time review has actually made me a lot more interested than I was before:
"The basic Star is Born story is geared so you pity the man almost more than you admire the woman. In every version, the man threatens to steal the show with his own degradation; the woman’s protective fortitude is far less interesting. But as an actor, Cooper fades into the corner at just the right moments, allowing Gaga to shine."
That was my fundamental issue with the existence of this remake: the whole broken-man-loves-manic-pixie-dream-girl story is so incredibly tired and always geared towards the broken man's angst, which stops being interesting after the fiftieth iteration. It's nice to hear that this version, at least, seems to foreground the Gaga character's story instead of making her simply a means to facilitate another's story.
Posted: 8/31/18 at 4:24pm
I wasn't too interested in this until I saw the trailer (when seeing the AMAZING BlackkKlansman) and I was pretty blown away by what I saw. THESE reviews are just adding fuel to that fire!
Posted: 8/31/18 at 4:42pm
At the Venice Film Festival. A star is born, indeed!
Posted: 8/31/18 at 5:10pm
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Posted: 8/31/18 at 7:19pm
Great...now Lady Gaga is going to win an Oscar over Glenn Close in the same way Emma Stone beat Isabelle Huppert and Jennifer Lawrence beat Emmanuelle Riva. When there's a choice between a shiny younger model doing a more boisterous and lovable performance in an easy-to-digest film and an older, more skilled actress giving a more nuanced and complicated performance in a smaller seen more complicated film, the old men in the Academy go for the younger model.
Posted: 8/31/18 at 7:22pm
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Great...now Lady Gaga is going to win an Oscar over Glenn Close in the same way Emma Stone beat Isabelle Huppert and Jennifer Lawrence beat Emmanuelle Riva. When there's a choice between a shiny younger model doing a more boisterous and lovable performance in an easy-to-digest filmand an older, more skilled actress giving a more nuanced and complicated performance in a smaller seen more complicated film, the old men in the Academy go for the younger model."
So you’ve seen both performances?
Posted: 8/31/18 at 7:36pm
It doesn't matter. These things are predictable and repeat themselves.
Posted: 8/31/18 at 7:42pm
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Great...now Lady Gaga is going to win an Oscar over Glenn Close in the same way Emma Stone beat Isabelle Huppert and Jennifer Lawrence beat Emmanuelle Riva. When there's a choice between a shiny younger model doing a more boisterous and lovable performance in an easy-to-digest filmand an older, more skilled actress giving a more nuanced and complicated performance in a smaller seen more complicated film, the old men in the Academy go for the younger model."
Deep breaths.
Posted: 8/31/18 at 7:49pm
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Posted: 8/31/18 at 8:24pm
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Great...now Lady Gaga is going to win an Oscar over Glenn Close in the same way Emma Stone beat Isabelle Huppert and Jennifer Lawrence beat Emmanuelle Riva. When there's a choice between a shiny younger model doing a more boisterous and lovable performance in an easy-to-digest filmand an older, more skilled actress giving a more nuanced and complicated performance in a smaller seen more complicated film, the old men in the Academy go for the younger model."
While I agree re Huppert and Stone was crud, I have never actually heard a single person who understood what was even going on in that film and yet everyone wanted to give her an award for it...
Posted: 8/31/18 at 8:25pm
The Distinctive Baritone said: "Who says Lady Gaga will even be nominated? These are reviews from three people. Hundreds vote in the Oscars."
They'll give her the Golden Globe for Musical/Comedy like they did for Madonna just to shut the stans up.
Posted: 8/31/18 at 9:29pm
Oscars? Y'all are getting way ahead of yourselves. lol
Those were the strongest 4 reviews, with others (notably EW) saying she's still a bit wooden.
That said, if it's a massive hit, that could boost her chances come award season. I predict some festival wins for cred and a Golden Globe win, at most.
