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busterbrown

(8,515 posts) Fri Oct 12, 2018, 06:31 PM Oct 2018

Just saw A Star is Born...OMG! SPOILER ALERT!

What a complete waste of time.. GaGa was great... but every other character was simply boring and old.. Especially Bradley Cooper...His good looks, great hair... took uo half the screen every time he was on it.. Half Beard, long auburn curly hair. and Country Western deep drawl..

Best thing about the film.. Andrew Dice Clay playing Ga Ga's Father..

Yep a real waste of time.. Ga Ga's acceptance of a Grammy totally destroyed by Cooper who crawled on the stage drunk, crying etc... well thats all you need to know..

My opinion only!

But most critics gave it excellent reviews....

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/movies/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper.html

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Just saw A Star is Born...OMG! SPOILER ALERT! (Original Post) busterbrown Oct 2018 OP

Maybe put spoiler alert? Croney Oct 2018 #1

Sorry... never posted on this site... busterbrown Oct 2018 #2

Cool! Croney Oct 2018 #3

Your review is only a spoiler if... Staph Oct 2018 #4

A friend of mine saw it and hated it. meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #5

thing is that... it got very very good Reviews. busterbrown Oct 2018 #6

With a few notable exceptions, successful actors usually suck at singing redstateblues Oct 2018 #7

No...Was not his singing which bugged me.. busterbrown Oct 2018 #8

as long as it is better than the judy garland version. GAH! pansypoo53219 Oct 2018 #9

My husband and I both liked it better than the Judy Garland one Chalco Oct 2018 #10

I agree it was a little long n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #11

Go Go Ga Ga! pressbox69 Nov 2018 #12

Most of the experts pressbox69 Feb 2019 #13

Croney

(4,918 posts)

1. Maybe put spoiler alert?

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 06:33 PM

Oct 2018

We're seeing it this weekend.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)

2. Sorry... never posted on this site...

Reply to Croney (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 06:38 PM

Oct 2018

will do.

Croney

(4,918 posts)

3. Cool!

Reply to busterbrown (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 06:42 PM

Oct 2018

👍

Staph

(6,340 posts)

4. Your review is only a spoiler if...

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 06:55 PM

Oct 2018

the reader has never seen any of the four previous versions from 1932, 1937, 1954 (with Judy Garland) or 1976 (with Barbra Streisand).

But then, I'm an old movie fan (and a fan of old movies!), so I've seen three of the previous ones!

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)

5. A friend of mine saw it and hated it.

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 07:10 PM

Oct 2018

I liked the 1976 one so I had hopes for this remake.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)

6. thing is that... it got very very good Reviews.

Reply to meadowlark5 (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 07:17 PM

Oct 2018

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

7. With a few notable exceptions, successful actors usually suck at singing

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 07:45 PM

Oct 2018

I'm sure no one would tell Cooper, especially when he is the director, screenplay writer, editor etc

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)

8. No...Was not his singing which bugged me..

Reply to redstateblues (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 08:03 PM

Oct 2018

He can definitely sing.. It was his character ( warn down, drugged out alcoholic but still gorgeous) His fake Country Music drawl..but. Still good looking as ever even though he's down and out and ready to kill himself.. GaGa was great...

pansypoo53219

(21,696 posts)

9. as long as it is better than the judy garland version. GAH!

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 08:59 PM

Oct 2018

Chalco

(1,354 posts)

10. My husband and I both liked it better than the Judy Garland one

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #9)

Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:16 PM

Oct 2018

I though Cooper and Gaga were both good, just thought it could have been
cut a little.

Going to see the Streisand one tonight. never saw that one.

We'll see.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,651 posts)

11. I agree it was a little long n/t

Reply to Chalco (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 26, 2018, 09:14 PM

Oct 2018

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)

12. Go Go Ga Ga!

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 07:45 PM

Nov 2018

Loved it. Almost forgot this was the third time watching this story. (missed 1932 and 1976) The movie, Gaga and Cooper are favorites for Oscars. Very different until the final scenes where it pretty much locks in with the other versions. ***SPOILER ALERTS*** Ga Ga doing La Vie in Rose is almost worth the price of admission. Nice Judy tribute by Gaga when the title appears on the screen.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)

13. Most of the experts

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 03:38 AM

Feb 2019

are going with ROMA for best picture. A Star Is Born is still my pick for best picture with BlacKKKlanmsman a close runner up.

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