A star is born
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A star is born
Anybody seen it ? Went last night and what a powerful film it is.
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It will have to go some to beat the Striesand/Kristofferson one....great film
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Mrs has been pecking my head in to see this. So reluctantly going later. Will report back.
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Stunning film
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Loved it. Great music; great storyline; tragic ending!
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Spoiler alert!!!!!!!!jdrobbo wrote:Loved it. Great music; great storyline; tragic ending!
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Pleasantly surprised at Gaga''s acting ability after not being impressed with her American Horror appearance last year. Really powerful performances from the leads.
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To be fair anyone having seen the original with Garland/Mason and 70's remake with Streisand/Kristofferson would know it ain't gonna end nicely......jdrobbo wrote:Loved it. Great music; great storyline; tragic ending!
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Loved it - possibly even more than Kristofferson/Streisand version. Lady Gaga was way better than I expected and Bradley Cooper is seriously good.
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I thought this was a thread about a new youth team player
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I thought Mrs Beckham had spawned again
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We don't produce those anymore..Woodleyclaret wrote:I thought this was a thread about a new youth team player
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Heaven help usShore claret wrote:I thought Mrs Beckham had spawned again
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The Garland/ Mason version was itself a remake of the original
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Just been to see it.
Based on the reviews online and in the news was expecting the best film of all time.
I thought it was well acted. And some good music. Amd the storyline was good. But something missing for me and the ending even with spoilers was totally predictable. Was also a little exaggerated / unbelievable and everything went a bit quick - from meeting her, to her being on stage to being a world star. Nonsense.
As for a cinema full of crying women - give me a break!
Not a bad film. And you'll be dragged to worse by her indoors. But nowhere near as good as is being made out!
Based on the reviews online and in the news was expecting the best film of all time.
I thought it was well acted. And some good music. Amd the storyline was good. But something missing for me and the ending even with spoilers was totally predictable. Was also a little exaggerated / unbelievable and everything went a bit quick - from meeting her, to her being on stage to being a world star. Nonsense.
As for a cinema full of crying women - give me a break!
Not a bad film. And you'll be dragged to worse by her indoors. But nowhere near as good as is being made out!
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Hope You didn't spill anything .cricketfieldclarets wrote:Just been to see it.
Based on the reviews online and in the news was expecting the best film of all time.
I thought it was well acted. And some good music. Amd the storyline was good. But something missing for me and the ending even with spoilers was totally predictable. Was also a little exaggerated / unbelievable and everything went a bit quick - from meeting her, to her being on stage to being a world star. Nonsense.
As for a cinema full of crying women - give me a break!
Not a bad film. And you'll be dragged to worae by her indoors. But nowhere near as good as is being made out!
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It's not widely known that in early 1974, Striesand and her then partner, Jon Peters approached Elvis Presley with a view to him playing the role eventually taken by Kris Kristofferson... Wikipedia ..Steve1956 wrote:It will have to go some to beat the Striesand/Kristofferson one....great film
" Streisand and Peters wanted Elvis Presley for the role: they met with Elvis and discussed the film, and he was interested in taking the part, thinking it would revive his film career. Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, insisted Elvis have top billing and asked for a substantial sum of money for the role, even though he had not had an acting role since 1969, and people were unsure what kind of box office draw he would be. This effectively ended Elvis's involvement with the project. Parker also did not want to have Elvis portrayed as having a show business career in decline. This, in fact, was far from the truth, with Elvis playing to packed auditoriums wherever he toured in the States. "
It might just have been the catalyst to shake Elvis out of his " Touring " rut, shortly after his Divorce. Ironically, the film cost $6m to make ( $25.8m in todays money ) and grossed $80m Worldwide ( a modern $344.1m ). In addition, the soundtrack Album sold 15m copies Worldwide, and that's before merchandising, Video rights etc. Parker's demand's would have been easily affordable ....
I'll ask Elvis about it, next time I'm in Kalamazoo, Michigen where he still lives under the " Witness Protection Programme " !!
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Thanks for the reviews guys. My wife has been going on about seeing this and I wasn't sure (another remake of a classic film doesn't normally fill me with enthusiasm) but I think maybe the old Meerkat Movies might just get some use on this. I am actually quite a fan of Gaga anyway so it sounds a winner.
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Yeah hadn't known that and looked it up....randomclaret2 wrote:The Garland/ Mason version was itself a remake of the original
The original was not a musical...
Found it has Frederic March and Janet Gaynor in it and made in 1937...
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I wont spoil it. But will be interested to hear your review. Personally I Was totally underwhelmed but seems I am in a minority.houseboy wrote:Thanks for the reviews guys. My wife has been going on about seeing this and I wasn't sure (another remake of a classic film doesn't normally fill me with enthusiasm) but I think maybe the old Meerkat Movies might just get some use on this. I am actually quite a fan of Gaga anyway so it sounds a winner.