I haven't heard Lady Gaga's song for about 7 or 8 years. In my junior high school years, the whole class was crazy for her. They used to dance "Just Dance" unscrupulously in the class and sang "Poker Face" together in the playground. But my knowledge of her is limited to these 3 years. Before watching this movie, my last impression of her was still "Alejandro".
This edition of "The Birth of a Star" seems to be the fourth edition remake. It had the first edition in 1937, the second edition in 1954, and the third edition in 1976. In fact, I heard about the first three versions, but I haven't watched them all the time. Recently, this latest version has appeared on the big screen, directed and starred by Bradley Cooper and starring Lady Gaga. Both the subject matter and the cast are quite attractive, especially I am a fan of Bradley Cooper. At the same time, although I haven't learned about Lady Gaga for many years, I still have great expectations for the music of this film before watching the film.
However, the look and feel is really bad.
The plot is very simple. A star singer Jackson met Ally, a young girl with musical dreams. He and her hit it off. Jackson helped Ally enter the music circle and helped her reach the peak of life, but he was addicted to alcohol and drugs and eventually died.
Bradley Cooper's director ability is really hard to describe. They all say "acting and excellent leading". Although I am his fan, his acting skills are not "excellent". In my opinion, he is an actor at the same level as Ryan Gosling. Maybe Ryan Gosling in the past two years His progress is greater than him. As the director, Cooper's sense of presence in the film is quite low. Most of the scenes are boring conversations between two people. Any two people can chat anytime and anywhere. Basically, it is a very simple close-up plus front and back. Who speaks I hit someone's side, and I started yawning when there was a scene where two people were chatting in the second half of the movie.
The singing part is not bad or not. It can be seen that Cooper has done a little bit at least in his own vocal music. A few songs sounded pretty good at the time, but I only remembered Cooper and "Shallow" by Gaga. It may be to reflect the dynamic feeling of the rock scene. The whole photography is very strange. I don't know if there is any dynamic feeling, but I feel the dizziness of the crowded scene.
Gaga's performance is not evaluated, after all, he is not a professional actor. However, from her first act, the performance of Nicholas Cage's "crazy roar" drew the audience's laughter and the audience can see what level of acting skills are. Of course, the music level of the whole film is unquestionable. It is still very pleasant to hear in the film. It can also be said that the latter part of the film is forced to listen to her singing. Her biggest problem is also that she sings so well, since the first scene of "La vie en rose" has been rolling the audience, without the undiscovered sense of youth.
In the middle of the film, there is a scene where Ally is hosting SNL after being popularized. I personally think that the whole scene is simply a copy of "City of Philharmonic". I don't know if there are similar plots in the previous editions, but in this movie, The gap between the director Cooper and the director Damien Chazelle of "City of Philharmonic" is directly reflected. It is basically the same segment. Cooper watched Gaga sing some soulless lyrics with a backing dancer on the stage. He was disappointed. And then, it’s like Emma Stone watching Ryan Gosling playing the most disdainful music in the audience. This should be a very disillusioning scene. It can only be said that the filming of "A Star Is Born" is too boring. .
The characters of the two protagonists are also incomplete. As a musician, Jackson, played by Cooper, has one ear suffering from ear disease. It stands to reason that this should be like a sword of Damocles. It is a very sensational point, but every time Just to mention what happened. Every Jackson accident on the scene is caused by alcohol and drug abuse. There is also Ally played by Gaga. In the beginning of the scene, the toilet roars, and the bar directly hits a Cop, which shows her very irritable side, so she won't mention it later?
Of course, the film also has some highlights, such as an inverted contrast of the context. In the beginning, Jackson proudly invited Ally to help sing at his concert, picking up the car and plane, and receiving him personally. Finally, in order to encourage Jackson to invite him to help sing at her concert, Ally was also personally received. The reversal of this relationship is very touching. Also, before Jackson committed suicide, the two headlights in the garage were shining behind Jackson like concert lights.
Said it was "A Star Is Born". In fact, the film focused more on "A Star Is Fallen". The last two lines were unclear, and I felt very sad after watching the film. I don't know the meaning of this remake, maybe it is to cut together the Live Video of Lady Gaga's new song, and then write "featuring Bradley Cooper" at the end.
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