A Star Is Born (2018)

Giruilla · 10-12-2018 11:21am

Surprised that it got almost universal acclaim from critics. I thought it started well, then nosedived second half. The film became a slog due to the very poor script. Found I was just watching stuff happen on the screen, rather than being engaged by dialogue - which is what a romance needs imo if it wants that end emotional pay off.

BailMeOut · 11-12-2018 1:12pm

Addle wrote: »

I thought her nude scene was completely unnecessary.

don't they do this so the film is guaranteed a more mature rating? (R in USA).

mallllias · 12-12-2018 10:20pm

every time i see the old movie with barbara , i think i see jjcale!!

Frank O. Pinion · 18-01-2019 2:35pm

I absolutely hated this. Such a stupid story about two annoying people. "If you're with someone talented and you're holding them back, don't breakup with them, just kill yourself", is not a great narrative to me.

Before he appeared, I did not know Sam Elliott was in this film, but thought Bradley Cooper sounded like him...then Sam Elliott actually shows up as his brother and Cooper's imitation voice just became even more of a distraction.

homerun_homer · 18-01-2019 2:41pm

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

I absolutely hated this. Such a stupid story about two annoying people. "If you're with someone talented and you're holding them back, don't breakup with them, just kill yourself", is not a great narrative to me.

Think you're misreading it if you think that is the message/narrative of the film.

JP Liz V1 · 28-07-2019 11:24pm

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

I absolutely hated this. Such a stupid story about two annoying people. "If you're with someone talented and you're holding them back, don't breakup with them, just kill yourself", is not a great narrative to me.

homerun_homer wrote: »

Think you're misreading it if you think that is the message/narrative of the film.

Yes Jackson has his issues demons before meeting Ally

vriesmays · 29-07-2019 5:08pm

The best version is What Price Hollywood.

3d4life · 29-10-2020 8:03pm

The 1954 remake will be broadcast by the ( wonderful ) BBC 4 this evening from 8pm

https://www.radiotimes.com/film/mr44td/a-star-is-born/

Citygirl1 · 30-12-2020 1:24am

My first time posting in the "Films" forum!

So, I've just finished watching this movie, which I recorded from RTE1 a few days ago.

My major issue with it is the sound quality...which seems odd for an Oscar winning movie, which is based around music.

Firstly, I found that much of the dialogue is slurred or spoken with a drawl (is this some regional American accent?), to the extent that I couldn't follow what was actually being said. I understand that the main character (Jackson) was meant to be drunk or high much of the way through, but I noticed this with most of the other characters also.

Secondly, almost throughout, the vocals both spoken and sung, were out of sync with the characters lips which was very distracting, and contributed to my difficulty following the dialogue.

I found myself with the remote in my hand, turning up the volume to catch the dialogue, then frantically turning it back down when they started singing. Also, trying to find any subtitles.

Now, I did follow the main storyline, as it's a fairly simple one, but missed much of the specifics.

Wondering, was this an issue when it was released in the cinema? Or, could there have been a problem with the copy used by RTE?

AMKC · 30-12-2020 7:05pm

Citygirl1 wrote: »

My first time posting in the "Films" forum!

So, I've just finished watching this movie, which I recorded from RTE1 a few days ago.

My major issue with it is the sound quality...which seems odd for an Oscar winning movie, which is based around music.

Firstly, I found that much of the dialogue is slurred or spoken with a drawl (is this some regional American accent?), to the extent that I couldn't follow what was actually being said. I understand that the main character (Jackson) was meant to be drunk or high much of the way through, but I noticed this with most of the other characters also.

Secondly, almost throughout, the vocals both spoken and sung, were out of sync with the characters lips which was very distracting, and contributed to my difficulty following the dialogue.

I found myself with the remote in my hand, turning up the volume to catch the dialogue, then frantically turning it back down when they started singing. Also, trying to find any subtitles.

Now, I did follow the main storyline, as it's a fairly simple one, but missed much of the specifics.

Wondering, was this an issue when it was released in the cinema? Or, could there have been a problem with the copy used by RTE?

I also watched this on RTE and had seen it in the Cinema too and will say it was much easier to hear in the cinema and sound was also much better too. I did not notice the lips been lit of sync do so maybe that was just yours mone certainly did not have not problem.
I think the main problem do is that most films these days are made for the cinema and it never translates well onto TV unless you have a great TV and sound set up.

Citygirl1 · 30-12-2020 11:15pm

AMKC wrote: »

I also watched this on RTE and had seen it in the Cinema too and will say it was much easier to hear in the cinema and sound was also much better too. I did not notice the lips been lit of sync do so maybe that was just yours mone certainly did not have not problem.
I think the main problem do is that most films these days are made for the cinema and it never translates well onto TV unless you have a great TV and sound set up.

Hi. Thanks for the feedback. Strange - the dialogue being out of sync was very noticeable when I watched it. Wondering if this is an issue with my UPC/Virgin media box. Must watch out for it elsewhere.....

Overall, I thought it was a fairly good film. Very sad at the end. I'd have got more out of it if I could follow it better! For example, I didn't realise that one of the secondary characters was his brother (?), until reading this thread.

A Star Is Born (2018)

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