I’m just happy to read someone else had a problem with A Star is Born. That movie made me so mad I cried. His whole “you’re not being true to yourself” bullshit which led to the big climactic scene of her all stripped down singing a ballad and not a bit like the her we’d already seen… it just infuriated me that the movie was all about how this man got to have final say on who she was and that her whole career should be shaped around him. I hated it so so so much.
My jaw was on the floor, that this was the message. As if the long hallowed tradition of rock and pop to be fantastical and imaginative is somehow bad. I mean, I could definitely see this as a cause for friction and conflict between the couple, where their inherently different sensibilities could be a way to embody the long-running and counterproductive gatekeeping in music fandoms.
The problem was Cooper picked a side (his) as the "right" side.
He doesn't really seem to understand music either. How do you make a biopic about Bernstei and not have his music, and his process of creating and directing music, be front and center? I think it says something about how his own creative process. It's mechanical, a means to an end. Not meaningful in itself.
I’m just happy to read someone else had a problem with A Star is Born. That movie made me so mad I cried. His whole “you’re not being true to yourself” bullshit which led to the big climactic scene of her all stripped down singing a ballad and not a bit like the her we’d already seen… it just infuriated me that the movie was all about how this man got to have final say on who she was and that her whole career should be shaped around him. I hated it so so so much.
100% agree
My jaw was on the floor, that this was the message. As if the long hallowed tradition of rock and pop to be fantastical and imaginative is somehow bad. I mean, I could definitely see this as a cause for friction and conflict between the couple, where their inherently different sensibilities could be a way to embody the long-running and counterproductive gatekeeping in music fandoms.
The problem was Cooper picked a side (his) as the "right" side.
He doesn't really seem to understand music either. How do you make a biopic about Bernstei and not have his music, and his process of creating and directing music, be front and center? I think it says something about how his own creative process. It's mechanical, a means to an end. Not meaningful in itself.
Ok this has made me want to check out Nightmare Alley.