A Star is Born * * *
A Star is Born Remake # 4. If no one had ever got this film right I'd understand why Bradley Cooper wanted to do it, but even though the last remake starring Barbara Streisand was a legendary dud, the first two are pretty good.
Anyway for some reason Bradley Cooper decided he'd like to have a go at it - big time! And in fairness he's done a pretty good job.This is a big fat glamorous, lengthy production updated for today.
He plays Jackson Maine who is some kind of hard-rocking cowboy style singer who's hair desperately needs washing. He's a sort of hip, unkempt, C+W singer, I think. At least that's the way I'd describe him. As is the prescribed role in A Star is Born, he's also an alcoholic.
He meets a young lass in a bar - Ally (played by Lady Ga Ga) - and spends the night hanging out with her in a "just friends" way. But he learns that she sure can sing (well it's Lady Ga Ga so she really can sing). She acts pretty good too.
So, as is the prescribed story of A Star is Born, Jackson decides he want's the world to know about Ally and starts dragging her on the stage with him. The crowd go wild. Jackson and Ally fall in love and get married. Enter sleazy hard-bitten manager - as is the prescribed role in A Star is Born - and he drives a wedge between them and takes Ally under his wing.
Jackson becomes more and more insignificant and looks for solace at the bottom of a bottle. She becomes bigger and bigger, and so do the billboards of her. As is the ending of A Star is Born, he becomes nothing but a memory and she becomes a star. So, in this version, we end up with one less C+W singer (Yay!) and one more torch singer (Booh!).
Overall it's a pretty good remake. Though I still don't know why they did it, but I'm pretty sure everybody involved is happy. It's raking in bucket loads apparently.
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He plays Jackson Maine who is some kind of hard-rocking cowboy style singer who's hair desperately needs washing. He's a sort of hip, unkempt, C+W singer, I think. At least that's the way I'd describe him. As is the prescribed role in A Star is Born, he's also an alcoholic.
He meets a young lass in a bar - Ally (played by Lady Ga Ga) - and spends the night hanging out with her in a "just friends" way. But he learns that she sure can sing (well it's Lady Ga Ga so she really can sing). She acts pretty good too.
So, as is the prescribed story of A Star is Born, Jackson decides he want's the world to know about Ally and starts dragging her on the stage with him. The crowd go wild. Jackson and Ally fall in love and get married. Enter sleazy hard-bitten manager - as is the prescribed role in A Star is Born - and he drives a wedge between them and takes Ally under his wing.
Jackson becomes more and more insignificant and looks for solace at the bottom of a bottle. She becomes bigger and bigger, and so do the billboards of her. As is the ending of A Star is Born, he becomes nothing but a memory and she becomes a star. So, in this version, we end up with one less C+W singer (Yay!) and one more torch singer (Booh!).
Overall it's a pretty good remake. Though I still don't know why they did it, but I'm pretty sure everybody involved is happy. It's raking in bucket loads apparently.
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