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I saw Maestro (2023) so you don't have to.
I hated it. It was super boring. I almost walked out. It is quite the mishegoss.
I hated the way it was shot. The black and white was so stark. I imagine it was digital and not film. Black and white film is beautiful and forgiving. This contrast was too great like a Noir rather than a light romantic-comedy which would reflect the company Leonard Bernstein, the subject of this movie, kept in his early life, musical comedy greats like Comden and Green and Jerome Robbins and the meeting of his future wife. It made Carrie Mulligan look older than the age of her character with heavy wrinkles in her forehead. It was a relief when the film returned to color.
The script is dull.
The acting is fine. Carrie Mulligan is always a pleasure to watch. Bradley Cooper really embodies the character but often mumbles his lines. I don't know whether I missed anything or not.
The is principally about a marriage between a heterosexual woman to a homosexual/bisexual man who also has a all encompassing career as a musician. If you wanted to see a delightful movie that touches on these points, see De-lovely (2004) with Kevin Kline as the great songwriter Cole Porter.
The film tells the story of Bernstein in vignettes. If you want to see the story of a great musician and interpreter of classical music told in vignettes with his music as a large part of the score, check out Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993).
I hated it. It was super boring. I almost walked out. It is quite the mishegoss.
I hated the way it was shot. The black and white was so stark. I imagine it was digital and not film. Black and white film is beautiful and forgiving. This contrast was too great like a Noir rather than a light romantic-comedy which would reflect the company Leonard Bernstein, the subject of this movie, kept in his early life, musical comedy greats like Comden and Green and Jerome Robbins and the meeting of his future wife. It made Carrie Mulligan look older than the age of her character with heavy wrinkles in her forehead. It was a relief when the film returned to color.
The script is dull.
The acting is fine. Carrie Mulligan is always a pleasure to watch. Bradley Cooper really embodies the character but often mumbles his lines. I don't know whether I missed anything or not.
The is principally about a marriage between a heterosexual woman to a homosexual/bisexual man who also has a all encompassing career as a musician. If you wanted to see a delightful movie that touches on these points, see De-lovely (2004) with Kevin Kline as the great songwriter Cole Porter.
The film tells the story of Bernstein in vignettes. If you want to see the story of a great musician and interpreter of classical music told in vignettes with his music as a large part of the score, check out Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993).
Last edited by beelzebubble; 12-13-23 at 03:21 PM.
The film sounds interesting, being a dramatization, so I'll look for it. I've seen a few Gould documentaries. He's such a fascinating guy that it's hard to make a bad feature about him (although there's been a bad one or two about other personalities).