{"id":1394,"date":"2019-03-19T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2019-03-13T19:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T01:33:48","slug":"movie-a-star-is-born-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/19\/movie-a-star-is-born-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: A Star is Born (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/3\/39\/A_Star_is_Born.png\/220px-A_Star_is_Born.png\" alt=\"A Star is Born\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" \/>A Star is Born<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2018<br \/>\nRating: R<br \/>\nLength: 136 minutes \/ 2.26 hours<\/p>\n<p>If this movie feels like the same old song and dance, it\u2019s because it is. This film is the fourth iteration of the same plot that was nominated for Best Picture back in 1937. While it\u2019s been over 20 years since its last incarnation in 1976, <em>A Star is Born<\/em> (2018) is surprisingly still relevant. While they\u2019re somewhat touchy subjects, alcoholism and depression are still as alive and well today as they were just over 80 years ago. After all, you can\u2019t be an entertainer without sex, drugs, and rock and roll. That being said, I do appreciate this movie\u2019s overarching theme of \u201cwords have power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did find it hard to suspend my disbelief with the casting in this film, though. I mean, even if Lady Gaga is playing some nobody, it\u2019s not like I have to stretch my imagination to think that her character would suddenly become a music superstar almost overnight. Of course, its predecessors also cast famous singers like Judy Garland (1954) and Barbara Streisand (1976), so I can\u2019t blame it for taking the same path. Perhaps part of my disbelief comes from how this movie was filmed more like a Lady Gaga concert with little bits of plot dropped in between the songs. If you\u2019re into that, great, but I\u2019d rather see a concert live instead of via the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what it is, <em>A Star is Born<\/em> packs an emotional punch. Since it bangs you over the head with the importance of words, you start to pay attention to what\u2019s said, both in the dialog and in the lyrics of the songs. Plenty of the songs are catchy, and (ironically enough) Bradley Cooper\u2019s song that starts the film off is the one that\u2019s primarily stuck in my head (instead of any of the ones by Lady Gaga).<\/p>\n<p>A retread that\u2019s still somewhat relevant, I give <em>A Star is Born<\/em> 3.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Star is Born Year: 2018 Rating: R Length: 136 minutes \/ 2.26 hours If this movie feels like the same old song and dance, it\u2019s because it is. This film is the fourth iteration of the same plot that was nominated for Best Picture back in 1937. 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