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Post by Guest on Jan 24, 2024 16:00:52 GMT
Maestro (2023) coming to Netflix on 12/20. About the marriage of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre. I just came back from seeing it in the theater. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, having read its mixed reviews, but I was disappointed. It seems like a real missed opportunity. In the film, his career was secondary to his complicated personal life. There's a lot of "shorthand" dialogue where rather than depict something, the movie gives a character a convoluted mouthful to catch the audience up to speed. The direction is clunky where it hopes to be artistic to the point its almost hard to watch. The film also seems to wallow in the grubby details of Bernstein's life: See Lenny in a tract suit snort coke with his young boyfriend! See geriatric sweaty Lenny at a rave like party with the college kids he is mentoring! Lenny likes the bathroom door open when doing his business! I was wondering if anyone here has seen it. Maestro was made for the Oscars, the sort of old school "Oscar bait." Carey Mulligan who played Bernstein's wife was also nominated as was, I believe, the make-up that transformed Cooper into the maestro. It doesn't seem to have much "buzz" though. I was disappointed after seeing it and really hoped that would it was going to be better. Have you seen it, topbilled? |
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Post by topbilled on Jan 24, 2024 16:51:23 GMT
MAESTRO received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture (announced today). And Cooper was also nominated for his performance. Altogether it has seven nominations in various categories. Maestro was made for the Oscars, the sort of old school "Oscar bait." Carey Mulligan who played Bernstein's wife was also nominated as was, I believe, the make-up that transformed Cooper into the maestro. It doesn't seem to have much "buzz" though. I was disappointed after seeing it and really hoped that would it was going to be better. Have you seen it, topbilled? |
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Post by Guest on Jan 24, 2024 18:18:59 GMT
Maestro was made for the Oscars, the sort of old school "Oscar bait." Carey Mulligan who played Bernstein's wife was also nominated as was, I believe, the make-up that transformed Cooper into the maestro. It doesn't seem to have much "buzz" though. I was disappointed after seeing it and really hoped that would it was going to be better. Have you seen it, topbilled? Compare Maestro to Oppenheimer which opened over the summer. That was a well made movie that made me want to so it in the theater to get the full effect. I'm interested in that part of history and felt like it was a fair portrayal. It did not feel like a ploy to get awards. Smaller indie movies I'm sure are helped by Oscar nominations, getting the word out. In recent years I'm less compelled to.keep.up with the obscure message movie.that got Oscar nominations that most people have never even heard of let alone seen. |
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Post by marysara1 on Jan 25, 2024 13:48:38 GMT
They are also showing movies that are 50 years old. Lords of Flatbush, Conversation, Great Gatsby, Chinatown, Murder on the Orient Express and a few others.
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