The linked article has something like a spoiler about this movie I don't care about:
But the biggest story about “Shallow” is how it evolved from a song about drowning and transcendence into the powerful anthem about love and filling the void personally and professionally. “Gaga was writing from the standpoint of Ally as an end credit song, because in the original script Bradley’s character drowns,” said co-writer Mark Ronson.So... if you're in water, drowning, but it's shallow water... stand up and walk out. But I'm reading the lyrics, and "shallow" appears in only in the negative: "I'm off the deep end... We're far from the shallow now."
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Vaults
Plunges
Drowns
The "plunges" in Marooned on Love Island is echoed darkly by "drowns" in a Star is Born.
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And garnered, for once, gets a pass.
Austalian folk singer Penelope Swales has Swallow, that I like.
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https://penelopeswales.bandcamp.com/track/swallow
in the original script Bradley’s character drowns,” said co-writer Mark Ronson.
In the new version of movie, he doses himself with gasoline and fails to get his lighter to work.
Off-brand lighter.
crap.
Swales is a lawyer.
Swales follows Bernard Bolan in folk and law.
Green Book is a better movie.
A Star is Born is way over-hyped.
Hollywood needs some new content, say, a super great comedy shot in Omaha.
It is still a shame that "Remember Me" from Coco beat any song from The Greatest Showman, which not only had memorable songs but had the number 1 selling album for several months. Alas, The Greatest Showman was about P.T. Barnum, so couldn't be allowed to win anything, while Coco is another slapdash Disney product from OMG its Pixar, which hasn't been the same since most creative talent was fired and replaced by H1B visa holders "doing the job Americans supposedly won't do".
Mark Ronson has an interesting background. Produced a few songs with Amy Winehouse.
From NPR site:
Ronson grew up in the music world. His stepfather Mick Jones co-founded the band Foreigner, and wrote its hit "I Want To Know What Love Is" for Ronson's mother.
Ronson was born in London, but his family moved to New York when he was 8. He says he was allowed to hang out in the studio with Foreigner, and that sometimes Jones would bounce ideas off of him. Jones would come home the same time Ronson was leaving for school.
Hollywood needs some new content, say, a super great comedy shot in Omaha.
Something heteronormative, verging on dystopian
"And garnered, for once, gets a pass."
I saw it, but just declined to clutter the post with saying that I saw it. And look, I've got you seeing it, so maybe my work is done.
My wife and I went to see A Star Is Born, but it was sold out, so we saw Bohemian Rhapsody instead. Then the next night we saw A Star is Born.
Both of us liked Bohemian Rhapsody much more. Neither of us is a Queen fan. This movie simply was a better movie.
A Star Is Born lasts 2:15 hours. About a half-hour should have been cut out.
Lady Gaga acted superbly. She has a very compelling screen-presence.
hombre at 9:08 AM
Like Deadpool, however, it is a vehicle for the “f-word.” Unnecessary and off-putting.
I agree with this criticism of A Star Is Born. The f-word is in the dialogue at least 100 times.
(Revised from earlier) I saw the movie and enjoyed it. The lead actors were excellent, although white. Like Deadpool, however, it is a vehicle for the “f-word.” Unnecessary and off-putting.
A couple days ago, I watched the 1972 movie Man of La Mancha for the first time in my life.
It is one of the best movies I ever have seen in my life.
I liked Deadpool. Deadpool II was too awful to watch. The script was in on the joke, which was not true in the original.
...co-writer Mark Ronson.
That's co-writer of the song, not co-writer of the movie. Threw me for a second because I thought it meant the movie (since the quote made explicit reference to the script), and was surprised that the "Uptown Funk" guy was apparently a screenwriter.
But he's not, so I'm not confused anymore.
And the winner is...
Harvey Weinstein, for Best Original "Score".
I love the word sparrow (in fact I even like it as a first name) but hate the words shallow and swallow. Weird, hunh?
“White liberals may unwittingly draw on negative stereotypes, dumbing themselves down in a likely well-meaning, ‘folksy,’ but ultimately patronizing, attempt to connect with the outgroup,” argues the paper, titled “Self-Presentation in Interracial Settings: The Competence Downshift by White Liberals.”...
This has been an observation made by countless conservative blog commenters.
Jennifer Lawrence played Sparrow. She’s an actress, so some think she is Shallow. Does she swallow? Asking for a friend...
"Does she swallow? Asking for a friend"
Judging by the leaked photos, no, but that may have been a choice on the part of the [strike]director[/strike] partner.
Agree about Deadpool 2, although it did have some good scenes.
"Hollywood needs some new content, say, a super great comedy shot in Omaha. "
Thanks to the NYT magazine, we got started on Melissa McCarthy's movies shot by her production company in Atlanta. "Tammy" was a pretty good road movie with Susan Sarandon, about a deplorable woman (obviously trailer park trash, working at a hamburger joint) and how she grows up.
Now we're moving on to "The Boss" where she plays a different type of woman, a polished Martha Stewart businesswoman. Ever since "Spy" (one of the great comedies, in my opinion), she's becoming one of my favorite comic actresses.
tim in vermont said...
“White liberals may unwittingly draw on negative stereotypes, dumbing themselves down in a likely well-meaning, ‘folksy,’ but ultimately patronizing, attempt to connect with the outgroup,” argues the paper, titled “Self-Presentation in Interracial Settings: The Competence Downshift by White Liberals.”...
This has been an observation made by countless conservative blog commenters.
I have the same reaction to liberals.
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