bradley cooper is leonard bernstein in "maestro" (he also wrote/directed)

[henrygandorf 29189]

thought there was a thread but guess not.

 

 

saw a special screening last night at grauman's chinese + q&a afterwards with cooper and one of the producers.

 

Spoiler

technically i thought the movie was amazing.  the acting and directing were top notch.  overall, i would say it's very good.  it's not a traditional straightforward biopic and i appreciated that.  cooper will be up for several oscars.

 

[ClubWhatever 12120]

Thanks.  Will be sure to see it.  But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

[TexasHooch 5122]

Fuck yeah there are.  I mean, maybe not every one could hum you Candide or Jeremiah, but who doesn't know West Side Story?

He's not the 1st great American composer though.

 

[Whitewater Horn 968]

7 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

Seriously? This isn’t Texags. We have a robust music forum with many professional, amateur, and hobbyist players, composers, producers, and just all around legit music fanatics. I’m sure we will get internet from more than 5 Surly posters. Hell, I watch music documentaries and biopics for artists I’m not even into just because I’m fascinated by the process and what make them tick as artists. I’m in. 

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

30 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Thanks.  Will be sure to see it.  But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

C’mon give us some credit. 
 

he wrote Hallelujah and where the Sidewalk Ends. 

[veritas aequitas 442]

9 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

C’mon give us some credit. 
 

he wrote Hallelujah and where the Sidewalk Ends. 

Not sure if you are serious, because everyone knows him for the Magnificent Seven theme.

Edited December 11, 2023 by veritas aequitas

[TexasHooch 5122]

Yeah, and people make a big deal about the Star Wars Theme and Jaws, but for my money he was best when he was writing the score for Presumed Innocent.

[HornOnTheBayou 8905]

Dude, everyone knows the guy from the REM song. I'm just surprised they made a movie about him.

[atomheartbevo 89626]

1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

But are there even 5 posters here who know who Leonard Bernstein was or why he was important?

Holy shit dude, have you never checked the Surly Dad thread?  

There's a shitload of us who have spent countless hours reading the Bernstein Bears books to our kids when they were young.

[TexasHooch 5122]

All joking aside, do you think Bob Woodward is annoyed that he's not being included in this flick?  Doesn't seem fair.

[LCHorn 2612]

37 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

C’mon give us some credit. 
 

he wrote Hallelujah and where the Sidewalk Ends. 

I thought he was the co-author of the Bernstein Bears line of children’s books.  

[LCHorn 2612]

1 minute ago, LCHorn said:

I thought he was the co-author of the Bernstein Bears line of children’s books.  

Dammit @atomheartbevo, you are too fast for me!

[TexasHooch 5122]

I know we'll eventually get to talking about the movie, but this has reminded me of one of my favorite clips.  This is from the documentary about the making of the West Side Story soundtrack. 

The tenor here is not just some guy who fought through the audition process, it is Jose fucking Carreras here, just getting humbled.  

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

I happen to know for a fact, that he was called Maestro in social situations. I once saw him at a bar and someone came up to him and said 

"Hello Maestro, how about a beer". O.K. So that's a fact.

[billfromlaketravis 11447]

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I happen to know for a fact, that he was called Maestro in social situations. I once saw him at a bar and someone came up to him and said 

"Hello Maestro, how about a beer". O.K. So that's a fact.

Beat me to it. If a friend calls him Leonard during the course of the movie, I will lose my shit. 

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Nm wrong thread

Edited December 11, 2023 by Pato del Muerto

[oh_snap 694]

5 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

thought there was a thread but guess not.

 

Did he ever lead a marching band? If so, there’s already a thread in the football forum called “tell me about aggy”. Riveting discussion. 

[Dennis Taylor 18809]

So this isn't about the Niedermayer character on Seinfeld?

[Parliament 14239]

I presume Maestro Bernstein had a...temperament...that wouldn't pass in our current era of sensitivity and being genrally nice to people?  I'm not judging; just getting it out there.

[RPM 26316]

Plus he was a chainsmoker. 

[henrygandorf 29189]

8 hours ago, RPM said:

Plus he was a chainsmoker. 

he smoked in every frame of this film.

[WholesomeChungusSocialist 3]

Thought this one was okay. Cooper clearly wanted to outdo Blanchett in Tar, but fell well short of accomplishing that. Placing his wife, Felicia, at the center of this was a huge mistake; she really was supposedly pretty dull irl, but I'm sure nice/lovely, so whatever. Feels like Netflix is good for one or two good movies a year; this year (thus far) being The Killer, and last year being Blonde and Apollo 10 1/2. 

Edited December 19, 2023 by WholesomeChungusSocialist

[tokamak 6391]

I’m 45 minutes into this and very bored. 

[smwhorn 482]

Watched it last night.  Bradley Cooper was great.  I just didn't really like the movie.  Can't explain why.  Just didn't get into it.  And I'm a theatre/musical theatre/big band kinda nerd.  Don't judge me.

[TrashMaster G 17543]

I thought it was complete Oscar bait.

[sidis 9823]

i did not enjoy it nearly as much as i expected to but then again, i can't stand carey mulligan so that probably did not help.