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Screener season!

Film: A Star Is Born

Really wanted to see this in the theater. Young children, alas. Does it get easier?

First Act = Oscar

The rest felt less interesting. Music great. Performances great. Directing on the whole impressive, but some stylistic choices felt not quite right for me. Example being using jump cuts in dramatic scenes, a thing I associate with indy films of the early 2000s. Makes it feel a little low rent and Sundancy, which wasn't right for what was meant to be a great Hollywood spectacle. Nice to see Andrew Dice Clay.

OTHER THOUGHT: We now have a whole category of films where the trailers are better than the movie. Off the top of my head: Zac Snyder Superman, A Star Is Born, Miami Vice (I love this movie, but love the trailer more).