I also loved “Amadeus” and loathed “Maestro”! Agree with all of your points. The movie was a chaotic mishmash. It was as if Bernstein’s life was a dictionary and they flipped the pages and stabbed their finger randomly on some event and then lather, rinse, repeat. I thought between the make-up, the false nose and the overblown accent, the portrayal of Bernstein embarrassingly smacked of an SNL sketch. And I know Cooper can do better. He was brilliant in “Silver Linings Playbook”. It’s hard to believe the film had Oscar nominations, considering. Anyway, thank you for your thoughtful review. It very much resonated with me.
The black and white scenes in Maestro looked like the day-night blue filter in editing software. Didn’t look at all like “old Hollywood” Poor Things nailed the old Hollywood look much better.
It is so especially disappointing to know about Jones and what he truly is: he plays the Emperor so very well, and relates to the other actors in all his scenes perfectly. It is a crying shame.
I’m not certain I’m going to watch his entire video, but I might… I like your style, you’re editing, your point of view, and your sense of humor. I have to say I despise this whole thing about people being nominated for best supporting actor when clearly, they are one of the leads. To tell you truth, I’m not really a fan of awards, in general, I mean these kinds of awards. I think they should be nominations and people should go to a nice luncheon and have a good time. Isn’t that enough?
Thank you. 1. Are conductors, artists? Well, most do not create their own pieces. So movies about conductors are void of the plot developing their talent. Boring! 2. Supposedly, Cooper has an oversized ego. Being nominated for the Oscar Best Director for your first film made Cooper's ego even more toxic.
"Any Questions?" is also how the London broadcast of "Candide" ends: conducted and hosted by Bernstein, who talks about Felicia during the course of the performance. It's a long but informative and very fun and informal presentation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cMIzHnyuiNY.html
Great video! I couldn’t get past 15 minutes of Maestro (for all the reasons you pointed out), and it’s many years since I’ve seen Amadeus, but now I really want to rewatch Amadeus!
Huh!? I have not seen Maestro but saw the trailer and this whole time I thought it was the story of Karajan... geez Empress Louise I'm confused and or just dumdumb...
