Codependency...A star is born?
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Codependency...A star is born?
Just watched an interview with Lady Gaga about her new film. She said it addresses many topics including Codependency!
Haven't seen it yet, a friend advised me not to go for a long time yet. Anyone else seen it and see the Codependent issues she mentioned?
Haven't seen it yet, a friend advised me not to go for a long time yet. Anyone else seen it and see the Codependent issues she mentioned?
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Have seen another version of this movie. Unless you are in the mood for a tragic love story, your friends are right, you don't want to see it right now.
As for the co-dependency angle, I can't remember it well enough to know but the relationship was surely dysfunctional!
As for the co-dependency angle, I can't remember it well enough to know but the relationship was surely dysfunctional!
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Synopsis:
"A Star Is Born is the fourth big-screen take on a tragic love story centered around the pitfalls of substance abuse and show business. Starring Bradley Cooper (making his directorial debut) as a stadium-filling rock star and Lady Gaga as the struggling singer he discovers and falls for, this version, like its predecessors, revolves around alcoholism and addiction, so there's lots of drinking and drug use."
"Despite the uplifting trailers and crowd-pleasing qualities this has, it’s actually really depressing, almost heartbreaking. After a pleasing first act it gets very sad and difficult, dealing with themes such as suicide, depression, addiction and the cost of fame in a way that doesn’t shy away. Other problematic content includes frank depictions of sex and frequent coarse language (mostly unnecessary)."
"A Star Is Born is the fourth big-screen take on a tragic love story centered around the pitfalls of substance abuse and show business. Starring Bradley Cooper (making his directorial debut) as a stadium-filling rock star and Lady Gaga as the struggling singer he discovers and falls for, this version, like its predecessors, revolves around alcoholism and addiction, so there's lots of drinking and drug use."
"Despite the uplifting trailers and crowd-pleasing qualities this has, it’s actually really depressing, almost heartbreaking. After a pleasing first act it gets very sad and difficult, dealing with themes such as suicide, depression, addiction and the cost of fame in a way that doesn’t shy away. Other problematic content includes frank depictions of sex and frequent coarse language (mostly unnecessary)."
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"The 1954 version of A Star Is Born is an award-winning musical with a serious story about alcoholism at its core. While the film depicts the wondrous rise to stardom of a talented, earnest young woman, it also shows the decline and ultimate tragedy of her self-destructive husband and mentor."
A review on this much different version also says, great musical/heavy theme. Judy Garland starred in this one. Even this version is depressing to me.
A review on this much different version also says, great musical/heavy theme. Judy Garland starred in this one. Even this version is depressing to me.
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Don't see this until you are ready.I went in expecting a love story, an epic story at that as this movie has been made several times. I should have read the synopsis but I didn't want to ruin it. UUUGGGHHH - Its depressing and sad, not uplifting at all. I have never been so unattracted to Bradley Cooper in my life. Save yourselves 
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I went to see it today. Bradley Cooper nails the alcoholic. It might have been a better experience if I hadn’t lived so much of what I saw on screen. At the end, everyone else is crying and I’m like “alcoholics have no remorse.” I walked out half sick to my stomach.
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