Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023) • Page 3

He’s just waving his arms around, he’s not doing jack shit

 

he's being tom cruise, which is what he always is being, brad coop could not be less worried lol

 

I loved this. I’ve really soured on biopics in the last few years so I had pretty low expectations going in. I love how stylized it was and the shift from black and white to color. Carey Mulligan was incredible, especially in the later years. At this point, I don’t think there’s much that Bradley Cooper couldn’t figure out how to physically embody. He looked like he’d spent his entire life conducting, I was impressed.

I’m really appalled and confused by accusations that this downplays his sexuality. It’s the central conflict of the marriage, which is the entire movie. I think a lot of people are erasing the possibility of Bernstein being bisexual/queer/etc and being attracted to men while also genuinely loving his wife. I haven’t read much about Bernstein’s life to know if there’s tangible evidence for any of that, but to me the movie paints a clear picture of a queer polyamorous man who couldn’t exist freely because of professional expectations as well as the time he was born.

 

People are saying this downplayed his sexuality?? It showed us way more of that than the actual music, imo

 

Agreed. I think it’s a lot of biphobia and unwillingness to accept that he might not have exclusively liked men

 

Yeah, I came out of it with the idea that he was pansexual, especially because several times he says he loves “people.”

I will say I laughed out loud when he told the baby that he’d slept with both its parents.

 

Favorite line was “who abandoned Snoopy in the vestibule?”

 

Good to hear this. I've been seeing a lot of criticism about that aspect of the film.

 

It does not downplay his sexuality, but it does play it so that my grandma would be appalled

 

it's the central "conflict" of the movie and it also shows that he has a clear preference towards men if not for the one single person that was the "love of his life"/his muse

 

Bradley Cooper is the real deal as both an actor and director

 

Yr gonna give conductors a heart attack saying bradley cooper’s looked real

 

Still a great actor

 

Didn’t care for this. Leonard sure seemed like…a lot

 

Reviews of this movie made a strong case for never reading Letterboxd reviews

 

it's insane that someone born during WWI was listening to tears for fears in the club

 

My dad just saw this as a rabid fan of Leonard Bernstein back in the day and was blown away by Bradley Cooper's likeness in speech and physicality. I was too.

It's the epitome of dumb that people are dunking on an incredible performance for being too Oscar baity or try hard. What else is he supposed to do as an actor? If this was his first performance and no one knew his name I guarantee you Bradley Cooper would be getting universal praise.

 

I thought it was a little on the nose

 

This was only okay to me, unfortunately.