Ga Ga Land

Rating: 6/10 (20 February 2019)

Well, here I am again not getting it. I didn't hate this movie. It was okay. Did I miss something? Yes, Lady Gaga can act. (It is an impressive debut performance.) And Bradley Cooper can sing. But is there anything 'oscar' worthy in this film? I went through this same problem with 'La La Land'. I guess I just don't like musicals. I found the music to be innocuous, Bradley Cooper's voice annoying and Sam Elliott as "big brother" too much of a stretch for me. I liked the dog though. Not to mention that this premise has been done and done to death at least five times. (And they weren't very good pictures either.) And like 'La La Land' I felt that all the hype about the movie was a bit manufactured. And another thing, didn't people get tired of Cooper's character "mansplaining" everything to Ga Ga's character? I thought it was 2018? Look, I didn't love 'Black Panther' either. Maybe, I'm just getting cynical in my oldish age. I have been talking back to the TV lately.