Perplexing why Cooper would call the movie Maestro then go on to do a movie all about a Leonard and a Felicia, their children his friends, his gay relationships, Felicia's dealings with this, aging and death.
Leonard Bernstein the maestro is merely incidental, shown mainly by him conducting.
This odd choice of focus inevitably made the entire movie boring and bland, to some extent saved by the good cinematography and Cooper and Mulligan playing their characters to a T.
Leonard Bernstein is ultimately known for his musicianship and that's where the audience interest primarily lies. His love life, his family, his sexuality should be at most illuminating backdrops in the movie, but unfortunately they were mainly what the movie was about. We want to know of his development and frustration in his musical endeavours but the movie offers at best a passing lip service to this.
Watching a movie called Maestro and then getting barely anything about the maestro as a maestro makes the viewer feels cheated.
The family Bernstein is really not at all that interesting a subject for a movie. Wasted opportunity.
Leonard Bernstein the maestro is merely incidental, shown mainly by him conducting.
This odd choice of focus inevitably made the entire movie boring and bland, to some extent saved by the good cinematography and Cooper and Mulligan playing their characters to a T.
Leonard Bernstein is ultimately known for his musicianship and that's where the audience interest primarily lies. His love life, his family, his sexuality should be at most illuminating backdrops in the movie, but unfortunately they were mainly what the movie was about. We want to know of his development and frustration in his musical endeavours but the movie offers at best a passing lip service to this.
Watching a movie called Maestro and then getting barely anything about the maestro as a maestro makes the viewer feels cheated.
The family Bernstein is really not at all that interesting a subject for a movie. Wasted opportunity.