Why?!? I do not understand the hype.

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2019)

I heard the hype for this movie and heard the songs all over, which I enjoyed a lot of them on YouTube, so I decided to try this movie to see if it was any good. I really love musical/biopic-type movies normally but wow... This movie sucks.
The first thing I noticed was how all over the place the story and editing were, I had no idea what was going on in most scenes, trying to understand Bradley Cooper's horrendously mumbling dialogue and what was going on through the poorly cut scenes was nearly impossible. I had no idea what was going on! The flashbacks were strangely irrelevant and confusing to the story most of the time as were moments where things occurred that seemed comically out of place. At the beginning of the movie, a drunk cop approaches Jackson in a bar, Ally steps back like she's awkward and just wants to get away, then she punches the guy awkwardly, then laughs as she is ushered out of there. It didn't make any sense, she punches a cop and nothing happenes? The writing is very bad.
Lady Gaga is an amazing singer but her acting is awkward and weird, and the writing in the story made her bad acting stand out even more. I liked her on American Horror Story, I thought she was a passable actor. I honestly think it's the worst thing I've ever seen Bradley Cooper ever do. Why is Jackson a drunk? They never talk much about his history to feel anything for the characters, they are not relatable or likeable like another review mentioned... But it also seems like the writer does not have an idea how real people interact with each other and it shows in interaction after interaction between the characters. Their emotional reactions are definitely scripted and not realistic to how most human beings interact with each other in real life.
I'm actually still watching the movie and got so bored and annoyed I had to write a review while the movie was still playing.
I love Dave Chapelle so that's awesome his part didn't suck too much.
I swear when I was younger, if a movie got Oscar nominated, it was usually pretty amazing. Now, any rich actor a-hole can make a movie to flatter their ginormous ego and win or are nominated for awards they don't deserve.
This was hands down the most unnatural feeling movie I've ever seen in my life so far. Such a disappointment.