Shed no Tears

Rating: 4/10 (7 February 2019)

A Star Is Born: Quite the embarrassing moment when you regret putting on the movie as a family's movie night. This is my first time seeing over-advertisement on a film. Most times you only heard of them because bad films are either too bad to watch or too old to visit. Romance in films are not my area of expertise, as an audience, but that doesn't mean I can't have a good time watching one. With that said, lets dive straight to the negatives.
The movie had an interesting beginning segment. You've revealed the conflict, the possible romance, and given troubled family relationships. Sounds like a great movie to explore. Certainly creating a lot of expectations and hopes from the audiences, but no. The movie glances through these topics like they're not the focus of the movie. Who cares what happens with the dad or best friend, all we want to see are the main couple... or at least that's what the movie show. Lady Gaga is known as a famous music artist and Bradley Cooper for his films and looks. So when I saw Lady Gaga's acting, I was wowed. She did amazing, over-the-best realistic human emotion. However! Her role in music in this film did not exist. The music in this movie were horrible. Diving deeper, she sings pop musics in a romance movie. Sure, if she sang good, that doesn't mean much, however she didnt sang anything! Bradley Cooper on the other hand, was amazing with his singing scenes, but horrible with his actings! Here, let me explain,
Director: "Act like an alcoholic"
Cooper: "Okay. I'll just drink a lot and speak a little"
I'm amazed at such a role reversal, and would be surprised if or why the director purposely swap their talents. One thing's for sure, party pop rock music didn't fit here.
Much like the film, I'm gonna point fast to the other notes and not give out detailed or plain explanation. They rush pass by the other characters, including close family. You'll only see scenes with either couples in them. No back stories. Family have conflicts, but conflicts don't affects the main characters in any way. Conflicts gets solved but doesn't yield any importance. How do you show people love each other? Not with dates, but with sex... er, bedroom moments over and over until you understand that they love? each other. Finally, there's the ending moment. A good movie should have either an emotional finale or a unexpected twist. When I saw the ending outcome, I saw it coming. Worst of all, it wasn't emotional at all simply because the actors didn't portray any importance. Movie fast forward a lot, from single to spouse, and cut the boring dates?
After finishing the movie, all I felt was, "Oh... is it done yet?" Definitely a movie that is based on another piece of work, and not worth to see it as a film of its own at all. I did not see or knew it was a reworked film, but had the feeling, if it was this dull with their acting lines and music, it could might as well be. Long and behold!