Please, no more remakes of A Star is Born.

Rating: 2/10 (13 February 2019)

I've seen all four versions of A Star is Born - 1937, 1954, 1976, and now 2018. This version was a disappointment. It lacked in story and conflict (there wasn't either), and all the good acting could not bring its lackluster script to life. The only significant conflict was the brotherly conflict of Sam Elliott and Bradley Cooper. Elliott dropping out of sight for half the movie removed the real grit and conflict in the story. While he was gone, the story became stale.
That said, it isn't the supporting role characters who should carry the conflict. Cooper and Gaga didn't have the spark as lovers, or the conflict, to move the story along.
Gaga's role has her boldly draping herself across a bar at the beginning of the story, showing a too-early version of her self-confidence. She then plays shy when she's on stage with Cooper, but morphs into a solid singer, then morphs again as the bold Gaga herself.
Versions of "you have something to say," replayed over and over. We got it the first time.
Even the "homage" elements from the 1976 version are underplayed. And the way Cooper's story ends didn't mesh with his then current state of mind.