I came for the music, but everything as was slow

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2019)

A Star is Born stars Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. Bradley Cooper plays a washed up rock star who is a drug addict and alcoholic who accidently meets Lady Gaga and he is so captivated by her singing voice that he decides that she should work with him. First thing I want to point out is that Bradley Cooper can sing. The very first scene when he starts singing for everybody I was surprised because all of his movies I haven't heard him sing, so for him to do his first movie where he we hear him sing is impressive. He also directs this as well and he has an idea of how he wants this to be made and what should happen in this scene, so I appreciate that he stuck with his vision. And as a first time director he pulls it off and I respect his admiration for his work. The soundtrack is terrific and I loved every song that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga did together, but I kind of had a suspicious feeling that it was more Lady Gaga singing then Bradley Cooper. Don't get me wrong I find Lady Gaga to be a really good singer, but I would've liked to see Bradley Cooper sing more because he does have a good singing voice. However, the pacing of this movie is so slow as I was checking my watch a couple of times and finding some scenes to be incredibly long that they just dragged forever to make a point. While I appreciate the directing the script could've used some improvement as there were some scenes that had great dialogue and some that weren't so good. I cared more about the singing than I did for the script, as when certain areas kept dragging and dragging and then we get to the singing aspect of it, that's when I became fascinated. But after the singing stopped, I was wondering when we might get another song. It isn't until the ending that caught me off guard cause I had an idea of where this might be going. I had a completely different idea of how this would end, but they went with another direction that was totally unexpected that left me shocked. Overall, I will say that this has a great soundtrack with amazing vocals from Bradley and Lady Gaga, but as a story it could do with some improvements.