Painfully boring.

Rating: 2/10 (4 November 2018)

I cannot believe I managed to sit through this entire movie. I nearly walked out of the theater like 10x I was so bored. So far, this is the worst movie I have seen all year (and I've seen a lot of movies released this year). Do NOT waste your money on it. If you must watch it, wait until its freely available online.
Story - This movie doesn't have a story. I mean, technically it does but its easily summed up. A musician wants a drink, goes to a bar, meets a woman, sees she is a good singer, creates opportunity for her to become famous, she becomes famous, and that is it. Any and all conflicts with the potential to become interesting aren't developed, and are instead resolved within the scene it is introduced, or just a few scenes later. There is an event where the male lead does a thing (I'm not going to spoil because there are people who are delusional to think that this movie is good) and he only does it so that people who were otherwise bored will feel sympathy for that character because the thing he does is inherently sad. It was an extremely cheap move on the filmmaker's part. I hate it when boring, meandering movies with no plot are seen as good because something sad happens to some underdeveloped characters at the end. Its manipulative and annoying. I can't believe that there were people in the theater with actual tears in their eyes. They may have been tears of boredom though, I know mine were. There is no tension or anything that builds up to that event, and it is completely unearned. I know I'm repeating myself, but this movie is so unbelievably boring. Nothing of interest happens. Before I saw this movie I remember seeing all the reviews praising Lady Gaga and for some reason I thought that it was about her and not that she was playing a fictional character. Honestly a biography about Lady Gaga would've been way more interesting than this. Pretty much anything is more interesting than this. The most interesting thing about this movie is its ridiculously high rating.
Characters - As I already said before, the characters are all severely underdeveloped. Its insulting to the word "character" to describe these entities as such. The acting is also pretty bad all around. Everyone mumbles their dialogue, and at times it is next to impossible to tell what they are rambling on about. There are very few scenes where the speech is actually coherent.
Visuals - This movie's one strong point is its presentation. It looks pretty. There are a lot of nice shots, and the camerawork is competent. Unfortunately, there isn't anything impressive enough to save this movie.
Also, a random thing I want to point out. For some reason Ally's (the female lead) isn't said until like halfway through the movie. Its kind of odd and annoying. Also the love story is super underdeveloped and rushed.
Ok. That's all. This movie really sucked and I can't believe I saw it in theaters.