Beautiful

Rating: 9/10 (28 October 2018)

A Star is Born Review:
A Star is Born stars Bradley Cooper as Jack, a famous music celebrity struggling with drug and alcohol abuse, who discovers a young woman, Lady Gaga, named Ally and the two fall in love while struggling with fame and Jacks addictions. I saw this movie last Saturday and I haven't had time to write a review because I've been so busy. A Star is Born has been getting a lot of Oscar buzz, so naturally I was excited. I was also excited to see Bradley Cooper staring and directing it. I was also excited for Lady Gaga. She was a good actress on American Horror Story and even won a golden Globe for one of her roles for it. The only things that didn't make me excited was the trailer made it look just ok and this is the the 7th time this movie has been done (only 4 including this one were actually popular movies in theaters). This movie was really good. I liked it a lot more than I thought. The story was modernized but some scenes to me felt like it was an older movie, for me the title sequence just made it seem like an older movie. I loved Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. Bradley has always been a good actor and this might be one of his best performances. He captured the alcohol and drug addiction so well while making him a likable character. He can also sing pretty well. Lady Gaga was outstanding! Her performance was so strong. You could tell she put a lot of hard work and effort into it. Her singing was amazing! Honestly this was probably the best female performance in a film that I've seen all year. I think she might get an Oscar. Sam Elliot also did a good job in his supporting role as Bobby. I liked the score for the movie. I really liked some of the songs, so probably some best original song academy award there. The cinematography was good. It really made you feel like we were in the movie. The only issue I had was because it was modernized they tried to incorporate something everybody knows, SNL. There was a scene where they got a gig there and I felt that it felt a little bit off. I would highly suggest this movie. This movie will be nominated for awards and definitely win some. I hope you enjoyed this review and go see this film!
My Grade: A