Heartbreakingly Beautiful.

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2018)

This year is a difficult one for my Oscar choices, because so many incredible movies were made this year already and there are still more to come, but what I really love about this remake of "A Star is Born" is that it stands on its own, in a complete and original way. It's heartfelt, it's funny, it's traumatic, it's real, it's what I would call, beautiful trauma. The original sound track is incredible and I love how Lady Gaga has stayed with what she calls, "This girl" - which she states with love in her 5'2 documentary about her life--saying she needs to stick with this side of her, because she is the hold (as in, not hiding her beautiful voice behind heavy tracks and beats, like she used to do), and yes, oh yes, she was right. She believed in herself and the world is her Oyster now. She has slowly but surely found confidence in her own vocal range and strength in her acting ability which we saw come to life since her Emmy win for her role in American Horror story. She is incredible and is definitely my pick for next years best female Oscar win. Bradley Cooper is also growing in depth as an all rounder in the entertainment industry. It's no easy feat debuting his directing skills at the same time he debuts his own singing skills (which blew my mind) and keeping in tune with his broken and soulful character in this movie as well. His character holds love and pain in such a harmonious way, which makes you want to reach out and help him, because you want him to clean up his act, you want him to get better, you want him to win, which makes it even worse as the movie goes on, knowing he is like a beautiful meteorite flying through the sky, which will inevitably find land and destroy everything it comes into contact with. A beautiful tragedy of the modern world. A movie to learn from. Music that won't be forgotten. Beautiful in every way. Definitely a few Academy nominations for Best Director, Best Actor and best musical/drama. Brads going to have it tough with Rami Malek who stats as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody in the Male Actor catagory, but since Rami isn't singing, who knows what might happen...