wow, just wow

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2018)

Two movies about music in the span of a month and both amazing.
A star is born is a remake of a remake of a remake of a movie made in 1937 about an actress that rises to fame after meeting an established and out of fame actor who fights with alcoholism, the movies through the remakes that followed changed a bit from actors to singer and actor and eventually two singers which was the 1976 movie with Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and this new movie is a remake of the 76 film.
Here we are introduced to Jackson Maine a famous rock icon that has a lot of demons that haunt him and Ally an amateur singer that Jackson discovers by pure luck.
They hit it off and Ally enters this world of destructive roller coaster that Jackson has while struggling with his addiction problems.
This time around too the movie has changed somewhat in comparison to the older movie to reflect the society and time period it is set in better.
The sound in this movie is rich and full of life which is good because it is a movie about music and musicians so it needed good sound.
The color pallet used in this movie is warm and vibrant which I loved, the images felt alive and I appreciated that since it is very easy to fall into that simple trap that is if you have a sad story have a blue tint and cold colors and grey etc and if it is a happy comedy make everything bright.
No this movie does not do that, that is not to say it is unrealistic, on the contrary, the colors are very life like not overdone.
Bradley Cooper has his directorial debut with this film and I am amazed by how good the work he has done was as a director but that all pales in comparison to his acting in this film.
I didn't expect to see amazing performances going in specially considering how old this story is and I already knew it well through the 3 other films and yet I was left speechless by Bradley Cooper!
It was very good to see that Lady GaGa can perform good but I certainly did not expect to see Bradley Cooper shine so bright.
His work was on par with Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody and that makes it interesting to see how the award season plays out this time around.
Bradley Cooper of A Star Is Born is unlike anything you have seen from him, his voice is deeper, his mannerism has changed and he can sing, oh my he can sing so very well I wish he was not an actor and was a singer.
It was crazy to see this actor that I knew so well and loved so much be so different all of a sudden.
I have to give props to the costumes department, a lot of a nods to Barbara Streisand's Ester Hoffman character from the 76 film in the clothes chosen for GaGa.
And the makeup did a great work too, I did not even recognise Bradley Cooper at first and I had not even read up on who is in the movie for the leading man so my surprise was even bigger when I realised it was Bradley Cooper.
All in all I give this movie a 9 for an amazing well done film with really good acting and music.
Look out Rami, Bradley might end up stealing your thunder!