A Star Was Really Born

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2020)

To start us off the movie A Star is Born is an absolutely spectacular movie not only starred but written by the man himself Bradly Cooper. The story line is about a very musically talented man, Bradly Cooper, and an undiscovered artist, Lady Gaga. Throughout the story they fall in love through what I believe was their music. Both Cooper and Gaga had very solid performances and lived up to the expectations people had for them. For me the movie was absolutely mind blowing you could feel the emotions through the characters throughout the movie. The solid performances through the actors led us to believe that love they shared was real. For being the first film for Lady Gaga, she lived up to the standards and proved to so many of us that she was meant for that roll. With that being said, something does not even cross our minds is that Bradly Cooper not only starred in the movie but he wrote and produced the movie he was a big part in making this whole movie happen.
One of the greatest things about this movie is the love story behind it, I myself am a sucker for love stories and this one by far meets my expectations in what I believe is important for a love story. The thing that makes this movie stand out to me is the amount of versions there are of this particular movie throughout the years, I wish more movies would do this so that it can modernize the movies. Something that in the movie that is hard for me to believe is Cooper's character being an alcoholic. Although Cooper is a phenomenal actor and shockingly a good singer, it is hard for me to believe when he is drunk in the film it just is not very believable to me.
Something important to me that always stands out is the music put into films, in some cases the song choices and tie the whole thing together. The song choices in this movie are amazing and allow you to really connect with the characters. (SPOILER AHEAD!!!). The song, I'll Never Love Again, that Lady Gaga sings at the end of the film after Bradly had passed is what allowed my tears to fall. Listening to this song allows you to understand the love she felt for him which I believe is really important in this film. When they put Bradly's voice at the end singing is just a very powerful move by the producers just because it shows it was a song they worked on. The transition was not very smoother but the concept was smart on their half.
To conclude this movie was a dramatic love story between two characters where you learn to understand the love and passion. The film is a phenomenal film and a real tear jerker if you are particularly sensitive to movies. Overall I thought it was a great must watch movie.