Good movie, great music, bad editing

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2019)

I just got done watching this and I don't recall the plot for the other versions but this was interesting and odd. The soundtrack is great but I'm confused as to why they changed her persona when she goes solo. She had the talent to be a country musician then went and changed everything to be a pop star. That was disappointing. I know Gaga is a pop star but her character wasn't. And the manager she signed with was a colossal douche. Bradley Cooper did a great job as a musician and a drunk. But why kill himself? How did that have anything to add to the story??? That was horrible, would've liked to see them sing the final song as a duet.
Technically the movie was very jarring and cut to another scene too quickly too many times. I'm still surprised it's been praised as a Best Picture Nominee with such poor editing.
All in all it was very entertaining and I enjoyed seeing Gaga sing "real music" before they changed her persona. But of course they marketed this movie to millennials and not 50-somethings like me.