Note that I never seen any of the past A Star Is Born movies, so I wrote this review based on my personal point of view of the film.
First and foremost, I didn't set up any expectation for this movie. I watched the trailer and thought that this will probably turn out to be another romance movie whatsoever. I decided to see it myself in the cinema when I saw critics' reviews on Rotten Tomatoes which convinced me to go see it myself at the cinema. The opening scene was superb, when Ally met Jack and fell in love and so on; it was kind of corny at times, I find that it happens to be sort of draggy for the first half of the film but overall still acceptable. Bradley Cooper has successfully lured me into seeing him as Jack the whole time.
I am in love with the soundtracks. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's performances were truly impressive to begin with except that I think it was unnecessary to include full songs in the film as there are some unnecessary musical scenes that may drag the time.
As for the acting, I think I have no complaints. I got totally lost in Bradley's character, and as for Lady Gaga, she was superb especially when she starts playing with her facial expressions and genuine gestures throughout the whole film.
Jack is overall my favorite character. His "too kind" attitude creates empathy from the audience especially during the part in which he got into his depressive episode and was trying to battle his depression. It did remind me of Kurt Cobain's story and I loved the fact that (as stated in the Trivia) the writer was actually inspired by his story.
As for Ally, I love how she never thought of giving up on Jack. She was sincere the whole time although sometimes she got caught up with her career. I definitely think she didn't deserve Jack's death. I bawled my eyes out during the ending.
I feel like I have went in too deep but frankly speaking, this film has emotionally affected me. This is not something that I could watch for the sake of entertainment, it really means something to me. No one deserves to be taken for granted, especially that each character is fighting their own battles (Ally with insecurities and Jack with alcohol and drugs abused)
Last but not least, I would pay to see this film again.
First and foremost, I didn't set up any expectation for this movie. I watched the trailer and thought that this will probably turn out to be another romance movie whatsoever. I decided to see it myself in the cinema when I saw critics' reviews on Rotten Tomatoes which convinced me to go see it myself at the cinema. The opening scene was superb, when Ally met Jack and fell in love and so on; it was kind of corny at times, I find that it happens to be sort of draggy for the first half of the film but overall still acceptable. Bradley Cooper has successfully lured me into seeing him as Jack the whole time.
I am in love with the soundtracks. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's performances were truly impressive to begin with except that I think it was unnecessary to include full songs in the film as there are some unnecessary musical scenes that may drag the time.
As for the acting, I think I have no complaints. I got totally lost in Bradley's character, and as for Lady Gaga, she was superb especially when she starts playing with her facial expressions and genuine gestures throughout the whole film.
Jack is overall my favorite character. His "too kind" attitude creates empathy from the audience especially during the part in which he got into his depressive episode and was trying to battle his depression. It did remind me of Kurt Cobain's story and I loved the fact that (as stated in the Trivia) the writer was actually inspired by his story.
As for Ally, I love how she never thought of giving up on Jack. She was sincere the whole time although sometimes she got caught up with her career. I definitely think she didn't deserve Jack's death. I bawled my eyes out during the ending.
I feel like I have went in too deep but frankly speaking, this film has emotionally affected me. This is not something that I could watch for the sake of entertainment, it really means something to me. No one deserves to be taken for granted, especially that each character is fighting their own battles (Ally with insecurities and Jack with alcohol and drugs abused)
Last but not least, I would pay to see this film again.