Fame can’t fix all your problems.
BQB here with a review of A Star is Born.
Every man dreams of having a trick to win a woman’s heart. Maybe it’s a card trick or a magic trick or that special pickup line. For troubled alcoholic rock star Jackson Mane (Bradley Cooper), a chance meeting leads to him dating aspiring singer Ally (Lady Gaga). When he calls Ally on stage to achieve her dream of singing before a large audience, a star (wait for it) is born.
You’d think this would all lead to a great, happy life but alas, a lifetime of addiction has its claws sunk into Jackson. While his help leads Ally to find super stardom in the pop world, he sees his own star start to dim. Years of abusing his body with drugs and alcohol lead to hearing loss which spells trouble for his career. Unable to think straight or even hold himself up, he becomes the joke of Tinsel Town, while Ally becomes the toast.
Will true love prevail or will jealousy and bitterness take control? I won’t answer that and spoil the movie for you.
Overall, the film is boring and drones on. There’s a lot of talking. A lot. It’s almost like a scripted documentary. Cameos from comedians Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle and Eddie Griffin break up the monotony but ultimately you end up wanting to yell at the screen for this couple to either fix it or break up because holy crap, it’s getting late and the theater isn’t going to stay open all night.
Bradley Cooper does an impression of the surly voiced Sam Shepard, ironic since Sam plays Jackson’s brother/manager. Gaga shines in her singing abilities but other than the part where a man builds her career, her character is basically a copy of herself.
Bonus points for a brief, very brief (don’t blink or you’ll miss it) gratuitous shot of Gaga’s boobs and vag.
STATUS: Shelf-worthy. Boring. Depressing. It is emotional and does have some heart. It wins as a warning about how one should never submit to addiction as it is nearly impossible to escape. It also has a good message about how there are many people who can sing, dance, act or have some kind of talent but only the most talented performers find fame because they have something to say through their art that people want to hear. Also, a message about how fame is fickle and how stars suffer when the public loses interest.
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Agreed! If I wasn’t so bored I’d have been emotionally drained. I feel bad saying that but I don’t think it’ll matter in their case!
It had a lot to say. Life is about perspective. He could have looked at it as hey look at me I’m with the hot singer everyone wants but looked at her with jealousy instead.