A Star is Born (Movie)

A Star Is Born starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, follows Jackson Maine (Cooper) and Ally (Gaga). Throughout the movie, the audience follows the musician duo as Jackson progresses further into drug addiction and alcoholism, and Ally rises into stardom as a musician more popular than ever before. Obviously, Jackson and Ally fall in love.

The music, acting, and cinematography that exist throughout the movie feels very authentic. Lady Gaga has stated many times that her most major strategy as an actress is not to fake it; whenever she says that, she explains what she means by saying that when acting, it’s always best to put yourself in the character’s position by feeling what they feel, rather than thinking about what they feel. I find it amazing for her to have discovered this philosophy as someone who hasn’t acted in a feature film before A Star Is Born. In addition to Gaga becoming an actress in her first feature film, Bradley Cooper was able to become a musician for the first time! He spent a large amount of time with a vocal coach in order to sing fluently. Cooper’s newly musical vocals, guitar skills, and Gaga’s newly learned acting philosophy all add such authenticity to this 2018 remake.

The ending of the movie may seem sad. However, after seeing the movie in theatres three times, and watching Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga talk about the conclusion in various interviews, I’ve come to terms the ending, as what may seem like negativity to a casual fan, can be considered positivity to a fanatic like me.

Shaun
Library Volunteer

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This movie is Rated R.