A star is
born is a film which will leave you thinking about how success is temporary and
how quickly our life can change. The plot of the film is like a roller coaster,
the characters are once up and once down. This is not a typical love story as
you can see.
At the
beginning of the film Jackson Maine is a famous singer who has got everything.
He is popular, everybody wants to take photos with him and he is invited to a
lot of concerts. He is a star who has reached the top after ten years but he
does not seem to be satisfied with his life. After he meets Ally in a bar, it
is love at first glance. Jackson helps Ally to build her singer career because
he sees something in her beautiful voice. Everything seems to be perfect when
they are together: Ally’s career is more and more successful after singing a
duet with Jackson in a concert. Their life looks like a fairy tale but it soon
becomes clear that Jackson is not able to keep his alcohol consumption under
control. He has more drunk than sober hours. After a while people are not
interested in his songs and he gets
worse and worse possibilities to sing. While Ally tries is preparing for her
first tour after winning a Grammy Award, she changes her mind and goes to her
last concert because of her husband’s condition. This is the last day of his
life…
The
performance of the actors is realistic from both sides. Lady Gaga is a singer
and we all know that she has a beautiful voice but we have never seen her
playing in a film as a leading actor. Her anger, fears and love for Jackson come
through in her performance. Bradley Cooper did not have an easy task next to
Lady Gaga on the stage but with his voice and guitar he crushes it and their
duo with the song Shallow is fascinating. The only problem was maybe that in
the second half of the film Bradley Cooper did not play a man who we could feel
sympathy for. In the end Jackson is a burnt out singer with drug and alcohol
problems who is jealous of the success of his wife. Bradley Cooper demonstrates
his slow decay as well as he can while Lady Gaga plays a worried wife who is
not satisfied with her appearance. During the film the two actors help each
other in the realistic performance so that we can feel their problems and
happiness, too.
In my
opinion, this film was really gripping and moving because the plot of the film
could be realistic, too. It was not an easy and sweet Hollywood love story with
a usual happy ending. This film shows us that being yourself in the music
industry is not easy and you can be burnt out after a while. This film leaves a
bitter aftertaste in our mouth that life is not always fair and sometimes we
can not keep all of the things in our life under control. A star is born is a
highly recommended film for everyone who likes films which give food for
thought.
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