I couldn't wait to see this movie, because I loved the songs, of course especially the Shallow. Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed. One moment I was watching one scene, and second later I was watching the next one, without realising the first one has already finished. It just seemed a lot of the time that the movie was jumping from one scene to another without anything in between. No cohesion. As if I was watching short clips, rather than a consistent and logical movie. The 5 stars I have given are for the acting of Cooper and Gaga and the music.