I just finished watching the last half hour of this movie after watching the first part last Sunday (but had to turn it off cause it was getting too late), which is now 5 days ago. I actually almost forgot I hadn't finished it yet.. Which is not a good sign! Honestly the acting wasn't bad or anything, Cooper, Gaga and Elliott were believable and the chemistry between Cooper and Gaga was definitely there. Only thing with Gaga was I didn't really buy her first "oh I'm an average girl on a big stage, now I'm getting shy" performance, but ok she gets away with that. Real problem for me is the movie itself, it just didn't capture me cause the storyline was too thin and to me it just felt like they filmed a bunch of scenes and then just pasted them together. It jumped from one moment into the other! Also it annoyed me that Ally was constantly soooo understanding towards her husband. He acted like a miserable a*hole with way too much selfpitty if you'd ask me, but I only saw them arguing once. And last but not least, I'm assuming that the 'star is born' part is supposed to be about her, but in the end it basically wasn't about her reaching fame, it was mostly about his decline..