This movie was the first time I've actually thought "I want my two hours back". I was expecting it to be at least decent on the gushing reviews but in my opinion it was terrible. Disney romances had more chemistry than the relationship between Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's characters. I found it really hard to care about them and their relationship. Ally's rise to fame was uninteresting, the dialogue was awkward, melodramatic and half the time incoherent, and to be honest the soundtrack was mediocre. By the end I was just waiting for Jackson's inevitable downfall and man, did it feel really poorly done. It just felt like a really soulless way to end the movie and the character you're supposed to care about. I know this most likely sounds cynical but I'm usually very positive when reviewing movies, I just genuinely don't understand how anyone likes this, let alone raves about it. Two stars instead of one though for the dog, lady gaga's brown hair, Jack's guitar and I did sometimes like the gritty tone of parts of the movie. I just wish I found it anything other than tear jerkingly dull.