A Star Is Born (2018)

The film “A Star is Born” directed by the famous actor and director Bradley Cooper is about a tragic love story between two artists who lived two completely different lives. One being a very successful country singer who struggles to fight his inner demons while the other is a timid waitress who is also an aspiring artist. In this movie, you will see the awful effects of alcohol and drug addiction and how it can not only ruin one’s career but life as well.

It all started when Bardley Cooper’s Jackson Maine met Lady Gaga’s Ally in a drag queen bar in New York. Maine was drinking on the bar after a successful concert when all of a sudden, Ally caught he’s attention with her performance. After that night, the two fell for one another and developed a relationship. When Maine realized her song writing skills, he decided to help her create a hit song, which propelled her career after Maine took her to one of his concert. Since then the two started to perform together. However, after a handful of times performing together and living together, Ally realized that Maine had an alcohol addiction problem which she later on realized that it is not good for not only for Maine himself, but also their relationship.

After a record producer witnessed and praised her for her performance, she was immediately offered the chance to have the spotlight to herself and producer her own record as a singer. Filled with excitement and joy, she took the offer with no hesitation. Although Maine was proud of her accomplishment, it was obvious that it took a huge toll not only in Maine’s life but also his career. It can be seen when he started to take in not only more alcohol but also drugs during Ally’s important celebrations and performances. Although Ally stood beside Maine’s side through everything he has done. There were people who thought he was ruining her emerging career and image by his actions. As a result of his realization of his actions and his lover for Ally, he decided to take away his life.

Finally, in this movie we see that no matter how successful someone can be, if they are facing addiction, we can see how it can ruin someone’s life and using suicide as a last resort in hopes to solve everything. We can see how committing suicide does not fix anything but wastes your life, and makes everyone around you miserable.