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GooGoo for Gaga

I predict that among additional nominations, both Cooper and Gaga will win Oscars in February: for Best Actor and Best Original Song, respectively.

Luminaire2 said: "Does anyone else think a couple songs will be nominated? I wonder which one she'll perform!"

If they get two songs nominated (very likely), they’ll probably perform both separately. If they get three, I can see them doing a medley. Definitely see both Cooper and Gaga performing live.

I saw this movie 4 times this weekend and now I have calmed down from the excitement so I can share my thoughts.

Firstly, Gaga is incredible. She is so scaled back, and almost unrecognizable which is refreshing to me.

As a huge Bradley Cooper fan, I honestly don't think he has ever been better. Truly a remarkable performance.

I think the cinematography, costumes, makeup, and supporting cast are top notch.

You would not be able to tell that this was Cooper's directorial debut.

I do think there was some pacing issues in the middle of the film. The beginning swept you up and took you for an incredible ride, but the middle drags a little bit. Luckily it's only about 30 minutes, then I think it picks up the pace shortly after the awards ceremony.

I knew the ending, but I did not expect to be SO affected by it. Each time I saw it I ended up weeping from the minute Cooper steps out of the truck to the final shot of Stefani.

I think this movie is a huge contender for the Oscar's. I for sure think it will score nominations for Actress, Actor, Picture, Director, Screenplay, Score, Song (potentially 4 in my opinion for Shallow, Is that Aright?, Always Remember Us This Way, and I'll Never Love Again), Cinematography, potentially Supporting Actor, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, potentially production design, and potentially makeup and costumes.

I am worried that this film will suffer the same fate as La La Land.. huge Oscar contender that sweeps the Globes, wins a bunch of awards at the Oscars but loses Best Picture.

This is up there in my top favorite films with Les Mis (2012, don't hate), Chicago, The Last Five Years and Pretty Woman.

I am seeing it again on Tuesday.

broadfan327 said: "The current Oscar rule is only a maximum of two songs from a movie can be nominated for Best Original Song."

Isn't there a new rule that you can't send just the song out anymore, that you can only send it as part of the movie or something like that? I remember that being brought up when Remember Me won last year since it worked much better as part of the story than as a stand alone song, unlike This Is Me.

I liked this movie. Not as much as reviews made me believe I would, though. Gaga has a charismatic presence on screen, and I am very excited that rust belt America will finally admit/realize that Gaga is a phenomenal vocalist and songwriter (my bf's mother literally said "wow, I didn't she could sing like that". Bradley Cooper broke my heart, which I was surprised by because I was starting to lose sympathy for his character big time after the second act. The album itself is perfection. The curation of dialogue + songs is so careful, it reminds me of Fun Home album in a way with how I'm able to follow the entire story. The album gets 10/10 from me, and the movie is 7/10 at best. Some of that is because the story just stops for a good 20 minutes halfway through the movie, is slow and meanders. But most of it is because Gaga's acting is simply not on par with her reviews. I don't envy her - this is an intimidating story for a movie debut, and all the moments she's singing she really shines. But her acting is difficult to accept as an Oscar contender, much less a winner. Especially considering the other actresses who're likely going to be nominated (I mean Glenn Close was thrilling in The Wife).