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LA LA LAND
Directed by Damien Chazelle
Screenplay by Damien Chazelle
Starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
Someone in the crowd may be the one you need to know. So true.
I went in knowing the hype. Fear that the film can never reach the expectations that I was setting.
Wrong!! Everything you hear is true.
-Great acting and chemistry by Gosling and Stone. This is their third movie together. They may be the Bogart and Bacall of our day.
-Great look. From the wonderful costumes to the sets, this film is beautiful. Shadows. Colors that pop. Everything.
-Great music. From the amazing opening number, that has you going, wow this is different!! To the final hits on the key of the piano. It is all wonderful and fun.
-Great dance numbers. So good you want more.
-Great story. The story by Damien Chazelle is fantastic. I think a lot of people do not like the ending. Do not be fooled, this is not a love story. It is a story of two people with big dreams. They come together at a time and place and push each other forward. See Way We Were. See Casablanca.
Music, romance, humor.
I will now answer people's complaints:
-They both cannot sing!!! They were not suppose to be great singers, they were not suppose to be perfect!! That is what makes them likable. We can relate to them. They are not locks to be stars.
-A white man saves jazz. Really?? Is that a problem? I don't think people in New Orleans care what color Harry Connick Jr is. And he is not saving jazz, he is just goofy. He wants to own a small club in LA. Please!!
-The double ending. No spoilers here. The one side shows what would happen if things went right all the time. Note: only one would have reached their dreams. The other ending....they both do. Their dreams were too big to reach together. Again it is a story about dreams. Do not be fooled. They help each other.
This movie should have won the Oscar!
Here's to the dreamers!!!
5 out of 5 stars for La La Land
If you have not seen it ....just see it...it will not awaken you to the worlds problems. It is just fun.
From the shadows as always thanks for your time.
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