La La Land (2016) update feed
“If La La Land were a person, it would be an eager-to-please, bright sunny person with very little going on behind the eyes. There’s loving nods and ”
“If La La Land were a person, it would be an eager-to-please, bright sunny person with very little going on behind the eyes. There’s loving nods and references to your idols and objects of obsession, and then there’s pure pastiche stitched together from the better parts of several famous movie musicals but without their emotional context. La La Land is a prime example of a charming time waster, an adequate movie musical that lacks any sense of depth that keeps something like Singin’ in the Rain vibrantly alive. La La Land steals proudly from Jacques Demy’s musical output, but all of this referencing is missing the melancholy and depth of feeling in its characters. Writer-director Damien Chazelle sure does know how to signify exuberance, but he can’t seem to make us care about” read more
2017: The Movie List (62 movies items)"Jos vihaa 30-40 -luvun musikaaleja, ensimmäinen tunti on helvetti maan päällä. Jos kuitenkin siitä pääsee yli ja ajattelee La La Landia ihan elokuvana, kyseessä on erittäin toimiva paketti. Saattaa vaikuttaa päältä päin katsoen että tämä elokuva on itse pinnallisuus, mutta se on monitasoisempi kuin mitä voisi ajatella. Hyvä raina, tosin en suosittele heille jotka laittavat musikaalit nautintolistassa samalle tasolle kuin haarukan kynnen alle."
Movies Viewed in 2017 (156 movies items)" First Viewing Viewing Date: January 24th Via: Cinema Plot: A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles."
My Movie Diary 2017 (217 movies items)" 23 January. Boy-genius writer/director Damien Chazelle's follow-up to Whiplash didn't actually reinvented the modern musical and there are far more better-choreographed movies, but the combination of all the elements that make this love story make it unforgettable. The images leave such a lasting impression that the familiar story becomes bigger, the backdrop that is LA seems magically fresh, and its also because of that one particular song called City of Stars that triggers all of t"
2017 movies (120 movies items)"Wow, just wow. A passionating movie, full of colors and dreams; Emma Stone is superb as Mia, and Gosling overflows charisma. Damien Chazelle can already figure between the great promises of Hollywood. Many people didn't like the ending, but that was what sold the movie for me. If it has any downsides (not being a 10/10), it's because the movie dosen't have memorable songs, and the big dance scenes are all in the first hour of the movie. "
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The 74th Annual Golden Globes (34 movies items)"7 NOMS/7 WINS Best Actor - Motion Picture - Ryan Gosling Best Actress - Motion Picture - Emma Stone Best Director - Motion Picture - Damien Chazelle Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Damien Chazelle Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Justin Hurwitz Best Original Song - Motion Picture - "City of Stars" - Music and Lyrics by: Justin Hurwitz/Benj Pasek/Justin Paul "
Film Journal 2017 (162 movies items)"Someone actually gave Damien Chazelle enough money so he could make a lavish color version of a Busby Berkeley -musical and that makes me rather happy. La La Land is a mix between Berkeley's wild, imaginative Broadway show-esque musicals where singing and lyrics barely made any songs but relied heavily on dance choreography and surreal sets, and one of Jacques Demy's musicals, the name of which I won't write here because it would immediately divulge the entirety of the story of La La Land, becau"
