The reviewers were right about Hamilton, they're right about LaLa Land. Where Broadway's hit is all-new and transformative, LaLa Land is an homage to the Hollywood that's gone.
Mia keeps trying and trying to get a break as an actress while paying the bills as a barista. Sebastian keeps playing weddings and garden parties as he dreams of opening his own jazz club, even though everyone tells him there's no money in jazz or intimate clubs anymore.
They meet, they fall in love. They break into song and they dance.
Emma Stone is adorable, ready to pick up the mantle of America's Sweetheart that Julia, Jennifer and Sandra have all outgrown. Ryan Gosling is so intense and so handsome. You really want them to live happily ever after.
It's not a perfect movie. It doesn't have a memorable score. There isn't a song that stayed with me or that I'm still humming. None of the supporting cast is remotely interesting.
But it's joyous and consequential. It's what we go to the movies for. See it!
I agree!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought they had great chemistry in Crazy, Stupid, Love.
ReplyDeleteWe saw LA LA LAND today, loved it! SMILING just thinking about how we enjoyed it. My husband said it was uplifting and had a degree of sentimentality in a year of moral decline in the world.
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