Language - English
Director - Damien Chazelle
Run Time - 2 hours, 8 minutes
Genre - Musical/Romantic
Starring - Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
La La Land, could be called equivalent to a whirlwind of fresh air. Damien Chazelle, who brought us Whiplash last year, brings another musical extravaganza and brings back to life an almost dead genre of movies - A musical.
Rarely do we get to see good musicals these years, but Chazelle here shows us that there is still some scope for the genre yet with this piece of grandiose cinema. The sets, the shots were so beautiful and exquisite.
The leading actors of this film have already made two films together, 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' and 'Gangster Squad', and have shown sizzling chemistry together. Once again, they manage to make magic and take us for a beautiful trip.
The plot could be called cliched; it follows the life of two struggling artists in Los Angeles - Mia, an aspiring actress, and a part-time barista, and Sebastian, a talented jazz artist, struggling to find his place amidst jazz itself dying. We follow the flamboyant fantasy as these two strive for success or settle for mediocrity?
The soundtrack, created by Justin Hurwitz is magical, especially the song 'City of Stars' and the last song of the movie. On that note, I would like to give credit to the director on the way he ended the movie. The entire last scene was so engrossing, as well as exhilarating.
In all, I would say that La La Land, is an intoxicating movie, that thrills you every second, and proves that musicals are not yet dead. A movie not for entertainment seekers, more for the art lovers. Not everybody's cup of tea as I did note a sense of disappointment among the friends I went to the movie with.
My Rating - 8/10
The way Damien presented whiplash and la la land is phenomenal. Where whiplash was more aggressive extravaganza and on the other side we get to see the touch of romance with a dying music JAZZ. Songs by Justin were truly magical indeed.if one seem to notice the similarity in both the movies is that the top-notch ending of 10-15 minutes thrills the audience full of excitement. Your review was very aspiring, which made me watch "Swiss army man"...Oh boy what a movie, what an idea and the cinematography was fabulous, movie was definitely underrated.
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