52in52: La La Land
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La La Land is a musical about Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and their pursuits as creatives. Emma wants to be an actress while Sebastian wants to be a professional jazz pianist. It was a great movie. The plot and musical numbers were great. Mia and Sebastian’s lives started separately, and as the story progressed, their love and passion intertwined. I loved one of the themes of the movies about the importance of the arts. Sebastian explains that Jazz is dying because it’s treated as background or elevator music. He sees it as a story, there’s context to the notes, and they have to be observed and appreciated. The music needs to be in the front, not the background. The set design was amazing. I was looking around during every musical number, trying to take in as much of it as possible. I have thoughts about the ending, but I’ll save them for the spoiler section after the movie list.
I give this movie a 4/5. My girlfriends have the same rating. To quote her, she liked “the plot, the characters and the music”.
- 1/5 - I don't like it and I don't recommend it
- 2/5 - I liked it but I don't recommend it
- 3/5 - I liked it and I recommend it
- 4/5 - I liked it and I would keep a copy in my collection
- 5/5 - A masterpiece
- Bugonia - 4/5
- Philadelphia - 3/5
- Look Back - 5/5
- Drunken Master - 3/5
- When Harry Met Sally - 4/5
- The Grand Budapest Hotel - 4/5
- The Departed - 5/5
- La La Land - 4/5
- La Haine - 3/5
- Dead Poets Society
- Requiem for a Dream
- Apollo 13
- A Few Good Men
- Ghost in the Shell
- American History X
- The Thing
- Clue
- Jojo Rabbit
- Schindler’s List
- 2001: Space Odyssey
- Momento
- Memories and Murder
- Donnie Darko
- Millenium Actress
- Paprika
- Black swan
- Seven Samurai
- Alien
- The Shining
- Cast Away
- Hateful Eight
- Contact
- The Sixth Sense
- Training Day
- The Green Room
- Wild Robot
- Sound of Music
- Nightcrawler
- Bridge on the River Kwai
- V for Vendetta
- Tokyo Grandfathers
- Call me by your name
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Trainspotting
- Hyakuemu.
- In the Mood for Love
- Hard Boiled
- Only Yesterday
- The Cat Returns
- When Marnie was There
- From Up on Poppy Hill
Now for the ending, I am so sad that Mia and Seb don’t end up together. I understand why they both had to focus on their crafts, and that didn’t leave space for each other. In that time, it’s only natural that they may find someone else. This doesn’t mean their love wasn’t true, it just means it was the love they needed at that time. Just seeing what their life would have been together, it was so damn cute.