I loved it on first viewing then it cooled for me. A lot. I think the biggest weakness is it's music.
I really need to watch this
Gosling is my number one actor, and Chazelle is such a great director, but I really can't do musicals
I love this. Ryan Gosling not a dancer.I saw it recently and thought it was just… ok. The story was a bit cliché, the ending seemed shoehorned to make you cry and the choreography was really meh. Like, the actors learned how to dance, ok, but they're not dancers.
Ohh Hulu has it. I know what I'm watching tonight
As a musical I found it unimpressive. As a story it was ok, but the white saviour stuff is a bit ehhhh.
Gosling's character doesn't "save" jazz. In fact, I interpreted the ending as him realizing he just wanted to own a jazz club and could have followed Mia and done it anywhere. Essentially, he realizes that Legend's character was right when he says thisThis movie was pure heartache alright, because of how fucking awful it was. Jazz is dead? C'mon. What was this white pandering bs. The entire enterprise was just straight up dismissive to black presence in LA.
Ohh Hulu has it. I know what I'm watching tonight
Also, for anyone out there who loves Gosling's sad boy films, you must watch Stay. Such a haunting film.
Hm, okay. That's the first time I've heard this line of critique. Everything about the ending felt like a natural progression from the events that led before, and the final scene was a bittersweet send off that felt earned and honest to me.Like the writer was looking for the sappiest choice, short of killing one of them.
Plus it felt abrupt: oh, Gosling drove back to you to take you to an audition and … oh … let's break up. And… oh fast forward, she's had a baby with another guy.. BUT THEY SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN! Cue music number.
Will do!
I think I would of liked this film a lot more if it came out before Whiplash.
also John Legend's character was handled very weirdly. They make him out to be an antagonist of sort because he happened to be a proponent of new age jazz. Nothing wrong with trying to evolve the music genre.
Plus it felt abrupt: oh, Gosling drove back to you to take you to an audition and … oh … let's break up. And… oh fast forward, she's had a baby with another guy.. BUT THEY SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN! Cue music number.
If you watch a lot of romance movies it just ok. I wouldn't put it in my top 10. I'm ok with those type of endings but the only one to ever get was Roman Holiday. That last turn Gregory Peck does at the end is just so feels.I saw it recently and thought it was just… ok. The story was a bit cliché, the ending seemed shoehorned to make you cry and the choreography was really meh. Like, the actors learned how to dance, ok, but they're not dancers.
If you watch a lot of romance movies it just ok. I wouldn't put it in my top 10. I'm ok with those type of endings but the only one to ever get was Roman Holiday. That last turn Gregory Peck does at the end is just so feels.
I like Whiplash a little better, but that and La La Land are an amazing pair of movies to start a writing/directing career with. Maybe only Reservoir Dogs/Pulp Fiction surpass that combo.
Yeah that ending is superb. Makes the film go from good to great.
One of the best interpretations of "rose tinted glasses" in media. That ending is all about them imagining things better than they really were.
Inglorious Basterds/Django Unchained is the better Tarantino duo.
Yep, fantastic film.Have you seen "Her" with Joaquin Phoenix? Another great movie with an amazing ending.
Yeah, that movie was a gut punch. It got to me in a way that most movies don't. Beautiful movie, but I don't want to watch it again. Still listen to the songs though.
Or even Kill Bill 1 & 2, if you count it that way. :) I was meaning more like, the first two movies chronologically, the first movie a director ever made and their sophomore follow-up.
Yep, fantastic film.
Have you seen Portrait of a Lady on Fire? Another of my top 5 romantic films of the last few years.
Yup… thinking about the movie is like staring at the sun. Doing it for too long starts to hurt like hell. Not sure when I'll rewatch even though i loved it.Yeah, that movie was a gut punch. It got to me in a way that most movies don't. Beautiful movie, but I don't want to watch it again. Still listen to the songs though.
The movie's ending is easier to accept if you irrationally believe Crazy Stupid Love is its sequel.
Where are you guys finding all these girls that look like Emma Stone lmaoi had broken up with a girl who kinda looked like emma stone before seeing this, did not have a great time.
movies good but I'm glad moonlight won
Where are you guys finding all these girls that look like Emma Stone lmao
I had no idea Henry Cavill was dating Emma. I thought he was dating my homegirl Selena Gomez.
Where are you guys finding all these girls that look like Emma Stone lmao
Nah, Henry is dating his sweat heart since years back. And that is me 😉
is the movie on any streaming app?