Okay, I had planned to not write anything about La La Land at all. But after a second watch, I feel compelled to. This is going to be long. I must say this upfront, you may agree to this or may not, cause of course people are entitled to their opinions, but I will stick to this through and through.
I will also say this that whatever I'm writing will do absolutely, absolutely no justice to this film and the genius that this is.

Quoting someone I know, "there are many kinds of beauties, and La La Land is one of those beauties which can't be described. This movie is one such beauty". Every word of this statement cannot be truer. La La Land is stunning, exhilarating, breath-taking and so many adjectives not known to me but above all, plain simple it's BEAUTIFUL. Its the most beautiful thing you will see on a screen.

La La Land is the type of cinema that is not made anymore. A film with so much heart and soul and colour and music in it. The film begins with a chock-a-block LA Road filled with cars, and the riders suddenly come out in this impromptu chorus dance on the road and on top of the cars. And from that moment onwards, you experience something so elegant, so soulful, so colourful, that you would have to pinch yourself at the end to know its for real and then once you realize it was, you would feel bad that this ended this soon.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone gave out their career best performances in terms of how much they worked for their roles. From learning dancing for 4 months to taking 4 hours of Piano lessons a day for half a year, the two went all the way with this, and it shows. It shows on their emotions on every close-up Chazelle captures, very intentionally so, it shows on the long piano shots of Gosling, it shows on the songs which the actors sing themselves.

Damien Chazelle, someone who has only made one properly distributed film before(which I loved, obviously), took this risk to make a musical in this day and age and oh god didn't it pay out. I cannot thank this man enough for the stunning colours on display. The purple hue of the night and the lamp-posts used everywhere will be etched in everyone's mind. From the costumes to the backgrounds of Stone's audition sets, to the Jazz clubs, and even the Griffith Observatory auditorium, he gets the light, colour and shadows so perfect, its almost too good to believe.

Last but not the least, Justin Hurwitz, for making a soundtrack I could hear forever on loop. It can make you dance, it can make you sad, it can make you cry. All at once probably and it was so amazingly good. Whether it was Gosling on the piano or the entire cast in a chorus, everything felt in place.

This movie manages its emotions so well. It doesn't jolt you into being happy or sad, it slowly builds you up to be cheerful and then slowly holds your hand and brings you down to a world of sadness. It will make you so happy and it will also break your heart. It makes me believe in imperfections, in sacrifices, in being realistic at the end of the day no matter how dreamy everything is.

I have watched a considerable amount of movies, and no matter what I have watched at the end of it, or perhaps after some days or on a rewatch, I have felt something needed changing or the other. But this movie from the first scene hypnotized me and everything felt so perfect. Even on a rewatch.

Thank you both so much for this. People will, of course, think I'm overreacting, but honestly, I don't care. Go on and watch this movie in the theater, you'll never forget this experience. I still am not over this, and I'm not sure I want to.
Rating? ummm.. 20/10 or 50 or whatever. Dont care.