La La Land

La La Land

For the record, this is a first watch for me, Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. It’s the second for me when it comes to Chazelle’s incredible portfolio of cinema, the first being Whiplash. I find this musical romantic masterpiece a tad better than whiplash, in its own category. This film just goes to show that your favorite film can be out there, waiting for you and you don’t even know it. You’ve just got to discover it first and prepare yourself the greatest cinematic experience of your life. La La Land is one of the movies, if not the only movie that I’ve avoided for as long as I have, and I don’t really regret it, but in a good way. I’m not going to go as extreme and say it’s a horror film in any means, and yes it’s definitely sad & sorrowful somewhat. Though, it’s simply just a film that will leave a lingering emotion in your thoughts that essentially cannot be described into as simple categorical emotions like sad, or tragic. The whole film feels like what’s meant to be will end up being as it’s meant. 

The use of monotone colors with every piece of attire was very neat, nothing alike I’ve seen before. Oscar worthy performances of course, as it were. In the midst of all the struggles the 2 characters played by Stone & Gosling were undergoing, I primarily smiled & laughed during the duration of the film which I always find a positive note. I’m not the one too change ratings too often based on more viewings of it, and the same goes for La La Land. It really can’t get much better than this, 5/5 stars from my direction.

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