La La Land

24 January 2020

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Every movie needs to be watched in a certain state of mind. I put off watching this movie for a long time because it's a musical, and the musical for me is pink snot. But there came a time when the soul was very hard. And then I wanted something light and airy. And it's La La Landa's turn. And I liked everything: the actors, the music, and the story. And in the epilogue, I cried like a naive schoolgirl, and I couldn't stop the tears. I was impressed with the film because it was seen in time. In due time. I understand those who are negative, it's just that it's either not yours at all, or you watched it when there was no spiritual need.
The film is for those who want to take a break from the realities of our lives and plunge into romance. Simple, simple.
And yes, Gosling in the lead role.

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09 May

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The essence of the film: for the sake of high achievements in professional activity, a person has to sacrifice personal happiness (normal family life).

Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) are young losers. Mia is unable to audition for roles in theater and film, and Sebastian is a professional jazz pianist who cannot earn money to open a jazz club due to the unpopularity of jazz itself. Having met, they sincerely help each other overcome the streak of failure, although Mia does not like jazz, and Sebastian is indifferent to theater and cinema.

Impression. I started watching the movie twice. For the first time barely survived and until the end watched the first episode on the highway, where dancers-emigrants gallop on cars, which is a typical scene for a musical. I don't like this genre. I haven't seen the movie since.

Now I've seen it for the second time, even though I hate actress Emma Stone and jazz. I hope there are people who agree with my opinion.

Gosling is the same. It is enough for him to be in the frame, and the scene succeeded. He has something to play on the plot, only spoil the role. Neither Gosling nor Stone can dance well (from nature it is not given), so their dances were given minimally, since in a musical it is impossible without this.
And despite this, the film was successful: the musical was combined with melodrama and showed the truth of life: without personal sacrifices, success does not happen. Strong love can also be a hindrance.

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14 September 2024

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On a sunny day, I love listening to another day of sun.
I didn’t feel sorry for them... Well, we met after many years, yeah. They had an affair of two creative natures, yes. . Maybe it was about the fact that in the name of success, they had to sacrifice the most valuable thing they had in the past. They had chemistry, but for some reason it didn’t seem like it was too hard to be together. Perhaps without even risking living a normal life, they would not be able to date for a long time. #129488

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18 October 2023

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I watched this film, around which there was so much talk and such differences of opinion, I will say right away – I liked the film, I think, for about the same reason that I liked the film “The Artist” at one time. It was shot absolutely in compliance with all the laws of the genre, the actors coped well with their roles, their performance did not cause in me either resistance or a sense of awkwardness, which sometimes I have to feel when the performers leave the director’s conditionality (and the musical is a conditional genre) God knows where, and I did not interfere with the circumstances that they sing not as professional singers, but dance not as ballet soloists, they did it well, and the music is pleasant. The plot is also quite interesting for the work of this genre, you do not often find this - both achieve the fulfillment of their dreams, each contributed to the fulfillment of the dream of the other, you can say, pushed to action, but for this they had to part, because neither of them wanted the other to sacrifice themselves for him, so I do not understand those critics who accuse them of selfishness, there is altruism of the purest water. There is no usual happy ending in such cases, when the main characters should merge in arms, he is happy, but in a different way. Interesting and showing a possible alternative development of the plot, flashed before our eyes.
I admit that not everyone will share my point of view on this film, there are always various factors that come into play - and the difference in tastes, and indifference to this genre, and the mood, and dislike of the actors, but I know that there are those who will agree with me.

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05 May 2022