Nyah, I don’t enjoy crowded theatres.
I think the most interesting thing isn’t the fact that it’s a musical. I think it’s the similarity of the endings of La La Land and Café Society (the Woody Allen movie from earlier this year). They’re both about what will happen to couples several years after the main events of the story who wonder if they made the right choice.
Well, that’s certainly possible, but I still don’t like musicals.
The OP will be pleased to know that I was deciding between Rogue One and La La Land and chose the latter partly based on this thread though I will probably watch Rogue One later anyway.
Liked it a lot and I don’t normally watch musicals. Marvelous performance by Emma Stone and some lovely cinematography which deserves multiple viewings. Also an unusually honest treatment of the ubiquitous “follow your dreams” theme.
" Singing is the lowest form of communication." - Homer Simpson
The man is not often right, but in this case he most definitively is.
No musical can be ever better than Star Wars (and by Star Wars I mean the movie called Star Wars, no bloody “new hope”.)
Not even the Star Wars Holiday Special?
*Specially *the Star Wars Holiday Special
Come on. It combines the best of both worlds; it’s Star Wars and it’s a musical.
I’m also not a fan of musicals and honestly the opening number… well, it’s been getting a lot of positive comments but I found it somewhat cringe-worthy so I didn’t have high expectations. BUT… the movie won me over. Emma Stone in particular is absolutely perfect in this role.
I saw both, I have outlier cred to maintain, after all. Really liked it, they had me at the opening number, I see the soundtrack in my future.
I saw it today. Better than Rogue One by a wide margin. It will be considered one of the great landmarks of film history long after ** Rogue One** is forgotten as second-rate juvenalia.
Even if you think you’re not going to like it, see it. You’ll change your mind after the first scene, which is breathtaking movie making (as opposed to the pretty dull fight scenes in Rogue One).
Or don’t see it. You’re the one who’s missing out on greatness.
Well, I’ve seen both Rogue One and La La Land and while I liked them both, I wouldn’t say either was the best movie I’ve seen this year.
(for the Best of 2016 I’d choose either The Lobster or Manchester By The Sea)
I was looking forward to seeing La La Land. I liked the cast and had heard a lot of good things about it. As I said, I liked it but it was far from great. The songs, so important in a musical, I didn’t find all that memorable and while that shouldn’t be a make or break for this film, the fact that the leads, Gosling and Stone really can’t sing, kept me from loving this film.
I was hoping to see (and possibly enjoy) both.
Now it appears I have to choose just one.
Damn.
mmm
One of the reviews of the movie (which I can’t find now) said the fact that neither lead was really a great singer added to the charm of the movie.
Nope, nope. Per some snivelly special snowflake weenie, anyone who enjoys La-La Land (or Singin’ In The Rain) is just a closeted Trump supporter who has the luxury of “white privilege” to be nostalgic for a past where black people were marginalized. I’m starting to loathe people who insist on making every-fucking-thing political. (“Singin’ in the Rain, the famed 1952 musical, did look backwards, to the 1920s. But the all-white cast did not confront the politics and social changes.” sez the Snowflake. “Why should it? Everything doesn’t need to be a fucking polemic” sez me.)
Ignoring the linked douchebag, the comments here and the fact that he linked La-La Land to Singin’ In The Rain* makes it a must see for me (and I also want to see Rogue One).
*One of most perfect movies ever made
I’m confused; did you like it or not?
I haven’t seen it–but now, because of the reviews here and that article, I want to see it more. It’s been moved up my list of “to see” movies.
Well, I was really looking forward to this (as a lover of all types of musicals on stage and screen) and having seen it, I honestly think it’s one of the worst movies of the year (and I saw about 150 new releases on the big screen in 2016).
I think the songs are sub-par (any random episode of My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has better numbers), the characterization is laughably thin & hokey (and no, that’s not “typical” for musicals), the film gives itself a hernia trying to impress us with its whiz-bang energy and camera bravura (think bad DePalma, like Bonfire of the Vanities), and the simple truth is that while they’re usually terrific actors, neither Emma Stone nor Ryan Gosling can sing or dance. I’ve never seen the show Dancing with the Stars, but this is what I imagine it to be like. B-for-Effort but pales in the shadow of what could’ve been possible (brought into even sharper relief by the inclusion of John Legend, who can sing).
It’d be easy to go into further detail, but people are going to like what they like. But I found ROGUE ONE immeasurably better and even more original (LA LA LAND is less homage than grueling, mediocre pastiche). Whiplash, by the same director, had some problems, but I found it incredibly accomplished technically with some really provocative dynamics. LLL doesn’t have a novel idea in its head, so it resorts to lazy lifts from various musicals it borrows from (ranging from Fred & Ginger to Jacques Demy), poorly. In a word: Ugh.
I haven’t seen it yet, but several friends have seen it and either kinda liked it or really didn’t like it. Everyone has brought up how neither of the stars can sing or dance that well. So I am curious if that’s the point of the movie, or if we’re not supposed to notice that. Also, I am curious about Ryan Gosling being the white savior of jazz and if that’s as tone deaf as it sounds or if it’s handled well in the movie.
I’d been wanting to see the movie based on the ads and early reviews, but less so from word of mouth. I’ll probably get around to seeing it once it’s on HBO or Netflix. I wouldn’t be surprised if it does win best picture at the Oscars, since it’s about Hollywood, but then I’m guessing it’ will be a mostly forgotten film like Chicago in another 10 years.
Dude, delete your account. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. There’s no way Rogue One is “immeasurably better” (that’s gotta be a joke).