I am a HUGE musical fan. I've been involved with musical theatre for the past twelve years and I always enjoy watching new musicals. For all of the praise this movie got, I thought it was going to be a showstopper to stand the test of time. I had listened to the first song and loved it, so I thought I'd give it a try. Suffice to say this movie is VERY disappointing and VERY overrated. Before I get through with this review, I'll give some positives. The cinematography was awesome, the jazz in the show is fantastic and the first song is hype as hell.Now let's get into this. The premise involves two struggling artists trying to find themselves in LA. They find each other, start a relationship, which is ultimately ended abruptly before the two go on their separate ways. The movie tries to play out as a romance, but that's sorely missing seeing as both Stone and Gosling's characters abandon their obvious feelings for each other for their careers, which in a sense is an ironic yet realistic representation of Hollywood. The story is nothing special and the plot advances almost nowhere before making a huge timeskip out of nowhere at the end of the movie. If you want a long romance movie featuring Ryan Gosling, you're better off with "The Notebook."Despite being a musical, this show has a surprising lack of songs that are memorable. The ONLY song I like is the opening "Another Day of Sun", which, despite being awesome is extremely misleading. The tone of the movie is vastly different from the fun and cheery opening, taking a more depressing route and not really veering from it. There really isn't a variety of songs either. And while I like the lead actors, specifically Stone, who I LOVED in The Help, neither of them could carry a tune or dance to save their life. Now, actors don't necessarily have to have a musical past to be good singers or dancers. For example, Renee Zellweiger had almost no experience in musical theatre but KILLED IT in "Chicago". Natalie Wood wasn't a good singer, but the directors had the sense to have someone sing over her in "West Side Story". Neither actor in this movie had particularly any talent in singing or dancing and it showed.As a romance musical, "La La Land" was devoid of any meaningful romance or memorable music. Movie musicals like "West Side Story", "Grease" and even to an extent "Hairspray" drive the romance and musical aspect home without losing any charm; something "La La Land" was not able to do. If you're looking for a better movie musical that didn't start on Broadway, "The Greatest Showman" is loads better. The music and choreography are both fantastic and memorable. It's loud, colorful and vivacious without being distracting.In short, "La La Land" is about two moody hopefuls in Hollywood who get into a shallow relationship that shatters after one fight, ultimately abandoning each other for their careers. In the age of social media, neither character bother to contact the other about their success.All in all, after watching the movie, I feel both disappointed and robbed of my time. What I thought was going to be a showstopping, upbeat modern recreation of shows like "42nd Street" and "Singin' in the Rain" turned out to be a depressing and hollow movie not worth your time or money. Don't let the bright colors or jazzy beats fool you. This was simply a pandering to Hollywood and the elitists who live there.You'd be better off watching any other movie musical. It's just simply not worth the hype.

So, the obvious.. both visually and audibly this movie is nothing short of stunning. The colour palette, the score, the costumes; all practically flawless and with great traditional stage lighting to support what amounts to a very beautifully constructed piece of cinematography.The dialogue was a little too smart at times but it never strayed so far off the beaten path to pull me out of the experience. The characters were likable, even if they seemed to go for the all too common trope of characters that are only flawed because other characters tell you they are, whereas throughout the entire movie they practically make no missteps in any capacity.Speaking of characters, the leads were brilliantly acted but didn't feel quite as fleshed out as I would have liked. The leads, both Gosling and Stone stole the show and the chemistry between them never felt forced to me. Secondary characters were entirely forgettable and I struggle to recall a single notable one.The plot was entirely competent. Nothing groundbreaking -- but then I don't really feel it has to be, after all; moonlight and love-songs are never out of date~In summary, a great way to spend two hours. Themes felt a bit heavy handed at times, but the film was a feast for both eyes and ears and it's worth catching.

Well, here is a movie that happened. There's a whiny female character who whines about accomplishing her dreams...50's backdrops...a loser...sucky music...yup, this is a rotter.I am appalled to see that this cheese-eating stinker is the highest rated movie of 2016. We got movies like 'Doctor Strange', 'Deadpool', an other better movies, but this? This is the very definition of 'Trying too hard to be another movie'. In this case, the movie tries to be 'Singin' in the Rain', 'The Sound of Music', 'West Side Story', and 'Brigadoon' all rolled into one lousy crap pile. This is the 21st Century, and they overhyped the movie with jazz music. I'm not a big fan of jazz music, and after meeting Sebastian, who for some reason thinks no one listens to jazz anymore. What an idiot. I haven't felt hate towards a main protagonist in such a way since...never mind. It doesn't matter.-10 out of 10 stars from me, 'La La Land'. You smell. Bad.

This movie is about a jazz musician, an actress and their romance. There are many scenes of singing and dancing and good this film is good for people who love performing arts. But the most important theme ,I think, is LOVE. When it isthe love for sounds, it is music. When for theatre, it is acting. When for a person, it is romance. And through the love, the 2 character grow up and purchase their dreams. This movie inspired me into loving acting and standup comedy. When you love something , that could be your dream. Ill recommend this to everybody who love something and who wants to love something.