FoxHound Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 *I will attempt to avoid spoilers but a minor one here and there may slip through the cracks* I am by no means a musical aficionado, I'm not really a fan of most musicals brought to film (broadway is fun) and the only musical I enjoyed before La La Land was Guys and Dolls with Frank Sinatra (I've seen about ~6 other musicals total), but I LOVE film and it is a serious hobby of mine, and I'm kind of a film snob or a cinephile. So when I say La La Land was incredible, I hope my experience with musicals is more convincing rather than not. You do not have to enjoy musicals to see La La Land and enjoy it, the songs don't feel forced (with 1 exception imo that would spoil a lot if I shared the song) and every song is well written, well sung and brilliantly choreographed. The story is exciting and heartfelt and you really are rooting for the characters because they exude unharvested talent that you know is there, which gives you this proud feeling every time they perform (Emma Stone's character being an actress and Ryan Gosling's character being a pianist). This isn't a product of a typical euphoric happy-go-lucky musical, this is the product of mixing a fun musical experience with masterful cinematography. Furthermore, writer and director Damien Chazelle is the same writer who worked on Whiplash and 10 Cloverfield Lane, so I am thoroughly confident that we are alive to witness a new cinematic giant the likes of Spielberg or Fellini, this film is a masterpiece in every sense and created by one of the best in Hollywood. Additionally, La La Land is shot in a very "Wes Anderson" sort of style with its great exuberance of color and lighting, which dramatically sets the mood subconsciously if you don't know what to look for, if that is something you admire (like me) it is a delight to see Chazelle's take. You'd be doing yourself a disservice by not seeing La La Land in the best theater nearby. In today's status updates someone recommended movie reviews, and while I don't intend on writing many (if any) more, this movie needs to be seen and I am passionate about that, so I figured I'd do anything I could to get that message across. Also, shoutout to Father for writing much better reviews than me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPS2mjlBmTw http://www.imdb.com/...?ref_=nm_knf_i3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I remember in my choir last year, I performed some of the songs from Guys and Dolls, very fun set of songs, I didn't however look into the musicals however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxHound Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Cool review dude. Join community outreach? We'll talk when you get back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EngineTrap Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I though this was a shitpost cuz of the title but it was an actual legit well organized post and review, thanks for showing me a cool movie dude! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxHound Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Something I wanted to include but didn't get to, this meets every expectation you would expect it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeri :) Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I didn't read it all because walls of text are scary. Anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxHound Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 I remember in my choir last year, I performed some of the songs from Guys and Dolls, very fun set of songs, I didn't however look into the musicals however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoch Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I wanna see this so badly especially after the foxhound review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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