THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS IN THE REVIEW.
Hello readers,
I am finally back with the first film review of 2017 and I shall start off with this critically acclaimed musical, La La Land.
La La Land is an original light musical directed by Damien Chazelle. Not only did Chazelle directed this beautiful musical, but also wrote the whole screenplay which he had hold on to for many years due to his creative vision. La La Land starred Stone and Gosling as Mia and Sebastian, both aspiring actress and jazz pianist who found each other and shared the common idealistic together. As the film progresses, the audience grows together with the couple as the drama unfolds, the fools who dream and unfortunately not everything ends well.
La La Land started off with a bang on the opening where you see a group of ordinary people coming out of their vehicles and burst into their bright energy as they sang Another Day of Sun. This is typically showing the people, fools who believed in chasing their dreams and it is quite a common sighting especially when one chooses to come to a place to pursue their passion. As the film progresses, there was a canny tribute to musicals we loved in the past and a nod to films like The Artist and West Side Story, whereby the sense of nostalgia, love in the air and on point comedic interaction.
As the story unfolds, I was left bitter and disappointed that the story went with the ending of showing both Mia and Sebastian never ended up together to see each other being successful and do so many bright things in future. It was sad to see two individuals who shared the same dream separated because their paths don't matched at the end of the day. Their ambitions led them to drift apart. Hence, La La Land is a film which tugged on audience's heartstrings and leave you feeling empty where your hopes are cast down, especially the epilogue - I could not help myself but to cry and weep for both characters. That segment was the most beautiful yet sad thing I ever seen on a musical film.
With brilliant directing, acting performances by Stone and Gosling, and great soundtrack, La La Land is a promising musical film with many to offer and is a definite strong contender for its screenplay and acting at the upcoming Oscars. I would recommend this film to anyone of any ages because this film itself offers such a dynamic piece of visionary, for anyone can be the fool to dream and hopefully you will someday find a path which will lead to the place you want to be. While La La Land did left me weeping for days, this film has to be one of the best I have watched since The Artist and so many more films.
Ratings: 9/10
P.S. The soundtrack is a definite must to hear because it is catchy and yet at the same time, it takes you on a magical journey with both Mia and Sebastian. Even by its own (should you not watched the film), the soundtrack is still pleasantly good for the ears.
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