![]() There’s songs, there’s dancing, but there is also a lot of drama that hits you right in the gut. However, this is not your typical romantic musical. Soon the two “failures” start to cross paths more and more and before long fire and ice find some common ground and a romance is sparked. Simmons as his boss) at a local restaurant. The two happen to brush shoulders when Sebastian plays some of his music (and ends up getting fired by J.K. The other is Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a Jazz pianist who is trying to make ends meet by being an ACTUAL improvisational jazz musician in a world that seems to care less and less about traditional Jazz every year. She’s ever hopeful, but ever disappointed as the hard life of a struggling actor is made apparent to her over the course of six years. One is Mia (Emma Stone), a second-generation actor who is struggling and trying to get that perfect audition to land a role, while working across from the Warner film lot as a barista. “La La Land” follows in that vein by using imitation as the highest form of flattery, but ending with a controversial ending that will polarize the viewers without question. Kind of like how “The Artist” got so much critical acclaim by being a black and white silent film (although it WAS a legitimately good movie as well). It was a MUSICAL in a generation where musicals have pretty much fallen to the wayside, bringing back that overwhelming sense of nostalgia and cinematic history that dominated the screen for decades. “La La Land” was the shoe in for Oscar territory being that it was tailor made for the win. As much as I was sad for the “La La Land” cast for having their hopes dashed ON STAGE (that’s always embarrassing), I was a bit disappointed for “Moonlight” to have won too as “Hacksaw Ridge” was by FAR the superior flick to either. Accidentally being in the spotlight for about 30 seconds as Warren Beatty is handed the wrong card for best picture winner making the entire cast light up like the fourth of July, only to have the rug pulled out from under them when it’s realized that “Moonlight” actually won. By now if you’ve seen ANYTHING about the academy awards you have seen the controversy and drama over “La La Land” and it’s win/no win status for best pictures. ![]()
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