La La Land REALLY Is That Good

<p><em>La La Land<&sol;em> has stunned critics as it has broken records at the Golden Globes with 7 wins&comma; been placed in many Best of 2016 lists and is being highly tipped by the industry for being an Oscar win for Best Picture&period; Our own Christopher Cross has also gave it a 10&sol;10 with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;la-la-land-review-tiff-2016&sol;">his review from the Toronto Film Festival<&sol;a>&excl; However&comma; is it really that good&quest; Are the critics actually correct&quest; Absolutely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"0pdqf4P9MB8" title&equals;"La La Land &lpar;2016 Movie&rpar; Official Trailer – &&num;039&semi;Dreamers&&num;039&semi;"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;0pdqf4P9MB8"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;0pdqf4P9MB8&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"La La Land &lpar;2016 Movie&rpar; Official Trailer – &&num;039&semi;Dreamers&&num;039&semi;"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Set in the city of dreams&comma; Los Angeles&comma; this movies captures the wonder of Hollywood and the desperate race to become successful&period; Mia&comma; played by Emma Stone&comma; is a struggling actress for years who is trying to chase her dream of being a noteworthy star&period; Ryan Gosling as Sebastian is a jazz musician who is finding it tough to find a job within the irrelevant jazz scene of the modern age&period; Both play off together beautifully in a very classic way as they tap dance&comma; sing&comma; and meaningfully fall in love&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not your average chick flick and it&&num;8217&semi;s not a typical Oscar chasing film that is trying to be superficial&period; You really believe in their chemistry as they both find their similarities and figure out their differences&period; As a result&comma; they both learn off each other and grow as people because of their relationship that honestly is the most natural I have seen on screen&period; The writing is outstanding as you could imagine that each line can be said by people in Los Angeles and not a script writer&semi; nothing came across as out of place or cliché in a genre that can easily take you out of a movie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are amazing in this movie&period; Their timing is perfect&comma; their conversations look and sound right rather than contrived&comma; and they awkwardly but realistically act out a relationship that is growing like when two people are at a cinema or are late for a date&period; Plus&comma; you can sense their emotions and nothing feels out of place&period; You know how frustrated they are during an argument&comma; the pain they are going through when they fail an audition or have to get something done for money rather than a passion&comma; and the joy on their faces when they succeed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;116331" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-116331" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-116331 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;28095810&sol;1080-1024x576&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"La La Land" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-116331" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>La La Land<&sol;em>&comma; Entertainment One&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The cinematography will likely bring joy to many as well&period; A highway of dancers excellently choreographed and shot shows the eccentric side of Los Angeles during its opening&comma; the dream sequences between Gosling and Stone are stunning with its Parisian fantasy art style&comma; and the director&comma; Damien Chazelle&comma; makes Los Angeles look stunning with the colors and locales presented onscreen&period; The blend between real life and the fantastical in this movie transitions in such a smooth way as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The music by Justin Hurwitz&comma; is incredibly charming&period; The opening number&comma; <em>Another Day of Sun<&sol;em>&comma; is infectiously catchy with its toe-tapping jazzy score and cheerful piano melody&period; The theme of the song carries through the film with the delightful track&comma; <em>Someone in the Crowd <&sol;em>and other themes in the soundtrack&period; <em>City of Stars<&sol;em>&comma; which won Best Original Song at the Golden Globes&comma; has been repeating in my head&semi; I&&num;8217&semi;ve hummed the song to my workouts&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a song that resonates with the struggle of actors and others in life as they try to reach their goals within a city of &&num;8220&semi;stars&period;&&num;8221&semi; Another stand out from <em>La La Land<&sol;em> is when Gosling and Stone tap dance like the old movies&semi; it&&num;8217&semi;s a great reminder for those who love that era&comma; but it also helps further establish their characters&&num;8217&semi; relationship as they both have an appreciation for the old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you are a fan of classic cinema or like a great love story&comma; <em>La La Land<&sol;em> is a movie you should check out&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not overrated&comma; and it deserves the praise throughout this awards season&period; As someone who has just visited Los Angeles for the first time over the Summer&comma; I am yearning to go back because of this movie &lpar;hopefully during E3&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;