La La Land

Yes, I know this is the Broadway board, but I feel like this has enough going for it (movie musical, Pasek and Paul, etc) that it shouldn't be in the off-topic board.

Just got out of seeing it and... wow!! Simply walking on air after this movie! It puts you in such a good mood and is the perfect remedy for all the negativity going on in the world around us. Looking like it is one of the front runners for Best Picture and I really hope it can win this one. This is a MUST see!!

I also saw this a couple of days ago at a preview screening in Australia and loved every second.

The soundtrack and score are available on Apple Music/Spotify etc, now. In Australia, the John Legend track isn't available on Spotify, not sure if that's the same elsewhere though.

her eyebrows in the trailers are painful...

still excited for the movie though!

Mrtrobz said: "I think this will be a similar Oscars season to when Chicago released and it has a real shot of some major musical film nominations, my only problem in the film is that it's a musical but Emma Stone can't really sing,"



What on earth are you talking about.??? I am so confused














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Updated On: 12/9/16 at 04:58 AM

I thought it was kind of bad. Ryan and Emma can't sing and the story could not be simpler. And shooting musical numbers all in one take does them no favors, other than letting the director say, "Look at me!"

I just listened to the soundtrack and it's a great score. It's up on Spotify.

It's a great movie (although not as good as 'Moonlight' )but it's certainly not a great musical. The musical numbers are impressive because of the visuals that accompany them. I think theatre lovers may judge this more harshly than other audiences. I really did love it though.

Updated On: 12/9/16 at 01:24 PM

Stunning, original, purely joyous in places, and the last 30 or so minutes are brilliantly heartfelt. I left on a cloud of whimsy.

gypsy101 said: "MrsSallyAdams, the movie Once isn't a musical. it's a dramatic film about the creation of an album; the material of the songs themselves do not advance the plot.




It's a musical that uses the creation of an album as its framework. Songs that advance the plot have never been a prerequisite for a musical.

I saw LA LA LAND last night at the Dome in Hollywood (followed by a Q&A with director Damien Chazelle, composer Justin Hurwitz, and some guy named Ryan Gosling!)

From first frame to last, I loved every single minute of this film.

It's rapturous, glorious, heartfelt, powerfully moving, visually stunning. It reminds you just how utterly magical, transcendent, and transporting movies can be.

Loved, loved, LOVED IT!

Already have my ticket to see it again tomorrow (this time with Emma Stone in attendance!)

To Auggie27: I'm an admirer of both NEW YORK, NEW YORK and MOULIN ROUGE, and though it shares qualities with each (along with SINGING IN THE RAIN, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, etc., etc.), LA LA LAND is its own unique animal.

I think the teaser trailer captures the film brilliantly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBUXcNTjviI (The longer, official trailer is good, too, but I feel it gives away too much.)

I so didn't love the movie.

It is wildly overhyped. Emma and Ryan are beyond charming but again, the original songs lacked quite a bit.

I didn't get all the feels that everyone had been talking about for the past few months

The film reminded me of Everyone Says I Love You - good, bad and indifferent.

I don't think in years to come that folks will think this should be a Best Picture for the Oscars - it lacked a certain something,

Favorite this year still are - Moonlight, Manchester and can't wait for Fences

Definitely loved this much more than Moonlight. Left La La Land feeling joyous. Left Moonlight feeling confused.

It sounds very white.