A romantic movie set in the 1940s and 1950s is ordinary and bland but if it is a musical like "La La Land," it becomes an exciting melodramatic experience. This is one picture that will be talked about for a long time.
Creating a musical movie set at an old timeline was a beautiful work only that only Damien Chazelle could have done. Chazelle had previously produced "Guy and Madeline on a Park," so creating "La La Land" is nothing new to him.
The movie endeavors to awaken the movie worlds appreciation for good music accompanied by dancing, a genre that has long been unseen in the movie world. "Sound of Music" and "Singing in the Rain" are fine examples of this and there have been many such films in the past.
What is more alluring to the fans is the fact that "La La Land" tells the story of an aspiring actress (Emma Stone)in Los Angeles who meets and falls for a jazz musician (Ryan Gosling) working with a band playing in hotels and night clubs. Gosling's character plays the theme of the movie "City of Stars" when the two met in a night club.
Actually, it was the second time they met. Huffington Post narrates that the first time was at an LA street at the film's opening scene where fluttering birds direct a cacophony of taxi drivers into flawlessly executing a well-choreographed dance number.
Gosling and Stone are not really accomplished singers but the song numbers fit their singing voices and eventually project them into a pair of striving souls lost in their own worldly ambitions. Gosling wishes to own his own night club while Stone wants to become a movie star.
It is when they are together in the movie strolling in the hilly streets over looking Hollywood that the dance and music theme of the film is at its best. "La La Land" has brought back the musical genre into the modern filming era.
