Everything I wanted LA LA Land to be as a movie

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2019)

I know it is a strange comparison to make - one movie is set in a Cold War Poland and another in Hollywood but I felt that the underlying stories of the movies were weirdly similar. I must admit that walking out of La La Land I felt disappointed, perhaps the most disappointed I had been with a movie that year, the idea was great, the execution not so much. On the other hand Zimna wojna delivers on all levels. The characters, the visuals, the story and emotion. Coming from a European country I would suspect that non-europeans will have a hard time appreciating this movie as it talks about life in a very non-american/western way and presents it from a point of view of a Polish person. There is certainly a possibility of a culture clash.
Overall I think that if there is a tiny flaw in this movie it is its story. It is very good but at the same time it does not have that extra transcendent element to it. It is more of a poem than a novel. The story is the reason I gave this movie a 9 rather than a 10. I will certainly watch it again and depending on how I enjoy it the second time around I might change the rating to either an 8 or a 10. I am very happy with this movie which is, I think, a bright spot in a year full of dull remakes and superhero movies that are destined to make billions.