Not my type of movie, is now

Rating: 8/10 (9 October 2017)

Damien Chazelle's Whiplash was a fantastic movie so I was excited to see what he did next, and La La Land is probably my favourite "musical" ever.
Musicals are not my type of movie and this movie of course has the scenes of people getting up, singing and dancing their hearts out, but in no scene does it without progressing the story in some way which I loved. Not only is the non-stop use of music actually good, but also never feels like it was forced into the movie.
Damien Chazelle is a genius, and his obvious love for jazz seeped through the screen throughout the movie and contains one of the most underrated scenes in this movie where Ryan Gosling talks about jazz and his love for it, and this theme is probably my favourite of the film.
The only downside to this movie is the inevitable lack of people being interested in a musical as they may not believe they will see a great story as well, which is definitely evident here.
This addition to Damien Chazelle's collection is very welcome and one of the best musicals in recent memory. We can only hope that Chazelle expands his work outside of movies about music so he can be appreciated by a wider audience. With La La Land, he has proved that he is capable.