It lacked authenticity despite the good ending **Spoilers**

Rating: 7/10 (7 February 2017)

In the last couple of years there had been attempts to make movies that pay homage to cinema and film making, like "The Artist" and "Hugo". Both movies had what La La Land lacked which is an original script and story. Throughout watching La La Land I couldn't help but feeling that the film maker is forcing himself to make a classic like singin in the rain. Nevertheless there were glimpses in the movie that tried to show originality like when Mia tries to talk to Seb the second time they meet and he just rushes out of the bar but these were only glimpses until the very end of the movie where the last half an hour showed the movie's real potential. The whole notion of dreams vs reality and relationships vs passion and self fulfilling careers is very interesting despite the fact the in our current time for a lot of people choosing between passion and relationships is even a luxury not many people posses. Emma Stone performance was brilliant, the music and songs were beautiful in addition to excellent cinematography but this is not a film worthy of being labeled a masterpiece.