Just a Stupid Musical

Rating: Null/10 (26 February 2017)

This is another movie that shows that just because critics and the Academy call a movie amazing and "one of the best picture of the year"doesn't mean the movie is actually worth paying money for or sitting through.
It's about a struggling actress who can't seem to get a gig and a struggling jazz musician who eventually gets a gig but Mia doesn't approve because it's "Sebastian giving up his Jazz dream" or some stupid nonsense like that. He accuses her of only liking him when he was unsuccessful and they go their separate ways. For whatever reason she gets a casting call and he has to go beg her to come back to do the audition. Cue lame musical scene #89 (that's an exaggeration) and he pats himself on the back for getting her a gig and they declare they will always love each other but don't get back together.
Cue a "FIVE YEARS LATER" time jump and she's married with a kid and finds he started his jazz club. Cue lame dream sequence where they imagine what life would be like had it worked out between them and movie ends.
This movie was so, so, so bad. I like Emma Stone and I've never had any issue with Ryan Gosling. But this movie was just terrible. Why is it so acclaimed? It's just a romance musical!
I'm glad I didn't pay for the ticket. I got invited to see it by a friend and she offered to pay because she didn't want to go by herself. Boy, am I glad my money didn't go towards the box office receipts of this stink fest. I'd feel personally offended if it did.
There are too many people out there who base what they think of a movie based on what the critics say or what awards they get nominated for, but frankly, those people need to start thinking for themselves. Because just because a movie is highly rated doesn't mean it's good. It just means that critics are pretentious and they think it makes them look "cultured" if they enjoy a musical like this.
Save yourself the time and energy.