Hype Train to La La Land

Rating: 6/10 (9 February 2017)

The rating of a movie should be purely subjective, but I get the feeling that people get influenced by the things critics and amateur reviewers write about a movie. Especially with La La Land, which got praised so much in the media that it got this hype train rolling. People do not want to miss the train, so they jump right on it, like sheep. But please, take a step back, forget the hype and just rate in accordance to your personal experience watching this movie. I only see 10/10 ratings or 1/10, which both are ridiculous. It's a good movie for sure, but there is definitely room for improvement. The story of young artists struggling to make it in Hollywood is not original. It being a musical, I expected better singers and dancers than Gosling and Stone. Great in acting, but not the best singers/dancers. And the slow pacing in the middle section of the movie got me losing my attention a bit. But overall a good movie. Personally musical and romance are my least favorite genres, but I do recognize quality in this movie, so I rate this movie 7/10. If you do like these genres, I could understand a rating of 8/10, maybe 9/10. But please stop acting like this is the holy grail of movies, it's not!