Charming BUT

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2017)

I can only give LaLa Land a 6. With all the hype I really thought I would be more entertained. The story has been told so many times. The dance scenes are fun - not quite old Hollywood but close. The special affects were fun - like the dancing in the stars - actually quite beautiful even though you can tell how they did it. Very little dialogue -and that was OK but it was missing something to me - cannot quite put my finger on it. The colorful costumes were fun, the music was good but I do not think I will be humming any song tomorrow. John Legend was good - and he did write some good songs for the movie. So to me, it was an interesting movie and if the Oscars had a musical best movie award - it would probably get it since there is little competition. I do not see it as a best movie for 2016. I do not think I will be thinking of this film in the next week and to me, when I am still thinking of it later then it has stirred something in me to make it memorable. I know it took a long time to get this film made and I respect the diligence of the director to do that. But it just did not do it for me.. Sorry- I think I may be in the minority but that is my opinion..