A Painful Experience

Rating: 3/10 (24 January 2017)

Having seen La La Land sweep the Golden Globes and the Oscar nomination announcements, I had high hopes. I believed all of the praise was deserving and from reading all of the summaries I was sure I would love this film. However, I was WRONG. While the cinematography was wonderful and the colors were incredible, the story for me fell flat. I felt like I was waiting forever to witness some kind of climax or even rising action. I wish the film would have allowed the characters to display more depth and maybe I would have had the connection with them that I needed to have or at least found them some what appealing. It missed out on having any logic or purpose for the characters actions and seemed inconsistent in exactly what it was trying to tell. While I like Emma Stone and think she is a great actress, I failed to recognize the chemistry between the two characters. The musical numbers were cringe worthy. Although, the score was fine. (I'll give it that) Overall, La La Land is visually pleasing but for me has overwhelming creative appeal with NO substance to grasp any connection. I wish I would have liked it. Disappointing.