A Modern Musical

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2017)

La La Land is the latest film from Whiplash director Damien Chazzelle, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. La La Land is a musical that follows Mia (Emma Watson) who is a struggling actress whose path keeps crossing with Sebastien (Ryan Gosling), who is an aspiring jazz musician who wants to open his own jazz club. And through the course of the film we see their romance flourish.
To say the least, this film is phenomenal, from the acting to the music this film is amazing. At a certain point in the movie I realized that I didn't dislike a single thing in the film. One of the best things I can say about this movie is the music, as soon as it started I was entranced, from the lyrics to the rhythm it is masterful. As soon as the movie was over I wanted to keep listening to the music. Also the characters are fantastic, Emma stone gives the best performance of her career as Mia and Ryan Gosling as Sebastian was also one of his best, which is saying a lot. You can feel all of their emotion is on the screen when Gosling talks about jazz or Mia breaks down because she doesn't think she's good enough. These two are at the top of their game.
Now let's talk about the Director, Damien Chazzelle. This man knows how to direct a film, he uses such great camera movement, vibrant colors, incorporates great music, and directs Stone and Gosling incredibly. He uses a lot of tracking shots, which I personally loved and incorporated good humor, which seemed natural and not out of know where like other movies. I don't have any flaws with the movie except of the last ten minutes or so, it's not that I didn't like it. It's just that the movie ended in a way that I would have liked to see go a different way. It wasn't a bad ending I just personally would have wanted it to go a different direction.
Other than the last ten or so minutes no complaints here, the movie was nearly flawless. It had great characters, songs, choreography, colors, direction, and acting. I walked out of the theater with a smile on my face and humming the music. And would highly recommend seeing this movie as soon as possible, and I would give La La Land an A+.