Highly over rated

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2017)

A struggling actress and a struggling talented musician are the backdrop to this musical.
I am Indian so I love musical movies and was so surprised seeing Singin in the Rain, it was so beautiful. So I came in with a little too much expectation.
I felt that the movie had too many songs! It detracted from the story rather than adding to it.
Somehow Emma Stone was just not right for this part. Debbie Reynolds and Merylin Monroe are the kind of actresses that are just perfect for this role. A beautiful endearing smile and somehow you are rooting for them from the bottom of your heart. Relatively Emma Stone seems cold, though she seems to be acting very well.
Ryan Gosling plays his usual cool dude performance and he does a fantastic job. But I would have loved to see Leonardo De Caprio in this role, it would have been stunning.
They both have an interesting love story with the current trend of self deprecating jokes, situation analysis etc., (which I am not a big fan of). There are so many subtle things that I enjoyed, like the car, the studio, the music (things that you normally don't notice much when the drama takes center stage). And the ending left me a little disappointed. This is supposed to be an artistic movie, so it was not supposed to have a typical Hollywood ending, still not happy.
Finally, a 'Hollywood' musical is a special, once in a blue moon thing and this just did not live up. But thanks. And I am happy this movie is a success, and hoping to see similar and even better movies.