Lovely, charming, well-balanced.

Rating: 9/10 (19 April 2017)

Sharp and Short
There is no so much more to ask from a musical. Beside adjectives like lovely and charming, well-balanced is the best word to describe this movie. A common problem in musicales can be to much or to less music, to much or to less focus on love story etc. Damian Chazelle showed us again that he is excellent at directing this type of movies. I was a little bit suspicious that he is going to achieve same success like he did with Whiplash but La La Land put my doubts sidelong. It brings something new, something different. We could call it Musical of modern times.
La La Land is about love story between jazz pianist and young actress who is trying to find her way to fame. They are ambitious, he wants to bring back jazz to where it belongs showing people what are true values of music and she wants to be herself in the world of acting. On their similar but different life paths, there are lots of obstacles that affect their love lives and their careers. We can describe it like a story about giving up from something in order to succeed in something else. Emma Stone is perfect for this part. Young, charming, pretty and adorable Emma evoked Mia's character exactly like it supposed to be. On the other hand, Ryan Gosling is quite good, especially in that melancholic acting at the end, but in some parts of the movie he has a bore, glassy and blank facial expression with a lack of emotions. Beyond that, there is no doubt that he gave his best to portray a character of a young and perspective musician (Best example is when he plays the piano. By the position of his fingers and the way he plays the piano in the movie, it's obvious that he didn't know how to play it but he was very good at imitating the moves. Тhis aren't my words, i heard it from my friend Olga who watched movie with me. She took piano lessons for several years). Music is one of the best components of the movie. Simple, original, beautifully written and catchy. Despite slightly unpromising start, La La Land is getting better and better as the movie goes on. Atmosphere in the movie is getting along with the story and that is very important. The end of the movie or should I say: What would happen if it happened?, was the best way to finish this story, the way that made us (and probably still make us) think about similar situations in our lives.
Excellent!