Visually Appealing, but Boring

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2019)

Let's start off with all the absolutely incredible things about La La Land. It's probably one of the ten most visually appealing movies of all time. Every camera angle, every carefully planned twist and turn, is just beautiful. And duh, the music is 10/10 spectacular. The ending is also just out of this world, superb. Unfortunately, La La Land just takes too long to actually get decent. Emma Stone's character is so static and boring. Ryan Gosling is great and a version with just him could have been different. But ultimately, their romance is bland and cliche. I see what all the initial appeal was about, but now it just seems like La La Land will he forgotten in time.