When the words 'The End 'appeared on the screen, I had to contain the urge to stand up and applaud!

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2018)

It may not have the depth, meaning or questions that some seek in the seventh art, but cinema is, above all, a spectacle and La La Land is absolutly that. A visual and sonorous spectacle that has not been seen for a long time and will hardly be seen again. This "musical" is not one of sing-a-longs (attests to this fact the existence of only 4/5 songs in a film of two hours), so to speak, but of music that is a constant throughout the film. There are in fact 3 cast songs, that are a little meaningless and sung in studio which, not being to my taste, ends ups being understandable as an appeal to the nostalgia of the old musicals that, truth be told, were the first blockbusters. These three more flourished numbers occur in the first 20 minutes of the film, and then what is, in my view, the best film of the 2010's actually begins. The interpretations are excellent, having the main actress more opportunity to shine in great height . The screenplay appears to be simple but develops in such a way that it looks like something of Woody Allen at his best. A story about two people who fall in love and come together to achieve their dreams, open a jazz club and be an actress. But, as I began to say, La La Land is a visual and sonorous spectacle so that the technical characteristics of the film gain even more relevance. The color of the film is extraordinary at every moment and the play of lights in each scene plays a decisive role in that which is transmitted, the background cinematography is a luxury that makes of this a film of obligatory visualization in a theater. As for the sound, no movie ever sounded so good. At any point in the film the viewer sits within the scene thanks to the sonic realism that transports anyone who is watching this play from the audience of a screen to the audience of a stage. Concerning music itself, it is a constant and never below excellent, playing an active role in the unfolding of events and not just a prop to the scene. In this film the song is one of the characters, and is so relevant that the only scene where it is not "on stage" gains an impressive dimension.
Besideds all these attributes that are well above average is an immaculate directing effort that transforms this cinematic experience into an extraordinary journey through the imaginary of what is a relationship, with love, goals, anger, commitment, happiness, and sacrifice.
To finish I leave just one more personal note, when the words 'The End 'appeared on the screen, I had to contain the urge to stand up and applaud such was the feeling of immersion that the film caused.