Never expected to love a MUSICAL this much

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2017)

When I first heard about La La Land, a musical film directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, well the first impression was mixed. Although Damien Chazelle convinced me with Whiplash. It an was excellent film about jazz what I'm not big fan of. It was truly a thrilling experience and my arms and body were shaking at the final act and JK Simmons performance was just...well as good as everyone says it is.
But now La La Land. If I have to choose my least favorite genre of movies, that would be musicals by far. When all the praise and hype met my ears, I even at that moment was ready to judge the film to be again an overrated Oscar-bait film that is not that great at all. But it was directed by Chazelle and it stars two actors who I like, I decided to give it a shot. I went to see it in 15th of January hoping the best and fearing the worst. And it crushed my careful expectations to little pieces.
Ryan Gosling is now becoming for a little by little one of my favorite actors. He is not that type who's just sticking the same role from a movie to movie. He can sing (for an normal actor), he can act, he can do believable performances in romantic flicks like this and in for example dark crime movies like Drive. He nailed it as a jazz pianist. But true star is Emma Stone. Her character is not an original. Not even close. But Stone blows so much fresh air to a very typical young woman who is dreaming being actress but the auditions are not going very well. She makes her character likable and more than that, she translates her to almost real life person with you can sympathize. Gosling does great job, but Stone is the true star, with her Oscar-worthy work in this film. Kind afunny that there was only two true characters to follow. The others were just side-characters who were there just to push the main two's stories forward.
Cinematocraphy is one of the best I've ever seen. There were plenty of scenes that left me just wondering "how could the do that". It follows the characters and leaves free space to them letting them express their feelings patiently. Chazelle droves Los Angeles a picture of true, colorful dreamworld that takes you to the 2-hour unforgettable experience. I loved the whole movie. The opening was nicely shot, songs were memorable and ending is not a typical one. All editing, sound etc. were top notch. Films story is pretty much typical but in my opinion this film is not about the story. It is for the ones who dream.
It deserves all that praise and is joining club of my favorite movies. And I don't like musicals at all. I can't force you to like this film, but I recommend it to everyone. Give it a shot. I gave and I am so happy about that. 10/10(Sorry for my English, not my mother tongue)