Review of La La Land (2016) by Jerrod A — 02 Sep 2017

I really don't know what the big fuss was about this film. Admittedly it was beautifully shot and produced, the music and little dance numbers were OK, and it was visually stunning; the whole thing reminded me of a Chagall painting.

I would say that was my favourite thing about the movie; it's all very romantic looking and stylish. However, these things were all smoke and mirrors to me, to hide the fact that the story was shallow and pretentious.

It just wasn't all that interesting and couldn't hold my attention. The characters were annoying as hell; Gosling's character is essentially a Jazz snob (why are they all like that?) and Stone was plain whiney.

Also, neither of them can sing or dance, so that kinda ruined the whole show. Is it just me or do Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling just seem to play the same people in every one of their movies? I feel like they're the same no matter what roles they play (it's the same with Ryan Reynolds) as though their acting spectrum is very limited so they can't take on a wide variety of diverse roles.

In a nutshell: beautifully made and visually striking, but rather uninteresting story and uninspired acting. Totally not deserving of all the Oscars.