@people who didn't love la la land - have you ever been in love?

ROFLMAO!!!!!

I'd better warn Mr Dani.

Come to think of it, he refused to even watch this movie because he cant stand musicals so I think he's going in the pizza oven on friday night.

To answer your question, today, I've been romantically involved with someone for almost a year now, a person I love very much and will hopefully be living with by the end of this year. Still, I don't think La La Land is not a great film.

Make no mistake about it, La La Land is beautifully shot, comprised of decent performances, but it also had a generic premise and I didn't find the music to be all that great or memorable. It was a solid film, but I don't share the sentiment of a lot of others, it isn't because I'll ill-equipped to enjoy it, I just simply didn't love it.

Oh, and for the person that said "people who don't like it, just don't like musicals!"

If someone doesn't like something, that doesn't give you the right to put them in a box for it. This method of thinking is overly simplified and narrow-minded. "Everyone that doesn't like Star Wars, just doesn't like science-fiction!"

I dont think Gideon was putting anyone in a box.

I'm watching this with my wife tonight. So I guess if she doesn't like it, I'm going to throw her down the stairs for lying to me all these years.

Laughed so hard I snorted tea out my nose.

lmao, that's not what i'm trying to say. Hence the "If you have but the love story still didn't resonate, why do you think it didn't?" Sounds like you didn't like Ryan Gosling. My best friend thought he was douchey at the beginning.

I love Gosling. And I love the chemistry those two have. You seem to think I dont like the movie simply because I didnt love it the way you do.

I think it's probably the most endearing love story I've ever witnessed. If someone didn't like it, I'm wondering if it's because they didn't relate to the love story. If x person been in love, what is it about this love story that they didn't get into.

There are a lot of reasons people may not love it the way you do. Most importantly is freedom of taste. Why you assume they cant ever have experienced love if they dont love it I find quite strange.

Were you on imdb? I find you quite familiar. Nothing wrong with that. I quite liked that guy and miss him a bit.

Which is pretty hilarious when some of the films biggest detractors are big Jacques Demy and Classic Hollywood Musical fans who i've read call it things like a cheap, soulless imitation of those films. Not saying that's correct or anything it's just that Gideon does that sort of thing all the time and it is really silly.

Yes i've been in love and am in love. I don't like La La Land though outside the visuals. I don't feel any great chemistry between Gosling and Stone; i think both are pretty good but independent of any connection to each other. Glad you got this out of it and many others did but i don't see it.

Do you quite like me and miss me when I don't post?

No, but I've been posting on an NBA forum over at IGN for like ten years. Have 30k posts over there.

I cannot deny. Your avatar is sweet.

La La Land is better than Moonlight. Period.

The reason LLL didn't win Best Picture was because it was rigged.

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I've never been in love and I haven't seen La La Land – I'm really behind .

I think it was a There Will Be Blood/NCFOM kinda year. Moonlight was also a masterpiece.

Moonlight was better than La La Land. Period.

I hope it was rigged as it deserved it more.

You are biased because I know it.

So going by your OP, you must be gay? That's cool.

I liked Moonlight with one issue, and I'm happy for the cast and crew it won. I'm also happy LLL got so many nominations.