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2016
Director Danielle Chazelle
Screenwriter: Danielle Chazelle
Principal actors: Ryan Goseling, Emma Stone
Summary: Two people meet in L.A.. One an aspiring Musician and the other an aspiring actress. They begin to date and begin a budding romance. They almost immediately find that they have to make difficult choices concerning their desire to be together and their individual careers. In the end.... well you need to watch the movie to see what happens.
Review and recommendation:
Judging from some of the entries I have recently read on the Mofo site, I would say I am not the only one who was beginning to feel that Hollywood was using way too much of their resources recycling old ideas. Remakes of old movies, episode 3,4,5 and in the case of Star Wars 7,8, and 9 of movie franchises. It was like Hollywood was running out of ideas. In the last few years I have noticed that there has been a few films that were either new ideas or recycling old ideas in a fresh way. The three films that have come to my attention are: LA LA Land, The Man Who Invented Christmas, and The Greatest Showman. The first of these was LA LA Land which I will review first.
The movie begins with a massive traffic jam in L.A.. The movie begins with a fantastic musical dance number that involves a very big cast. it is full of movement and long traffic shots. The cinematography was great in this scene. We are introduced to our main characters who have not yet met, or at least formally introduced (Ryan Gosseling's character flips off Emma Stones character), but that can't be counted as a formal introduction). They run across each other as each is trying to purse their individual careers. They meet and begin to date, but it is not long before they begin to make a choice between their individual careers or their relationship. I thought the movie doing a good job of portraying the difficulties of juggling a relationship and pursuing your individual goals. if you have not seen it I won't spoil it for you. Musical dramas are definitely not new. At various points in film history, they were so common that almost every movie had a song and dance number (even the Marx Brothers); however in resurrecting this old genre I believe that Chazelle has brought a breath of fresh air back into on old format. You may or may or agree. Recommended for those who would be entertained with a good story set in the song and dance format.
2016
Director Danielle Chazelle
Screenwriter: Danielle Chazelle
Principal actors: Ryan Goseling, Emma Stone
Summary: Two people meet in L.A.. One an aspiring Musician and the other an aspiring actress. They begin to date and begin a budding romance. They almost immediately find that they have to make difficult choices concerning their desire to be together and their individual careers. In the end.... well you need to watch the movie to see what happens.
Review and recommendation:
Judging from some of the entries I have recently read on the Mofo site, I would say I am not the only one who was beginning to feel that Hollywood was using way too much of their resources recycling old ideas. Remakes of old movies, episode 3,4,5 and in the case of Star Wars 7,8, and 9 of movie franchises. It was like Hollywood was running out of ideas. In the last few years I have noticed that there has been a few films that were either new ideas or recycling old ideas in a fresh way. The three films that have come to my attention are: LA LA Land, The Man Who Invented Christmas, and The Greatest Showman. The first of these was LA LA Land which I will review first.
The movie begins with a massive traffic jam in L.A.. The movie begins with a fantastic musical dance number that involves a very big cast. it is full of movement and long traffic shots. The cinematography was great in this scene. We are introduced to our main characters who have not yet met, or at least formally introduced (Ryan Gosseling's character flips off Emma Stones character), but that can't be counted as a formal introduction). They run across each other as each is trying to purse their individual careers. They meet and begin to date, but it is not long before they begin to make a choice between their individual careers or their relationship. I thought the movie doing a good job of portraying the difficulties of juggling a relationship and pursuing your individual goals. if you have not seen it I won't spoil it for you. Musical dramas are definitely not new. At various points in film history, they were so common that almost every movie had a song and dance number (even the Marx Brothers); however in resurrecting this old genre I believe that Chazelle has brought a breath of fresh air back into on old format. You may or may or agree. Recommended for those who would be entertained with a good story set in the song and dance format.