Monday, December 26, 2016

LA LA LAND


LA LA LAND: An homage to those wonderful musicals we grew up with, this film had me from the very beginning... a square black and white screen with the word...."inemaSco" which of course widened, got colorful and said CincmaScope.... And we're off ....A traffic jam on an L.A. freeway and, in turn, the drivers get out of their cars, until we have a mass of singing and dancing motorist all over the place.... and that's all takes place before the opening credit.   If you are a fan of musical (which I am)  this one delivers big time.  Big razzle-dazzle time.  Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone helm this beauty (photography...another homage, this time to Technicolor) and they couldn't be better.  Gosling even does his own keyboard work (He's a jazz pianist) and they both sing and dance splendidly.   The plot is more or less how they fall in love and out of love and.... well, just go see it.  It's up for numerous Golden Globes including Best Picture, Actor and Actress with Oscar nominations in the future, I'll bet.  It's just La La Lovely!

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