January 29, 2017
I've seen this movie 4 times, and every time without fail I've felt the same wonderful combination of happiness and sadness. The first time I saw this movie while watching the opening scene I was expecting it to be the same old traditional musical, which I don't really like, but boy was I wrong. I love that the first half of the movie is basically a love letter to the old musical, they're cliché and a bit unrealistic but still so beautiful. The fact that the opening scene was shot in one take makes me love it even more, it flows together so flawlessly just thinking about it makes me smile. All the musical numbers flow into the storyline beautifully, they fit like puzzle pieces and don't make you feel like "oh now they're singing again". The music in the movie is also amazing, Justin Hurwitz is officially one of my favorite composers. Personally, I feel there are 3 main characters in this story: Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), Mia (Emma Stone), and the music. I consider the music a character because of how impactful its presence is when they use it and when they don't use you notice it, how could you not, and it does this without completely taking you out of the movie. Then there's the ending of this movie... without going into spoilers, I don't think I've ever been so okay to not get what I wanted at the end of this story. I could go on and on about this movie forever but in final words, Ryan and Emma, AMAZING, fit their roles perfectly. I feel this movie just did everything right and thank you Damien Chazelle. |
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