La La Land is one of my favorite movies of 2016. It's romantic, relatable (especially to millennials) and has a lot of heart. It stars Emma Stone as an aspiring actress Mia, and Ryan Gosling as a jazz musician (and jazz snob), Sebastian. Both of them cross roads when Mia walks into one of Sebastian's solo jazz pieces and is struck by his performance. Although they get off to a slightly wrong foot, they soon enough become career confidantes, and encourage each other to pursue their passions... and fall in love.
What I love about La La Land is that the conversations people have in the movie are real ones. They have the same tones as the conversations we have when we talk about things we're passionate about. They reflect our best and most cherished relationships, and they give us hope to keep dreaming!
La La Land is phenomenal because it doesn't only capture the happiness of success and happy endings, but also the happiness in the very spirit of dreams and aspirations. This movie is especially needed in our time where careers in music and art are considered "too risky".
It is extremely profound, and I would highly recommend it!!
Sunday, February 12, 2017
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