Dude Rates Movies

La La Land

B
Poster of the movie
Damien Chazelle | 2016 | USA, Hong Kong
Saturday 10 May 2025 (rewatched, at the theater 📽️) (downrated from A to B)

I think it becomes interesting once conflict arises in the love story (which takes too much time in the first arc, without much plot), yet this conflict feels a bit forced.

I very much enjoyed the LA vibe and the fanciful, fantasy moments of musical numbers (especially the "dreamed" ending).

Overall a good movie, with some weaknesses.

Sunday 26 February 2017 (watched)

So I was just thinking, if I was tasked to chose a song to send to an alien civilization, I would probably chose the raw City of Stars duo by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.