La La Land

Potentially the most overrated movie I have ever watched. My disappointment is immeasurable. What I was told was a sad, life-changing romance just ended up being a corny musical with a whole lot of nothing ending. It took 35 minutes for anything remotely interesting to happen. Before that all I saw was lame ahh music numbers that had some of the blandest choreography ever and added nothing to the plot. I genuinely believe Spotswood High School’s dumpster fire of a music department could put together something more watchable than the first 35 minutes of La La Land. While the movie did pick up slightly after this, mostly due to a decrease in songs, I still found the musical aspect of this movie to be a really difficult obstacle to overcome in forming some sort of emotional bond with the characters due to an inability to take them seriously. I came into this movie expecting to shed a tear by the time it came to an end, but in reality I saw an ending that was probably the best case scenario. Both characters lived out their dreams and Mia ended up finding love and starting a family. Although they could have had each other, there was no way to simultaneously fulfill their goals, and this way they were both happy in the end. Overall I gave this movie 3 stars to appease Hashout but truthfully I would rather watch Paultooreal on repeat for 24 hours straight than sit through this shitty ass movie one more time. EDIT: THE SPOTSWOOD MUSIC DEPARTMENT HAS FORCED ME TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS REVIEW IS IN FACT RAGEBAIT