La La Land

honestly, this film is magic in every sense of the word.  ryan gosling and emma stone always have lovely on-screen chemistry every time they feature together, the clever humour and beautiful score makes everything about this seem like a sweet fairytale romance. the cinematography is flawless really, very fitting with the title, but there’s so many surrealistic scenes. as dreamy as the first act of this film feels, unfortunately it crumbles as their relationship actually start to develop. both mia and sebastian in pursuit of their dreams, fail to balance what they have, and it just leaves you with a lingering sense of melancholy. gentle sadness i feel like is the only way to describe it, so many moments of connection between mia and sebastian, in which they lose themselves and nothing matters besides each other. all gone, just like that. i feel like the right person, wrong time isn’t really the way to describe the ending of this film as it really did feel inevitable, as they both realise that when reality sets in, it was simply never meant to be. the final performance of mia and sebastian’s theme, with the potential life playing is moving really, i feel like in some ways many of us have had that same experience, living out that fantasy in our dreams. damien chazelle is a genius, this will always have a special place in my heart.