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bacali:
La La Land is...
The story of Mia, an aspiring actress, and Sebastian, a dedicated jazz musician, struggling to make ends meet while pursuing their dreams in a city known for destroying hopes and breaking hearts. ....LA.
I watched it last night and I enjoyed it but I really don't know why it seems to have been given so many nominations. They say ...as many as the Titanic movie....( and to the exclusion of a movie such as "Dory")
Maybe it's because the young people of today haven't ever had a movie like this with singing and dancing and "romance" .... the pure kind.... not vividly shown.
There aren't any aliens or rocket ships.......just a lovely love story with singing and dancing.
I hope because of this that Hollywood makes similar movies in the future.
I know most of you ladies might enjoy the movie like I did, but, I am positive that my husband would not.

LindaM:
It's something different.  I think La La Land is popular because of the love story.  I'm having a hard time with the number of noms myself.  I'm guessing there just wasn't that much the Oscar judges wanted to choose from.  And it's not young people doing the nominating.  That's one of the complaints.  It's older people.

bacali:
Actually, people, in general, haven't seen this kind of a movie ..... in I don't remember how long.
Maybe it's just that having a movie which is thoroughly clean with no violence and space and superheroes.... is sort of .... unique.

I did enjoy it, ...didn't think that the actors had such terrific voices or dancing.....but, I guess I'm comparing this to  the older musical movies I was brought up on. A lot of them made before my time... where the dancing and singing was really outstanding. .. All the Fred Astaire , Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Gene Kelly movies...and then West Side Story, Grease, Gigi, .... I could go on. They were "in" way back when. They were good , clean entertainment...and have lasted the test of time with them still being shown and many time refurbished.

So, as I said... I hope this will bring back this genre to us all again.

LindaM:
I was brought up on those movies also.  Loved Singing in the Rain, White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Sound of Music..... 

Most actors/actresses today are experienced in certain styles.  Anne Hathway was scared to sing the first time she did.

Outlast:
I love old movies in general and musicals in particular so I am interested in seeing La La Land and I'm very glad to hear it's a clean movie because frankly Hollywood seems to have lost whatever interest it once had in making family films (not just kid movies but movies that all ages can enjoy) so I want to see this one and hopefully the interest will be high enough to generate more old-style films. Down with graphic sex and violence (aka 'realism' to Hollywood) and up with films that make you feel good! I don't want to go to a movie and see gushing blood, bad language and bad behavior I want...'Arsenic and Old Lace'!

Might I also add the title of my favorite musical 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' to the growing list of musical favorites.  :clap:

 

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