01
The director likes to show off his skills, so this movie with a small core has a gorgeous and cool shell.
The vivid colors in the scene are used to express the emotions of the characters, and the subtle changes in the colors of the characters' costumes are used to express the development and changes in the relationship between the characters.
Motion long shots, large-scale mise-en-scene, from Altman and Paul Thomas Anderson, the playful sense of camera motion has a "rules of the game" shadow.
Tribute to the golden age of musicals, "Singing in the Rain", "A New Yorker in Paris", "West Side Story", "The Melody of Life", "The Hibiscus Out of Water", "Sweet Sister". A lot of classic scenes are directly copied, which not only shows the director's pure heart, but also makes the fans stunned, wow, this director is so selling feelings.
02The
story of the movie is three words, silly, white, sweet.
Even the breakup was as peaceful as water. The hero and heroine have great love, and the main line of reluctance to cut love in order to achieve each other's dreams
is a dream. The central idea is not to give up on your dreams. The lesson to be learned is that if a man gives up his dream, he ends up with nothing. Don't give up, just stick with it and you will succeed. The hero and heroine did not degenerate because of their children's personal love, so they both finally found their destination in life and realized their childhood dreams.
Standard Hollywood narrative mode.
The interesting thing is that this movie is very simple, and the love is pure, first love, and even the ending. Long time no see, nod to greet, um, you're doing well, it's better to stay away from each other.
03
In fact, the song and dance of the film are easy to make people feel a little drama when they don't see the ending. The clever thing is that if you have seen the ending, and then go back and watch it again, you will understand that those singing and dancing parts are actually quite magical. , seems to happen in the mind, or another parallel world where love can only be expressed through dance.
At the end, the hero and heroine meet again, the theme song plays, and another possibility for the two people is presented one by one in the form of song and dance and the film in the film. They chose to stick to their love and never give up. They used love to defeat the rules of life. , and also fulfilled his dream, it was a happy ending.
When the song is closed, and the eyes are facing each other, the life of wanting everything does not exist after all. Giving up is not a kind of "I will always love you".
Those beautiful moments of singing and dancing together, whether it is true or false, even though Commander Gao's limbs are so stiff, he still feels that good love should be like this, singing and dancing, only this has nothing to do with dreams.
Another reason why 04
won so many awards is that "La La Land" is a story that Hollywood filmmakers made for themselves. Almost everyone who has a Hollywood dream has experienced the various moments in the movie. For example, if you are working in a coffee shop one second, you may be selected to act in a soap opera for more than ten years in the next second, from no money to over one million per episode. Non-stop auditions, from humans to animals, face-to-face and butt-only, and tears can't impress anyone. The part of Sister Stone's audition in the movie is her own personal experience.
This movie has become a bowl of chicken soup for those young people who are still holding on. They can't go on, it doesn't matter, everyone has experienced this, and you are the next superstar.
05
One of the interesting things is that when musical films are popular, people are full of uncertainties about the future, and they can only put their uneasy emotions into the magical atmosphere created by musical films. For example, after the two world wars, Hollywood's 1950s became the golden age of musicals. "Singing in the Rain", "A New Yorker in Paris" and "West Side Story" are the three giants of this period.
What’s interesting is that Trump came to power, screaming everywhere, and Americans once again fell into uncertainty about the future. Under such a background, indulging in singing and dancing seems to be an appropriate choice.
Instead of talking about state affairs, it is better to indulge in La La Land.
06
Yes, this movie is very good, suitable for watching more than two times.
The copyright belongs to the author, please contact the author for reprinting in any form.
Author: Ma Ma Ye, young writer, screenwriter, film critic
Follow Ma Ma Ye's WeChat public account: Listen to Ma Ma Ye bragging (mamayechuiniupi)
View more about La La Land reviews
