La La Land

I went to see this movie a couple of weeks ago with Stan. He adored it.

The first part showed a traffic jam in a mocked up version of Los Angeles, with a dance routine that went on and on and on.

Then we discover there are two main characters. After about half the movie of singing and dancing they fall in love. They don't have confidants with whom to discuss the plot because there is no plot, but they do have very similar characteristics - great self-belief and a steely ambition. It is  easy to believe in them as a couple - she is quite chirpy and he is a bit sullen, even though they are firmly placed in a parallel (fantasy) universe where people do singing and dancing ad nauseam.

Then difficulties and conflicts come into their relationship and at long last the film becomes quite interesting. The film breaks all the rules of screenwriting. For most of the time, there is not a lot happening and the story doesn't really start until about halfway through the movie so....

...what does anyone know about anything? People love this film and it's a huge hit. The songs are very good (I go around singing "City of Stars" and my son plays a lovely version on the guitar (it works very well on the guitar)).

The screenwriting BAFTA went to Manchester By The Sea and I was so relieved. MByTheS is a really good film and the screenwriting is amazing and Casey Affleck did it justice. Fantastic film, not feelgood but, important.