tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post3319899091193460810..comments2024-02-25T03:29:01.043+00:00Comments on Mike's Movie Projector: La La Land, Tom & Isabelle at LFF ,,,Michael O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-41645416029359591402017-01-17T14:52:39.011+00:002017-01-17T14:52:39.011+00:00As a SAG award nominator, I was deluged with DVD s...As a SAG award nominator, I was deluged with DVD screeners this year and am slowly making my way through them. Have to say that so far, Nocturnal Animals is the best thing I've seen (in many a year, in fact), and La La Land is hands down the worst (again, in many a year). (And I'm projecting them 7' wide, so the fault isn't that I didn't see it "on the big screen.")<br /><br />La La Land's much vaunted opening sequence (set to an absolutely awful song -- which is par for the entire "score") has all the visual and choreographic freshness of an 80's Doctor Pepper commercial. (Didn't kids already dance on cars in a traffic jam in Fame?) <br /><br />The choreography for the two leads kept reminding me of the walking-in-rhythm stuff Ernie Flatt was forced to come up with when that week's guest on The Carol Burnett Show couldn't dance. The two (underwritten) leads are without charisma individually, and without chemistry together. And while having a leading lady who can't sing or dance is what makes Torch Song so much fun, no such fun is to be had here; the leads can't sing or dance, and are completely devoid of charm (though the movie keeps insisting that we should find them adorable). The biggest flaw is that we're given no reason to give a damn about what happens to these two incredibly unappealing characters.<br /><br />I bailed after the first half, which lasted approximately 6 months. The most over praised, overhyped movie in years...Neely OHarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967247631845210906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-41591191267369940282016-09-10T17:23:18.271+01:002016-09-10T17:23:18.271+01:00It's Damien, not David, Chazelle. Keep up!It's Damien, not David, Chazelle. Keep up!moscarbradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13922195521921559272noreply@blogger.com