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blue squares posted:I genuinely don't understand how someone who likes movies could watch the opening number and "hate it immensely." Sure, maybe you don't like the song, but that opening scene is just so spectacular and energetic and impressive on a technical level that even if it were silent, just the choreography alone, including that of the camera, is so good.
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It's not bad though? And it's not 'just for the sake of it'.
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I don't have a problem with it because it keeps the momentum moving and adds a bit of a rush to the proceedings, but it is a bit distracting if you notice it. However, I was watching Singin' in the Rain the other day and noted that even during their long-takes there were one or two cuts per number.
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Ranter posted:It's not bad though? And it's not 'just for the sake of it'.
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I thought the cinematography was generally top notch, except for the spinning pool party shot that was way overdone. The lighting design in particular deserves every award possible this year.
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Ranter posted:The opening scene/song was definitely lost on me in my first and so far only viewing of the film, but now it's my favorite song on the soundtrack. No "A Lovely Night"?
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Jan 12, 2017 20:35
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Don't like it.
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As someone who dipped a toe into #menswear, the line "You looked so cute in your polyester suit (It's wool)" made me laugh.
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"A Lovely Night" is far and away my favorite track, mostly because the music is so orderly and the way it communicates their back-and-forth is so clear. The way the melody falls into place at 1:48 for "what a waste of a lovely night" before the dance break is probably the best moment in the entire movie. It's just such a rock-solid sequence of notes.
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blue squares posted:I'd pay $50 for a bluray of this today
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Vegetable posted:One complaint about the opening number is precisely that the cinematography is bad. It falls into the trap of being made to look like one shot just for the sake of it (it's actually three shots stitched together, in any case). I wish films would just cut to whatever the gently caress they wanted. Keeping things one-shot denies scenes a greater vivacity.
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He did it because it was done in the musicals that influenced him and that he's paying homage to. He states this in the video linked earlier in the thread and in interviews.
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Saw it today, and I've not left a movie theater feeling that profoundly happy in a long time. The ending was crushing but satisfying, especially that last look and smile between Mia and Seb.
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they're showing it in IMAX this week and if their goal was to get me to spend money on another ticket despite working at a movie theater currently showing La La Land well then they loving succeeded because I'm not not watching this movie on IMAX.
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I saw it again yesterday with my dad on imax and it is pretty, but I did notice a little bit of digital static in spots. I miss film  He loved it though and he's usually the macho type, but does appreciate some old musicals like Holiday Inn
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This was shot on film though. Unless you mean from the digital projection, but that shouldn't be an issue if they had it setup correctly.
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This finally got released in the UK last week, so went and saw it. Loved it. I can't stop listening to the opening tune. Was just wondering, was there terrible lighting in the opening musical number, or was I at a lovely cinema?
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If by terrible lighting you mean hazy LA sunsmog then yeah 
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Andrew_1985 posted:Was just wondering, was there terrible lighting in the opening musical number, or was I at a lovely cinema? It was shot on a real elevated freeway during the daytime in LA, and they're moving a camera crane up and down it. Can't really light it.
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Saw it with a friend today and we both left in a melancholy mood that I haven't shaken a couple of hours later. I'd rank it up there with Requiem for a Dream on my list of movies I loved that I never want to watch again. It hit a little close to home.
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14 nominations. Hollywood sure likes movies about Hollywood.
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It wasn't a huge year for good films
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It wasn't a huge year for big films, it was a fantastic year for small studios and indies. This one was the obvious standout from big Hollywood, but it's still deserving of every nomination I think. I predict it'll take home 5-6 of those, including picture of the year.
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Man, someone really loves "City of Stars" considering it's on the soundtrack half a dozen times and was put up for Best Orogonal Song. Is it just me that thinks it's the most lackluster track in the movie?
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The basic bit is really nice but it feels like a sketch of a song that got turned into a first draft.
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dirksteadfast posted:Man, someone really loves "City of Stars" considering it's on the soundtrack half a dozen times and was put up for Best Orogonal Song. Is it just me that thinks it's the most lackluster track in the movie? Agreed. I didn't really like it during the movie either. Audition is fantastic though, if a litttle too dialogue-y for best song.
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Another Day of Sun is probably the best song in the movie but it doesnt feature the stars
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The opening song was catchier the second time I saw the movie, but it still feels like it belongs to another film. Still not feeling this movie. It's fun, has some good scenes, but has no depth whatsoever. Despite wanting to punch Richard Brody for his pretentious style, the underlying argument of his review feels spot on. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-empty-exertions-of-la-la-land quote:The one thing that Chazelle seems to have little interest in is life. He turns Mia into an absolute cipher, giving her nothing whatsoever to talk about.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The basic bit is really nice but it feels like a sketch of a song that got turned into a first draft.
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So I was thinking about Another Day Of Sun (by far my favorite song from the movie) and realized that it would work much better thematically in a movie about a woman who goes to Hollywood to become a star but winds up getting turned into a vampire instead. Maybe this was in an earlier draft of the movie? Maybe that's why Gosling's character is so unlikable, because he was supposed to be an evil vampire?
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So...the Neon Demon?
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21 Muns posted:So I was thinking about Another Day Of Sun (by far my favorite song from the movie) and realized that it would work much better thematically in a movie about a woman who goes to Hollywood to become a star but winds up getting turned into a vampire instead. Maybe this was in an earlier draft of the movie? Maybe that's why Gosling's character is so unlikable, because he was supposed to be an evil vampire? I'd crowdfund that. And yeah another day of sun if the best.
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Coffee And Pie posted:So...the Neon Demon? Or Showgirls. Sick double feature btw
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I want to get a side by side of the little nod Gosling gives her at the end of the movie, and the look he gives Carey Mulligan in Drive after he stomps the guy's head in, I think they're almost identical.
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Nah, they're pretty different. The Drive look is a sullen "oh god, you just saw what a monster I am and I know this changes everything" while La La Land's is "everything worked out ok for both of us" with a little smile and hint of sadness. Ryan Gosling is charming as hell though.
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Lest there be any confusion, I love Ryan Gosling and La La Land, and the goofy expression he makes when seeing the last of his former love, or stomping a man's head in.
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This is pretty impressive stuff by a bunch of Hong Kong folks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIKkihThHbM
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DeimosRising posted:Or Showgirls. Sick double feature btw Showgirls and Neon Demon or Showgirls and La La Land? Or Neon Demon and La La Land?
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ruddiger posted:Showgirls and Neon Demon or Showgirls and La La Land? Or Neon Demon and La La Land? yes.
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