I don’t know what took me so long to write this review. But here it is, my love for La La land.

La La land is a film we all have heard about. Everyone seems to think it is a true masterpiece and I don’t think anything is more true than that! So for all of the people who haven’t seen La la land, or don’t like it, here is yet another review of this truly magnificent film!

The storyline itself is not extremely special or sophisticated. It is about a struggling actress and a struggling jazz musician who fall in love in Los Angeles. There is nothing special about that, yet Damien Chazelle, the writer of La La Land, has somehow created something very beautiful; let me explain!

It is the world you step in that makes this film so intriguing! You see two people fall in love and you enter their world filled with passion for each other. La La land shows this world in such an interesting way that it almost feels like you are in this world yourself. The best example is the scene in the planetarium. The two characters haven’t kissed yet and they drive to a planetarium as a response to the failing of a film they were watching. As soon as they enter this planetarium, light music begins and slowly the scene starts to become unrealistic. The characters are suddenly flying around, dancing in the sky and you see and even feel a glimpse of their love for each other. You seem them entering their own world, their own bubble so filled with love that is has become unrealistic. It feels to them like they are floating, like they are living in this unrealistic world and as viewer you join them in it

That however, is not the only thing that makes this film magical. The film also shows the struggle of being an artist and having to choose between love and a career so well. The characters are both struggling with their creative career and they both want to give up at a certain point. The film displays the backbreaking work you have to do if you want to succeed in a creative profession. It shows the difficult choices you sometimes have to make in life and it shows that this is just a part of life.

Apart from these two things there is, of course, the music. The lovely, jazzy music that makes the film, the film it is. Although it is a musical, it most certainly does not feel like one. The music is a part of the film, it is not like a regular musical where people just get up and start to sing. It is the profession of one of the main characters and is therefore quite important. The producers of La La land have gotten it completely right with the music: it isn’t too much, it isn’t too little, it isn’t too happy and it isn’t too sad. Just like the rest of the film. It isn’t too cliché, it isn’t too sad and it isn’t too predictable. As I said, the makers of this film have gotten it completely right.

I think the reason why I am so attracted to this film is that it is that world I want to live in. My dream is to become a writer, so seeing people struggle yet succeeding in this world where I want to succeed is so lovely. This film really spoke to my heart when it comes to career paths and it made me want to follow my dream even more.

So, all in all, go watch La La land if you haven’t and decide for yourself. I believe it is a true masterpiece and the makers a true artists. It has the perfect amount of everything: love, music, struggle and happiness. I was extremely intrigued by this film and therefore most definitely  recommend it!