Here's to the Fools Who Dream
Before I get started with this review... Hey everyone! Look who has returned to spew more more movie-related thoughts at you! (Good lord that's a gross image... I'm not taking it back.) What a crazy year 2016 has been! I regret not having updated this blog for as long as I have. Long story short: Google my name and you will find that I was writing for another publication for a short while before I was not able to continue. I took a quick break but now I am back on my own terms. I will be starting slowly at first and it may take a bit to get back into the swing of things, but rest assured I will compile some good "2016 IS FINALLY OVER!!" content with you.
I could not have asked for a better movie to come back to you guys with than La La Land. After a year with so much turmoil and division over nearly every possible reason there could be to be mad at each other about, here is the throwback to better times that we needed. This is a quintessential Hollywood film in the most classic sense. It is an original musical with a story that feels lifted straight out of a vintage Hollywood back lot, but with a modern sensibility that restores my faith in the power of the movie musical. It is a genre that has been dormant for far too long, save for a few adaptations of stage productions. Damien Chazelle has proven that the musical can be just as relevant today and I hope others have the creative courage to follow his lead.
