La La Land (2016)Movies

Hollywood may have gone ga ga for La La Land, but not everyone agrees it’s worth the hype. As Mark Judge points out, many have found the movie to be little more than “a dramatic facade.” But did it need to be so dramatic? It certainly is raking it in for a musical drama. Its fourteen Oscar nominations tie the flick for first in all-time Oscar nominations, and it won more Golden Globes than any movie in history. But the drama would have imploded if the two main characters had simply tied the knot. And there was no compelling reason for them not to. I suppose the conceit that Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) felt they had to choose between marrying each other and their careers is a realistic portrayal of modern youth; but it also makes the movie less of...