La La Land (2016)Movies

Another Sunny Day The emotional payoff at the end of the La La Land—which just won a Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy (along with six other awards, including Best Screenplay)—could have been huge. Many of the elements for a powerful climax are there: rich cinematography, good actors, and a steady and talented director. There’s only one problem: La La Land is not well written. It’s not that the film has weak spots here and there in its script; it doesn’t follow the basic fundamentals of storytelling. And it’s a problem afflicting more and more movies these days. (Spoiler alert: major plot points of La La Land are going to be revealed in the following argument, so turn away if you haven’t yet seen the film.) La La Land was written and directed...