I'm getting older and haven't been to the cinema for many years. Today, we made an exception to the Dolby Cinema in the Wukesong Jackie Chan Yaolai Studios, the nearest to home, to watch this very popular, truly wide-screen, surround-sound movie "City of Philharmonic"!
I give it four stars.
Three stars for audiovisual production, for the completion of the musical style. A young director born in 1985, has such a love and respect for the century-old film tradition and Hollywood song and dance type movies, and he has learned, imitated, and created very well.
The fourth lesson is to thank it for reminding me of the unforgettable memory of a year as a visiting scholar in LA, California, USA in 1986. The title LA LA LAND, on the huge screen, brilliantly shows many famous sceneries in the movie city of Los Angeles. In particular, the movie theater where "Revolt without a Cause" is played is clearly NEWART, the art theater next to the UCLA school that fans and students go to every week. I remember there, I added the classics of many masters such as Akira Kurosawa, Bergman, Gudal, etc.; including "The Kingdom of the Senses" and "Narayama Festival" that were hard to see so far, and stunned all audiences at that time. "Castanopsis" is shown on a large color screen.
Of course, you can't give full marks, because from any aspect, this movie has no innovative brilliance. But it has won many awards. It won the most nominations in the upcoming Oscars, and it will definitely win many statuettes.
Sadly, this era of technology first, entertainment first!
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