The beginning of "La La Land" startled me, it's a musical.
The last time I watched a musical in my memory seemed to be Chen Kexin's "If Love".
Coincidentally, they are all stories of love, dreams and choices.
Timeless proposition, timeless telling.
This is a very retro movie, jazz, swing dance, old movies, costumes, subtitles, the way the shots are switched, and there are tributes everywhere. Kind of cute and chic.
The famous "North African Spy" is mentioned many times in the movie, but I think the most important tribute is reflected in the overall setting of the plot and structure.
"There are so many towns in the world, so many pubs in towns, and she walked into mine."
When I saw Mia walk into the restaurant, saw Xiaosai, and finally she stumbled into the bar again and reunited with Xiaosai, I remembered this famous line from that movie.
What is destiny? This is.
What is love?
When I met you, all the lights went out, only the light beside you was on, and in the whole space, only the sound of my heart beating vigorously could be heard.
This is love.
I hated jazz until I fell in love with you; I was arrogant and stubborn but just because I overheard your phone calls with my parents I decided to get a permanent job.
Both of them are hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, and both are "outdated" dreamers. She was moved by his unnoticed improv performance. He understood her strong self after the performance. She valued his dreams more than hers. his own, and so does he.
Mia and Xiaosai are definitely soul mates.
But the collapse also begins at a certain moment. You feel wronged because I don't love you enough, and I feel wronged because I am all for you.
Occupational choices and embarrassing situations are not insurmountable difficulties, but they choose to go their separate ways.
"I will always love you," she said.
"I will always love you too," he said.
It is "will", it is about to be, because this moment has been clearly lost.
The closer we are to our dreams, the farther we are from each other.
If the first half of the movie is full of passionate love, then the second half is full of tears.
There are a lot of foreshadowings, but the one that honks the horn is my favorite.
Willful and immature, but loving her innocently and passionately, this is his label.
When I heard the annoying horn outside the door, outside the movie, I was just as surprised and happy as Mia, who returned to her hometown in desperation to recover.
Especially when she asked him how to find himself, such a subtle little design of the library, imagine how he remembered how to find it all the way, the director just gave two slams at once.
And he emphasized her dreams and her talents over and over again, as she had done for him. cry like a dog.
But this kind of love, still can not last long, it can be seen that love is not everything.
But this thing, I knew when the movie opened, "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" heralded the beginning and end of love.
The name of the bar "Xiaosai" is a teardrop that was publicized in advance.
Seeing Mia, Xiaosai, who still seemed rebellious and high-spirited, didn't dare to look directly at her, but lowered her voice, "Welcome to Xiaosai".
He sat by the piano and quietly began to play that piece of music, the lights around him went out again, and the world was just you and me.
Miss, also Miss;
If you miss it, you will miss it.
Rewinding time and space there is the second biggest tear point.
I really like the director to show "what if" in this way, the butterfly effect of choice, the flashback of parallel space.
Especially at that high-speed intersection, fate veers into another road.
I wish it was real, the front was fake, she didn't have to sit next to another man and listen to him play silently, yesterday once more, but hug his arm and smile happily, they will have a little son, they keep each other.
Many people think that this assumption is based on whether the male protagonist gave up his dream and chose love at the beginning, but in fact it is not entirely the case.
The key turning point is not whether the male lead in the bar ignores the female lead.
People who are destined to love in the movie will love each other no matter what, just like at the beginning, even if the two pretended to be arrogant and didn't appreciate each other, but their hearts were already involved.
Only character determines destiny. He is him and she is her, so it is doomed to miss.
It is already very lucky to be able to meet and fall in love with each other for a while,
The story is a very idealized ending, in addition to most want to have, the rest.
It is very easy for me to think of another very small Hong Kong movie, "Whenever Changes" by Eason Chan and Miriam Yeung.
It is also a man who leaves the street market for women who pursue their dreams, even if they once gave each other the warmest company. He finally has the ordinary and happy family of his dreams, and she realizes the self-worth of her dreams. Even if they meet again like fate, they can't go back.
If she chooses again, will she choose her dream over her lover?
Can.
She was just sad, but never said regret.
If you do it all over again, will Mia choose to break up?
Can.
If love is divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter, you are the four seasons that I have passed through.
At the end, Mia looked back, Xiaosai raised her head, said a thousand words in her eyes, and finally settled on a tearful smile.
There were sobbing sounds one after another in the cinema. If there was a personal brain projector, there should be countless sad memories floating over the cinema.
Definitely not suitable for couples to watch together. After the movie ended, the girl next to her cried so hard, her boyfriend was at a loss and embarrassed. How to comfort how to ask? Did she ask her thinking of her ex, or the future of the two of them?
It can also be a bit tragic to see alone.
It's also not suitable for watching with friends. It's ugly to cry when everyone splits up. After watching it, it's okay to go for a drink together.
After thinking about it for a long time, it is probably the most suitable to see it with my ex. subtle.
So I chose the date of Valentine's Day on February 14, really... well, let's just remind everyone to "cherish the people in front of you".
About the film itself.
In fact, the director chose the form of a musical, and I thought it was quite strange at first.
But the dance is good and the song is good.
The ancients said, "Emotions move in the middle and form in words. Words are not enough, so sighing, sighing is not enough, so singing is not enough, singing is not enough, and I don't know how to dance with hands or dance with feet."
It can be seen that the really beautiful emotions in the heart, just say no, still have to sing and dance.
The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful.
After reading it, I want to learn swing dance, and I also want to go to Los Angeles.
This is indeed a piece of sugar water. The emotion is moving but not profound, but it is really skillful to boil the sugar water like this. The director is really talented.
Five-star recommendation, as the movie should be.
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