slick la la review

“We’re in this movie so I guess we’re in love.”
 

The most fas­ci­nat­ing thing about La La Land (to me) is how a movie that seems en­gi­neered in a lab to ap­peal specif­i­cal­ly to me does very lit­tle for me. 

I am strange­ly un­moved even though I should love this.
 

“Has it been an hour and 40 min­utes yet? Let’s be in love thanks.”
 

I think the thing is that it all feels more cal­cu­lat­ed than tru­ly felt. 

Say what you will about Xanadu or The Ap­ple, or even One From the Heart, the peo­ple that made those flicks *meant it*

It’s like­wise why Moulin Rouge works. This feels like peo­ple check­ing off box­es on a re­sume, “Hey, we like things like this, maybe we should try to make one.”
 

Its un­for­tu­nate be­cause, again, I should love this. 

But there’s noth­ing here mak­ing me feel like there’s a heart and a point of view be­hind it. It’s, like, a style exercise.

And in every way that La La Land didn’t thrill me, The Founder *is* thrilling me.

I just wish I was see­ing what every­one else is since it seems like I should.
 
 
 

—ja­son malmberg

Flom­mist Ja­son Malm­berg is a sim­ple man who be­lieves in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art some­times. Copy­right © 2017 Ja­son Malmberg.

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