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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

Excited, probably see this tomorrow...
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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

magical, wonderful, lovely, whimsical. what a great movie this time of year. the performances were stellar. the dance and musical numbers perfect. the opening, grand. harkens back to movie-making of old. just loved this one.

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I've had the damn City of Stars song stuck in my head for the last week.
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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

My favorite movie of 2016 and now one of my favorite movies, period. I love old Hollywood and Gene Kelly movies. This easily met my high expectations for the follow-up to Whiplash, which is also one of my favorites.
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I guess the jaded IMDB masses are on board, has an 8.9 out of 10 with 27k votes
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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

Seriously, what's up with the Rolling Stone cover. I get the idea behind the sexy Emma Stone picture, but that byline?



A Star Is Born? Emma's been a star for over a decade. This isn't like Bree Larson who was largely an unknown before Room and Trainwreck hit in 2015. Emma's been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Best Picture winner, she had the lead role in another Best Picture nominee, she's been in two Spider-Man movies. Jim Carrey proposed to her on You Tube. She's been famous for over a decade now. What a stupid thing to put in your headline.
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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

Originally Posted by Decker
A Star Is Born? Emma's been a star for over a decade. This isn't like Bree Larson who was largely an unknown before Room and Trainwreck hit in 2015. Emma's been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Best Picture winner, she had the lead role in another Best Picture nominee, she's been in two Spider-Man movies. Jim Carrey proposed to her on You Tube. She's been famous for over a decade now. What a stupid thing to put in your headline.
While I don't disagree with the sentiment at all and am a huge fan of hers going back to the TV show Drive... this is really her first LEADING performance that is getting a lot of attention. She is has been in a lot of films that have garnered awards or recognition, but not as the star. Easy A is really the only film where she is the lead front and center... but that wasn't an Oscar caliber role. The Help had a huge cast with many roles recognized. Crazy, Stupid, Love had many roles. Spider-Man was supporting. The Woody Allen stuff I would say she is the lead in the same way she is sharing it with Gosling in this, but that is for a particular crowd. Birdman was supporting.
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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

She's been a star since Easy-A and Zombieland.

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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
She's been a star since Easy-A and Zombieland.

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Right. I think she stands out in everything she does. Certainly in Superbad.

Edit: Look at someone like Charlize Theron. She was in many films early in her career that garnered recognition. I'm sure many people were aware of her, but once Monster happened... she was huge.

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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

She is awesome, even in Superbad she made and impression on me. Damn the whole cast on that movie was great
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Sorry, what headline are you talking about? I only see sexy Emma Stone.
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Originally Posted by dex14
While I don't disagree with the sentiment at all and am a huge fan of hers going back to the TV show Drive... this is really her first LEADING performance that is getting a lot of attention. She is has been in a lot of films that have garnered awards or recognition, but not as the star. Easy A is really the only film where she is the lead front and center... but that wasn't an Oscar caliber role. The Help had a huge cast with many roles recognized. Crazy, Stupid, Love had many roles. Spider-Man was supporting. The Woody Allen stuff I would say she is the lead in the same way she is sharing it with Gosling in this, but that is for a particular crowd. Birdman was supporting.
Agreed. She hasn't been opening films like Jennifer Lawrence has over the last several years. I think she's great, but a star? There's not too many stars these days anyway, and I don't even know if an Oscar win for La La Land will get her there.
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Guess we'll see by how well Cruella opens, but since that's live action Disney it had an audience built in. Battle of the Sexes perhaps, though Tennis biopics are a tough sell no matter whose opening it.
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Guess we'll see by how well Cruella opens, but since that's live action Disney it had an audience built in. Battle of the Sexes perhaps, though Tennis biopics are a tough sell no matter whose opening it.
I don't even know of any tennis biopics.
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Now that you mention that, me neither. I should have just said "Tennis" is a tough sale.

Two come out this year, one with Stone in the lead (as Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes, with Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs ) and one with LaBeouf in the lead (as John McEnroe in Borg, this one is coming from the Swedes)

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Would bang Superhard
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I'd rawdog it.
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I would rawdog it Superhard. I'd Crazy Stupid Bang her until she screamed Aloha. Very Crood, I know.
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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

Originally Posted by RichC2
Now that you mention that, me neither. I should have just said "Tennis" is a tough sale.

Two come out this year, one with Stone in the lead (as Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes, with Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs ) and one with LaBeouf in the lead (as John McEnroe in Borg, this one is coming from the Swedes)
That's great news, I love tennis, but there's definitely a lack of tennis movies, and the only straight up tennis movie that even had marginal business was Wimbledon, and I'm being generous since it made around $41m on a $30m budget. Match Point was very successful, but I'd never call that a tennis movie.

Stone as Billie Jean King? Wonder how that's going to work. LaBeouf is hated by many, so playing McEnroe seems fitting.

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re: La La Land (2016, D: Chazelle) S: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

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Would bang Superhard
I would too, especially since I've never done it with an Asian chick.
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I would too, especially since I've never done it with an Asian chick.
Nothing beats banging an Asian chick while playing a carefully orchestrated pop soundtrack.
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Tennis talk here: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...l#post12985299
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Being in the minority that was hugely disappointed by Whiplash, I'll wait on this.
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Being in the minority that was hugely disappointed by Whiplash, I'll wait on this.
Aside from some jazz appreciation, it's nothing like Whiplash.

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