{"id":1260,"date":"2016-12-25T23:04:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T04:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2016-12-25T23:06:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T04:06:09","slug":"la-la-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/25\/la-la-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of &#8220;La La Land&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh. What a lovely day to spend Christmas Day watching <em>La La Land<\/em> in theatres with the whole family. VIP of course.<\/p>\n<p><em>La La Land<\/em> is a refreshing break from most content that is currently available. Most content &#8211; it would seem &#8211; is heavily focused on sex, fight scenes, etc. Directors want to &#8220;wow&#8221; us, and think more money on big visual scenes will do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, <em>La La Land<\/em> returns to an innocence of movie age where the writing plays a main role, and the on-screen chemistry will be the main feature. Both Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone have great on-screen chemistry, and are able to tell a beautiful story of two drawn to helping the other achieve their deepest dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, there isn&#8217;t much more to write. It&#8217;s a musical that won&#8217;t disappoint you. It provides you with all the feels, and will have you smiling like a bloody idiot in the theatre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='662' height='373' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lu4RHvouJH8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-reactid=\"199\">&#8220;Here&#8217;s to the ones who dream \/ Foolish, as they may seem \/ Here&#8217;s to the hearts that ache \/ Here&#8217;s to the mess we make&#8221;<\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1260\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/25\/la-la-land\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1260\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/25\/la-la-land\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/25\/la-la-land\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh. 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