LA LA LAND...life is better dancing

Once that you have seen the preview of "La La Land" (2016), you might think two things, first that you have no idea what this story is about other than the obvious and second, that definitely they don't do movies like this anymore. So after seen the movie you might agree with the fact that is a must see of the season and a movie that will define this generation and time. Specially in these times where the world feels under attack and life sometimes feel like a bump where we just want to take a break, or quit and go on a long term vacation just to keep our hope going about a better world for us and others, this movie comes and feels just right. Even that is set in present times, there is just something about the way is done and all what we see and feel that feels like the classics, like an old fashion film, where we can't but join to a celebration of love and want to leave the theater singing, smiling and dancing. Even the director couldn't avoid most of the cliches of the genre, musicals a tough cookie, because their charm depends in the final project and the big picture of it. It something goes wrong it will look horrible and ridiculous turning the whole thing into a disaster but if is well done, then we can be surprised and dazzled by the magic of the movies and get major events such as this Land. 

Ok, not gonna lie, it's on the surface a love story, like those old fashion musicals, so you were right assuming that after seeing the preview. And if you didn't even better. This is the story of Mia and Sebastian. She is an aspiring actress that lives with her three roommates, and works as a barista in the Warner Bros. lot just to deal with raising stars and wanna be celebrities while trying to find her way in Hollywood, jumping from one audition to other just to feel frustrated of seeking some kind of opportunity that seems to fit better to others, prettier, more talented, better dressed, with better connections, so even she seems to be doing great performing as has been told, is exhausting to look at yourself rejected one after other, feeling like you are not enough and that your dream might never come true. And actress Emma Stone will make you feel all the sadness and joy of someone fighting to own her place in an industry that is very wanted for many but just a fe can actually get in, just to prove that dreams might come true but at a cost and life is not a cheering song without going into some darker places and been pulled down just to find the way to re start and find a better and new way, but realizing sometimes we need from others to get inspired again and get some strength to keep going and pursue that dream, and maybe get some new ideas about how to, as she will just to crash again but into a new wall that after closing a door will open a window that might be the answer if she is willing to pay the price of jumping into it.

And that inspiration will come in the form of Sebastian, a young pianist, and jazz obsessed guy that is fighting even harder for a type of music that is dying but he loves, he ever has and ever will, but has taken him to nowhere. he has no money to pay his bills, living by the charity of his sister, pushing him to take some side jobs in restaurants and parties playing piano in a way that feels wrong, following a play set that makes him forget about his love of music, the essence of jazz, which means be able to perform and re invent and compuse at the same time while doing something new every single time. So his frustration can't be more obvious that turning him into an asshole, even that life tries to match him with Mia, till once when finally she is the one trying to take it back on him for his attitude just to get his attention and even they have no much in common, there are sparks and attraction there, there is something they can't explain happening when they are together and they are not looking for any romance. She is already seeing someone and he is in a bad place to think in a relationship, but when things happens and you get in some kind of synchronization with someone, opposites attract and magic things happen, and that's how love happens. They both find themselves immerse in this feeling that make them float, dance, explore new things, but mostly inspiring each other to keep fighting for their own dreams, supporting each other to believe they can make it and that life is not as bad as it seems, they have teamed up and they are stronger together, but that feeling can be expressed better with music and body language. Thanks to another great performance from actor Ryan Gosling, who's charm will get you cheering and singing for him.

While music will keep you on the edge of your seat, the perfect score a mix of jazz and modern musicals, makes this story the perfect fit to revive a genre that is also dying just like jazz and also in a time where movies seem to be going on a way down due to an increase of quality in tv, where shows have overtaken the industry and the attention of everybody, specially new generations that prefer to binge at home or their phone that spend some time in theaters where is crowded, dirty and people talk while the show, so with jazz and cinema almost dying these two characters can't represent better the two sides of their own fight to bring them back while expose their beauty. The fact that movies can inspire and influence anyone's life transforming pop culture and sticking in your mind for generations and music can inspire and awake feeling you might not know having or simply to keep fighting for whatever your dream or cause is. Mixing the magic of movies and the power of music you get a musical that while exposes itself inspiring new generations to understand their own beauty and embrace them as a unique opportunity that feels like falling in love and while it might not be perfect for sure will change or transform you life in ways that you can't imagine, understanding that something no need words but simple images, sounds, corporal language can say more than thousand words. so are you ready to dance and give it a chance?

Well if you do, then you won't missed the part that the preview was hiding. The story of love is just the cover of a major storyline, the one that defines us in more ways than music and art does, the story of life, it's power to takes us through different paths and how sometimes or most of them we miss their signals, when trying to say something, because as music or dancing, not always will be too straight forward or clear but more smooth, forcing us to understand a secret message hiding behind it's actions. We'll get clues and opportunity, and every person that we cross paths with has a reason for, a meaning behind a simple chit chat or encounter. Life will surprise you if you give a chance but nothing can be stronger than your will to make things happen, to fight for your dreams but as said before, everything will come at a cost, we can't ave it all, at least not all together or at the same time, so sometimes you'll have to choose between love or dreams, happiness or satisfaction, or maybe one will lead to the other, but relationships are not as simple and magic as the happy ending movies, even that we can make peace with our decisions, and that will make us happy, we will have to face the fact that for every major decision we do, will be another possibility that we might be missing or letting go and that one could be better than the chosen one, but won't know till later, when we are able to have a different perspective. Music is made of from a composition of tones and high's low's, so is life, and cinema is made from different kinds of art, all mixed together, and they have different tones and acts, perspectives and storylines, so does life, so be ready to immerse in a journey that you might already tried but need to awake and start enjoying and here some tunes and steps to do it better, cause never felt better to have a feel love and hope among difficult times, this might be just a bump. La la la...