This scene is awesome. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are very funny, but i also like the lead singer, haha (ah! i just found out his name is D. A. Wallach ^^)
I love this scene, but i think about somethink... Try to imagine, if insdead of Ryan Gosling here would be Frank (from movie Frank with Michael Fassbender). Now I can not stop thinking about it
She implied that he is not a serious musician, but he came back expressing his scepticism about her ever making it past the auditions and actually becoming an actress.
Does no one see the foreshadowing at his last line here? "I guess I'll see you in the movies." He does see her in the movies and that's the only way for him to see her forever.
If you enjoy "Take on Me" you'd probably enjoy A-Ha's entire album "Hunting High and Low." It's pure 80's deliciousness and I like it even more now than I did when it first came out. ;)
One of the subtler things I like about this scene are those half-hearted "rocking out" movements Sebastian does while he's playing. Like that fist pump he did at 2:18 or all those times he nods at the frontman.
Jonas Charif Maybe subtle isn't quite the right word, but it's an element of the scene that isn't as in-your-face as, say, Mia's spastic lip sync performance. Just a few simple nods and fist pumps, really, yet they're pretty damn funny.
Mark Armage do you know all our lives are totally pointless too, we could all die and the world still move but if all the bees died the world be out of order
Question: does anybody know the reason why the character of Ryan Gosling is so pissed when asked to play "I Ran"? I get that he's into jazz and stuff, definitely no popular/simple/shallow music, but is there any specific reason why he later in the film takes the request to play THAT song almost as an offense? Is it like too easy to play with his instruments?
If you look at/listen to his specific part of the ensemble, he's playing a ridiculously plain and simple part. One chord every four beats, really simple, really boring. People who are 'stuck up' like his character would consider it an insult to give him such an easy part to play, even if the song is great to listen to.
What's actually shitty about those people in the audition is how they don't give so much recognition to her acting. She is a great actress, but those people in the audition room are so blind to see her.
The first time I saw seasons being used to title "acts" in a movie was in Requiem for a Dream (2000). Not sure if that was the actual first time it was done (probably not), though I'd hardly think that's where Damien Chazelle got the inspiration for La La Land's structure.
Jorge Pascoal Requiem is also the most creative way I've ever seen it be used, the first time I saw it as well, every time I've seen it since ... just no where near as good.
-he doesn't... I don't... he doesn't tell me what to do -he just told you what to do -I know, I let him... jajajajajaja I love him! I Love her! I love them!!!!
You know what..i watched this movie coz I needed to make a judgement on whether it was any good and was expecting it to be crap....i actually loved it.
