It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
I have a friend who loves this movie, and when I told her that the actors weren't good singers, she promptly said that THAT was one of the main reasons why the movie was so relatable, because it made it feel like anyone could be living that story. It made her feel like it was tangible, and she could see herself there, so that's why she liked it. I guess I see her point. But I'd still prefer good singing. I guess I prefer to imagine myself singing well.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
I watched this because the quotes from this review on rotten tomatoes, "I have so many feelings about how much I hated this movie" and "It was a pretentious waste of my time" were perfectly on point. It's been a few years and I'm still upset people praised this awful movie as much as they did.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Thank you! I thought I was the crazy one amongst my friends! I thought it was real pretty to look at, but I was so bored! I kept waiting for something to happen! Went home afterwards and watched The Last Five Years.
I thought THIS TRAIN WRECK won 6 Oscars over best picture Moonlight which won 3??? Shut the front door! The piano scene vs. The diner scene? Both couples should've kissed BUT NO! Moonlight has better story, acting and editing (they both lost to the underrated Hacksaw Ridge btw). Tripe. I don't care. I really don't.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Nailed it. This movie was such a trainwreck. I liked it a little better after that end scene when I realized the plot structure was stolen from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg -- but then I was also annoyed that it was unoriginal. At first I was annoyed at the mixing, but then I started to wonder if the sound engineer did it on purpose to hide the terrible singing. But at the end, I think it was definitely her fantasy. The whole montage ends with a close-up on her looking freaked and about to cry because she's been thinking about what she missed.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Me too, I never heard anyone before you and MovieBitches, I am glad I found people who feel the same. For me was so boring, I asked myself during the , why is this movie such a big hit? Still no answer...many Oscars and the director was celebrated like a God of the directors.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
What I love about you guys' reviews is that I can totally disagree with you on a movie but still find your review and your take on the movie extremely interesting and entertaining and a great discussion. I loved La La Land so much but while I disagreed with a lot of what you said I still really enjoyed watching this review. I respected your opinions and thought it was an interesting discussion and also it was fucking hilarious.
Likewise!! I loved La La Land! It was an exaggeration of puppy love and a commentary on superficiality. It was never really about LA, or the accuracy of the dancing, or the depth of Sebastian’s artistry. It was about the ridiculousness of overlooking clear incompatibilities. All of the spectacle was supposed to be so dramatic in order to contrast their reality during moments of dialogue. Even with the comment about Rebel Without A Cause, it seemed to hammer home that these characters do not understand eachother or themselves as well as they try to come across. The relationship burns as quickly as it begins, and they equally let themselves get carried away by things that excite them, instead of focusing on what fulfills them.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
I was raised here in LA and I really wanted to like this movie. I'm down for a musical like sure! I watched both seasons of Smash when they aired. (I was in it for Anjelica Houston) but this movie... it was such a stereotypical transplant experience. Like "wow LA is magical and wonderful and no one has problems and we drink expensive coffee and smoothies all the time". Like it needed to take itself less seriously. Just like have magical dance numbers and don't make me worry about your problems and it will be fabulous like Hello Dolly. Or It needed to be more like RENT where they're fighting gentrification (because the theatre closed) and he's black(?) and he has to save Jazz and his grandfather played with some jazz legend or something (like why does he like Jazz?) . And it gets into that. This movie needed to make up its mind. Do I care about their problems or not? Because if I do, let me care about them but if I don't, make it more fabulous so I don't worry about that.
OHHH man I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that hated this movie!!! Emma Stone's weird-sad-whisper singing made me so angry! Also they didn't change her appearance whatsoever for the 5 years later part; since it's an ~homage~ to Old Hollywood could they not have put in some hair extensions and given her Veronica Lake hair for the part where she's famous??? Ugh.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
oh my god, I work in a movie theater during breaks from uni and these two older women were like "it reminds me of the older movies, you probably wouldn't know them..." ma'am Cary Grant was my first celebrity crush, I know wtf you're talking abt and also NO you're wrong don't ever compare this to masterpieces from that period lol
La la land is trash... In other musicals (for example Chicago) they hired famous actors as well, but the actors learned how to sing, they learned how to dance... But this?? Emma Stone couldn't even walk in heels!! And the tap dance? They were putting on tap dance shoes on and in the end they weren't even dancing!! I'm so mad, and now 14 Oscar nominations??
This review has made my year. A right kick in the rubber parts for the predictable schmaltz oozing from Blah Blah Land. This is both your finest piece to camera yet. Bravo!
Thank you for posting tis ! I agree 100% with everything you've said. It's gona be a shame to see Emma and the film winning an Oscar. It's gona be an historic injustice ! They didn't deserve to be nominated. Such an embarrassement.....
I also have a question about this movie, which has bugged me for a while: when the main couple is still fighting, they meet at a party where the guy is playing in an eighties tribute band, and the girl requests I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls, just to spite him. Why would that song in particular be such a humiliation for a "real musician" to play? Is it somehow supposed to be so much worse that other eighties songs? I like I Ran as much as most new wave classics. So what's the joke? What am I missing?
It's very interesting watching this La La Land review in contrast to the Half in the Bag review of it that also dropped today. Exactly the opposite reactions that I'd expect from each of y'all.
My biggest problem with this movie was covered in the first few minutes of this video. If they are going to hire two people who can't sing or dance very well, WHY would they give a solo song to a small supporting role and cast John Legend. He blows every other performance away. I don't understand.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
This fucking review was Errrrrrrrthang! I cannot agree any more. I feel this marks the end of Art. You can challenge yourself in life, but YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, Cuts in the arts are coming, There is no respect for artistry, technique. The classics had trained song and dance people!!!!!!! He is a jazz musician? WTF! Hollywood can throw a stick down 42nd street and find a leading man and ingenue to play these roles. I also blame corporatism and capitalism! I'm watching Dancer in the Dark again, that's a true contemporary musical.
OMG YES YES AND YES!!! This movie was TERRIBLE and pissed me off SO much! I cannot even begin to understand all the hype it has gotten. I left the theater feeling like a deflated balloon in a gutter. Thank you SO much for calling out all the BS it tried to sell coated in all that faux-whimsy, stolen-from-better-productions - vomit colored sugar.
Super late to your review, but I just found your channel. I feel better knowing more people didn't understand what they were saying in the opening number, because I'm Mexican and English is not my first language and I thought I was the problem.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Oh my god!!! Petty but I feel so validated that you guys don't like this movie. I thought it was so boring but everyone love it and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
I didn't hate this movie, I just couldn't stand how they could not sing for shit, and the fact that this movie was far too highly rated by critics is bullshit
OMG yes. You guys nailed it on the head with this review. Like I was so frustrated with this movie, and meanwhile everyone is going crazy over it. Thank you for this, honestly.
i was so excited for you guys to review this, thinking you might like it, but i'm super upset you didn't. after seeing it, i was a bit obsessed (i downloaded the soundtrack while walking back to my car from the theatre). i still love y'all, but i disagree wholeheartedly.
As a 17 year old aspiring to move to LA, who's too naive to care about or watch real problems, I loved this movie! Also I fucking SCREAMED at "I can't recommend it, but you might like it.... you might also be a basic bitch"- that's why i might not agree with you but I'll always love you guys !!
When i first saw this movie I was like okay, heard a lot about it it'll be good. Ten minutes in my brother was like nope and left me in the living room to watch it on my own and didn't even tell me. It's freaking 2020 and I still don't actually understand what was happening in this damn movie. I haven't forgiven my brother for making me suffer through it alone and then having to explain the plot. I don't even know what the plot is. Is it just these two pretentious bitches being in love but they can't be together?
I am obsessed with watching your videos. Glad you hated this movie as much as me. I'm still reeling over Emma beating Natalie for an Oscar. What in gay hell?????? That one scene, when Natalie Portman as Jackie , was washing Hubby's blood off her face in the bathroom was more acting than Emma's shown EVER.... Lol
Thank you! I liked the movie enough, but it's become such an overrated piece of rotten fruit. Hollywood is so desperate to clung onto mediocre trite as to not upset the status quo.
Fantastic. I love it when you logic-troll the daft ones. Hey -- when you get to 10,000 subs -- I think you should celebrate with a mash up of every time you've ever said 'fuck you movie!!!' Surely it's time?
Most of what you guys said was True. And I agree with it. That being said, I don't know shit about musicals. Because I don't like musicals. However I loved this movie. And I think that's the point.
same, I didn't hate the movie, but I have more fun with this review lol. THe movie was very mid, I did like the emma stone singing that kermit the frog kinda thing about artists, that's about it for me. I think there is something there in this movie, I guess that's true for most movies, but it just wasn't executed well.
I’ve tried and tried and tried to watch and like this movie, because the critics say I’m supposed to ..... I don’t think I’ve made it more than 40 minutes in.
Thank god for you guys!! I was completely underwhelmed by this movie. It felt like it was a complete parody of old musical films rather than a genuine homage. I think the quickest fix the movie could've done that would've raised it significantly would be to pick unknown actors b/c THAT'S KINDA THE POINT OF THE WHOLE STUPID FILM.....🙄 again, thank god for your spot on opinions. So glad I'm not alone in this lol
I didn't HATE the movie but I totally understand all the reasons why you hated it... Especially: "The problem is that they cast people who can neither sing nor dance"... So true! I just don't understand this trend. Same thing for Les Miserables or Phantom of the Opera. I mean, a musical is supposed to have good music and/or dancing, that's the point of a musical, right? If you need famous people with pretty faces in the main roles, at least, as you said... DUB THEM. And have the supporting roles do the amazing dancing and singing. That's what they did in West Side Story and honestly the result was pretty damn good!
I'm glad you called it out. At first I thought the movie was set in the thirties or forties BUT NO! I guess it would've been more interesting and a real love letter to LA as the movie pretends
+Sergiy P. There's nothing to elaborate here, just watch their other videos. They disagree with each other often. It's not because they do it in a civilized manner that they don't express diverging opinions. Saying they always say the same thing is just low-brow troll tbh.
I didn't hate the movie as much as you guys, but I really enjoyed this review because my new year's resolution was to be less bitchy, and this was a perfect outlet for that side of me :)
This is probably the fifth time I've watched this... So fucking funny! Also, recently watched "Les parapluies de cherbourg" and you are so right - much better
I normally listen to the soundtrack to a film before I see it to see if I'll enjoy it. I was calling bullshit on this movie when there were only like twelve songs and only two of them were decent. I was confused as to how a musical could have so much praise and so few songs, much less good songs.
I did not hate this movie but I do agree with a lot of the criticism you had for it. I was personallt happy that Moonlight won Best Picture over it, not only because it was my favorite of the films nominated but I just really did not want La La Land to win. I always have one or two movies that I don't want to win and in the lastest Oscars, it was Three Billboards and The Post.
Drink every time Avaryl or Andrew say "fuck you" or "I HATE THEM" This is the PERFECT recap/review and I agree with everything sais. As a big fan of the Golden Age of movie musicals, FUCK YOU MOVIE!! Also, the boyfriend and I have been wanting to do a wine club. Thank you for the suggestive plug!
I always thought this movie was wildly overrated and the music not very good and I never understood its acclaim. When compared to classic musicals of the past, it falls far, far short.
In addition to your examples of WAY better films that comment on the pretentious, ostentatious nature of LA and celebrity culture, you guys should also add A Star Is Born. There are also movies that take place in New York that basically do the same thing, just from a New York lens; for example, All About Eve, Birdman, and Inside Llewyn Davis (the extremely underrated Cohen Brothers movie starring Oscar Issac).
ok, so here's the thing, i've been avoiding watching this review of yours bc i was scared. i know you guys are west coasters and i was afraid you guys would somehow be swayed by the "glitz and the glamour" of this movie (idk where any of that was but people tell me it's there) BUT THANK GOD I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN NOT TO WORRY THANK GOD YOU HATE THIS TOO. Me and my sister are two die-hard new yorkers, we love broadway, musicals, etc but we absolutely HATED. THIS. MOVIE. i leaned over to my sister at one point and was like "...do you hate this?" and she was like "omg yes, i'm so mad rn" we spent the next hour drinking martinis and bad mouthing it until it was over. i could write a dissertation on how much i hate this movie from the TERRIBLE costume design, to the fact that you have movie stars who can't sing & dance when really you needed to be casting "nobodys" who CAN sing & dance; and don't even get me started on the white man saves jazz plotline that needed to get the fuck out forever, the dumb ass "romance" that was pretty weird and unhealthy and i never was invested in, the bizarre music, that crazy random neon lighting in their apartment that just made me feel like i had somehow done a drug far worse than gin, that shitty first dance number that's totally backlight and chaotic and from a setting perspective just shows how gross and disgusting LA is from the get so why the fuck do i care ? i hate this movie i hate this movie I HATE THIS FUCKING MOVIE it's a hollywood circle jerk at best but like, when they're old and have no sperm left ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Um? Actually, they DON'T "first meet" in the nightclub where he's playing crappy Christmas music! They really first meet on the highway, after that rather lengthy car-damaging dance sequence, when traffic starts moving but she doesn't. He blows his 1980's "Buick Riviera" (NOT "THUNDERBIRD", ANDREW!) convertible horn, she gives him "the finger", he pulls up alongside and scowls, then zooms off... AHHHHHHH! I feel bettah, BLANCHE! 💋
"Annie Hall the musical but with terrible songs" hits the nail on the fucking head! out of interest, have you seen whiplash, Damien Chazelle's previous film? That's an actually good, gritty portrayal of an ambitious artist, plus it gives context to goofy, finger-clicking J.K Simmons
On the contrary, I actually really loved La La Land! It was an exaggeration of puppy love and a commentary on superficiality. It was never really about LA, or the accuracy of the dancing, or the depth of Sebastian’s artistry. It was about the ridiculousness of overlooking clear incompatibilities. I agree that these characters were pretentious, but it was to highlight their proclivities toward overlooking their flaws. All of the spectacle was supposed to be so dramatic in order to contrast their reality during moments of dialogue. Even with the comment about Rebel Without A Cause, it seemed to hammer home that these characters do not understand eachother or themselves as well as they try to come across. The relationship burns as quickly as it begins, and they equally let themselves get carried away by naivety instead of focusing on what fulfills them.
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Ya this movie lost me at the opening number...literally could not understand the lyrics becaus the music was over-powering it so horribly
Can #Andrewfixesthemovie become a thing for every bad movie you guys see?
Yaaass! :-D
This needs to be a thing. LOL!
#Andrewfixesthemovie should have been "burn the script and torch the sets" in this case.
Thanks for posting this, I just avoided going, I'm not usually a fan of musicals. Interested to watch and see if I made the right decision.
Lee Dawson you are the best 💜
Lee Dawson daddy dawson watching this? Yaasss
All balls
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Finally, somebody said it! Thank you!
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
I have a friend who loves this movie, and when I told her that the actors weren't good singers, she promptly said that THAT was one of the main reasons why the movie was so relatable, because it made it feel like anyone could be living that story. It made her feel like it was tangible, and she could see herself there, so that's why she liked it. I guess I see her point. But I'd still prefer good singing. I guess I prefer to imagine myself singing well.
With friends like that you don't need any enemies! U IN DANGER GURL! GET OUT WHILE U STILL CAN! This movie is God awful.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
"can neither sing nor dance" Ugh, thank you. Why did I have to convince friends about this. And I looooove musicals (real ones).
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
I watched this because the quotes from this review on rotten tomatoes, "I have so many feelings about how much I hated this movie" and "It was a pretentious waste of my time" were perfectly on point.
It's been a few years and I'm still upset people praised this awful movie as much as they did.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Thank you! I thought I was the crazy one amongst my friends! I thought it was real pretty to look at, but I was so bored! I kept waiting for something to happen! Went home afterwards and watched The Last Five Years.
OMG! I did the exact same thing!
I thought THIS TRAIN WRECK won 6 Oscars over best picture Moonlight which won 3???
Shut the front door! The piano scene vs. The diner scene? Both couples should've kissed BUT NO! Moonlight has better story, acting and editing (they both lost to the underrated Hacksaw Ridge btw). Tripe. I don't care. I really don't.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Nailed it. This movie was such a trainwreck. I liked it a little better after that end scene when I realized the plot structure was stolen from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg -- but then I was also annoyed that it was unoriginal. At first I was annoyed at the mixing, but then I started to wonder if the sound engineer did it on purpose to hide the terrible singing.
But at the end, I think it was definitely her fantasy. The whole montage ends with a close-up on her looking freaked and about to cry because she's been thinking about what she missed.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
@@actualkarenokboomer3158 It's a musical. The artform is about singing and dancing, regardless of the plot.
I'm so happy other people hated this movie
Except for Emma and the music itself, nauseous to say the least suicidal at most. Smarmy the musical. Jaw dropping tripe.
Me too, I never heard anyone before you and MovieBitches, I am glad I found people who feel the same. For me was so boring, I asked myself during the , why is this movie such a big hit? Still no answer...many Oscars and the director was celebrated like a God of the directors.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
What I love about you guys' reviews is that I can totally disagree with you on a movie but still find your review and your take on the movie extremely interesting and entertaining and a great discussion. I loved La La Land so much but while I disagreed with a lot of what you said I still really enjoyed watching this review. I respected your opinions and thought it was an interesting discussion and also it was fucking hilarious.
Likewise!! I loved La La Land! It was an exaggeration of puppy love and a commentary on superficiality. It was never really about LA, or the accuracy of the dancing, or the depth of Sebastian’s artistry. It was about the ridiculousness of overlooking clear incompatibilities. All of the spectacle was supposed to be so dramatic in order to contrast their reality during moments of dialogue. Even with the comment about Rebel Without A Cause, it seemed to hammer home that these characters do not understand eachother or themselves as well as they try to come across. The relationship burns as quickly as it begins, and they equally let themselves get carried away by things that excite them, instead of focusing on what fulfills them.
George Gershwin actually complained about the singing of Astaire and Rogers. Can you imagine his reaction to Gosling and Stone?
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
this is one of your guys' funniest reviews hahaha thank you
2020 and still think this review is better than the actual film.
Almost 2021 and this is still a fact. And facts ARE facts, America.
The film is good tho in the majority view , so it’s a very good film , can’t change that
2021... and I'm watching this review for the 10th time
I love how there was a La La Land commerical right before this video. lmfao
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
This is keeping me good company through labor contractions! 😄
Best unexpected comment ever. Like I could see this being a digital short lol.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
I was raised here in LA and I really wanted to like this movie. I'm down for a musical like sure! I watched both seasons of Smash when they aired. (I was in it for Anjelica Houston) but this movie... it was such a stereotypical transplant experience. Like "wow LA is magical and wonderful and no one has problems and we drink expensive coffee and smoothies all the time". Like it needed to take itself less seriously. Just like have magical dance numbers and don't make me worry about your problems and it will be fabulous like Hello Dolly. Or It needed to be more like RENT where they're fighting gentrification (because the theatre closed) and he's black(?) and he has to save Jazz and his grandfather played with some jazz legend or something (like why does he like Jazz?) . And it gets into that. This movie needed to make up its mind. Do I care about their problems or not? Because if I do, let me care about them but if I don't, make it more fabulous so I don't worry about that.
OHHH man I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that hated this movie!!! Emma Stone's weird-sad-whisper singing made me so angry! Also they didn't change her appearance whatsoever for the 5 years later part; since it's an ~homage~ to Old Hollywood could they not have put in some hair extensions and given her Veronica Lake hair for the part where she's famous??? Ugh.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
Can we please get a review of Hurricane Bianca now that it's on Netfilx? I just thought it was campy fun and I was all about it
Natasha Whitham i love it
its coming after s2
it was not good but I loved it because bianca that's why.
oh my god, I work in a movie theater during breaks from uni and these two older women were like "it reminds me of the older movies, you probably wouldn't know them..." ma'am Cary Grant was my first celebrity crush, I know wtf you're talking abt and also NO you're wrong don't ever compare this to masterpieces from that period lol
La la land is trash... In other musicals (for example Chicago) they hired famous actors as well, but the actors learned how to sing, they learned how to dance... But this?? Emma Stone couldn't even walk in heels!! And the tap dance? They were putting on tap dance shoes on and in the end they weren't even dancing!!
I'm so mad, and now 14 Oscar nominations??
This review has made my year.
A right kick in the rubber parts for the predictable schmaltz oozing from Blah Blah Land.
This is both your finest piece to camera yet.
Bravo!
Thank you for posting tis ! I agree 100% with everything you've said. It's gona be a shame to see Emma and the film winning an Oscar. It's gona be an historic injustice ! They didn't deserve to be nominated. Such an embarrassement.....
Thank you! Finally somebody said it. Lol. Why is everyone in love with this movie? Best movie of the year? Not by a long shot!
I also have a question about this movie, which has bugged me for a while: when the main couple is still fighting, they meet at a party where the guy is playing in an eighties tribute band, and the girl requests I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls, just to spite him. Why would that song in particular be such a humiliation for a "real musician" to play? Is it somehow supposed to be so much worse that other eighties songs? I like I Ran as much as most new wave classics. So what's the joke? What am I missing?
Seriously laughed so hard I peed. FINALLY someone feels the same way I did instead of lauding it like it’s the second coming!!
+MovieBitches the last scene was her fantasy not his. Stellar review though. It's nice to know I'm not crazy XD
It's very interesting watching this La La Land review in contrast to the Half in the Bag review of it that also dropped today. Exactly the opposite reactions that I'd expect from each of y'all.
My biggest problem with this movie was covered in the first few minutes of this video. If they are going to hire two people who can't sing or dance very well, WHY would they give a solo song to a small supporting role and cast John Legend. He blows every other performance away. I don't understand.
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
"So much for 10K subscribers"- now you nearly have 13K! So proud to have followed you guys for so long, you deserve more recognition!
This fucking review was Errrrrrrrthang! I cannot agree any more. I feel this marks the end of Art. You can challenge yourself in life, but YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, Cuts in the arts are coming, There is no respect for artistry, technique. The classics had trained song and dance people!!!!!!! He is a jazz musician? WTF! Hollywood can throw a stick down 42nd street and find a leading man and ingenue to play these roles. I also blame corporatism and capitalism! I'm watching Dancer in the Dark again, that's a true contemporary musical.
OMG YES YES AND YES!!! This movie was TERRIBLE and pissed me off SO much! I cannot even begin to understand all the hype it has gotten. I left the theater feeling like a deflated balloon in a gutter. Thank you SO much for calling out all the BS it tried to sell coated in all that faux-whimsy, stolen-from-better-productions - vomit colored sugar.
The first 3 minutes is pure gold. Keep coming back for this 💙💙💙
Super late to your review, but I just found your channel. I feel better knowing more people didn't understand what they were saying in the opening number, because I'm Mexican and English is not my first language and I thought I was the problem.
Yes!! My feed has been blessed by these two yet again
But like seriously can Andrew and Avril fix the movie be a segment and the audience votes for the winner
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
:: you guys bitched the house DOWN!!!! amen
It isn't about singing and dancing and doesn't pretend to be, it is about achieving your dream and neither character was trying to make it singing and dancing.
i loved the movie but i just had so much fun watching them bash it
Oh my god!!! Petty but I feel so validated that you guys don't like this movie. I thought it was so boring but everyone love it and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Omg I love this movie and I equally loved watching you guys tear it to shreds! 😂
I totally agree I could not hear the lyrics to the opening number at all! Pretty frustrating and not a great way to start off a movie.
I didn't hate this movie, I just couldn't stand how they could not sing for shit, and the fact that this movie was far too highly rated by critics is bullshit
OMG yes. You guys nailed it on the head with this review. Like I was so frustrated with this movie, and meanwhile everyone is going crazy over it. Thank you for this, honestly.
You guys are hilarious, I love watching your videos!
Thank you for the laughs and wine cheers! You two are awesome.
i was so excited for you guys to review this, thinking you might like it, but i'm super upset you didn't. after seeing it, i was a bit obsessed (i downloaded the soundtrack while walking back to my car from the theatre). i still love y'all, but i disagree wholeheartedly.
We all have our tastes, it's ok if you liked it, but I agree with all of what they said...Cheers.
As a 17 year old aspiring to move to LA, who's too naive to care about or watch real problems, I loved this movie! Also I fucking SCREAMED at "I can't recommend it, but you might like it.... you might also be a basic bitch"- that's why i might not agree with you but I'll always love you guys !!
When i first saw this movie I was like okay, heard a lot about it it'll be good. Ten minutes in my brother was like nope and left me in the living room to watch it on my own and didn't even tell me. It's freaking 2020 and I still don't actually understand what was happening in this damn movie. I haven't forgiven my brother for making me suffer through it alone and then having to explain the plot. I don't even know what the plot is. Is it just these two pretentious bitches being in love but they can't be together?
I am obsessed with watching your videos. Glad you hated this movie as much as me. I'm still reeling over Emma beating Natalie for an Oscar. What in gay hell?????? That one scene, when Natalie Portman as Jackie , was washing Hubby's blood off her face in the bathroom was more acting than Emma's shown EVER.... Lol
Thank you! I liked the movie enough, but it's become such an overrated piece of rotten fruit. Hollywood is so desperate to clung onto mediocre trite as to not upset the status quo.
Thank you guys I really hated this movie for exactly the same reasons and now I don't feel so alone, since all my friends recommended it to me haha
I may have had to wait but this is one of your best reviews ever
I had no interest to see this movie & now I'm glad that I don't have to bother. #sorrynotsorry
literary I saw that I got a notification and I screamed a little!!!!
I hated this movie on principle; thank you for proving me right.
Fantastic. I love it when you logic-troll the daft ones.
Hey -- when you get to 10,000 subs -- I think you should celebrate with a mash up of every time you've ever said 'fuck you movie!!!'
Surely it's time?
I love that they hated it! I 100% prefer when they dont like a movie, favourite reviews so far- la la land and the shallows
WhatTheFuckMovie is my favorite hashtag of yalls. Also, NEON DEMON would be the perfect movie for you guys to review. :D
Most of what you guys said was True.
And I agree with it.
That being said,
I don't know shit about musicals. Because I don't like musicals.
However I loved this movie. And I think that's the point.
Yess thanks for saying exactly what I've been thinking haha
I honestly do have a life, but I may have watched this about 4 times now.... And the laughter is still there!
same, I didn't hate the movie, but I have more fun with this review lol. THe movie was very mid, I did like the emma stone singing that kermit the frog kinda thing about artists, that's about it for me. I think there is something there in this movie, I guess that's true for most movies, but it just wasn't executed well.
Just watched it after avoiding it for so long because I felt it was overrated & I'm glad y'all tore it to shreds :)
Do you know what my mom said after watching the movies?
"What is this first world problems bullshit?"
I’ve tried and tried and tried to watch and like this movie, because the critics say I’m supposed to ..... I don’t think I’ve made it more than 40 minutes in.
Yay you guys saved me from boredom love you ❤️❤️
The Best review ever !!! Thank you !
Thank god for you guys!! I was completely underwhelmed by this movie. It felt like it was a complete parody of old musical films rather than a genuine homage. I think the quickest fix the movie could've done that would've raised it significantly would be to pick unknown actors b/c THAT'S KINDA THE POINT OF THE WHOLE STUPID FILM.....🙄 again, thank god for your spot on opinions. So glad I'm not alone in this lol
How did Emma Stone's mediocre singing win the Oscar over the stunting pretty Isabelle Huppert?!
I didn't HATE the movie but I totally understand all the reasons why you hated it... Especially: "The problem is that they cast people who can neither sing nor dance"... So true! I just don't understand this trend. Same thing for Les Miserables or Phantom of the Opera. I mean, a musical is supposed to have good music and/or dancing, that's the point of a musical, right? If you need famous people with pretty faces in the main roles, at least, as you said... DUB THEM. And have the supporting roles do the amazing dancing and singing. That's what they did in West Side Story and honestly the result was pretty damn good!
in a few years we'll all be like damn remember lalaland i cant believe i liked that movie
I'm glad you called it out. At first I thought the movie was set in the thirties or forties BUT NO! I guess it would've been more interesting and a real love letter to LA as the movie pretends
My two favorite characters were the dudes making fun of Emma Stone after her play in the hallway. What was their story?
ROTFL, this comment had me in tears. Fingers crossed for a spin off XD
they always have the same opinions
BluePain that is the only annoying thing. neither of them disagree with each other on small or big things.
girl you need to watch them more because : no they don't
+flblbl Would you care to elaborate?
Yup
+Sergiy P. There's nothing to elaborate here, just watch their other videos.
They disagree with each other often. It's not because they do it in a civilized manner that they don't express diverging opinions. Saying they always say the same thing is just low-brow troll tbh.
third time I see this, guess my musical self was so hurt by this movie that I keep coming back here. you guys get me
I didn't hate the movie as much as you guys, but I really enjoyed this review because my new year's resolution was to be less bitchy, and this was a perfect outlet for that side of me :)
This is probably the fifth time I've watched this... So fucking funny!
Also, recently watched "Les parapluies de cherbourg" and you are so right - much better
I normally listen to the soundtrack to a film before I see it to see if I'll enjoy it. I was calling bullshit on this movie when there were only like twelve songs and only two of them were decent. I was confused as to how a musical could have so much praise and so few songs, much less good songs.
i saw an ad for it right before the episode lol
Revisited this since I’m on an Emma stone binge, and man this review is just iconic to me. So good lol
I'd love to see you guys review an artsy anime movie like Paprika or Ghost in the Shell or Your Name even
why can't i like this twice. i couldn't believe the hype for this movie and how many of my friends loved it... time to get new friends
I did not hate this movie but I do agree with a lot of the criticism you had for it. I was personallt happy that Moonlight won Best Picture over it, not only because it was my favorite of the films nominated but I just really did not want La La Land to win. I always have one or two movies that I don't want to win and in the lastest Oscars, it was Three Billboards and The Post.
Drink every time Avaryl or Andrew say "fuck you" or "I HATE THEM"
This is the PERFECT recap/review and I agree with everything sais. As a big fan of the Golden Age of movie musicals, FUCK YOU MOVIE!!
Also, the boyfriend and I have been wanting to do a wine club. Thank you for the suggestive plug!
Bless you for this take. I thought I would hate the movie but after hearing from Movie Bitches I know I'll hate it. And exactly why.
You guys should review The Neon Demon also set in LA and directed by Nicolas winding refn. You guys will probably love it
The ending is straight out of “New York, New York”.
I always thought this movie was wildly overrated and the music not very good and I never understood its acclaim. When compared to classic musicals of the past, it falls far, far short.
In addition to your examples of WAY better films that comment on the pretentious, ostentatious nature of LA and celebrity culture, you guys should also add A Star Is Born. There are also movies that take place in New York that basically do the same thing, just from a New York lens; for example, All About Eve, Birdman, and Inside Llewyn Davis (the extremely underrated Cohen Brothers movie starring Oscar Issac).
I recently saw a video with the song from date under moonlight I thought it was a bad cover for like half the song before I realised.
ok, so here's the thing, i've been avoiding watching this review of yours bc i was scared. i know you guys are west coasters and i was afraid you guys would somehow be swayed by the "glitz and the glamour" of this movie (idk where any of that was but people tell me it's there) BUT THANK GOD I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN NOT TO WORRY THANK GOD YOU HATE THIS TOO. Me and my sister are two die-hard new yorkers, we love broadway, musicals, etc but we absolutely HATED. THIS. MOVIE. i leaned over to my sister at one point and was like "...do you hate this?" and she was like "omg yes, i'm so mad rn" we spent the next hour drinking martinis and bad mouthing it until it was over. i could write a dissertation on how much i hate this movie from the TERRIBLE costume design, to the fact that you have movie stars who can't sing & dance when really you needed to be casting "nobodys" who CAN sing & dance; and don't even get me started on the white man saves jazz plotline that needed to get the fuck out forever, the dumb ass "romance" that was pretty weird and unhealthy and i never was invested in, the bizarre music, that crazy random neon lighting in their apartment that just made me feel like i had somehow done a drug far worse than gin, that shitty first dance number that's totally backlight and chaotic and from a setting perspective just shows how gross and disgusting LA is from the get so why the fuck do i care ? i hate this movie i hate this movie I HATE THIS FUCKING MOVIE it's a hollywood circle jerk at best but like, when they're old and have no sperm left ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Best review yet you guys!! I didn't even go because I find the trailer insufferable 😝
Um? Actually, they DON'T "first meet" in the nightclub where he's playing crappy Christmas music! They really first meet on the highway, after that rather lengthy car-damaging dance sequence, when traffic starts moving but she doesn't. He blows his 1980's "Buick Riviera" (NOT "THUNDERBIRD", ANDREW!) convertible horn, she gives him "the finger", he pulls up alongside and scowls, then zooms off... AHHHHHHH! I feel bettah, BLANCHE! 💋
So... worthy of best picture then?
I appreciate both of you so much for this review. I'm so annoyed that La La Land is getting the acclaim it's getting.
"You might also be a basic bitch" Best. Comment. Ever. Love you guys!
I am never going to use wink after seeing this
9:34 pot, kettle,black 8:08 😜🤣🤣🤣👌❤
I love you guys
"Annie Hall the musical but with terrible songs" hits the nail on the fucking head! out of interest, have you seen whiplash, Damien Chazelle's previous film? That's an actually good, gritty portrayal of an ambitious artist, plus it gives context to goofy, finger-clicking J.K Simmons
On the contrary, I actually really loved La La Land! It was an exaggeration of puppy love and a commentary on superficiality. It was never really about LA, or the accuracy of the dancing, or the depth of Sebastian’s artistry. It was about the ridiculousness of overlooking clear incompatibilities. I agree that these characters were pretentious, but it was to highlight their proclivities toward overlooking their flaws. All of the spectacle was supposed to be so dramatic in order to contrast their reality during moments of dialogue. Even with the comment about Rebel Without A Cause, it seemed to hammer home that these characters do not understand eachother or themselves as well as they try to come across. The relationship burns as quickly as it begins, and they equally let themselves get carried away by naivety instead of focusing on what fulfills them.
I thought i didnt understand the first song because english its not my first language, i feel so much better now hahah