@@tientran3271 "Love has no pain" This is one of the great hedonistic lies of our time, that this feeling, love is somehow fundamentally painless. Love is not some essence of pleasure you can isolate and bottle. Their look is deeply beautiful and meaningful, even in fiction, but they are in pain, they are hurting. They have lost moments of their life forever, because two things can not exist at once. The actors are brilliant in this.
They both fulfill their dreams, and they pay the price of not staying together, but are truly happy for each other. This ending is tragic, but real and this is what makes the film a masterpiece.
Jeba _two There is, it happens all the time. It’s just in this particular story that’s not how things were supposed to be. They both came into each others lives and lifted each other up until they were ready to move on without the other there.
This is my life I saw this movie on a flight to Dubai March 2017 I cried the entire journey. This one is for the one true love that was never meant to be because life happens this way.
When I feel I have to vent what I felt for someone very special to me, I come to see this clip, I cry but it helps a lot. I guess, there are some wounds that will never fully heal, but that's OK.. :)
I cant accept people who are dreaming about being famous or a movie star or have a big House and a expensive car... thats not important in our life... trust me... if i have the chance to love someone who loves me the same... than nothing on earth could change my mind! (sorry for my english) i love la la land and the ending is perfect.. it shows how (most) woman really are!
I think love is important but also self love and personal dreams are important. Both characters were dreamers and very ambitious, and their version of love was wishing each other happiness whether they ended up together or apart.
Not really. I think he is saying “I’m happy for you”. It’s about get over, moving on and be happy. She got a good life, and despite he still loves her and knows she got married with another guy, he’s happy because she’s happy. That’s the true love.
Not the ending that everyone was expecting. But it shows the real cruelty of life. Not all dreams come true and some requiere to lesve what you love the most behind
Carlos Alberto Guevara Galarza but ins’t this the real ending of thé moovie? Ive seen it with this ending and the ending ( this one ) made me particularité love the moovie ( sorry for my english im french, i dont understand what s going on , like is there another ending than that ??)
In the end, it seems as if doesnt play the last note on the piano and sort of leaves it hanging. I feel like it's supposed to show how he never got to see the end of their story together. So he doesnt know how it wouldve gone on if they have stayed together. So he doesnt know how the song ends. My perspective
It ends on an imperfect cadence which is intended to have that exact affect, whereas most pieces finish or resolve on a perfect cadence. Our ears are kinda conditioned to pick these things up, even if we're not aware of it, and the music here toys with that a lot.
The ending also shows that even if they had stayed together, Seb wouldn't have had his club, only one of them would achieved their dream. This is showing that love requires sacrifice, and that you can't truly get everything in your life.
As he plays the piano, it’s like he’s speaking to her, as earlier said in the movie. He’s showing her what it would have been like if they had gotten married, all of her dreams fulfilled, while he was left in the dust. He wasn’t the one playing the piano in his jazz club. He wasn’t the one getting to follow his dream. If they had married, both of them would not have fulfilled their dreams. It shows that they loved each other enough to let each other go. The stare at the end says, “ Hey thanks for letting me live my dream.” The only part of their dreams that they didn’t fulfill were each other. And that’s why this is a masterpiece and one of the greatest modern movies to date.
@@ale03000 ya love would have given them strength to have patience till they achieve thier dreams & had a beautiful ending as he stated he joined the band & eventually he will be opening this club , at the fight over their dinner date which she completed misinterpreted as his self-confidence was low
This ending works so well because it displays what true love really means! Putting another's happiness before your own. The film is all about following your dreams and in the end their character realised that they loved each other enough to let one another go if it meant they could achieve those dreams. There are many different kinds of love and sometimes we meet people in life that are merely guides for where we are truly meant to be.
The ending really puts all of La La Land’s scenes into a brilliant summary. Both loved each other & supported the other wholeheartedly, but as Mia & Sebastian’s arguement revealed, either one of them would be forced to give up his/her dreams at their partner’s expense, like the first 2 epilogue sequences shown. Mia & Sebastian would have seperated which they did for the sake of their dreams. However, they can abandon their career dreams & fufill their personal love for each other and marry. As romantic & happy as that may seem, in reality neither couple nor the audience would be satisfied with that sacrafice. The epilogue reveals that like real life, even though we love someone, sometines the relationship is just not meant to be. While it is dissapointing, La La Land debunks the happily ever after/ happy ending cliche often found in musicals or rom-coms which I love. They loved each other, but loved their dreams more which make their finale more heartbreaking, yet relatable & resonating to us. The use of perspective also conveys their unspoken fantasies & emotions of what could have been, if olny, and reality. Bravo Damien Chazelle.
I disagree, I think people settle for 'happy enough' rather than true happiness. And I think this scene is meant to illustrate that, in the timeline where they end up together, they did'nt acheive their dreams maybe, but they are truely happy because they are with the person they are meant to be with, at the end of the alternate timeline they are watching the piano and they are so close to eachother and so happy, and they kiss, then it cuts to reality, the looks on both of their faces is a look of sadness and conflict, and she and her actual husband are a good distance apart, in the same room but not together like mia and seb were. That's the tragedy of the movie, we see how happy they couldve been, but they are content being 'happy enough' and that's a sad way to live. Because fulfilling a dream doesnt make you deeply happy, it makes you surface level happy and then your on to your next dream, true love with who youre meant to be with makes you deeply happy.
That moment at 3:03, when Mia goes from a smile to almost a frown was poignant and heartbreaking. It tells us that even though she's happy for him, she's sad that things did not work out between them.
pjgs I only gave it an 8/10 in IMDb. Sorry. I really liked the film. However, I don't totally agree with Chazelle. I think we are not ALL meant to love somebody. I didn't feel sad at all when I saw the last scene. If I were in Mia or Sebastian's situation, I'd be very happy, because I could've finally managed to fulfill my dream: to be a filmmaker. And I don't care what I had to give up in order to fulfill such dream, because I'm not willing to commence a love relationship. I don't care what Chazelle meant with La La Land. I totally think it is a huge masterpiece, yet I don't agree with him. I'm fine without love. Pal, we're not all meant to love nor being loved.
@@logans.butler285 That's besides the point though. Obviously the romance isn't what pushed them towards chasing their dreams ,it was about sacrifice and being good to one another. Chasing their dreams was ultimately more important than their love. So they didn't "need love" to succeed, they just needed to believe in themselves and having to go through pain can be a push and the support that may make someone do what they have to do. This movie totally deserves a 10.
But it also shows that you can move on, like Mia. I did when I broke up with an ex that I loved and wanted to marry, but in the end, I didn’t want to settle for him. It hurt so bad but in the end, it was a blessing that I did leave that guy. Eleven years later, I met and married my husband Frank and we are starting a family soon.
I love this ending. They love each other and always will but some things are just not meant to be. The nod is perfect "Thank you for everything. Maybe in another life. See you there."
TheDCTVshow but ins’t this the real ending of thé moovie? Ive seen it with this ending and the ending ( this one ) made me particularité love the moovie ( sorry for my english im french, i dont understand what s going on , like is there another ending than that ??)
Truly one of the greatest scenes in cinema. This scene is a display of art, cinema, originality, music, emotion, enchantment, and brilliancy. La La Land will always be one of my favorite movies of all time years from now.
Honestly this is ending to the movie is the reality of life. Hollyood always seems to skew reality with always perfect endings in a cliché way. While in this movie Mia and Sebastian do not. In real life we all have hurdles and this shows us it does not always go our way. Life has obstacles but you have to make lemons with lemonade somehow. Things go your way sometimes and sometimes they dont. Bravo to Damien Chazelle for writing this masterpiece and was robbed of a best picture. Same goes for Whiplash and how Nieman did not have total sucess even with his drumming. Both great movies and wonderful.
What I also loved about this ending is that it shows possibilities. People make a lot of choices during their lives and it shows that. In this case it was choice career/love and regardless what you choose you get something you loose something. That's life
The moment when they look at each other for the last time and the Mia&Sebastion song plays gently...i tear up EVERYTIME! I love this movie and everything about it so much
The fact that they didn’t say anything to each other and both of them and the audience understood everything is a greatest piece of film making. THIS IS CINEMA
joongiefan its supposed to show how he never got to see the end of their story together. So he doesnt know how it wouldve gone on if they have stayed together. So he doesnt know how the song ends. My perspective
Michael Galabay yeah there story was unfinished because they went different paths. Also I think maybe it was too painful to envision their potential life together when he knows they're not together now, so he stops himself before he gets carried away in the dream? Perhaps Or he realises where he is again and stops because everyone is clearly watching him? Idk. I'm rambling now 😂
Sssophie Yes. I never thought of it that way. Hes playing the notes imagining its him and mia there together. To the point where he starts feeling its a reality. That when he reaches the end. It hits him that he will never be with her again. I was watching the whole movie again today and the scene where he first sings city of stars at the bridge. He sings "Is this the start of something wonderful and new? Or one more dream that I cannot make true?" It hurts to think shes the dream that never came true and that alternate reality never came true.
Everyone say that thier smile at the end is that they both agreed that they fulfilled both of their dream. But it's the sadness in their eyes while they'r both milling that always hit me.
I'm grateful it didn't have a typical ending. It would have been predictable. Kudos to Damien Chazelle and everyone on board. It's a shame this movie did not win Best Picture, although I love Moonlight as well.
as much as a good movie moonlight is, it doesnt deserve best picture over other nominees, especially not la la land. they won because of oscar's political pressure. its stupid how race / religion got mixed up in pure cinematic experience. it's awards for films not race
For me personally, La La Land is the film I will always go back to no matter what. It inspires me and lifts me up in ways no other movie has ever done before. I love Moonlight with all my heart however, and I won’t say it didn’t deserve the award. For me though, La La Land is the more impactful film.
La la land is a blueprint for how musical or even romance movies should be made. It is once in a generation type movie. It def deserved more recognition in the awards
The reason why I LOVE the ending, and the film as a whole, is because it shows that they could've BOTH achieved their dreams without sacrificing their love. It specifically goes back to the turning points in the character's lives where they could've chosen to NOT make the mistakes they did. Specifically Sebastian. After the audition, the pair had another chance at getting back together. They both blew it because they thought they were holding each other back. Had he communicated with Mia about joining Keith's band instead of just assuming, Seb could've moved in to Paris and played Jazz like he always wanted, and then come back to LA and start his own club. Mia made a big mistake by letting Seb hear the conversation with her mother. You don't talk like that as if the person isn't right in front of you. And considering Seb's lunatic breakdown at the dinner, she should've tried harder to calm him down. He's upset and he doesn't know what he's talking about. Moral of the story: you can follow your dreams together. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
Exactly, people keep saying choose one but in reality love doesn’t have to be sacrificed just communicate and if it was truly real it will never just go away that easily maybe it’s just mia and seb wasn’t that real or they just love eachother as friends now
@@smartwater598 but how do we know if a love is really, like really true at all? What do we compare it with? If the individuals and circumstances are different every time, how do we compare if either the present or the past love is true? Personally, i believe that we do not have a specific definition for love and we, as humans, have been trying to find its meaning since our existence. P.S I'm not sure if I've accurately conveyed what I'm trying to explain but I've tried my best
I respectfully disagree with this. The alternative ending shows that they could not have achieved their dreams together. What the director is trying to tell, at least in my view, is that love comes and goes, and no matter how hurtful it is, the breakup and moving on are inevitable in living life and following your dreams-the fairy tale stories just dont exist in real life. What the alternative ending shows is not a “good ending” per se; the real ending where the two, as individuals, achieved what they dreamt of, is the “good ending.” But i do agree that lovers should always communicate with each other!
My favourite movie ending EVER. Shows the sad reality of love but at the same time they're both happy with their lives and what they have achieved. This movie is a true masterpiece and still has the number 1 spot for me.
They put their aspirations and dreams above their love. I liked the ending; not a typical happy ever after one, but not depressing either. They both showed acceptance of the choices they made.
You can see the pain in Seb’s eyes. He knew she was with the wrong man but he knew that if he didn’t let her go that she would never achieved her career. That’s love.
It hurts deeply… the music… the son… the last kiss… Thank you Damien Chazelle for this masterpiece. Thank you Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone for the iconic chemistry. The movie of my life 💜
Actually, the both of them are dreaming this ending. It's a very subtle trick of the camera. Before this scene, when Seb is playing the piano, the camera zooms in on both him and Mia suggesting that this dream sequence is shared by both of them.
Only the second time I watched the movie I realised that this alternate ending, these few minutes that show us a perfect scenario where she follows her dream and has him by her side is lala land. It's this utopian reality where she didnt have to sacrifice love or her career and she could have them both. We see it through her eyes and that's why in this scenario Sebastian doesn't open his piano bar but follows her in Paris. The rest of the movie is what happens in real life, where we sadly have to choose one or the other. The title of the film refers to these last couple of minutes. Mia's lala land.
@@martynapierzchanowska2113 I stayed but still regret that have not fulfilled my career dream. It will always haunt me. My partner has it all; love and career
@@kasiatokarz7230 It's common to have regrets about unfulfilled dreams. I have a few of my own. But I've learned to find joy in the simplicity of a simple life full of love. How many celebrities fulfill all their dreams yet struggle with depression and substance abuse? That's what the film they're watching in this video depicts: a life if they had both given up their dreams. And notice, they were both happy. Probably happier than they were in their actual life. Perhaps the greater unfulfilled dream was a deep and abiding love.
That last look says so many things at once, I love it. Gives me chills every time. I just imagine them saying so many different things to each other in that look. "We did it" "Thank you for everything" "I'm happy for you" "I'm sorry" and "No, don't be" "Should we say something to each other? No, it's okay. We already know. There's nothing left to say" "I guess our story is done. That's okay. I'll let you go now" "Don't forget me" and "of course not" "Maybe in the next life" "We had a good run, didn't we?" and "Ya, we did"
If material success actually made people happy this wouldn't be a tragic movie, you wouldn't cry in the end. It just goes to show that what truly makes us happy and fulfilled human beings is a happy love story. Ending up with the one we love even if its a more simpler life.
This oversimplification is damaging. We know hardly anything about Greg, who Mia is dating at the beginning and ends up marrying after he takes her back again. Doesn't his love and support of her dreams mean anything? Mia and Seb didn't find a way to make their love work, and so it's just wishing.
I don't think this is a tragic movie. I think it is triumphant. They were in a relationship for a specific period of time to teach each other things and learn what is good for them and what they want. Their relationship happened for a reason and they made the best of it and took the lessons for their future. They made each other better and pushed each other to fulfill their dreams. If they would have stayed together they both wouldn't have been able to achieve their dreams. The relationship worked to a point and then when they were ready to let each other go they each became better.
@@CigaretteCrayon the fact that we know basically nothing about her husband is the whole point. While it's obvious they have a good marriage relationship, the movie implies that it is nowhere near the passion and love her and Seb shared. If that was the case they would have went more in depth with his charcter
2:37 .. the moment that extracts all emotions out of your heart - sadness/joy/ despair/ agony/ helplessness - all at the same time.. whoever thought of this scene, kudos to you mate... the chance of getting a glimpse of your lost love.. unbeatable
This sequence is a masterpiece. When you get to that moment in your life where you're wondering how would your life had turn out had you taken a different path. We've all been there. Or WILL be there.
The acting that went into those final close ups is just phenomenal. So much went through their faces, in the most subtle of expressions. Just brilliant.
it’s beautifully heartbreaking how the whole movie is set in a dream - like state, but has such a realistic ending. one of the best movies i’ve seen in a while. so good on all levels.
Prior to their last look toward each other, let's not forget the scene: she sits and he starts playing ''their theme'' on the piano, and then SHE starts dreaming at what her life would have been with him instead of her actual husband...she regrets, sadly, her true love she missed out, even though she achieved a successful career and familly life. He is the true love of her life, and the ending does not say anything about his new love life, if ever he found another lover to ''replace'' her, but he is hartbroken as well....They both missed their great love for each other...tears, what a strong ending. Bravo. It reminds me the last scene in ''The way we were'' played by Redford and Streisand in the seventies.
I’ll never forget the ‘five years later’. I said “Nooo” out loud. I knew what was coming. I’ve never been so upset at the end of any film. I tell myself that without meeting each other, they would never have fulfilled their dreams, and in doing so, went on to better things, and were happy, whilst still respecting each other, but it doesn’t help.
I cried at the end. It was sad which is why was an awesome movie the moment he turned to look at her you can feel the emotion. I wish there was an alternate ending seeing them together at the end 😭😭
The director showed the "What If" at the start is such a smart way to show the actual ending because i think,everybody,deep down ,has that "what if" in their heart . Which make the ending extra sad and relatable.
my first girlfriend showed me this movie, we never finished and turned it off half way for a date. We didn't last long in college and I finished this movie three years after we broke up and I saw this ending. sad times but this movie always makes me think of her. She's engaged now but this movie will always be one of my favorites
This is the most realistic ending of any film I have ever seen most of the time or a lot of things soulmates don’t stay together or get together they move on with their lives but they still will only love them that one person
I’m not much for musicals and dancing in a movie but this ending was so gut wrenching and perfectly acted. We all know what it’s like to lose love for the sake of a “better choice”. And when you are reminded by that sacrifice…it’s painful and nostalgic all the same.
They both got what they were truly needed, but not what were they wanted. Classic "bittersweet" ending, the best you can imagine for a movie like this.
I think we all have sliding door moments and I love how they showed the two paths that could have happened. I love my life but sometimes daydream about an alternate ending.
It crushed me when she left me; and suddenly my dreams of having a wonderful marriage and beautiful children with her just withered into thin air. For the longest time I saw her as part of my future, and now all I can do is wonder what could have been, if it was ever possible.
I just keep coming to watch this scene over and over again, sometimes months apart, deep in the night, something doesn't feel right. They shouldn't make scenes like this. They hurt. I am tied to this scene for life. Will keep coming back till I am here.
I've gone through so many heartbreaks in my life and gotten over them some costing more time than others, but god damn I will never get over these two fictional characters not ending up together "Sometimes to love someone, you got to be a stranger"
The beautiful sadness of love. It's sad knowing things could have ended up differently and happily, but it didnt! It's beautiful realising the love they had for each other was real, and nobody could ever change it.
believe me , I don't watch movies from love and romance genre as I spend most of my movie watching time in thriller and scifi. But I cried in this scene. I don't remember why I chose to watch the movie in the first place but it was and will remain one of the best movies I have ever watched. This scene just hits you hard out of nowhere.
2023 and hey presto! It's still hurting. God! Everytime I see this scene, I still got chills down my spine.... Still my fav movie of all time. No other words can describe it but. MASTERPIECE
It still hurts.
I know
Ruizu why? Love has no pain! The both mains smiled. That is love
Honestly
Love hurts.
@@tientran3271 "Love has no pain" This is one of the great hedonistic lies of our time, that this feeling, love is somehow fundamentally painless. Love is not some essence of pleasure you can isolate and bottle. Their look is deeply beautiful and meaningful, even in fiction, but they are in pain, they are hurting. They have lost moments of their life forever, because two things can not exist at once. The actors are brilliant in this.
They both fulfill their dreams, and they pay the price of not staying together, but are truly happy for each other. This ending is tragic, but real and this is what makes the film a masterpiece.
True. Love comes and goes, and when you thought you had something special; ya just got to spread your wings and fly.
Jeba _two There is, it happens all the time. It’s just in this particular story that’s not how things were supposed to be. They both came into each others lives and lifted each other up until they were ready to move on without the other there.
Totally agree
This is my life I saw this movie on a flight to Dubai March 2017 I cried the entire journey. This one is for the one true love that was never meant to be because life happens this way.
I don't think any career can give them that happines in the video with their baby.
My heart physically HURTS every time I watch this scene
I'm still crying now watching this scene again
Same here . . . Everytime it just hurts so bad . .
oh god i cried badly..it really hurts
This is a movie, because it moves us.
When I feel I have to vent what I felt for someone very special to me, I come to see this clip, I cry but it helps a lot. I guess, there are some wounds that will never fully heal, but that's OK.. :)
That last look is so important, it’s like they’re saying “we did it” in terms of achieving their dreams.
I cant accept people who are dreaming about being famous or a movie star or have a big House and a expensive car... thats not important in our life... trust me... if i have the chance to love someone who loves me the same... than nothing on earth could change my mind! (sorry for my english)
i love la la land and the ending is perfect.. it shows how (most) woman really are!
I think love is important but also self love and personal dreams are important. Both characters were dreamers and very ambitious, and their version of love was wishing each other happiness whether they ended up together or apart.
Not really. I think he is saying “I’m happy for you”.
It’s about get over, moving on and be happy. She got a good life, and despite he still loves her and knows she got married with another guy, he’s happy because she’s happy. That’s the true love.
When you look at it like that it's a lot less heartbreaking
yes, not a perfect ending but perfect in pursing their dreams
Not the ending that everyone was expecting. But it shows the real cruelty of life. Not all dreams come true and some requiere to lesve what you love the most behind
This ending is copied from the anime Paradise Kiss.
Carlos Alberto Guevara Galarza but ins’t this the real ending of thé moovie? Ive seen it with this ending and the ending ( this one ) made me particularité love the moovie ( sorry for my english im french, i dont understand what s going on , like is there another ending than that ??)
Wow . . This is the real truth . .it hurts so bad
true dat
"In order to take the stone, you must lose that which you love"
In the end, it seems as if doesnt play the last note on the piano and sort of leaves it hanging. I feel like it's supposed to show how he never got to see the end of their story together. So he doesnt know how it wouldve gone on if they have stayed together. So he doesnt know how the song ends. My perspective
It ends on an imperfect cadence which is intended to have that exact affect, whereas most pieces finish or resolve on a perfect cadence. Our ears are kinda conditioned to pick these things up, even if we're not aware of it, and the music here toys with that a lot.
That’s so symbolic
I hope they found happiness...thank you for your perspective...
Damnn never knew itt
The ending also shows that even if they had stayed together, Seb wouldn't have had his club, only one of them would achieved their dream. This is showing that love requires sacrifice, and that you can't truly get everything in your life.
As he plays the piano, it’s like he’s speaking to her, as earlier said in the movie. He’s showing her what it would have been like if they had gotten married, all of her dreams fulfilled, while he was left in the dust. He wasn’t the one playing the piano in his jazz club. He wasn’t the one getting to follow his dream. If they had married, both of them would not have fulfilled their dreams. It shows that they loved each other enough to let each other go. The stare at the end says, “ Hey thanks for letting me live my dream.” The only part of their dreams that they didn’t fulfill were each other. And that’s why this is a masterpiece and one of the greatest modern movies to date.
I don't understand, what stopped them from achieving both and have the imaginary ending as real ?
CARL WongTW bro wtf thats a great explanation and i love it bc its so true🥺
@@ale03000 reality did, the harsh reality of losing something in order to gain something else. That's the reality in the world we live in.
You articulated it perfectly, kudos!
@@ale03000 ya love would have given them strength to have patience till they achieve thier dreams & had a beautiful ending as he stated he joined the band & eventually he will be opening this club , at the fight over their dinner date which she completed misinterpreted as his self-confidence was low
This ending works so well because it displays what true love really means! Putting another's happiness before your own. The film is all about following your dreams and in the end their character realised that they loved each other enough to let one another go if it meant they could achieve those dreams.
There are many different kinds of love and sometimes we meet people in life that are merely guides for where we are truly meant to be.
Lizzy Perry Beautifully said!
Thank you 🙏. I really needed to read that.
You have a poets heart....
The ending really puts all of La La Land’s scenes into a brilliant summary. Both loved each other & supported the other wholeheartedly, but as Mia & Sebastian’s arguement revealed, either one of them would be forced to give up his/her dreams at their partner’s expense, like the first 2 epilogue sequences shown. Mia & Sebastian would have seperated which they did for the sake of their dreams. However, they can abandon their career dreams & fufill their personal love for each other and marry. As romantic & happy as that may seem, in reality neither couple nor the audience would be satisfied with that sacrafice. The epilogue reveals that like real life, even though we love someone, sometines the relationship is just not meant to be. While it is dissapointing, La La Land debunks the happily ever after/ happy ending cliche often found in musicals or rom-coms which I love. They loved each other, but loved their dreams more which make their finale more heartbreaking, yet relatable & resonating to us. The use of perspective also conveys their unspoken fantasies & emotions of what could have been, if olny, and reality. Bravo Damien Chazelle.
Beautiful words
I disagree, I think people settle for 'happy enough' rather than true happiness. And I think this scene is meant to illustrate that, in the timeline where they end up together, they did'nt acheive their dreams maybe, but they are truely happy because they are with the person they are meant to be with, at the end of the alternate timeline they are watching the piano and they are so close to eachother and so happy, and they kiss, then it cuts to reality, the looks on both of their faces is a look of sadness and conflict, and she and her actual husband are a good distance apart, in the same room but not together like mia and seb were. That's the tragedy of the movie, we see how happy they couldve been, but they are content being 'happy enough' and that's a sad way to live. Because fulfilling a dream doesnt make you deeply happy, it makes you surface level happy and then your on to your next dream, true love with who youre meant to be with makes you deeply happy.
That moment at 3:03, when Mia goes from a smile to almost a frown was poignant and heartbreaking. It tells us that even though she's happy for him, she's sad that things did not work out between them.
yes, which is so relateable and so real. That's what makes the storyline and this movie a masterpiece.
I read and guess there is also a hidden insight about love there : a true and shared love has to remain fictional.
A masterpiece, a modern day classic. I just can't praise this movie enough.
MRfisheri don't forget to rate it a 10 on IMDB!
pjgs I only gave it an 8/10 in IMDb. Sorry.
I really liked the film. However, I don't totally agree with Chazelle. I think we are not ALL meant to love somebody. I didn't feel sad at all when I saw the last scene. If I were in Mia or Sebastian's situation, I'd be very happy, because I could've finally managed to fulfill my dream: to be a filmmaker. And I don't care what I had to give up in order to fulfill such dream, because I'm not willing to commence a love relationship. I don't care what Chazelle meant with La La Land. I totally think it is a huge masterpiece, yet I don't agree with him. I'm fine without love. Pal, we're not all meant to love nor being loved.
@@logans.butler285 That's besides the point though. Obviously the romance isn't what pushed them towards chasing their dreams ,it was about sacrifice and being good to one another. Chasing their dreams was ultimately more important than their love. So they didn't "need love" to succeed, they just needed to believe in themselves and having to go through pain can be a push and the support that may make someone do what they have to do. This movie totally deserves a 10.
John S. Butler rewatch the movie and switch it to a 10/10 and yes we are all meant to love somebody
@@logans.butler285 Yeah thats an L take
People who’ve loved and lost know why this scenes means so much and why it hurts so deeply...
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I have totally! It hurts so much! I cried and yelled for days alone but I guess its not meant to be but I love this movie
But it also shows that you can move on, like Mia. I did when I broke up with an ex that I loved and wanted to marry, but in the end, I didn’t want to settle for him. It hurt so bad but in the end, it was a blessing that I did leave that guy. Eleven years later, I met and married my husband Frank and we are starting a family soon.
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 happy for you ❤
I never felt in loved but I genuinely cried in the ending.
I love this ending. They love each other and always will but some things are just not meant to be. The nod is perfect "Thank you for everything. Maybe in another life. See you there."
omg
Heartbreaking 💔
yeah that's the thought i got too
😭😭😭
There is no other life. They knew it was over. As you said, love, chemistry, and compatibility is not always enough.
“In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you.”
I’m so grateful for this ending, this shows Chazelle’s mastery and it is what finishes off the brilliant film and makes it a modern day masterpiece.
TheDCTVshow Make sure to rate it a 10 on IMDb
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TheDCTVshow please, I'm begging you, please, SHUT THE HELL UP.
TheDCTVshow but ins’t this the real ending of thé moovie? Ive seen it with this ending and the ending ( this one ) made me particularité love the moovie ( sorry for my english im french, i dont understand what s going on , like is there another ending than that ??)
La la land is everything I love about cinema. Pure Masterpiece.
Agree totally. A cinematic masterpiece
Truly one of the greatest scenes in cinema. This scene is a display of art, cinema, originality, music, emotion, enchantment, and brilliancy. La La Land will always be one of my favorite movies of all time years from now.
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Honestly this is ending to the movie is the reality of life. Hollyood always seems to skew reality with always perfect endings in a cliché way. While in this movie Mia and Sebastian do not. In real life we all have hurdles and this shows us it does not always go our way. Life has obstacles but you have to make lemons with lemonade somehow. Things go your way sometimes and sometimes they dont. Bravo to Damien Chazelle for writing this masterpiece and was robbed of a best picture. Same goes for Whiplash and how Nieman did not have total sucess even with his drumming. Both great movies and wonderful.
What I also loved about this ending is that it shows possibilities. People make a lot of choices during their lives and it shows that. In this case it was choice career/love and regardless what you choose you get something you loose something. That's life
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Thanks Kim Jong Un
Why is a world dictator with no sympathy watching La La Land???
Moonlight was an amazing movie as well. I'm torn.
The moment when they look at each other for the last time and the Mia&Sebastion song plays gently...i tear up EVERYTIME! I love this movie and everything about it so much
agree 100%
I legit cried
Yes that tear has to find its way out 🙂 so touching
ITS BEEN ALMOST 10 YEARS IT HURTS LIKE HELL
The fact that they didn’t say anything to each other and both of them and the audience understood everything is a greatest piece of film making. THIS IS CINEMA
That last look alone was sufficient to get her that oscar.
I like how this movie makes you connect with the characters so much that you can really feel their pain here.
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Is it just me, but I think he didn't play the last 2 notes and leaves the piece hanging. I feel like that means something.
joongiefan its supposed to show how he never got to see the end of their story together. So he doesnt know how it wouldve gone on if they have stayed together. So he doesnt know how the song ends. My perspective
You deserve more than a thumbs up on your comment! You got the last part as I did
Michael Galabay yeah there story was unfinished because they went different paths.
Also I think maybe it was too painful to envision their potential life together when he knows they're not together now, so he stops himself before he gets carried away in the dream? Perhaps
Or he realises where he is again and stops because everyone is clearly watching him?
Idk. I'm rambling now 😂
Sssophie Yes. I never thought of it that way. Hes playing the notes imagining its him and mia there together. To the point where he starts feeling its a reality. That when he reaches the end. It hits him that he will never be with her again. I was watching the whole movie again today and the scene where he first sings city of stars at the bridge. He sings "Is this the start of something wonderful and new? Or one more dream that I cannot make true?" It hurts to think shes the dream that never came true and that alternate reality never came true.
Michael Galabay 👍👍 yes to above
I need to rewatch. I've only seen it the once.
its still hurts.
Yess sir
This whole movie is a depiction of - it's either your dream or the love of your life
Everyone say that thier smile at the end is that they both agreed that they fulfilled both of their dream. But it's the sadness in their eyes while they'r both milling that always hit me.
I'm not crying
Kayaros e you're crying
It's okay we're all crying too lol
I'm grateful it didn't have a typical ending. It would have been predictable. Kudos to Damien Chazelle and everyone on board. It's a shame this movie did not win Best Picture, although I love Moonlight as well.
as much as a good movie moonlight is, it doesnt deserve best picture over other nominees, especially not la la land. they won because of oscar's political pressure. its stupid how race / religion got mixed up in pure cinematic experience. it's awards for films not race
Moonlight is a great film but la la land was for me a bit more, it was an art piece.
For me personally, La La Land is the film I will always go back to no matter what. It inspires me and lifts me up in ways no other movie has ever done before. I love Moonlight with all my heart however, and I won’t say it didn’t deserve the award. For me though, La La Land is the more impactful film.
Cinematography in this movie i never seen such a thing. Weirdly perfect
La la land is a blueprint for how musical or even romance movies should be made. It is once in a generation type movie. It def deserved more recognition in the awards
The reason why I LOVE the ending, and the film as a whole, is because it shows that they could've BOTH achieved their dreams without sacrificing their love. It specifically goes back to the turning points in the character's lives where they could've chosen to NOT make the mistakes they did. Specifically Sebastian.
After the audition, the pair had another chance at getting back together. They both blew it because they thought they were holding each other back.
Had he communicated with Mia about joining Keith's band instead of just assuming, Seb could've moved in to Paris and played Jazz like he always wanted, and then come back to LA and start his own club.
Mia made a big mistake by letting Seb hear the conversation with her mother. You don't talk like that as if the person isn't right in front of you. And considering Seb's lunatic breakdown at the dinner, she should've tried harder to calm him down. He's upset and he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Moral of the story: you can follow your dreams together. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
Exactly, people keep saying choose one but in reality love doesn’t have to be sacrificed just communicate and if it was truly real it will never just go away that easily maybe it’s just mia and seb wasn’t that real or they just love eachother as friends now
@@smartwater598 but how do we know if a love is really, like really true at all? What do we compare it with? If the individuals and circumstances are different every time, how do we compare if either the present or the past love is true? Personally, i believe that we do not have a specific definition for love and we, as humans, have been trying to find its meaning since our existence.
P.S I'm not sure if I've accurately conveyed what I'm trying to explain but I've tried my best
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I respectfully disagree with this. The alternative ending shows that they could not have achieved their dreams together. What the director is trying to tell, at least in my view, is that love comes and goes, and no matter how hurtful it is, the breakup and moving on are inevitable in living life and following your dreams-the fairy tale stories just dont exist in real life. What the alternative ending shows is not a “good ending” per se; the real ending where the two, as individuals, achieved what they dreamt of, is the “good ending.”
But i do agree that lovers should always communicate with each other!
@@smartwater598glad there are others who think the same 🥲
2:55 this scene always hits me hard whenever I watched it .... The face of ' I'm always gonna love you' 😭😭😭
My favourite movie ending EVER. Shows the sad reality of love but at the same time they're both happy with their lives and what they have achieved. This movie is a true masterpiece and still has the number 1 spot for me.
Saw this movie for the first time last night and loved it. Everything these two star in together is just good.
They put their aspirations and dreams above their love. I liked the ending; not a typical happy ever after one, but not depressing either.
They both showed acceptance of the choices they made.
You can see the pain in Seb’s eyes. He knew she was with the wrong man but he knew that if he didn’t let her go that she would never achieved her career. That’s love.
Personally I think women have an easier time moving on. Look at Seb, he is still single and childless.
It hurts deeply… the music… the son… the last kiss… Thank you Damien Chazelle for this masterpiece. Thank you Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone for the iconic chemistry. The movie of my life 💜
Actually, the both of them are dreaming this ending. It's a very subtle trick of the camera. Before this scene, when Seb is playing the piano, the camera zooms in on both him and Mia suggesting that this dream sequence is shared by both of them.
I remember thinking the same when I watched that scene the first time.
Only the second time I watched the movie I realised that this alternate ending, these few minutes that show us a perfect scenario where she follows her dream and has him by her side is lala land. It's this utopian reality where she didnt have to sacrifice love or her career and she could have them both. We see it through her eyes and that's why in this scenario Sebastian doesn't open his piano bar but follows her in Paris. The rest of the movie is what happens in real life, where we sadly have to choose one or the other. The title of the film refers to these last couple of minutes. Mia's lala land.
KatDmr The moment I realized the link between the scene and the film title, I cried
you dont have to choose when you love somebody, i would never leave person i love
@@martynapierzchanowska2113 I stayed but still regret that have not fulfilled my career dream. It will always haunt me. My partner has it all; love and career
@@kasiatokarz7230 that’s right just choosing love doesn’t guarantee perfect love or life
@@kasiatokarz7230 It's common to have regrets about unfulfilled dreams. I have a few of my own. But I've learned to find joy in the simplicity of a simple life full of love. How many celebrities fulfill all their dreams yet struggle with depression and substance abuse? That's what the film they're watching in this video depicts: a life if they had both given up their dreams. And notice, they were both happy. Probably happier than they were in their actual life. Perhaps the greater unfulfilled dream was a deep and abiding love.
Why always I end up in tears after watching this part everytime 😭😭😭😭
Not playing the last note literally broke my soul for what could have been.
That last look says so many things at once, I love it. Gives me chills every time. I just imagine them saying so many different things to each other in that look.
"We did it"
"Thank you for everything"
"I'm happy for you"
"I'm sorry" and "No, don't be"
"Should we say something to each other? No, it's okay. We already know. There's nothing left to say"
"I guess our story is done. That's okay. I'll let you go now"
"Don't forget me" and "of course not"
"Maybe in the next life"
"We had a good run, didn't we?" and "Ya, we did"
" see ya " "yea, see ya"
I watched Me Before You and tried La La Land because I thought it would have a happy ending.
I'm drowning in tears.
Not the right idea friend.
Me before you- a heartbreaking movie that chops up your heart
La La Land- another heartbreaking movie that just throws your heart into the fire
If material success actually made people happy this wouldn't be a tragic movie, you wouldn't cry in the end. It just goes to show that what truly makes us happy and fulfilled human beings is a happy love story. Ending up with the one we love even if its a more simpler life.
This oversimplification is damaging. We know hardly anything about Greg, who Mia is dating at the beginning and ends up marrying after he takes her back again. Doesn't his love and support of her dreams mean anything?
Mia and Seb didn't find a way to make their love work, and so it's just wishing.
@@CigaretteCrayon The guy at the end was the guy she ran out on at the restaurant? I haven't seen it in a while and didn't remember that 😮
@@MimMdance No, she marries someone else, named David.
I don't think this is a tragic movie. I think it is triumphant. They were in a relationship for a specific period of time to teach each other things and learn what is good for them and what they want. Their relationship happened for a reason and they made the best of it and took the lessons for their future. They made each other better and pushed each other to fulfill their dreams. If they would have stayed together they both wouldn't have been able to achieve their dreams. The relationship worked to a point and then when they were ready to let each other go they each became better.
@@CigaretteCrayon the fact that we know basically nothing about her husband is the whole point. While it's obvious they have a good marriage relationship, the movie implies that it is nowhere near the passion and love her and Seb shared. If that was the case they would have went more in depth with his charcter
His eyes says everything ♥️♥️♥️
My day has barely begun and I've already cried three times
same girl😔
2:37 .. the moment that extracts all emotions out of your heart - sadness/joy/ despair/ agony/ helplessness - all at the same time.. whoever thought of this scene, kudos to you mate... the chance of getting a glimpse of your lost love.. unbeatable
😢i remember i cried like a baby at this last scene. they have everything they wanted but not each other
This sequence is a masterpiece. When you get to that moment in your life where you're wondering how would your life had turn out had you taken a different path. We've all been there. Or WILL be there.
0:01 me imaginging a life with the pretty cashier that called me Honey one time
We know we would get a heart ache, still we come back just to experience it like its some sort of drug!
I'm like nobody died and I'm still crying
the pain in that last look but the happiness for one another is so real. this movie is so tragic but it’s a masterpiece and will always be.
I cry every time…
His eyes, his sad eyes, breaks my heart.
crying like the first time I saw the movie
Both of their expressions are perfect in the end just magic got me chills !
this always makes me cry
The acting that went into those final close ups is just phenomenal. So much went through their faces, in the most subtle of expressions. Just brilliant.
I'm still not ready, emotionally, to watch this scene again after the first time 😪 goodbye hurts
same
it’s beautifully heartbreaking how the whole movie is set in a dream - like state, but has such a realistic ending. one of the best movies i’ve seen in a while. so good on all levels.
What can be more romantic than this look and gentle smile. I am so melted here
everytime i watch this scene i cry
this breaks me every single time
Aaaand here I am, heartbroken once again. What a brilliant ending!
This is the first film to genuinely make me produce tears, this and interstellar.
My favourite movie ever idec
This genuinely makes me cry every time. Ugh such a priceless movie 😭
bawling my eyes out rn
"Don't be sad because it ended, be happy because it happened"
Prior to their last look toward each other, let's not forget the scene: she sits and he starts playing ''their theme'' on the piano, and then SHE starts dreaming at what her life would have been with him instead of her actual husband...she regrets, sadly, her true love she missed out, even though she achieved a successful career and familly life. He is the true love of her life, and the ending does not say anything about his new love life, if ever he found another lover to ''replace'' her, but he is hartbroken as well....They both missed their great love for each other...tears, what a strong ending. Bravo. It reminds me the last scene in ''The way we were'' played by Redford and Streisand in the seventies.
He's pure fire!
I’ll never forget the ‘five years later’. I said “Nooo” out loud. I knew what was coming. I’ve never been so upset at the end of any film. I tell myself that without meeting each other, they would never have fulfilled their dreams, and in doing so, went on to better things, and were happy, whilst still respecting each other, but it doesn’t help.
The smile at the end is incredible
the ultimate "it is what it is"
basically.. put this movie off for years and saw it last week for the first time… Ending Hurt definitely didn’t feel like towards a movie ever
MY HEART HURTS SO BAD IM GONNA CRY
When someone else’s happiness is your happiness, that is love.
When he nods at her my god right in the feels!!!
I cried at the end. It was sad which is why was an awesome movie the moment he turned to look at her you can feel the emotion. I wish there was an alternate ending seeing them together at the end 😭😭
I use their dream sequence as the alternative ending
Seb's eyes always get me. He looks so sad.
Потеряли друг друга, но ведь могли бы быть вместе, и реализовать свои мечты будучи вместе.
The crude reality. This happens in real life.
The director showed the "What If" at the start is such a smart way to show the actual ending because i think,everybody,deep down ,has that "what if" in their heart . Which make the ending extra sad and relatable.
my first girlfriend showed me this movie, we never finished and turned it off half way for a date. We didn't last long in college and I finished this movie three years after we broke up and I saw this ending. sad times but this movie always makes me think of her. She's engaged now but this movie will always be one of my favorites
this movie changed my life. sometimes loving someone means that you have to love them enough to let them go.
How do you let go of a dream? ... with a gentle nod and a kind smile.
This is the most realistic ending of any film I have ever seen most of the time or a lot of things soulmates don’t stay together or get together they move on with their lives but they still will only love them that one person
I’m not much for musicals and dancing in a movie but this ending was so gut wrenching and perfectly acted. We all know what it’s like to lose love for the sake of a “better choice”. And when you are reminded by that sacrifice…it’s painful and nostalgic all the same.
They both got what they were truly needed, but not what were they wanted. Classic "bittersweet" ending, the best you can imagine for a movie like this.
This shows the reality of how dreams are only good if you don't to attach to anyone or anything but still happy for them.
I think we all have sliding door moments and I love how they showed the two paths that could have happened. I love my life but sometimes daydream about an alternate ending.
I was honestly so proud of them both at the end 😭
I end up I. Tears every time.
I prefer this ending so much more. It actually shows that they’re acknowledging that they had to sacrifice each other for their dreams 🥺
It crushed me when she left me; and suddenly my dreams of having a wonderful marriage and beautiful children with her just withered into thin air. For the longest time I saw her as part of my future, and now all I can do is wonder what could have been, if it was ever possible.
I just keep coming to watch this scene over and over again, sometimes months apart, deep in the night, something doesn't feel right. They shouldn't make scenes like this. They hurt. I am tied to this scene for life. Will keep coming back till I am here.
I've gone through so many heartbreaks in my life and gotten over them some costing more time than others, but god damn I will never get over these two fictional characters not ending up together
"Sometimes to love someone, you got to be a stranger"
The beautiful sadness of love.
It's sad knowing things could have ended up differently and happily, but it didnt! It's beautiful realising the love they had for each other was real, and nobody could ever change it.
"Не сложилось" - это когда не захотели сложить...
believe me , I don't watch movies from love and romance genre as I spend most of my movie watching time in thriller and scifi. But I cried in this scene. I don't remember why I chose to watch the movie in the first place but it was and will remain one of the best movies I have ever watched. This scene just hits you hard out of nowhere.
2023 and hey presto! It's still hurting. God! Everytime I see this scene, I still got chills down my spine.... Still my fav movie of all time. No other words can describe it but. MASTERPIECE
it still hurts
The best movie ever...........love Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone! I don't get tired of watching it over and over again!
I'll never fully watch the ending again because it reminds me of my own ending and it just hurts too much
Ugh just watched this movie for the first time. So bittersweet.
I've never watched this scene without sobbing