That’s an interesting perspective. I’ve always viewed the last 10 minutes of this film as a tragedy. A cautionary tale of what happens when we follow our ambitions instead of our hearts.
Emm, actually he did play it. The last two notes (D - C) conclude the song, what is ambiguous is if it's a major or a minor ending because there are no harmony background
@@Agustindem It's interesting that it resolves that way - since D and C are chord tones that are shared for authentic cadences in both C major and A minor. (The D in GMaj and E7, and the C in Cmaj and Amin) It gives off the impression that, no matter how the memories may feel when he looks back on them, Sebastian has found closure on those times. I personally feel it leans more towards the major side, since having it be an A minor ending would feel incomplete as C is the third of an Amin chord - and I like the idea of Sebastian and Mia happily moving on their lives separately.
If you watch closely, 7:52 he’s moving his hand to play the final note, and then you can hear it being played at 7:55 . Really subtle, I wouldn’t have noticed it at all myself.
My girlfriend cried in the cinema at this scene, and hugged me tightly during it, saying after “What If that happens to us”. 8 years later this month, our lives took us in separate directions after trauma caused us to become amicable passing ships. I hope I’ll see her again one day and we share a moment like from this film.
This was the first film I cried at in over twenty years. This scene specifically. As you get older and you think about your past lives, you’ll understand.
When this movie came out. My ex and I broke up. We recently by accident crossed paths. She's married and has a kid now. I'm still single, and have been single since we broke up. This scene always used to hit me, knowing that some day it'll be true for me. But now knowing that it's true for a fact, it's just devastating.. I can't even find a word that describes the feeling in its entirety.
This is one.of the most magical endings I've seen all the emotion just bursts on screen in the last 10 minutes Damian chazelle knows how to end a film so perfectly
Even though this ending is bittersweet, and I’m sure we all have at least one person we often wonder about, I think this does illustrate how they were the right people for each other at that point in time. They both pushed and encouraged each other to follow their dreams and not give up. In the end, their story feels more to me as a catalyst that allowed them to sustain their passion for their dreams, and achieve great heights. They could have never done it without the other. This is what makes their bond so powerful and in my opinion, less of a romantic one. It speaks more to a kind of kindred spirit connection. I love this movie.
I never really saw this ending as bittersweet I saw it as both people realizing that no matter what happened in their lives they made it.i saw it as more uplifting then anything to not dwell on the past and the what ifs, I think this ending isn't actually a possible reality, more what ifs at key points in the deterioration of their relationship,what if he didnt brush past her, what if he didnt join the band, what if he made it to her box office.all for them to both finally realise that they made it and that they are both happy
This is so true and I could relate it so much myself. I encouraged my ex to sit for the nursing US entrance exam and even lent her my laptop so she could complete the tutorials and online exam. She eventually passed it and moved to USA. One month later we broke up. Fast forward to four years later, I saw her fb photo of her holding her baby daughter. I felt happy and also a bit of sadness of what could have been. I could persuaded her to just forget about the exam when she was already demotivated to sit for it. But she has always been wanting to move to US so I pushed her to achieve it. I guess thing you did for people you used to love
When this originally came out I thought the ending was too sappy, now I understand the truly amazing it is, showing a ‘what could have been’ scenario but then cutting back to reality as the viewer is to decide what would have been better as in both events they ended up happy.
@@funoutdoortimes7498 my god I do not remember making this comment. Honestly I can’t say now because it’s been several years since I last saw the film.
@brianticas6909 The thing is that Mia wanted to be an actress. It was her passions and it made her feel fulfilled. It wasn't necessarily about the money, though everyone wants to live comfortably, it was about being on the screen and playing roles, the lights and the music and the costumes. It was about acting. Sebastian dreamed of having a bar not because of money, but because he wanted a space where like minded people could go to share something that was so important to him. He wanted his passion to touch people's hearts. Mia and Sebastian had dreams not because of money or fame, but because of their own volition to do something that completed them. They struggled to communicate that, which ended up tearing them apart, but it's not just a job for them.
Sometimes we need to let go of someone or something in order to achieve happiness. This movie had so many life lessons not only about love but about your passion and dreams and choosing whether you follow it or sacrifice it for another.
I think it’s a tragedy. A cautionary tale of what happens when we follow our career ambitions over love and companionship. Always choose love and companionship over ambition.
@@ArlenneLuna not true. Mia is very happy with her husband, daughter and a great career. Sebastian is happy in that his dream of owning a jazz club came to fruition.
Interesting that in the imagined "what if" life, Seb and Mia are so affectionate. Very telling on how she loved him compared to her husband. I think it's a realistic depiction of what happens when you don't end up with the love of your life. You can love another but it won't be the same.
i don't agree with this at all. it's a fabrication of reality and we're looking at a married couple with a kid. that "honey-moon" esc emotionals do not last forever. the cooled and subdued love can be just as passionate if not more in some ways.
I finally understood the ending : It's from Mia's perspective as she dreams of what could have been, ignoring all the obstacles and seeing everything through rose tinted glasses (like the first encounter or her play, why is it all of the sudden full with people?). Everything works out for her, she accomplished her dream together with her dream love, but then they reach the present, and she realizes, she would sit in the Van Beek with Seb, but he would not be playing nor owning the place meaning he never furfilled his dream. Life ain't like the movies where everything works put, you sacrifice a lot furfilling your dreams. They could not furfill their dreams without each other, but neither with one another.
I always go back to this video at least once a month, whenever I feel like having a good cry. This whole 9 mins video is perfect. It's shattering, it gives you a whole comfort & dream before the final smiling scenes. Everything is wrapped so perfectly.
No, it’s Mia’s triumph to find a better man and fulfill her dreams. I’ve been where Mia is in real life and I never will leave my only ever husband for any ex suitor.
i feel like everyone was waiting for a stereotypical moment where she turns are runs to kiss him or something but we ended up with something better, that will emotionally haunt us for days because that's the best exchange of emotions we have and will ever see. i liked how we didn't experience their love but them being happy and as someone else has stated, proud of eachother. this is the love we need to see, the love you feel when your lover accomplishes something and you feel equally as satisfied with that accomplishment if this even makes sense at all...
For me, the ending is so powerful because, he pushed her to fulfill her dreams, and so did she. Neither one of them held the other back. They both wanted the absolute best for each other no matter the cost to their personal happiness. When they were speaking by the Observatory in the daylight, he knew when she got the part she would be traveling and successful and he didn't want to hold her back. If Seb had given up the band and traveled with Mia as she began her fame, he would never have been able to open Seb's from his own hard work. If Mia gave up on her dreams (which Seb wouldn't have let her do), she would never have fulfilled her own dream either which would have led to unhappiness. The ending is so powerful because Mia and Seb in the crowd = Mia with her success but Seb without his dream of Jazz club. And Mia with her husband = Seb with his dream of a club. Yes, you could argue that they didn't get their love in the end with each other, but if either sacrificed their goals, then their partnership long term probably wouldn't have worked considering how ambitious both of them were. An absolutely beautiful timeless movie that I will never grow bored of. The first time I saw it was in a theatre in Edinburgh and I cried at how beautiful this film is. Absolute classic.
yeah, l watched this when l was young and thought this is such a bad ending, they could have had more thing with that kind of love. But now, when l experienced this scene in my own life, I finally understand there is no right person wrong time. They just pushed each other to fulfil their dream and both understood they need to sacrifice this love for their partner to be at their best
When this movie came out. My ex and I broke up. We recently by accident crossed paths. She's married and has a kid now. I'm still single, and have been single since we broke up. This scene always used to hit me, knowing that some day it'll be true for me. But now knowing that it's true for a fact, it's just devastating.. I can't even find a word that describes the feeling in its entirety.
Your ex moved on. It’s time for you to do so. I even learned it when I gave up a man who wanted to mutually respected and wanted to marry me but in the end, I didn’t settle and I kept my word and forever and ever never will go back. Eleven years later, I met another man who is my soul’s prayer - my one and only ever husband Frank. :)
I finally get this ending. I mean, I always *got* it. I always understood it and what it meant, but now I got the feelings involved because it happened to me. I had my heart broken, and it destroyed my life, but I still love them and want them to be happy.
I learned the same but I dumped him and I now have found my peace in another - God. God then lead me to another man who I chose to always be my husband.
@@devon5694 People need to go through emotions, through hard times, to truly appreciate things that come up next. I had it the same, but now, also through God's leading, I found love. I hope You, my friend, will find it soon too.
This story is literally the same as mine. I went abroad to pursue my dreams and he stayed. We saw each other twice after that - 2 and 4 years after. I am now with another partner. We both achieved our dreams separately but not together. I still wish him all the best from the bottom of my heart. I wish him to be happy… I won’t be able to watch this movie with someone else. I watched it first with him, and it’s literally our story. I am not sure that I will ever rewatch this beautiful movie ever again.
4:37 is one of the greatest cinematic scenes I’ve seen in my life. The cinematography, the backgrounds, the music, the aesthetic. I keep going back to this scene; it’s tied for my favorite scene in La La Land alongside the Planetarium scene.
I take it as the day they decide to get married. Open to interpretation but I assume it was a beautiful night in Paris and they decided to get married then and there. Given the wedding waltz is straight after and no change of costume.
This always... always... breaks me down. What could have been... what was... It reaches down into my soul conditioned to be cynical since my young romantic youth and makes me sentimental and cry for the loss of something that I don't even know what...
The way I see it, this scene doesn't really show what could have been, it shows what could have been in a perfect world, and that's a big difference. Like a lot of the situations portrayed here are unrealistic and couldn't have actually happened in real life. It's almost like a fantasy or a wish that they deep down know never would have actually happened.
@@therealpeel1836 I always understand the last sequence as a separate scenario. They're still in LA as demonstrated by the drive they took to the jazz club, but they're married with a house, happy, and have a child. We don't really know what their lives are like in this case but we can understand that they didn't chase their dreams and opted for domestic bliss instead. IMO that's the real what could have been. Abandoning the dreams they both sorely wanted in exchange for love. And they're still happy.
That final solo piano piece in the last daydream scene of Seb and Mia together driving and entering the jazz club is hauntingly heartbreaking. When I watched it for the first time I knew I was going to bawls up my eyes because it's sure going to be sad ending. And when the camera shown Seb sitting all alone on the piano, I did cry
God, I saw this film for the first time last week. And this whole scene got me crying inconsolably. It really brought memories ... I still watch this and can't help it.
I saw this movie not knowing anything about it and it instantly became one of my all time favorites. This scene broke me. When he kissed her instead of walking right passed her at the bar I began sobbing uncontrollably. I knew what was coming. The “what could have been” montage. The one I wanted for them to have but knew it wasn’t real. I was in the twilight of a relationship that I had thought had real promise but the reality of its impending demise further amplified the beauty and cruel truth of this scene. It was an honest ending to a Hollywood fantasy story and while it hurt so much it was the correct decision.
La mayoria interpreta esta pelicula como que eligieron sus sueños en vez de su amor,por que no se puede tener todo en esta vida, pero otra perspectiva que me dio a entender con todas las escenas de que hubiera pasado si hubiesen seguido juntos, es si realmente vale la pena dejar todo por tus sueños,ya que vemos una diferencia notoria cuando esta sentada con su esposo en el bar y cuando imagina estar sentada con él,la mirada,la sonrisa,la felicidad, todo es distinto. Me hace pensar que en esta vida todos pensamos que elegir tus sueños es a costa de muchos sacrificios,pero cuando los consigues, realmente estas feliz? A veces los sueños pueden cambiar o alargarse cuando estas al lado de quien te hace sacar lo bueno de ti,que te hace recordar quien eres, con el que nunca perderás tu escencia. Lo vivo dia a día con mis padres que tienen 24 años de casados, no cumplieron sus sueños de jóvenes pero lograron otros,lograron una familia y a pesar de todo siguen juntos. Realmente me dejo un sabor muy doloroso esta pelicula,ojalá y las personas podamos reflexionar mas acerca de la eleccion que tomen,la vida es una y solo uno elige su camino,solo uno decide como recordar su vida.
Yo pienso que es buen punto lo q dices pero no interpretó eso de esta película, si no, que hubiera pasado si... Ambos hubieran Sido menos egoístas, si en vez de pelear hubieran luchado por lo q en verdd importa los sueños de cd uno pero apoyándose mutuamente , si tan solo se hubieran dedicado q planear algo bn, yo creo q si se puede obtener algo parecido a td, el problema es q las personas cd vez quieren más y más
Today, it finally became clear that we've parted ways. We broke up on the 5th of July last year but kept in contact, and today we finally talked it out and realized we will never be together. Meeting her was truly magical; we dived into love very quickly, perhaps too quickly, before she had completely moved on from her previous relationship. We made a promise that we would never contact each other again and that we would strive to be better versions of ourselves. I watched this movie for the second time today, and I couldn't stop crying during this scene. I kept thinking about a different future we could have had if we had met under different conditions. Perhaps 'right person, wrong time' hits too close to home. I will always love her.
Man ngl I felt sad and bad for Sebastian. When he saw Mia again and played the song it made him think about what life could’ve been together but wasn’t. Shit was sad to me
@@manuelorozco7760 The way to bring back the Hollywood we know and love is to bring back embracing the original, taking the risk, allowing ourselves to dream big. That’s what I want to do, and I have to give credit to Justin Hurwitz for showing us that in this film.
@@matrix-5466 I meant to give you some encouragement. I do love franchises. But only when they make the slightest bit of creative sense. But Hollywood has become something else in the past few years. It’s tougher than ever to find good movies. And this is a vanishing breed of art. Luckily they are still competent artists these days. Not just Steven Spielberg of course
@@manuelorozco7760 I appreciate it! Spielberg is my biggest inspiration for becoming a filmmaker, and I certainly agree good movies are becoming few and far between. I just hope I can help bring about the old Hollywood. I believe my generation will bring back originality and stability in the film business, especially after seeing all these companies take such control over these films. That’s why studios like A24 and Blumhouse are so important to be privately owned and operated to do their own thing. I hope more show up soon.
God this ending still gets me. It’s that little smile at the end, that psychic convo that tells them sure that alternate life would have been nice, they wouldn’t have fulfilled their dreams or gone as far as they did.
In this ending, even though Seb ultimately failed to accomplish his dream of opening his new club, he was still happy, as he was with the love of his life. Likewise, if the opposite had happened where Mia never accomplished her dream but stayed with Seb, the same could’ve happened. The real ending may seem heartbreaking, but in reality, it’s the best. They both accomplished their own dreams, and have become who they’ve wanted to, even if they could’ve stayed together.
In my opinion they both knew that if they gave up their dreams for the other they could be happy and fulfill other dreams but they both loved each other so much they didn't want to ask the other 12 do it because they understand the sacrifice that they would make so it was better to achieve the goals exclusively. If they had loved each other enough they would have given up on the dreams To be with each other.
How many of us can tie this scene into some segment of our lives at one time or another. When we knew that they were the one, and we could close our eyes and almost see the beautiful life that came from it. Then, just to open our eyes and see that sometimes life just doesn't work that way. So we live with the sorrow of "what might have been." What a beautiful movie.
The part that gets me is that they both obviously loved/love each other but they didnt love each other more than their own dreams. Its real, but its sad, especially when you see their life played out if seb gave up his dream they could have been happy together and had many more dreams fulfilled, including being together, but they didnt love each other enough to abandon their visions.
I think this ending, while bittersweet, is more positive than some people say. It's a movie about two artists with immense passion for their work in a cold and uncaring city. They both push each other to achieve their ambitions, but that leads to them going their separate ways. We see this sequence as a sort of dreamlike "What if" scenario, where they stayed together and had a perfect life. It ends with a smile between Mia and Seb, each of them lamenting about what could have been, but at the same time, proud of what the other has gone on to do.
I think that Sebastian made the wrong decision by not traveling to Paris with Mia. I understand that their breakup adds realism to the movie and avoids a cliche happy ending. But I think the last 15 minutes of the movie show that Mia would have achieved a great career while remaining with Sebastian, and that a life with Mia would have fulfilled Sebastian more than running his club. I sense a lot of regret from Sebastian, from the look he has when he spots Mia in the crowd to the somber tone of his performance. Sebastian allowed Mia and himself to prioritize their dreams, but Mia's the love of his life and I think holding on to her should have been his priority.
You're right. I think the ending is "what could have been" inside Seb's mind. He was doing good with his band and earned money for his dream. He couldn't just let everything behind and go to Paris. Seb was a bit unconfident about himself back then that he might end up being broke again and repeat the same life when he looked at the popcorn ceiling. Now looking back, he knows he would have been good in Paris. That's what made him regretful
Good insight! the movie is definitely about personal ambition vs love and partnership. The way I look at the ending is that, in the retelling of the story, in those moments while he's playing, they both lived that life of theirs together. They both saw and felt what it would've been. They knew they would've been extremely happy and in those moments they experienced the whole thing together. No longer needing to live it out, they agree to be happy in another branch of life. It's not regret he expresses, it's gratitude
@@slateralden4178 Thanks for the kind words! And you have a great view of the scene. Mia and Sebastian living out a life together until Sebastian stops playing is both beautiful and heartbreaking. Their smiles at the end definitely give the sense that they've moved from the shock and sadness they feel when they spot each other to happiness for each other's growth. But I just can't believe that Sebastian can truly be at peace with no longer being with Mia. The fantasy of Mia and Sebastian's life together resembles the life Mia actually leads with her husband. But the same can't be said for Sebastian. We don't see him with a new love and a child. His club's doing well, but I saw him as much more enthused in the fantasy with Mia than in his reality as the club owner. But maybe I'm projecting onto him because if I loved a girl the way he loved Mia, I wouldn't let her go for the sake of a career move.
The ending broke my heart in pieces. I cried for about a half hour or so. And the acting is simply amazing. One of my all time favourite movies. ❤ And now I cry again rewatching this scene. :))
Made the awesome mistake of watching this ⬆️ movie in theater with a friend/ date less than a month after my divorce. I wailed. Uncontrollably. That was how many years ago? Tonight I’m watching it after a post pandemic breakup with my fiancé of 4 years. Boom! Waterfall. My face is leaking like a sieve.
It feels good to cry over breakup endings after you go through a breakup. It gets you in touch with the pain and sorrow of the ending of your relationship. As they say, the only way to get over it is to get through it. We have to feel the emotions to eventually make peace with them and move on. I wish you better days ahead. You’ll get through this ♥️
this scene is always so gut wrenching to me. the idea of what couldve been. the idea of falling so in love with someone just for it to end, the worst feeling in the world. perfect display of "in another life".
Had to return to this after seeing Babylon. La La Land and Whiplash were easily two of my favourite films of the previous decade, Damien Chazelle consistently smashes the endings to his films and Justin Hurwitz shows just how much a strong soundtrack can elevate a film.
From my point of view, Babylon is a very good movie. For me is the opposite of La La Land in terms of story, atmosphere, and also music. While La La Land is like a day dream about Los Angeles & Hollywood, Babylon is the exact opposite. Also, I don't know if you observe it, but the Babylon soundtrack has a musical theme that continues somehow La La Land soundtrack. Damien Chazelle is one of a kind. Also, do check First Man, also with the talented Ryan Gosling. Such an emotional movie.
i couldn’t get into babylon. self indulgent, pretentious, juvenile, and too goddamn long. it should’ve been a great movie but it’s trapped under a bunch of wank
My ex and I watched La La Land in the cinema and this movie made me realize that we'll never be together. It was a sad realization and 5 months later we broke up.
This movie will always be the most special to my heart. I watched it with my dad, at home, and cried my eyes out for hours at the tragic ending. He made jokes about my crying, making me laugh, and he expressed how Ryan was just a phenomenal actor, which is rare for him to acknowledge an actor like that. And that’s how I knew this scene broke his heart too. Grateful for such a wonderful memory ❤️
Didn’t really piece it together until now, but the actor who played Mia’s husband at the beginning of this scene played Guy the drummer in “That Thing You Do” who expressed multiple times in that movie how much he liked jazz. So it was almost meta to get him for this role AND have him (not Mia) stop to hear the music playing from Seb’s.
I watch the film every Christmas, what a fantastic film, cast, soundtrack, locations, story, I would have loved to see it in the cinema, I somehow missed it. A love film without a happy ending, I always have to cry at the end, the film makes you forget your own worries, it couldn't be better.
She is a violinist and tonight I was invited to go to an orquestra. The curtains opened and she was there standing in the center of the stage under the lights. I don't know if she saw me, but she was gorgeous.
All four of Damien Chazelle's films have a theme of conflict between grand dreams and sacrifices from their ambitions. Whiplash, First man, and Babylon all three films were also great, but this last scene of La La Land is top notch film of his. I've never felt this deep and profound bittersweet feeling at cinema.
Uno de los finales mas hermosos y romanticos de la historia del cine. Se miran y ambos piensan "esto hubiera podido ser y hubiera sido hermoso pero no fue, y esta bien, vamos a sonreir, ser felices y espero que todo te vaya bien en la vida" ese segundo de ese pensamiento es lo que ambos comparten en esa sonrisa y para mi eso es lo mas hermoso y romantico que puede haber entre dos personas que se amaron, las cosas no pasaron en este tiempo pero esta bien, vuela y que seas feliz!
This is probably one of my favorite movies because of the ending. I also just recently rewatched The Adjustment Bureau. Two wildly different movies, but the overarching theme of both is this notion of who/what you become with or without the person you think you're meant to be with. It's always a question you can never truly answer, even with the benefit of hindsight. However, I think about this admittedly more often than I should, clearly because I have a good amount of unresolved issues in my past. So movies like this really hit close to home.
El final me recuerda al amor de mi vida, ya no estoy con ella, pero siempre deseo que le vaya bien y que sea feliz. Adiós Mariana, siempre fuiste mi gran amor
it's been years and still nothing can make me cry like this ending. i started seeing a guy when this movie first came out. he was unsure about me, but he decided he wanted to be with me after watching this movie and realizing that he was in love with me. we went on crazy adventures together for years and eventually got engaged. then covid hit, and we weren't able to see eachother for a long time, until our life paths slowly drifted apart and we broke up. ever since then, the same thing has been happening with every relationship i'm in; our goals in life don't align, so we end up breaking up. i have no regrets, because i don't want to give up my dreams for somebody else, but still i can't help but feel heartbroken that i had to leave that love behind. every time i watch this ending, i relive the heartbreak all over again. truly an amazing piece of cinema
I love this scene so much. Even though it's heartbreaking it shows the truth of many. Yes, in a perfect world we fall in love and stay together and any hardship is easily moved on from and we find our dream jobs and no one ever comes between us. But the beauty in life is the spontaneity and the challenges we face when we think we can't take it anymore. The fact that they're both happy at the end proves everything always works out, just never the way you plan.
Still to this day the lump I get in my throat when this scene crosses my mind makes me seek it out to see it again and then the tears flow. It’s so true to life. Every love, every relationship has a season and a reason. If you can look back on what might have been without bitterness, that’s the dream. 😢
This scene hits harder when you’re suffering from this in your real life 💔 That’s why it’s my all time favorite movie…. Every time when i think about him i watch this video. When you love someone you can’t have , it really hurts 💔
A part of me died the day i watched it. Impossible to take eyes off this singular film or stop listening to it's brilliant music. "La La Land" is that plate of trauma and piece of art which plays the heart and throws it into abyss, lightyears away. Saw it years back and I come back to the songs sometimes, but not the film. Never again.
The music change at 2:15 just gave me goosebumps. And heading into the dance made me feel like I was watching a classic Hollywood film again. But then to have the rug pulled out at the end to show how they could or couldn't make two careers work together? Equal parts heartbreaking and brilliant.
You ever not want to cry during a movie, so you go back and watch the scene again later and let out the tears?..1:20-1:35 especially that last chord change before the transition. Just kills me. That 6-note little lick on the trumpet, at 1:29-32 ish. Amazing how much can be communicated by music. It’s like that one little section says everything about the movie in less than 3 seconds. The joy, hope, fulfillment, as well as the impending reality that it all can’t last, something has to be lost, the bittersweet pain of what could have been. It’s funny as I’ve gotten older how emotionally involved I get in movies. When I was younger I was stone cold but my heart has softened a lot over time
Gosh, I really wanted that "happy together "ending for them. But I so well know that it doesn't always end up that way. Love this movie so much. It's real.
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Perfect example of “right person, wrong time” A beautiful tragedy
I was too young to understand the concept of it when I read Romeo and Juliet in high school
it s not really a tragedy at all,just life
I never believed that
There is no such thing as “right person, wrong time” If it is the right person, then it is the right time.
There is no wrong time for the right person
that little smile at the end where they both look so proud of eachother for achieving their dreams gets me every time
Its like the saddest 🥺
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That’s an interesting perspective. I’ve always viewed the last 10 minutes of this film as a tragedy. A cautionary tale of what happens when we follow our ambitions instead of our hearts.
@@CJ-dy8lb but it was necessary for them to achieve their dream, it's a beautiful tragedy. My favorite
A important detail pointed out
The way he didnt played the last note cuz he didnt want it to end
Emm, actually he did play it. The last two notes (D - C) conclude the song, what is ambiguous is if it's a major or a minor ending because there are no harmony background
@@Agustindem 🤓
@@Agustindem It's interesting that it resolves that way - since D and C are chord tones that are shared for authentic cadences in both C major and A minor. (The D in GMaj and E7, and the C in Cmaj and Amin) It gives off the impression that, no matter how the memories may feel when he looks back on them, Sebastian has found closure on those times.
I personally feel it leans more towards the major side, since having it be an A minor ending would feel incomplete as C is the third of an Amin chord - and I like the idea of Sebastian and Mia happily moving on their lives separately.
If you watch closely, 7:52 he’s moving his hand to play the final note, and then you can hear it being played at 7:55 . Really subtle, I wouldn’t have noticed it at all myself.
@@Agustindem if u dont stfu
My girlfriend cried in the cinema at this scene, and hugged me tightly during it, saying after “What If that happens to us”.
8 years later this month, our lives took us in separate directions after trauma caused us to become amicable passing ships.
I hope I’ll see her again one day and we share a moment like from this film.
Damn bro don't make me cry 😭
going through the same thing right now with my partner
you fumbled
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Holy shit this movie is 8 years old
A boss played by JK Simmons being nice to the protaganists is easily the most unbelievable part of this scene lmao
Whiplash flashback
Spider man too
damn.. JK Simmons do have a thing with being verbally abusive towards young struggling men. be it an ambitious musician or masked vigilante.
@@runningwindow4547 or an invader Superman
@@uncultured_sen I... I don't really think that was verbal.
This was the first film I cried at in over twenty years. This scene specifically. As you get older and you think about your past lives, you’ll understand.
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Love you
Yup. Agree with this. Always makes me cry.
Regrets and what-could-have-beens.
The scene hits u harder as u age.
Only a person sick to the core can direct an ending as brutal as this. Still not over this scene
Damien Chazelle was the American Psycho all along
agreed, particularly because there was nothing preventing them from being together. she was in paris *four months.*
@@frankborder the ending is what makes it so special
When this movie came out. My ex and I broke up. We recently by accident crossed paths. She's married and has a kid now. I'm still single, and have been single since we broke up.
This scene always used to hit me, knowing that some day it'll be true for me. But now knowing that it's true for a fact, it's just devastating.. I can't even find a word that describes the feeling in its entirety.
@@asadrahman_ar At least you can say "Ryan Gosling is literally me!" now with actual meaning
This is one.of the most magical endings I've seen all the emotion just bursts on screen in the last 10 minutes Damian chazelle knows how to end a film so perfectly
❤️❤️❤️
But wheres charlie parker? I was expecting a secret ending with him as a character
I believe that is because the ending actually happened at a certain point in his life
Yea ending super but sad they didn't United
My heart hurts again…
Even though this ending is bittersweet, and I’m sure we all have at least one person we often wonder about, I think this does illustrate how they were the right people for each other at that point in time. They both pushed and encouraged each other to follow their dreams and not give up. In the end, their story feels more to me as a catalyst that allowed them to sustain their passion for their dreams, and achieve great heights. They could have never done it without the other. This is what makes their bond so powerful and in my opinion, less of a romantic one. It speaks more to a kind of kindred spirit connection. I love this movie.
I never really saw this ending as bittersweet I saw it as both people realizing that no matter what happened in their lives they made it.i saw it as more uplifting then anything to not dwell on the past and the what ifs, I think this ending isn't actually a possible reality, more what ifs at key points in the deterioration of their relationship,what if he didnt brush past her, what if he didnt join the band, what if he made it to her box office.all for them to both finally realise that they made it and that they are both happy
U made me cry
I didn’t expect the bittersweet end the first time
This is so true and I could relate it so much myself. I encouraged my ex to sit for the nursing US entrance exam and even lent her my laptop so she could complete the tutorials and online exam. She eventually passed it and moved to USA. One month later we broke up. Fast forward to four years later, I saw her fb photo of her holding her baby daughter. I felt happy and also a bit of sadness of what could have been. I could persuaded her to just forget about the exam when she was already demotivated to sit for it. But she has always been wanting to move to US so I pushed her to achieve it. I guess thing you did for people you used to love
Your comment gave me chills. Thank you
When this originally came out I thought the ending was too sappy, now I understand the truly amazing it is, showing a ‘what could have been’ scenario but then cutting back to reality as the viewer is to decide what would have been better as in both events they ended up happy.
How is this sappy ?
@@funoutdoortimes7498 my god I do not remember making this comment. Honestly I can’t say now because it’s been several years since I last saw the film.
This is really what goes on now too. People don't care about love anymore but about getting their career and finances right.
@@brianticas6909 I don’t have a job right now or been in a relationship. But I’m open to both
@brianticas6909 The thing is that Mia wanted to be an actress. It was her passions and it made her feel fulfilled. It wasn't necessarily about the money, though everyone wants to live comfortably, it was about being on the screen and playing roles, the lights and the music and the costumes. It was about acting. Sebastian dreamed of having a bar not because of money, but because he wanted a space where like minded people could go to share something that was so important to him. He wanted his passion to touch people's hearts. Mia and Sebastian had dreams not because of money or fame, but because of their own volition to do something that completed them. They struggled to communicate that, which ended up tearing them apart, but it's not just a job for them.
Over 6 years later, this entire scene destroys me all over again. Masterpiece. I miss you Ashley.
Someday honey…
Sometimes we need to let go of someone or something in order to achieve happiness. This movie had so many life lessons not only about love but about your passion and dreams and choosing whether you follow it or sacrifice it for another.
I still try to believe what you said
I think it’s a tragedy. A cautionary tale of what happens when we follow our career ambitions over love and companionship. Always choose love and companionship over ambition.
And in the end... No one was happy just sadness in their faces
I rejected happiness with an ex beau for the peace I longed for with my husband.
@@ArlenneLuna not true. Mia is very happy with her husband, daughter and a great career. Sebastian is happy in that his dream of owning a jazz club came to fruition.
Interesting that in the imagined "what if" life, Seb and Mia are so affectionate. Very telling on how she loved him compared to her husband. I think it's a realistic depiction of what happens when you don't end up with the love of your life. You can love another but it won't be the same.
Damn. Yup.
Not always true. You can learn to love someone else more or they you don’t have or don’t want any further romantic partners. Those are okay too. 👍🏻
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 i do agree with u.
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 there is a big difference between a love that comes naturally and learning to love.
i don't agree with this at all. it's a fabrication of reality and we're looking at a married couple with a kid. that "honey-moon" esc emotionals do not last forever. the cooled and subdued love can be just as passionate if not more in some ways.
I finally understood the ending : It's from Mia's perspective as she dreams of what could have been, ignoring all the obstacles and seeing everything through rose tinted glasses (like the first encounter or her play, why is it all of the sudden full with people?). Everything works out for her, she accomplished her dream together with her dream love, but then they reach the present, and she realizes, she would sit in the Van Beek with Seb, but he would not be playing nor owning the place meaning he never furfilled his dream. Life ain't like the movies where everything works put, you sacrifice a lot furfilling your dreams.
They could not furfill their dreams without each other, but neither with one another.
"They could not fulfill their dreams without each other, but neither with one another." Well said, without any other commentary
How did Ryan Gosling not win an oscar for this, or for any movie actually.
Bet he will for barbie this year
@@georgebrandenburg3786 not on Oppenheimer's watch
@@Kpoping727official he's nominated
@@georgebrandenburg3786 yeah, but no way he's going to win. RDJ in Oppenheimer was way better
@@Kpoping727official Love RDJ, But we shall see. Ken was pretty iconoc
they are the definition of “right person,wrong time”
God! I wish they weee together
Loved the movie up until the end. Just irked me. Great movie though
I would kill myself if that ever happened to me
Thank God they were not and she had accepted the God given freedom to walk away.
@@rodrigolaleyenda4163 woah there buddy chillax.
@@SuperAlphaKirby haha perhaps I’m being a bit dramatic
I always go back to this video at least once a month, whenever I feel like having a good cry. This whole 9 mins video is perfect. It's shattering, it gives you a whole comfort & dream before the final smiling scenes. Everything is wrapped so perfectly.
Exactly. It's breathtaking and heartbreaking.
And fortunately or unfortunately.....I totally understand it.
The part you cry Is when thet sit down to see their life
@@vincenzodibernardo9903 correct😭
I cried over this scene like it was the most tragic love story I’ve ever seen😭
No, it’s Mia’s triumph to find a better man and fulfill her dreams. I’ve been where Mia is in real life and I never will leave my only ever husband for any ex suitor.
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 I don't think you quite understood the movie
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 That's literally the opposite of what the movie was trying to say... Holy shit
Me too and idk why 😭😭😭 this movie is beautiful
@@EmilyGloeggler7984bro what💀
i feel like everyone was waiting for a stereotypical moment where she turns are runs to kiss him or something but we ended up with something better, that will emotionally haunt us for days because that's the best exchange of emotions we have and will ever see. i liked how we didn't experience their love but them being happy and as someone else has stated, proud of eachother. this is the love we need to see, the love you feel when your lover accomplishes something and you feel equally as satisfied with that accomplishment
if this even makes sense at all...
I was waiting for stereotypical too. But by the time this movie came out, I grew soft towards bittersweet endings
Exactly. Couldn't be more true.
For me, the ending is so powerful because, he pushed her to fulfill her dreams, and so did she. Neither one of them held the other back. They both wanted the absolute best for each other no matter the cost to their personal happiness. When they were speaking by the Observatory in the daylight, he knew when she got the part she would be traveling and successful and he didn't want to hold her back. If Seb had given up the band and traveled with Mia as she began her fame, he would never have been able to open Seb's from his own hard work. If Mia gave up on her dreams (which Seb wouldn't have let her do), she would never have fulfilled her own dream either which would have led to unhappiness.
The ending is so powerful because Mia and Seb in the crowd = Mia with her success but Seb without his dream of Jazz club. And Mia with her husband = Seb with his dream of a club. Yes, you could argue that they didn't get their love in the end with each other, but if either sacrificed their goals, then their partnership long term probably wouldn't have worked considering how ambitious both of them were.
An absolutely beautiful timeless movie that I will never grow bored of. The first time I saw it was in a theatre in Edinburgh and I cried at how beautiful this film is. Absolute classic.
yeah, l watched this when l was young and thought this is such a bad ending, they could have had more thing with that kind of love. But now, when l experienced this scene in my own life, I finally understand there is no right person wrong time. They just pushed each other to fulfil their dream and both understood they need to sacrifice this love for their partner to be at their best
When this movie came out. My ex and I broke up. We recently by accident crossed paths. She's married and has a kid now. I'm still single, and have been single since we broke up.
This scene always used to hit me, knowing that some day it'll be true for me. But now knowing that it's true for a fact, it's just devastating.. I can't even find a word that describes the feeling in its entirety.
Your ex moved on. It’s time for you to do so. I even learned it when I gave up a man who wanted to mutually respected and wanted to marry me but in the end, I didn’t settle and I kept my word and forever and ever never will go back. Eleven years later, I met another man who is my soul’s prayer - my one and only ever husband Frank. :)
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 I hope I find someone too. Really happy for you! May you guys always be together!
this movie hurts more than anything, seeing what could have been and their expressions when they see eachother literally crushes my soul every time
same. at the same time, i realize that in the end, they both accomplished their dreams and were probably happiest this way.
@intreoo thats's what keeps it as a romance, and not a tragedy in my opinio n
I finally get this ending.
I mean, I always *got* it. I always understood it and what it meant, but now I got the feelings involved because it happened to me. I had my heart broken, and it destroyed my life, but I still love them and want them to be happy.
I learned the same but I dumped him and I now have found my peace in another - God. God then lead me to another man who I chose to always be my husband.
that's a healthy outlook. I would love mine back, but like many others, I'm thinking my ending will be the same as this
@@devon5694 You can heal and move on.
@@devon5694 People need to go through emotions, through hard times, to truly appreciate things that come up next. I had it the same, but now, also through God's leading, I found love. I hope You, my friend, will find it soon too.
@@spytihnev4080 Heartbreak world we all live in. I am in that miserable boat either. From Kiev, Ukraine
This story is literally the same as mine. I went abroad to pursue my dreams and he stayed. We saw each other twice after that - 2 and 4 years after. I am now with another partner. We both achieved our dreams separately but not together. I still wish him all the best from the bottom of my heart. I wish him to be happy…
I won’t be able to watch this movie with someone else. I watched it first with him, and it’s literally our story. I am not sure that I will ever rewatch this beautiful movie ever again.
Sebastián was still waiting for Mía. What a shock when he saw her.
4:37 is one of the greatest cinematic scenes I’ve seen in my life. The cinematography, the backgrounds, the music, the aesthetic. I keep going back to this scene; it’s tied for my favorite scene in La La Land alongside the Planetarium scene.
100% THIS!!!
I take it as the day they decide to get married. Open to interpretation but I assume it was a beautiful night in Paris and they decided to get married then and there. Given the wedding waltz is straight after and no change of costume.
Wow it's true!!!! I've seen it a thousand times and never got it. Thank you for sharing 🤩 @@danielr5552
This always... always... breaks me down. What could have been... what was... It reaches down into my soul conditioned to be cynical since my young romantic youth and makes me sentimental and cry for the loss of something that I don't even know what...
You put it perfectly. Its the fear of losing something you don't know
The way I see it, this scene doesn't really show what could have been, it shows what could have been in a perfect world, and that's a big difference. Like a lot of the situations portrayed here are unrealistic and couldn't have actually happened in real life. It's almost like a fantasy or a wish that they deep down know never would have actually happened.
@@therealpeel1836loved what you said. Spot on
@@therealpeel1836 I always understand the last sequence as a separate scenario. They're still in LA as demonstrated by the drive they took to the jazz club, but they're married with a house, happy, and have a child. We don't really know what their lives are like in this case but we can understand that they didn't chase their dreams and opted for domestic bliss instead. IMO that's the real what could have been. Abandoning the dreams they both sorely wanted in exchange for love. And they're still happy.
I cry so rarely, but god fucking dammit, I cry like a bitch, Every. Single. Time. I watch this
To all the "could-haves" and "what-ifs" in our relationships and in our lives...
Oscars 2024 brought me here…
When life imitates art, a truly magical film it is.
Makes me cry everytime, it’s a good workout song for when I bench 300 pounds
Damn that’s crazy
Thats random
This is adorable
Can relate
Just lift the pain away
This is one of those movies you want to entirely forget in order to watch it again like it's the first time
This song is the embodiment of lost memories you just wish you could experience again.
there's no 'song'
I just lose it completely when they start the waltz in the starry background, the music and the love of them... it does something to me man😭🤧
It breaks my ❤.
One of the best movie endings of all time. It sweeps you off your feet and breaks your heart at the same time.
That final solo piano piece in the last daydream scene of Seb and Mia together driving and entering the jazz club is hauntingly heartbreaking. When I watched it for the first time I knew I was going to bawls up my eyes because it's sure going to be sad ending. And when the camera shown Seb sitting all alone on the piano, I did cry
The movie showed two endings :
The one which we always wanted to see in life
And the one which we get....
“The love that was between us can be embodied in a hundred novels and a thousand poems, but life had another opinion.” - how i adore this movie..
God, I saw this film for the first time last week. And this whole scene got me crying inconsolably. It really brought memories ... I still watch this and can't help it.
Same
In a perfect world things would go the way you planned them to be, but you need to value the way they were intended to happen. All things have value.
I saw this movie not knowing anything about it and it instantly became one of my all time favorites. This scene broke me. When he kissed her instead of walking right passed her at the bar I began sobbing uncontrollably. I knew what was coming. The “what could have been” montage. The one I wanted for them to have but knew it wasn’t real. I was in the twilight of a relationship that I had thought had real promise but the reality of its impending demise further amplified the beauty and cruel truth of this scene. It was an honest ending to a Hollywood fantasy story and while it hurt so much it was the correct decision.
La mayoria interpreta esta pelicula como que eligieron sus sueños en vez de su amor,por que no se puede tener todo en esta vida, pero otra perspectiva que me dio a entender con todas las escenas de que hubiera pasado si hubiesen seguido juntos, es si realmente vale la pena dejar todo por tus sueños,ya que vemos una diferencia notoria cuando esta sentada con su esposo en el bar y cuando imagina estar sentada con él,la mirada,la sonrisa,la felicidad, todo es distinto. Me hace pensar que en esta vida todos pensamos que elegir tus sueños es a costa de muchos sacrificios,pero cuando los consigues, realmente estas feliz? A veces los sueños pueden cambiar o alargarse cuando estas al lado de quien te hace sacar lo bueno de ti,que te hace recordar quien eres, con el que nunca perderás tu escencia. Lo vivo dia a día con mis padres que tienen 24 años de casados, no cumplieron sus sueños de jóvenes pero lograron otros,lograron una familia y a pesar de todo siguen juntos. Realmente me dejo un sabor muy doloroso esta pelicula,ojalá y las personas podamos reflexionar mas acerca de la eleccion que tomen,la vida es una y solo uno elige su camino,solo uno decide como recordar su vida.
Te voy a robar tu escrito :'c
Tuve un pensamiento similar al tuyo, comparto esa ideología
Yo pienso que es buen punto lo q dices pero no interpretó eso de esta película, si no, que hubiera pasado si... Ambos hubieran Sido menos egoístas, si en vez de pelear hubieran luchado por lo q en verdd importa los sueños de cd uno pero apoyándose mutuamente , si tan solo se hubieran dedicado q planear algo bn, yo creo q si se puede obtener algo parecido a td, el problema es q las personas cd vez quieren más y más
genial ahora me hiciste llorar aún más
Yo tenía un amor bien bonito.....y el se fue al doctorado a Alemania...y me dejó. Se me partió el alma.
This shatters me every time LITERALLY a cinematic masterpiece
Today, it finally became clear that we've parted ways. We broke up on the 5th of July last year but kept in contact, and today we finally talked it out and realized we will never be together. Meeting her was truly magical; we dived into love very quickly, perhaps too quickly, before she had completely moved on from her previous relationship. We made a promise that we would never contact each other again and that we would strive to be better versions of ourselves. I watched this movie for the second time today, and I couldn't stop crying during this scene. I kept thinking about a different future we could have had if we had met under different conditions.
Perhaps 'right person, wrong time' hits too close to home. I will always love her.
Man ngl I felt sad and bad for Sebastian. When he saw Mia again and played the song it made him think about what life could’ve been together but wasn’t. Shit was sad to me
True but the smiles in the end at each other made the movie worth it for me
This whole ending is the reason why I want to be a filmmaker.
Pure movie magic. Just beautiful!
I do hope you bring some stability back into the Hollywood studio system in these crazy times we are living in.
@@manuelorozco7760 The way to bring back the Hollywood we know and love is to bring back embracing the original, taking the risk, allowing ourselves to dream big. That’s what I want to do, and I have to give credit to Justin Hurwitz for showing us that in this film.
@@matrix-5466 I meant to give you some encouragement. I do love franchises. But only when they make the slightest bit of creative sense. But Hollywood has become something else in the past few years. It’s tougher than ever to find good movies. And this is a vanishing breed of art. Luckily they are still competent artists these days. Not just Steven Spielberg of course
@@manuelorozco7760 I appreciate it! Spielberg is my biggest inspiration for becoming a filmmaker, and I certainly agree good movies are becoming few and far between. I just hope I can help bring about the old Hollywood. I believe my generation will bring back originality and stability in the film business, especially after seeing all these companies take such control over these films. That’s why studios like A24 and Blumhouse are so important to be privately owned and operated to do their own thing. I hope more show up soon.
You can do it unknown person. You can do it. Remember the moment you read this forever
❤
God this ending still gets me. It’s that little smile at the end, that psychic convo that tells them sure that alternate life would have been nice, they wouldn’t have fulfilled their dreams or gone as far as they did.
Our life doesn't come with alternate ending but our thoughts and feeling do. Reality is brutal, but we are free as bird to live our feelings
In this ending, even though Seb ultimately failed to accomplish his dream of opening his new club, he was still happy, as he was with the love of his life. Likewise, if the opposite had happened where Mia never accomplished her dream but stayed with Seb, the same could’ve happened.
The real ending may seem heartbreaking, but in reality, it’s the best. They both accomplished their own dreams, and have become who they’ve wanted to, even if they could’ve stayed together.
I think that’s a great point. Even though it was sad that they didn’t end up together, like you said, it was for the best.
I never thought it before
In my opinion they both knew that if they gave up their dreams for the other they could be happy and fulfill other dreams but they both loved each other so much they didn't want to ask the other 12 do it because they understand the sacrifice that they would make so it was better to achieve the goals exclusively. If they had loved each other enough they would have given up on the dreams To be with each other.
How many of us can tie this scene into some segment of our lives at one time or another. When we knew that they were the one, and we could close our eyes and almost see the beautiful life that came from it. Then, just to open our eyes and see that sometimes life just doesn't work that way. So we live with the sorrow of "what might have been." What a beautiful movie.
The part that gets me is that they both obviously loved/love each other but they didnt love each other more than their own dreams. Its real, but its sad, especially when you see their life played out if seb gave up his dream they could have been happy together and had many more dreams fulfilled, including being together, but they didnt love each other enough to abandon their visions.
still crying over this
I think this ending, while bittersweet, is more positive than some people say. It's a movie about two artists with immense passion for their work in a cold and uncaring city. They both push each other to achieve their ambitions, but that leads to them going their separate ways. We see this sequence as a sort of dreamlike "What if" scenario, where they stayed together and had a perfect life. It ends with a smile between Mia and Seb, each of them lamenting about what could have been, but at the same time, proud of what the other has gone on to do.
Depends on your goals in life.
the ending is what brought the excellent movie to an entirely new level, and made it a classic. Maybe the greatest montage in modern American cinema.
Regret that I missed to watch the movie in theatre. It had been so beautiful on that big screen watching those beautiful scenes. I Envy
I know how you feel. I heard a lot about this movie. But the holidays are a tough time to pick movies you want to hurry to see.
Shows how he wished he had given it all up for her regardless of his own ambitions. Reflects what happens in real life. Beautiful ending.
I don’t cry for no movie but this made me cry
Probably one of the best endings in cinema history… one look to say it all …the heartbreak yet the happy end rolled into one smile …. Wow
I think that Sebastian made the wrong decision by not traveling to Paris with Mia. I understand that their breakup adds realism to the movie and avoids a cliche happy ending. But I think the last 15 minutes of the movie show that Mia would have achieved a great career while remaining with Sebastian, and that a life with Mia would have fulfilled Sebastian more than running his club.
I sense a lot of regret from Sebastian, from the look he has when he spots Mia in the crowd to the somber tone of his performance. Sebastian allowed Mia and himself to prioritize their dreams, but Mia's the love of his life and I think holding on to her should have been his priority.
You're right. I think the ending is "what could have been" inside Seb's mind. He was doing good with his band and earned money for his dream. He couldn't just let everything behind and go to Paris. Seb was a bit unconfident about himself back then that he might end up being broke again and repeat the same life when he looked at the popcorn ceiling.
Now looking back, he knows he would have been good in Paris. That's what made him regretful
Good insight! the movie is definitely about personal ambition vs love and partnership. The way I look at the ending is that, in the retelling of the story, in those moments while he's playing, they both lived that life of theirs together. They both saw and felt what it would've been. They knew they would've been extremely happy and in those moments they experienced the whole thing together. No longer needing to live it out, they agree to be happy in another branch of life. It's not regret he expresses, it's gratitude
@@slateralden4178 Thanks for the kind words! And you have a great view of the scene. Mia and Sebastian living out a life together until Sebastian stops playing is both beautiful and heartbreaking. Their smiles at the end definitely give the sense that they've moved from the shock and sadness they feel when they spot each other to happiness for each other's growth. But I just can't believe that Sebastian can truly be at peace with no longer being with Mia. The fantasy of Mia and Sebastian's life together resembles the life Mia actually leads with her husband. But the same can't be said for Sebastian. We don't see him with a new love and a child. His club's doing well, but I saw him as much more enthused in the fantasy with Mia than in his reality as the club owner. But maybe I'm projecting onto him because if I loved a girl the way he loved Mia, I wouldn't let her go for the sake of a career move.
That's the point.
@@slateralden4178 That’s what makes the movie good enough for me as a hopeless romantic and a person of fine culture
For me it's this: What wonderful life we almost had. Love always, Seb.
This movie brings people’s emotions out whether or not they want to show any. It will ALWAYS be one of my favorites.
i come back to this every now and then to just ball my eyes out. this movie was so real. not a cliche love story, my favourite movie by far.
That last look… is silent “we made it” gets me every time
The ending broke my heart in pieces. I cried for about a half hour or so. And the acting is simply amazing. One of my all time favourite movies. ❤ And now I cry again rewatching this scene. :))
This is one of the few films I can actually call a masterpiece. Simply perfect in every single aspect. Truly a film for the ages.
One of the beautiful scene of all time.
Im never going to not cry from this scene no matter how many years later
25/10/2022 ..4.04 am . watching this , Drunk asf . Crying like a baby...
Made the awesome mistake of watching this ⬆️ movie in theater with a friend/ date less than a month after my divorce. I wailed. Uncontrollably. That was how many years ago?
Tonight I’m watching it after a post pandemic breakup with my fiancé of 4 years. Boom! Waterfall. My face is leaking like a sieve.
💔
It feels good to cry over breakup endings after you go through a breakup. It gets you in touch with the pain and sorrow of the ending of your relationship. As they say, the only way to get over it is to get through it. We have to feel the emotions to eventually make peace with them and move on.
I wish you better days ahead. You’ll get through this ♥️
Feelings are the worst but ending might be best chance sometimes for the most.
this scene is always so gut wrenching to me. the idea of what couldve been. the idea of falling so in love with someone just for it to end, the worst feeling in the world. perfect display of "in another life".
This movie has one of the most beautiful soundtracks, change my mind
Had to return to this after seeing Babylon. La La Land and Whiplash were easily two of my favourite films of the previous decade, Damien Chazelle consistently smashes the endings to his films and Justin Hurwitz shows just how much a strong soundtrack can elevate a film.
is babylon worth watching
@@mominbashir5536ABSOLUTELY. So sad you even have to ask that question, the movie has gotten such a bad rap. But yes watch it !
From my point of view, Babylon is a very good movie. For me is the opposite of La La Land in terms of story, atmosphere, and also music. While La La Land is like a day dream about Los Angeles & Hollywood, Babylon is the exact opposite. Also, I don't know if you observe it, but the Babylon soundtrack has a musical theme that continues somehow La La Land soundtrack. Damien Chazelle is one of a kind. Also, do check First Man, also with the talented Ryan Gosling. Such an emotional movie.
i couldn’t get into babylon. self indulgent, pretentious, juvenile, and too goddamn long. it should’ve been a great movie but it’s trapped under a bunch of wank
@@cinematicsterling6897 Ironically, that's one of the bodily fluids not featured in the movie.
My ex and I watched La La Land in the cinema and this movie made me realize that we'll never be together. It was a sad realization and 5 months later we broke up.
I'm sorry, maybe it's too personal, but what made you realize it? Your story and the story of Mia and Seb are alike?
I’m so sorry to hear
After all this years... I still crying
This movie will always be the most special to my heart. I watched it with my dad, at home, and cried my eyes out for hours at the tragic ending. He made jokes about my crying, making me laugh, and he expressed how Ryan was just a phenomenal actor, which is rare for him to acknowledge an actor like that. And that’s how I knew this scene broke his heart too. Grateful for such a wonderful memory ❤️
Didn’t really piece it together until now, but the actor who played Mia’s husband at the beginning of this scene played Guy the drummer in “That Thing You Do” who expressed multiple times in that movie how much he liked jazz. So it was almost meta to get him for this role AND have him (not Mia) stop to hear the music playing from Seb’s.
I actually never knew that. That’s a really cool piece of trivia.
I watch the film every Christmas, what a fantastic film, cast, soundtrack, locations, story, I would have loved to see it in the cinema, I somehow missed it.
A love film without a happy ending, I always have to cry at the end, the film makes you forget your own worries, it couldn't be better.
I regret not seeing it in theaters too
I love seeing these two together. They have such amazing on screen chemistry.
I don't buy "right person, wrong time." If the person is right, there is no wrong time. It just takes a lot of patience and understanding.
Damien Chazelle is a master at making amazing endings. Like he did in both in Whiplash and La La Land.
Everybody above a certain age has a "what might have been" in their past. This hits that as perfectly as I've ever seen in a movie.
She is a violinist and tonight I was invited to go to an orquestra. The curtains opened and she was there standing in the center of the stage under the lights. I don't know if she saw me, but she was gorgeous.
All four of Damien Chazelle's films have a theme of conflict between grand dreams and sacrifices from their ambitions. Whiplash, First man, and Babylon all three films were also great, but this last scene of La La Land is top notch film of his. I've never felt this deep and profound bittersweet feeling at cinema.
Uno de los finales mas hermosos y romanticos de la historia del cine. Se miran y ambos piensan "esto hubiera podido ser y hubiera sido hermoso pero no fue, y esta bien, vamos a sonreir, ser felices y espero que todo te vaya bien en la vida" ese segundo de ese pensamiento es lo que ambos comparten en esa sonrisa y para mi eso es lo mas hermoso y romantico que puede haber entre dos personas que se amaron, las cosas no pasaron en este tiempo pero esta bien, vuela y que seas feliz!
just clicked the video and inmediatly started to cry
This is probably one of my favorite movies because of the ending. I also just recently rewatched The Adjustment Bureau. Two wildly different movies, but the overarching theme of both is this notion of who/what you become with or without the person you think you're meant to be with. It's always a question you can never truly answer, even with the benefit of hindsight. However, I think about this admittedly more often than I should, clearly because I have a good amount of unresolved issues in my past. So movies like this really hit close to home.
I had the same thought when i watched this film yesterday I expected the ending of adjustment bureau.
Honestly, this should have won the best picture award.
El final me recuerda al amor de mi vida, ya no estoy con ella, pero siempre deseo que le vaya bien y que sea feliz.
Adiós Mariana, siempre fuiste mi gran amor
it's been years and still nothing can make me cry like this ending.
i started seeing a guy when this movie first came out. he was unsure about me, but he decided he wanted to be with me after watching this movie and realizing that he was in love with me. we went on crazy adventures together for years and eventually got engaged. then covid hit, and we weren't able to see eachother for a long time, until our life paths slowly drifted apart and we broke up. ever since then, the same thing has been happening with every relationship i'm in; our goals in life don't align, so we end up breaking up. i have no regrets, because i don't want to give up my dreams for somebody else, but still i can't help but feel heartbroken that i had to leave that love behind. every time i watch this ending, i relive the heartbreak all over again. truly an amazing piece of cinema
Everything requires sacrifices:/ the world gives but it also takes
I love this scene so much. Even though it's heartbreaking it shows the truth of many. Yes, in a perfect world we fall in love and stay together and any hardship is easily moved on from and we find our dream jobs and no one ever comes between us. But the beauty in life is the spontaneity and the challenges we face when we think we can't take it anymore. The fact that they're both happy at the end proves everything always works out, just never the way you plan.
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Still to this day the lump I get in my throat when this scene crosses my mind makes me seek it out to see it again and then the tears flow. It’s so true to life. Every love, every relationship has a season and a reason. If you can look back on what might have been without bitterness, that’s the dream. 😢
Gut wrenching. I've watched the ending of this movie like 50 times and it still gets to me.
This scene hits harder when you’re suffering from this in your real life 💔
That’s why it’s my all time favorite movie….
Every time when i think about him i watch this video.
When you love someone you can’t have , it really hurts 💔
I watch this video again and again because it makes me feel like you're right here with me, close and nearby.
A part of me died the day i watched it.
Impossible to take eyes off this singular film or stop listening to it's brilliant music. "La La Land" is that plate of trauma and piece of art which plays the heart and throws it into abyss, lightyears away. Saw it years back and I come back to the songs sometimes, but not the film. Never again.
That smile at the end always get me ;-;
The music change at 2:15 just gave me goosebumps. And heading into the dance made me feel like I was watching a classic Hollywood film again. But then to have the rug pulled out at the end to show how they could or couldn't make two careers work together? Equal parts heartbreaking and brilliant.
You ever not want to cry during a movie, so you go back and watch the scene again later and let out the tears?..1:20-1:35 especially that last chord change before the transition. Just kills me. That 6-note little lick on the trumpet, at 1:29-32 ish. Amazing how much can be communicated by music. It’s like that one little section says everything about the movie in less than 3 seconds. The joy, hope, fulfillment, as well as the impending reality that it all can’t last, something has to be lost, the bittersweet pain of what could have been.
It’s funny as I’ve gotten older how emotionally involved I get in movies. When I was younger I was stone cold but my heart has softened a lot over time
La la land is a true love story. At the end both made their dreams come true
This movie takes my depression away and then shoots it back full force in 2 hours.
Gosh, I really wanted that "happy together "ending for them. But I so well know that it doesn't always end up that way. Love this movie so much. It's real.
I remember wanting that happy ending for them too