re: Where does La La Land place on your "Best of 2010s" list?

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But LA LA LAND is close to the idea that great art can come from joy. And we need more of that in our lives. We need people raging against the dying light, trying to save jazz that doesn't want to be saved.

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I hate musicals, and I think this is probably one of the top 15 movies of the decade.

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Rewatching and had to bump.

La La Land is one of my favorite movies ever. I should disclose I'm a massive jazz fanatic and had no idea the first time I watched that it was going to be such a beautiful ode to jazz music.

The "Epilogue" where they take every song from the movie and combine it into an instrumental.. I can't describe how happy that piece makes me. The final scenes of the movie are so beautiful because of this.

I work in and travel to L.A., and just so happened to be on a plane there when United decided to put it on (I had already seen it) and it ended up inspiring a La La Land solo tour. I hiked to the Hollywood sign by myself with a dead phone And visited several spots from the movie. Didn't get to visit the jazz club, but pre-covid it was still an operating jazz club.

Awesome movie. I don't even like musicals.