yeah, this movie is very clearly made by the la la land guy, and he's too competent to not end up delivering a good movie, sure it had some pretty serious flaws through, especially during its awkward first 30-45 minutes, but after that its pretty entertaining; wouldnt have felt out of place among the 10 other best picture nominees, and its better at eliciting emotion than half of them
gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by how not #wild the movie is, outside of the annoying party scene at the start; same with the "degeneracy", its not present during most of the movie, and when its there, Chazelle treats it like a schoolboy would, nothing more than a quick glance