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[Goffe]

I came to the conclusion after watching the Jake Gittes video, that yes, it is worth the wait.

[SaraM]

On Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 5:55 PM, franfar said:

Some good news... Not sure if it's been reported, but LLL is now the highest grossing original live action musical.

Musical

1974-Present
Live action only.

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Date
1	Grease	Par.	$188,755,690	862	$8,941,717	862	6/16/78
2	Chicago	Mira.	$170,687,518	2,701	$2,074,929	77	12/27/02
3	Les Miserables (2012)	Uni.	$148,809,770	2,927	$27,281,735	2,814	12/25/12
4	Mamma Mia!	Uni.	$144,130,063	3,194	$27,751,240	2,976	7/18/08
5	La La Land	LG/S	$133,504,066	3,236	$881,104	5	12/9/16

 

The other top grossing original live action musicals are Enchanted (127 mill), High School Musical 3 (90 mill), The Muppets (88 mill), and Moulin Rouge (57 mill).

 

Also, LLL is the 2nd highest ADJUSTED grossing original live action musical. Enchanted is #1

 

1	Grease	Par.	$665,783,600	862	$33,053,800	862	6/16/78
2	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Fox	$476,350,500	-	n/a	-	9/26/75
3	Chicago	Mira.	$244,850,200	2,701	$3,089,200	77	12/27/02
4	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Uni.	$205,074,500	1,435	$34,936,200	1,400	7/23/82
5	The Blues Brothers	Uni.	$184,029,200	-	$15,621,900	594	6/20/80
6	Mamma Mia!	Uni.	$173,638,600	3,194	$33,432,900	2,976	7/18/08
7	Annie	Col.	$167,877,700	1,102	$1,502,400	14	5/21/82
8	Funny Lady	Col.	$164,561,000	-	n/a	-	3/9/75
9	Les Miserables (2012)	Uni.	$161,524,300	2,927	$29,315,200	2,814	12/25/12
10	Popeye	Par.	$160,211,600	901	$20,292,200	901	12/12/80
11	Enchanted	BV	$159,445,100	3,730	$43,300,700	3,730	11/21/07
12	Hairspray (2007)	NL	$149,453,700	3,121	$34,545,600	3,121	7/20/07
13	Tommy	Col.	$144,524,700	-	n/a	-	3/14/75
14	Into the Woods	BV	$135,996,800	2,833	$32,361,300	2,440	12/25/14
15	La La Land	LG/S	$133,110,400	3,236	$867,100	5	12/9/16

 

 

The movie needs another ~26.3m to become the highest grossing. Massive, wonderful success for this movie.

[Goffe]

Give Chazelle all the fucking Oscars.

[filmlover]

9 hours ago, Incarnadine said:

Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square. Neato.

 

 

https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/you-can-dance-with-ryan-gosling-and-emma-stone-in-leicester-square-this-week-022117

These statues are the ugliest fucking things I've ever seen.

[Incarnadine]

7 minutes ago, filmlover said:

These statues are the ugliest fucking things I've ever seen.

They really don't resemble Emma and Ryan, but I like them because I appreciate the effort, and it's pretty good marketing and promotion.

[filmlover]

Is Lionsgate officially the new Weinstein? Because those statues are a total Harvey move lol. They also have three movies up for Best Picture (or four, if you want to count Manchester by the Sea which they distributed on behalf of Amazon).

[franfar]

9 hours ago, Incarnadine said:

Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square. Neato.

 

 

https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/you-can-dance-with-ryan-gosling-and-emma-stone-in-leicester-square-this-week-022117

Looks like Oscar trophies. Very subtle. 

[WrathOfHan]

17 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Is Lionsgate officially the new Weinstein? Because those statues are a total Harvey move lol. They also have three movies up for Best Picture (or four, if you want to count Manchester by the Sea which they distributed on behalf of Amazon).

Roadside distributed Manchester theatrically; Lionsgate is only handling home video. Same with Moonlight (only A24 is the distributor) 

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Roadside distributed Manchester theatrically; Lionsgate is only handling home video. Same with Moonlight (only A24 is the distributor) 

Roadside is the indie arm of Lionsgate.

[WrathOfHan]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Roadside is the indie arm of Lionsgate.

.......Oh.

[Goffe]

 

[AniNate]

"La La Land’s inevitable Oscars win is a disaster for Hollywood – and for us"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/23/la-la-lands-inevitable-oscars-win-is-a-disaster-for-hollywood-and-for-us

 

See, it's these kind of people that make me sympathize with the defensiveness of this movie's fans

[Arlborn]

4 hours ago, tribefan695 said:

"La La Land’s inevitable Oscars win is a disaster for Hollywood – and for us"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/23/la-la-lands-inevitable-oscars-win-is-a-disaster-for-hollywood-and-for-us

 

See, it's these kind of people that make me sympathize with the defensiveness of this movie's fans

 

" When he is not whitesplaining jazz, he is mansplaining it to Emma Stone’s Mia "

 

For fuck's sake Guardian.

 

Look at this comment(always the best part of a The Guardian article by the way):

 

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DavidBest

 

 

You have fundamentally missed the point of this film. They do not sacrifice love for self, they sacrifice their own self-interest (love) for what they value most in the other person (passion for what they do).

For these people, what they do goes beyond ambition or careerism, they are passionate about music, acting, and hollywood. When she sees him sacrificing his passionate music integrity to be a better partner, she is hurt. When he sees her giving up her dream of acting, he goes way out of his way to drag her back and make her go to the audition and encourages her to follow where it leads, even though it is away from him. It's love itself that drives them to do these things, but a self-sacrificing love that ultimately is self-defeating.

That's the point about the bittersweet ending. Although they know life has taken them in different directions and they might fantasise about what might have been, they can both also be happy to see that the person they loved has flourished and found their dream. Fantastic film.

 

This guy got the point of the damn movie perfectly.

 

Edited February 24, 2017 by Arlborn

[Incarnadine]

Almost every negative article about LLL wonders why they couldn't still be together, it's like they didn't pay attention to the circumstances.

 

They were already separated for long periods with Seb touring and he was under contract for what sounds like at least two years, then add in Mia being overseas for a minimum of 7 months (4 month rehearsal and 3 month shoot), and that's if they started immediately and everything stayed on schedule, then there's promoting the film and premiers. Given the time zones and their work commitments even getting in a phone call would be difficult.

After filming wraps Seb would still be touring and maybe recording for at least another year and it's strongly implied Mia's movie is a star making hit and she would be getting offered more roles and it's what she loves so she would be taking some of them and thus working months on end.

They are both young and attractive (and now successful)  and not likely to stay celibate for a couple of years.

 

[Goffe]

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When Mia is looking for Seb in a cinema audience, she stands in front of the screen and blocks the picture.

 

That did bother me a little bit.

 

Not a big issue though, RWC was clearly in its initial credits.

Edited February 24, 2017 by Goffe

[shayhiri]

1 hour ago, Arlborn said:

DavidBest

You have fundamentally missed the point of this film. They do not sacrifice love for self, they sacrifice their own self-interest (love) for what they value most in the other person (passion for what they do).

For these people, what they do goes beyond ambition or careerism, they are passionate about music, acting, and hollywood. When she sees him sacrificing his passionate music integrity to be a better partner, she is hurt. When he sees her giving up her dream of acting, he goes way out of his way to drag her back and make her go to the audition and encourages her to follow where it leads, even though it is away from him. It's love itself that drives them to do these things, but a self-sacrificing love that ultimately is self-defeating.

That's the point about the bittersweet ending. Although they know life has taken them in different directions and they might fantasise about what might have been, they can both also be happy to see that the person they loved has flourished and found their dream. Fantastic film.

 

Unbelievably great analysis. I doubt even Chazelle had the story explained so well.

 

Now I absolutely have to see this a third time - I was going to anyway, but now I'm probably gonna cry even more than the second time around...

 

La La Land is in the Shay's Top 3 for 2016 now, along with Rogue and Strange. Right after them is The Nice Guys which proves Gosling is very clever or very lucky - or should buy his agent a Lambo.

Edited February 24, 2017 by shayhiri

[Goffe]

I wish The Guardian writer had included this in his piece

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Emma Stone is rather odd looking to me; her eyes are quite far apart. Actually Gosling's are very close together. How can they ever be lovers if their eyes don't meet?

 

 

the thinkpiece certainly uses the same reasoning. 

Edited February 24, 2017 by Goffe

[AniNate]

1 hour ago, Goffe said:

 

That did bother me a little bit.

 

Not a big issue though, RWC was clearly in its initial credits.

 

I think as moviegoers we'd be able to forgive such a thing, provided she actually did find him as quickly

[filmlover]

Words like "whitesplaining" and "mansplaining" (in addition to other BS like "manspreading") are offensive to the universe just because of their existence alone.

[Arlborn]

27 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Words like "whitesplaining" and "mansplaining" (in addition to other BS like "manspreading") are offensive to the universe just because of their existence alone.

I don't think they even have an equivalent in my language. If they do I haven't heard of it.