La La Land

There are a lot of things about La La Land that I loved. I love that it looks like it's in the 50's but it's present day. Emma Stone's and Ryan Gosling's performances. The first act when they are falling in love. The sets, costumes, colors, lights, dancing. I love the ending montage.

Even with all the things I loved, the middle loses me. I think it is partially due to having no concept of how much time is passing as they go through these relationship stages, which then leads to a five year time jump. Also for some reason John Legend took me out of it. I like John Legend, but all I could think was that he is John Legend.