先别鸡冻，此La La并非彼拉拉。“La La”在这里是洛杉矶Los Angeles的简称。所以“La La Land”虽然官方译作《爱乐之城》，但是字面意思应该是“洛杉矶爱情故事”吧。
但是《爱乐之城》这个翻译充分暴露了此片歌舞剧的本质。港真，我一直不能理解歌舞类的电影（注意中心词是电影哦，当然歌剧不在讨论范畴之内~），尤其对几个人说着说着话就唱了起来，接着后面毫不相干的路人甲乙丙丁们也跟被激活了一样一起唱唱跳跳起来的逻辑absolutely理解无能。
However, 今年的美国的影视颁奖季，歌舞剧《La La Land》有如黑马，脱缰而出，金球奖7提7中，奥斯卡的提名14项，追平《泰坦尼克号》的历史记录。
这无疑激起我的好奇心：这部名字听起来像是LGBT的宣传片的电影究竟在讲什么？于是便搜来了电影资源探个究竟。
看完之后决定隆重安利一发：影片的cast很用心，主角担当是高司令Ryan Gosling是石头姐Emma Stone这两个文艺片男神女神。Plus，导演是《爆裂鼓手》（这个电影在另一篇文章中安利过）的暗黑系编剧Damien Chazelle！
Damien Chazelle
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熟悉《爆裂鼓手》的小伙伴们一定知道，这个导演有自己的一套清奇的世界观，所以肯定不会给观众一个俗套又甜腻的爱情片结局。但是放心，这也绝不是“绝症百科全书”似的韩剧。
在这部电影精致的、怀旧的、温情的、缱绻的外壳之下，包装着的绝对是一个让人大吃一惊又唏嘘不已的结局。如果要简单粗暴地写出一句话影评，大概是：“愿有情人终成单身狗”吧。
以下是IMDB上最有诚意的storyline， 写得很精妙，一起来精读学习吧，顺便提升下托福写作段位吧：
In Hollywood, Mia and Sebastian are struggling tomake it（成功只会用success吧） in theirrespective（各自的；注意和respectful的区别） careers, about which each has extreme passion. Mia is an actress who moved from small town Nevada and dropped out of college five years ago to pursue her dream. Sheis enamored withold time Hollywood - the movies on which she grew up - but hates the cattle herding feeling of going on auditions, and her belief that she needs to schmooze at social events to get ahead in the business. Sebastian is a jazz pianist, his style of jazzin the vein of（一脉相承的） traditionalists like Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. He wants to do his part to preserve that tradition, especially as he knows that that style of music is dying. Hehas trouble emotionally playing（have trouble doing sth） music he doesn't like just to get a paying gig. His dream is to open his own jazz club, most specifically in what used to be a famous jazz club that has since been converted to a tapas bar cum salsa dance club. Partly because of their individual struggles and partly because of the situations, their initial couple of chance meetings are antagonistic ones. But they eventually become attracted to each other largely because of thepassion each sees in the other for what he/she is striving for in life（写作文时敢把passion和for隔得这么远吗）. However, there are many obstacles to a Mia/Sebastian happily ever after. They may be able to endure the life of a struggling artist for so long before those strugglestake their toll（产生负面影响）. The pursuit of their individual dreams may take all their energies, with nothing left for their relationship. And any compromise each may make in getting ahead may change the person with whom each has fallen in love.
电影前面的谈情说爱和歌舞表演都很艺术，但是最吸引我的绝对还是结尾。The ending is what can really make or break a movie. This one makes it 10 times better. It goes away from the predictable musical ending whilewrapping up（圆满完成） the movie in fellow swoop,opening the audiences' eyes to the entire meaning of the story, beyond the theme of follow your dreams.（这两层的状语连用得很漂亮） The idea that dreams are possible when you are willing tostrive for（为...奋斗） them, but life isn't your own la la land. Everything does not end perfectly.（“la la land” 是 Los Angeles 洛杉矶的别称。）
所以在电影最后的十分钟，当酒吧的名字毫无预兆地出现时，我瞬间哭成了狗：爱情美好，梦想可贵。如果生命能重来一起，你还会是如今的样子吗？生活充满的各种可能，当我们跨过山和大海，穿过人山人海，最终是谁与我们结伴同行呢？
在豆瓣上看到了喜欢的张小北（对，我就这么文艺）写下的影评：我们那些曾经错过的美好人生啊…….
总之，2017年的《La La Land》，值得一刷~
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电影将于北京时间的情人节（2月14日）在大陆正式上映，对于喜爱musical的情侣们走过路过不要错过~
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