why does everyone love LA LA LAND so much?? (feat.
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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Where all my white people at?! It's no surprise I was less enthusiastic than most folks about La La Land, but Razzle did not know that before we started recording a commentary track for it. One of em loves it, the rest are on the fence. Will I convince them it SUCKS?! (Kidding, I don't hate it.)
Plot (via Wiki):
While stuck in Los Angeles traffic, Sebastian "Seb" Wilder (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist, has a moment of road rage directed at aspiring actress Mia Dolan (Emma Stone). After a hard day at work, Mia's subsequent audition goes awry when the casting director takes a phone call during an emotional scene. That night, her roommates take her to a lavish party in the Hollywood Hills, promising her that someone in the crowd could jump-start her career. After her car is towed, she walks home in disappointment.
During a gig at a restaurant, Seb slips into jazz improvisation, despite the owner's (JK Simmons) warning to only play traditional Christmas pieces. Mia overhears him playing as she passes by. Moved, she enters the restaurant and observes Seb being fired for his disobedience. As he storms out, Mia attempts to compliment him, but he brushes her off. Months later, she runs into Seb at a party where he plays in a 1980s pop cover band. After the gig, they walk to their cars and lament wasting a lovely night together despite their clear chemistry.
Seb arrives at Mia's workplace, and she shows him around the Warner Bros. backlot, where she works as a barista, while explaining her passion for acting. He takes her to a jazz club, describing his passion for jazz and his desire to open his own club. Seb invites Mia to a screening of Rebel Without a Cause and she accepts, forgetting a date with her boyfriend Greg (Finn Wittrock). Bored with the latter date, she goes to the theater and finds Seb as the film begins. When the screening is interrupted due to a projector malfunction, Seb and Mia spend the rest of the evening together with a romantic visit to the Griffith Observatory.
After more failed auditions, Mia decides, with Seb's encouragement, to write a one-woman play. He begins to perform regularly at a jazz club, and they move in together. Seb's former bandmate Keith (John Legend) invites him to be the keyboardist in his new jazz fusion band, which will give him a steady income. Although dismayed by the band's pop style, Seb signs on after overhearing Mia trying to convince her mother that he is working on his career. The band finds success, but Mia knows the band’s music is not the type of music Seb wants to perform.
During the band's first tour, Seb and Mia have an argument; she accuses him of abandoning his dreams, while he claims that she liked him more when he was unsuccessful. Two weeks later, Seb misses Mia's play due to a photoshoot he had forgotten about. The play does not go as well as planned; few people attend, and Mia overhears dismissive comments about her performance. Unable to forgive him for missing her play and their previous argument, Mia breaks up with Seb and moves back to her hometown of Boulder City, Nevada.
Seb receives a phone call from a prominent casting director who attended Mia's play and invites her to audition for an upcoming film. He drives to Boulder City and persuades her to attend, which she reluctantly does. During the audition, Mia is asked simply to tell a story. In response, she sings about how her aunt, a former stage actress who eventually died from alcoholism, inspired her to chase her dreams. Seb, confident the audition was a success, encourages her to devote herself to acting.
Five years later, Mia is a famous actress and married to another man, with whom she has a daughter. One night, the couple stumble upon a jazz bar. Recognizing the logo she had once designed, Mia realizes that Seb has opened his own jazz club. When he notices Mia in the crowd, Seb begins to play their love theme on the piano. A dream sequence unfolds in which the two imagine what might have been had their relationship thrived along with their careers. Seb and Mia acknowledge each other with a silent exchange of smiles before she leaves.
This is an audio commentary ONLY. It is meant to be watched along with the movie so you can raise or lower the volume on the commentary or the movie itself as you wish.
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Justice for the actors and writers everywhere!
absolutely based
As a writer and actor in LA this means so so much to me. Y'all are the best.
@@raothon we support you guys😁❤️
If you thought that kiss was wild, y'all should have seen what happened after the camera stopped rolling
Where can I find the Razzle PMI orgee?
Do I wanna know?
Did y’all have sebs, have sebs?
The sebs foursome I need to see
Oooh ok ;)
I've noticed that most musical theater fans dislike La La Land, while people who usually hate movie musicals love La La Land. I wonder what the reason for this dissonance is.
Biggest issue in my opinion is that this movie is trying to work in the musical theatre/musical movie idiom without actually doing a great job at a lot of the key elements: the dancing is mediocre, the singing is often not great, the lyrics are Pasek & Paul's usual garbage, and the music is trying to force modern pop harmony into Great American Songbook stylings. The filmmaking is very good and the leads' acting performances are superlatives, but all those weaknesses pile up and are more obvious to musical fans
This. I love musicals but I'm kind of indifferent about this movie. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either but my friend who HATES musicals loved this movie. For a month straight after they saw this movie I had to endure them playing the soundtrack in their car every time we drove to places.
I will preface by saying I’ve actually never seen this movie in full ever. But I would say that in some ways instead of a musical it feels like a movie with music. Like the way old Disney movies weren’t musicals but instead had 1 or 2 songs and that was it (and yes I understand there are more than that in this movie). But it still does just feel like a movie with music rather than a musical. Personally as a musical fan I just had no interest in seeing this music so I have no harsh feelings toward it
@@AUMOTmusic as much as i'm kind of an outlier because i'm not a theater kid(heavy metal guitar,versatile bass player)city of stars is really the only part of it that works,and it works amazingly but unfortunately its constantly shoved down our throats for most of the movie when it really should have just been at the end. the full ending version still makes me cry, but if the rest of the movie had the quality of that last 10 minutes it would have been much better.
I think it's mostly that La La Land lovingly satirizes the old style of musical like Singing in the Rain and kind of winks at the camera to be like "oh see that's the point is that modern life is so more embedded in shades of grey so they don't get their happy ending and the singing and dancing is this 90% quality, Ryan Gosling isn't supposed to be a knock you over with how good he is at singing!" and that's awesome I really like it but actual live theater has evolved past that and made fun of it or subverted that anyway... so it's nothing new but if you have a special fondness of what La La land subverts it's even more polarizing.
“She stood him up?”
“No, he’s standing up.” 😂 This is great.
Having just seen Razzle do an interview where they said that Pretty Much It was their inspiration for going into movie commentaries, this feels like a full circle moment.
wow amazing!
“You’re welcome for jazz” broke me
The collaboration we dont deserve, but desperately needed.
RAZZLE AND PMI TOGETHER IS MY DREAM COME TRUE. THANKS BOYS❤
Marvel: “No Way Home is the biggest crossover event in history!”
PMI and RAZZLE: “Hold our beers!”
Same bro. Need more collabs in the future for sure
Eric loving The Greatest Showman and not La La Land is so on brand. 😄
Seriously...
The funniest thing to me is seeing Ryan cheering his twin brother kissing his best friend, it's like a better plot to the kissing booth
Seeing the Razzle boys' full bodies was such a disturbing thing. The fact they aren't just a bunch of eldritch floating heads is heart breaking.
This is the greatest crossover in youtube history. I don't care what anyone says. I mean holy shit dude
the ending will absolutely always have me in complete shambles and i love it
Was going to say I love how no one talking about Zach and Alan kiss and if you didn’t watch this, you wouldn’t see it. That kiss felt like the climax of a slow burn kdrama and we got it for FREE😂
this!! i just scrolled down expecting tons of comments but it's just you and i lmaoo. such an iconic moment xDD
These guys need to collaborate again soon. They bounce off each other so well.
I thought I was crazy for not really liking this movie so I'm very glad to hear I'm not alone
SCOTT!!!!
The crossover we've all been waiting for!
I hope you will crossover with them next!
For someone who sounds like he was BORN in theatre class, Eric not being a fan of LaLaLand is bizarre
I love musicals myself and I agree with Eric. This movie just does not do it for me 😂
Same! I'll take In The Heights, Moulin Rouge, or an animated musical any day. La La Land just didn't have the magic, imo.
From my experience, theater kids don't like lalaland
i’m a literal theatre major and me and everyone i know hate this movie 💀
Speaking as a film and theatre geek, I thought the film was good but I didn't love it. On a technical level it's phenomenal, I just didn't love the story compared to other musicals.
i felt like i was the only one who wasn't feeling this movie when it came out. and it's weird because i usually enjoy a good movie musical, but my cousin who despises musicals loved it to death and went to see it a couple of times. it made me feel empty and dissatisfied just like the greatest showman did and the whole time i was questioning the hype behind it (i was today years old when i realised the same duo is responsible for both of these which explains my frustrations perfectly). it still has a couple of banger songs and a great performance from both leads.
Have you seen the In The Heights movie? It's got some differences from the stage version that I found disappointing, but it's still a magical friggin' trip!
Have you perchance seen The Last Five Years? Very similar plot, very different execution. I like it much more.
because la la land isn’t really a movie musical, more just a movie
Welp THIS WAS exactly what i was expecting and hoping for! Beautiful commentary ✨✨
glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!
THANK YOU!! I started to think I was crazy for thinking this movie is not all that
Although La La Land is my favorite movie of all time, I can agree in the respect that Whiplash being an almost complete 180 from this can put people off. It’s kind of interesting being that Whiplash was made in order to actually fund La La Land even though they are both such incredible stand-alone films. Love the commentary as always, much love and support SAG!
This is why it's so weird that people follow everything a director does, as if everything he does has to be similar in a way. I loved Whiplash and La la land and they are my favourite movies of his, doesn't mean I'd like everything he ever makes or that everything he makes has to be in the same vein as his earlier work.
Yeup and that's why I really enjoy it. It has a different vibe that sets apart from many musicals and is simultaneously a love-letter to Los Angeles, a city that for all its drawbacks is near and dear to me. Also it came out at a time when I was having similar feelings about a previous breakup, so the timing was perfect in that regard.
@@XekTOr89 Yeah, I get what you mean. It can be very rewarding, though, sometimes. Like with Nolan and his use of black and white in Memento and bringing that back for Oppenheimer, that was very cool to see. But it’s also really great to see versatility in directors as well!
@@TheVirtualObserver Always so cool when art finds you at the right time!! 💕
Im so confused, do you not watch a lot of films? I wanted to like this film but it feels so mid…. The songs are unmemorable except for the main melody, and the single line city of stars, they dont fit with the story much, and the romance was water? Idgi
The fact that you don’t love La La Land is so validating for me because I feel like everyone just LOVED it and I was so weird for not loving it.
John Legend's character made the most sense out of everyone in this movie. Jazz, like everything else, has to evolve, and we must change with it. Yet, Sebastian joining Keith's band makes it seem like he's selling out.
Yeah that part bothered me. He made total sense. And the music they played wasnt even that bad. I was actually very impressed by that one piece they played when Mia was in the audience
Sebastian was selling out because he personally hated what he was making and thought it was bastardizing the art he loved. John Legend makes a good point but Seb fundamentally disagrees with the direction and therefore only does it for the money hence he’s selling out
That’s how Sebastian views it, but the movie does not portray it as an objective sell out
I think we're meant to like the band's music and agree with John, its just that Sebastian doesn't. The band was really great for him but his real dream was always to open a jazz club and he lost sight of that
I didn’t understand how jazz could evolve when I saw this. I was like “aw man what a shame jazz is going by the wayside” and then I discovered the music of Louis Cole.
I love this movie and the ending is so utterly devastating, everything he put into that piano piece was just so upsetting I was hysterically sobbing for all of it 😂😂
The collab I have needed for so long! This cured my depression
If you don’t love Another Day of Sun and Someone In the Crowd, you might be dead inside.
I genuinely don't understand how anyone can say that the music is mediocre when both of these songs are so full of life
These two channels are my favorite movie commentary channels. It's so cool to see you guys together.
Omg thank you! I was so shocked when this film was nominated for Oscar. You could only imagine my reaction when this 'ALMOST' won the best film of the year.
It was nominated for 6 Oscars and won 5, actually.
I feel like La La Land is very good. Not GOAT status or anything (other musicals have better music, other movies move me more) but La La Land is still on point for its entire runtime. The costumes and the choreography and the EMOTION are just right where I want them to be.
I hope you still enjoyed your time with the film; even if you don't think it's Oscar worthy!
Oh man and that ENDING! Genuinely one of the most crushing endings in any movie.
Couldn't care less about the characters thus couldn't care less about the ending. Empty movie.
As an enjoyer of musicals, I think while elements of La La Land are good, its not *amazing*. Still fun to re-listen / watch certain parts, and very fun to watch your reactions :)
How dare you make it look like this movie ended happily 😭 it broke me
Eric's had good chemistry with a lot of other people before, most if not all his guests, really. But something about this collab just feels on another level lmao
GENUINELY! I was so underwhelmed by La La Land that I couldn’t even bother finishing it, particularly by the breathy, not-quite-there vocals throughout (mostly by the ensemble, I didn’t hear enough of Ryan or Emma to judge!)
you put it into words. I didn’t know why I didn’t like it …it truly is the vocals and underwhelming as a whole
Yeah, I always saw La La Land as the musical that casual people that don't usually like musicals would love, but I was wondering how a musical hardcore fan would feel about it
I dunno how to explain it but the end of this movie reminded me of The Remains of the Day with the way that it beautifully goes through all of the missed opportunities of Ryan Gosling's character and because it made me THAT sad, I can't rewatch it. BUT I can rewatch it through this amazing collab.
Eric releasing a highlight video for one of my favourite films but also not living one of my favourite films is really giving me mixed feelings
PMI is what got me into movie commentary tracks which is how I found razzle…..everything’s come full circle this is amazing, literally boutta be the best commentary track in history
it took me a couple of rewatches to like the film as a movie lover tbh because my biggest take away from it is how much of a call back it was to old hollywood and the city of dreams. films used to be very casual, romantic and had a hint of immortality that everyone wanted to reach. and yet this one hit you with a more modern mix of tragic reality where no one really gets their happy ending together but apart because of how hard the industry can actually be. as much as i wanted this film to end with them together, the bittersweet aspect made it linger on my mind. really visually pretty and fun but the whole ‘THATS LIFE’ made me upset cause come on i use movies to escape reality not get hit with it again😭
THANK YOU SOMEONE GETS IT
Razzle doesn’t just bring the energy, they bring the Kenergy
ANOTHER PMI MUSICAL TWERK-A-LONG, LET’S GOOOO
I don't like this movie much either and I think it's because it's one of the best examples of, if you like this movie, watch THIS movie instead. Like everything its paying homage to, I can just go and watch the better version instead. In ten years (tbh even now) I don't see anyone pointing to La La Land as one of best 2000s musicals. There's something about WSS, Singing in the Rain, An American in Paris that this movie just does not have. It feels like the entire runtime is convincing you it has IT and it just doesn't. It's devoid of spark but at least Ryan Gosling was cool
The thing about this film is I've seen it twice, once in the cinema and once on the telly. Me and my mother love musical theatre and especially old Hollywood musical films but the absolute indifference we had about this film was like "What is it people love about this!?" Like cinematography was absolutely beautiful and I enjoyed some of the choreography, costumes and a couple of the songs but the rest? Wasn't for me 😅 Like this film made me question my love for musical theatre! I can now see I wasn't the only one and that is very validating to me 😂 I absolutely think it really is for people who are not keen on Musicals.
i JUST recovered from rewatching la la land and you’re telling me you uploaded a video about how you don’t like it .. i clicked IMMEDIATELY
I love how half of this movie is a white guy telling his black friend that he's doing jazz wrong without even an ounce of self awareness.
I literally just watched La La Land for the first time like an hour ago and went, “it was good but I didn’t really love it.” I have never been so heard by a UA-cam video title
Only Eric can get Razzle to film in the same room.
thank you so much for this eric, now i know i'm not alone
My thoughts exactly! I thought I was somehow missing out by not liking this movie but I’m glad Eric is on the same boat
Personally speaking as a filmmaker and musical theatre lover, I felt the same way as Eric when I saw this film.
La La Land is phenomenal on a technical level, the cinematography, direction, and performances are great. But I never really cared for the music, the song sequences, and the story for that matter.
Unpopular Opinion, I think Steven Spielberg's adaptation of West Side Story was infinitely better than La La Land. It felt like an old school music with a few modern updates, but stayed authentic to the genre it wanted to be. While still being a technical marvel with its direction, cinematography, production design, and song compositions.
I think the issue for me is that La La Land is a film that tries to emulate elements from older musical films, but the music and modernized setting just doesn't catch my interest.
People like to shit on The Greatest Showman, but I'll always prefer to listen to "This is Me" over "City of Stars."
A new PMI video with RAZZLE and its LA LA LAND??? It’s the best day ever :D
AAAAH YOU GUYS ACTUALLY COLLABORATED OMGGGG 😭😭 I LOVE BORH UR CHANNELS SO MUCH IM SO HAPPY!!!
I will say, when I first saw it in theaters, it wasn't what I was hoping for either, but I think that's on the marketing of it. But in a way. the marketing was also perfect? I kind of love that the marketing was all fantasy and the movie was much more rooted in reality, because it's the entire point of the movie!
Nothing gives me more joy than knowing that Zach loves this movie as much as me
And my name is Zach too I guess it's a Zach kind of movie😂
I haven't watched the whole video yet, but I stand with Eric that I went expecting high energy in La La Land and was disappointed with how lowkey it was. I went to watch it with my family and my dad literally fell asleep, it was boring to us, but it's not bad by any means.
Oh the timing of this is impeccable! Between this and Barbie, Ryan Gossling is everywhere!!! ❤
"Yeah- they don't know she's Emma Stone..."
My favorite lines are always these nothings that just go off in background.
another hearty lol outta me there.
Its also hilarious that every actor is recognized solely by their degree of separation from Halloweentown
This was my favorite episode since the Mary Kate and Ashley days. I never saw La La Land. Which is one time less than Eric *allegedly* saw it.
...as he joins the reprise just as seamlessly as you like. 🤔
“You’ve only seen this *once?* “ this is the best crossover episode
I have followed both you and RAZZLE for so long, Eric. Loved these collabs, you boys have such ENERGY
I was absolutely blitzed both times I've watched this movie and barely remember anything that happens.
THAT RAZZLE KISS WAS EVERYTHING LMAOOOO
Oh yeah, this movie starts so damn strong then fizzles out in the back half.
Seeing all the razzle boys sitting on a couch together is so cursed
it may be the two bottles of soju but PMI and Razzle together make my soul feel good. also razzle in a room together is always a vibe
Watched this film in my college level Film class. We all unanimously called this film lame.
Brodie only watches Casablanca and Frankenstein
Woww, so elite
Such high taste -_-
THE BIGGEST THING EVER SINCE ANYTHING EVER!!! OMG LIKE NEVER WOULD I EVER IMAGINE THESE TWO COLLABING!!!
So THAT’S why there are always traffic jams, people are always dancing in giant musical numbers 😂
I watched it high and I loved it, haven’t watched it since then but I was totally loving it.
OMG THE CROSSOVER I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR LETS GOOOOOO
THE CROSSOVER OF THE CENTURY
I’m so happy to see this collab finally happen. Especially for this movie.
I mean this as a compliment, I always enjoy your videos and guests more than I think I will!!!
I just showed this movie to my friends for the first time the other night, and after it was over I recommended your channel to them and was wondering if there was a commentary track for lalaland so needless to say i spoke this video into existence
i have seen it a few times because it was on tv but i never got the hype. like it's objectively well-done and i like a lot of things about it but everyone seems to be obsessed with it and i'm not. good to know it's not just me
The video title is so real 😭😭😭
It’s insane how Zachs singing voice is better than voice than both Ryan Gostling and especially Emma Stone
collab of a lifetime im thriving
i have never smiled so hard while watching a collab
someone I knew called it "a movie by Hollywood, for Hollywood"
PMI AND RAZZLE TOGETHER WATCHING ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES!! DREAM COME TRUE (except for Eric’s opinion of the movie (but I respect it))
i love musicals, especially movie musicals, and i haaated la la land. everyone always acts like i'm crazy for feeling that way!!! eric not liking it made me feel seen lol
This might be the closest I can get to finishing watching this damn movie. I always fall asleep whenever I try.
I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU GUYS WOULD DO LA LA LAND BECAUSE I JUST REWATCHED IT, THEN YOU DID IT? This movie slaps.
I didn’t understand how jazz could evolve when I saw this. I was like “aw man what a shame jazz is going by the wayside” and then I discovered the music of Louis Cole.
I was JUST binging PMI hoping for a new track today or soon, and then I see this in my up next!!! Heck yeah
The crossover episode I’ve been waiting forrrrr
I want PMI and Razzle to just talk forever
PrettyMuchRazzle?!? This is INSANE
I NEVER EVER EXPECTED YOU GUYS TO COLLAB I AM SO HAPPY
eric you are not a minority for not loving this, if anything everyone loves to say how they think they’re a minority for not liking la la land lmao
i used to absolutely love this movie w all that i was. as a stage musical theater fan and more of a musical movie anti/tolerator, i would say it’s one of my favorite movie musicals, but more for the cinematography and less for the plot. i think the music is good but not pasek and paul’s strongest, followed closely by emma and ryan’s performances, the dancing of probably my favorite element seeing as mandy moore is a genius, also as a sucker for happy endings, the plot is my enemy. however, this is one of the 3 movies i personally wanted a dvd of
razzle and pmi together, loudest video ever
Same actually. And I love both actors sooo much!
The biggest crossover since Avengers Endgame… and the best thing to come out of La La Land lol
The collaboration I never knew would happen.
This was the last thing I was expecting but I love it
My ex forced me to watch this when we were together we broke up shortly after lmao
So happy u guys r finally collabing, plz do more
I’m so happy I’m not the only one who absolutely loves Start a Fire it’s such a bop I listen to thanks Zach luv ya!
Also Mario slapped but man Take one Me did not need to be there
Dont worry...you are not the only person. As someone who is obsessed with musicals and was in show choir for five gears...I didn't like it one bit. Everyone was obsessed with it and I didn't understand why. 😂 Music was pretty good, but the plot was eh
pretty much it and razzle?? now we just need Razzle, Pretty much it, Aaron and Jo AND microwave society.
This is everything to me. Dream come true
2:17 - I can’t tell if they’re referring to Secret Invasion here or that’s just a huge coincidence 😂
Heads up! The link to the video on Razzle’s channel in the description isn’t filled in, it’s just an empty semi colon!
it’s there for me!