Yes, it's sad. Here's why La La Land is my favorite film anyway.
With the recent release of Barbie and the prominence of Ryan Gosling's loveable, platinum-blond image all over the internet, many people have therefore (naturally) discovered for the first time that La La Land , the 2016 Hollywood classic, is my go-to film, my default answer on that get-to-know-you questionnaire. It's my comfort movie; I know the songs and scenes (including Ryan Gosling's smirks and Emma Stone's eyerolls) so well that to follow the film I need only the audio as I cook or clean. The soundtrack shows up continuously on my "On Repeat" Spotify playlist. There are moments that I can count on to bring tears, a chuckle, or prolonged recitation of lines or lyrics from memory. I'd imagine you have a movie like that: a film that, no matter how many times you watch it, never once gets old or monotonous. I have had quite a few people express a hint of surprise when I share how deeply I love this film. "But it's so sad!" "The endin...