Mia & Seb

I have no idea I'd be returning here after almost a year absent.

I don't know if you still read my blog?

If there was 1 movie that I would regret my life not watching, it must be La La Land.
Thank God I managed to watch it before it is no longer showing in the cinema.

P/S: as I am writing now, I am listening to Mia & Seb's Theme by Justin Hurwitz. And oh my I still have teary eyes. It is terribly GOOD.

So yeah, I broke down many more times than I'd expected. I bet it's cause I felt strangely, deeply connected to this movie. And I'd say it: this movie deserves so much more recognition, much more Oscars than it has.

I thought the whole movie plot, setting and twists were way higher than brilliant.

I actually saw myself in Mia: the girl who had a great aunt and secretly intended (when she was young) and then grew up to follow her dream which ran parallel with her aunt - to be an actress. I wanted to, like her, go after my dream. I was sad because I no longer really know what my "original" dream was. She was something I wasn't: she had a dream and kept working for it; I might have just forgotten mine, or like Seb, I have pardoned my dream in exchange for a good landing job and to meet people's expectations.

Mia & Seb's came out 3 times
Damn I just cried

Mia & Seb's theme appeared 3 times. 3 different occasions. I cried a lot at the 3rd time.

I almost murdered my heart at the plot twist(s). Everything that could have been right, went wrong. This IS the hard truth of reality.

The fact is, 2 people can be wildly, crazily, sincerely, madly, strongly in love, but there is nothing worse than having to see either one moving on (and away) from the other, with much success, new love and his/her own family.

My thoughts are stirred by this movie.

Thumbs up to the director, the producer, the cast director, the musicians, the cast. I would never think of any more smart way to bring back old classic movies and fight for the spirit of jazz,

A thing or two to learn from Mia:
1. Never stop reaching for your dream.
2. You can't learn to love something unless you really understand it.
3. Don't waste your time and your parents' money doing something that will distract you from your dream.

I LOVE LA LA LAND

Mia: I'm always gonna love you.

Sebastian: I'm always gonna love you, too.