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Why "La La Land" Cannot Come Soon Enough

It's less about hype and more about desire. That makes sense, right?

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Why "La La Land" Cannot Come Soon Enough
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Say what you will about internet culture, but there is something delightfully enjoyable about its sense of time. A creator has a vision, and makes an effort to realize it with the tools that are available to him or her. And more importantly, once the best ones have completed their work, they make it public as soon as possible. Yes, there are exceptions to the rule, and for various reasons: illness, personal conflict, and professional arrangements.

But then again, most online content creators don't premier their work to a closed group and then wait months before they release it to the public. Such is the case of the upcoming musical comedy La La Land. The film, which stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling (the latter coming off the sublime The Nice Guys), is a film that many filmgoers have been looking forward to, especially since it has gotten great reviews and awards at Venice and Toronto. It is also a film that isn't going to be coming out until December 9th - and that's for the limited release.

More than anything else, this would be a sign that the suits in Hollywood are woefully behind the times, if it weren't for all of the other examples. Because if it wasn't clear already, this has been a terrible year for all non-Disney movies, and the fact that one studio seems to have the monopoly on quality is distressing enough. The DC comic movies have almost replaced the Michael Bay Transformers movies as the franchise that makes money only because of marketing. The Michael Bay Transformers movie in production literally hung swastikas over Winston Churchill's home (Google it, folks). And numerous other mediocre films came and went like little gusts in the wind. Seeing a non-Disney film that has done really well with critics and audiences is going to inevitably get people pumped.

But perhaps, we are all craving what the movie represents more than anything else. We want a movie experience that is both fun and filled with legitimate meaningful messages, which was what Suicide Squad promised and failed to deliver. We want a movie with an actually interesting romantic storyline, not some Nicholas Sparks nonsense that panders to those in long-undead relationships living in minority-free towns. We want good music, but none of that Ryan Seacrest-endorsed garbage. Essentially, we want to see if the movie is something that we can all agree on is good, like a more substantial version of this GIF:

Or more specifically, we want the next few months to hurry up already, and on our own individual terms. We want to see our political opponents to be sorely humiliated in the November elections. We want to jump into the holiday season and enjoy some time away from our commitments. And most importantly of all, we want to see some great movies sometime before the year ends.

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