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Saturday
Apr292017

Tweetweek: La La Day, Demme Farewells, and the DC Aesthetic Summed Up

First things first.

This brilliant tweet was in response to a whole swath of new bitching online about La La Land when Los Angeles declared April 25th "La La Land Day". And why shouldn't Los Angeles honor a blockbuster movie that was about the glamour and dreams and careers of Los Angelenos and the city and the movies ?!? I was as happy for that announcement as I was when I heard that Moonlight got a street named after it in Florida the week before. They seemed like equally smart local government decisions to me but one was greeted warmly on twitter and the other was attacked. Honestly, people who can't let other people enjoy things are the worst kind of people I've decided. Don't be that kind of person. Fight the urge next time you hate a movie that other people love. Not ashamed to say I love La La Land and it's okay to wholeheartedly love it even if you agree that Moonlight deserved Best Picture from the nominees (as I myself do). It is possible (and recommended) to love more than one movie. Monogamy has no place in movie-loving, polyamorous is the only way to be once you've married the cinema. 

OH BUT YES, TWEETS OF THE WEEK. More after the jump including Labyrinth sequel, Aquaman aesthetic, and more Jonathan Demme farewells...  

 

 

AND SOME MORE DEMME FAREWELLS  - Yes we're still reeling.

 

 

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Reader Comments (10)

There is nothing gained when we lose a talented, inspirational filmmaker.
But the examination of a filmography, the selection of a couple of underseen titles i've been meaning to revisit and the bookmarking of all the great writing that suddenly appears is a welcome way to say goodbye.
So hello Married to the Mob and Something Wild. RIP to the first director I ever watched accept an Oscar.

April 29, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterMike in Canada

Actually apparently Aquaman had a trident like that in DC comics so this tweet is just more 'let's pile on and bash DC' than anything

April 29, 2017 | Unregistered Commentersati

Who'll be more negatively impacted by the La La Land hate--its director or Emma Stone?

April 29, 2017 | Unregistered Commenter/3rtful

I hate using the term SJW since I find it condescending and the alt-right loves using it to denigrate progressives, but I do feel that's why a lot of my friends decidedly hate La La Land. It's about "straight, white people problems" according to them and honestly it feels like a slight against their social justice agenda if they admit they enjoyed it. Honestly, it's really really weird and joyless. Also, I think the curse of the Oscars has for the time being linked Moonlight and La La Land unfairly together and they almost feel a social responsibility to love and champion Moonlight because it's IMPORTANT with a capital I and shit all over LLL.

Bottom line is - as movie lovers we love and champion many movies, regardless of genre, year of release, or even social relevance or importance. That's healthy and normal. But I truly think the overt social justice and political correctness (for lack of a better word) has somewhat invaded the movie-making sphere and has caused people to overly criticize and shit on a film's success that they don't feel is worthy of the accolades or public attention.

April 29, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterAaron

Yeah, I've given up with the La La Land hate. I adore the movie wholeheartedly. I also loved Moonlight, Arrival and Manchester by the Sea (and a bunch of other movies). 2016 was awesome.

Everyone involved with La La will actually be fine because the hate itself is so nebulous.

Demme was amazing and that Kael quote is perfect.

April 30, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterArkaan

Could it be that some people truly dont like LLL not because they are SJWs or because Moonlight is about black people, but because they thought the movie was bad?

The writing was ridiculous it was poorly paced, the story was silly and superficial, the plot awful, the characters paper thin, underdeveloped and shallow, the "twist" in the end poor, the dialogues sloppy, the songs bad, the singing not good and the dancing atrocious???

April 30, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterAmanda

I love both Moonlight and La La Land. I find the hate for LLL baffling, mostly for its sheer intensity and the outraged tone if it. So many of its detractors are like "EVERYTHING about it sucked!" I'm sorry, it's just hard to take that point of view seriously. At the very least there was a ton of technical skill that went into making it.

April 30, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterJoe

Joe, it was beautiful to look at.

April 30, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterAmanda

I hope, Amanda, that you do not expect to be taken seriously with this statement, as it was both ridiculous and hilarious. It says more about you as a filmgoer (?) than La La Land as a film.

May 1, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterAAA

Arkaan, you basically wrote my thoughts, on both subjects.

Beautiful movies in 2016 and Kael at her best describing Demme at his best.

May 1, 2017 | Unregistered Commentervladdy
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