I'm a movie buff and I've seen seven movies this year and I love musicals. However, for the first time ever, I walked out half way through a movie as did my friend and half the audience. La La Land was the slowest most boring movie I have ever seen. I cannot believe that Emma Stone got an Academy Award for best actress.

It was a shocker! The story would have been best left as a nicely-told romance. Instead, his effort at playing/miming jazz piano was abysmal, their attempt at the Fred-and-Ginger dancing would have been knocked out in the first round of Dancing With The Stars. Emma's up-the-nostril close ups and very very limited singing ability were not attractive. But above all, the songwriting (repetitive uninspiring motifs) and transparent unimaginative scoring was the biggest disappointment. At last there was an opportunity for an original composed and scored movie musical, and they came up with this drivel. I apologise to those who enjoyed it, I'm sure there was merit if you weren't distracted by a critical eye.