I finally got around to watching this movie and wow - what a let down. While there were things that were nice about it, there was so much more that wasn't.

First off, I wasn't convinced by the love story. Sebastian and Mia meet, go on a few dates, and then suddenly are together. There isn't much of the 'falling in love,' and in fact, they never even say they love each other until the scene where they're breaking up. I think for me to be emotionally invested in them as a couple, I needed to hear or see more things that showed why or how much they really cared about one another.

Second, I am so sick and tired of professional singers and dancers not being cast in movie musicals. There are TONS of people who even perform on Broadway that have the ability to sing, dance, act, etc and they are rarely hired over mainstream actors and actresses. It's very frustrating listening to people who aren't really singers, try to sing these songs that are beyond their vocal capabilities. Emma Stone wasn't horrible, but she wasn't great either. No one in this movie, other than John Legend, could sing better than average.

Third, aside from not hiring true dancers, I didn't think the dancing in this movie was all that great. In my opinion, the choreography just didn't have the same wow factor that a lot of the old Hollywood movies had.

Last, I didn't care for the songs. There were two that were likable but nothing that I wanted to immediately listen to over again. Maybe this could have been fixed by having better singers who could have made the songs into something special - who knows? But otherwise, they were all passable.

Overall, I'm honestly really surprised by how highly this is liked.