Chapter 104

"City Of Stars"

City of Stars!

"City of stars, are you shining just for me?"

"City of stars, there's so much that I can't see..."

Xu Can's whistling and his magnetic voice capture the entire audience as soon as he opens his mouth.

Besides performance and plot, music is the soul of a musical.

The music of *La La Land* is indeed impeccable, and William, who is prepared to find faults, is convinced.

He can only look forward to picking faults from the plot.

Taking this song out has already formed a king bomb for 21st-century musicals.

Even Xu Can's singing is so professional!

Abominable!

The audience at this time is already intoxicated, immersed in Xu Can's singing and the night of Los Santos.

The picture color and audiovisual effect are simply art!

When Xu Can and Stone are secretly doing exciting things in the front row of the main creators,

little did they know that in the back row of the theater, a blonde girl wearing a baseball cap and big sunglasses is also mixed in, watching Xu Can's work.

The surrounding fans are all concentrating on watching the movie, and didn't notice that the person sitting next to them is—Taylor Swift!

Taylor hired her assistant to queue up a week in advance, and finally managed to get a ticket to the premiere.

Today, she just wanted to come quietly to see if Xu Can and Emma would rekindle their old relationship.

When she saw the male and female leads dancing together, she was indeed full of jealousy.

However, when Xu Can was dancing on the pier, Taylor had completely forgotten everything and was immersed in the movie.

Originally, Taylor was full of confidence in music; this is her kingdom.

But at this moment, hearing Xu Can's singing.

Taylor, in addition to being shocked, even felt a bit unconfident, and at the same time very proud, wishing she could announce to everyone around her.

"Look, this is my boyfriend!"

Spring passes, and the brilliant summer takes the stage.

*La La Land*, even without subtitle reminders, can clearly feel the vitality and the competition of all things in summer from the color grading and the activity of the music...

This advanced processing keeps Roger Ebert's evaluation of the film at a very high level.

He can't suppress his excitement, but also forces himself to stay calm.

The first half of the movie is so excellent that he is afraid that a cliché ending will ruin the whole movie.

Similar situations have happened countless times in Hollywood,

clichés are not easy to make mistakes, but they are also easy to make works mediocre.

Few people dare to break their comfort zone, and few people burst out with genius inspiration.

So Hollywood's biggest feature is assembly-line production, a story factory;

the biggest disadvantage is also assembly-line production,

if no more genius creators with flashes of inspiration jump out,

Hollywood will inevitably decline in a few years.

What kind of creator will Xu Can be?

Roger Ebert continues to be immersed in the movie with a nervous mood.

Because female lead Mia decisively abandons her date, firmly choosing male lead Seb,

the two stage a dreamlike starry dance at the Griffith Observatory,

and officially enter the passionate period like midsummer.

The summer music also becomes a more uninhibited and enthusiastic jazz melody,

and the male and female leads turn into Los Santos tourism image ambassadors, visiting all the wonderful streets of Los Santos as a couple, and enjoying all the unique scenery of Los Santos.

"Ah..."

The CP fans in the theater inevitably eat dog food again, the once youthful Spider-Man and Gwen, turning into the slightly more mature Seb and Mia!

Although the actors haven't changed and not many years have passed, the feeling of the two is very different from before.

Even the dog food has different flavors; this silver screen couple is simply too doting on CP fans!

Even including some Xu Can/Taylor CP fans who only ship the "golden boy/girl" combination, seeing the scenes in the movie, they inevitably feel sweet.

Including Taylor herself.

She actually feels that Xu Can and Emma are quite a match!

Xu Can and Emma!

Quite a match!

Perhaps it's their outstanding acting, combined with the dreamlike color grading of the film, as well as the colorful music melody...

Taylor completely forgets the fact that she is "Xu Can's girlfriend,"

and crazily ships the sugar of her boyfriend and another woman!

And she hasn't realized that something is wrong.

Especially a crazy handheld shot in the film,

Xu Can, playing male lead Seb, plays jazz melodies on the piano, and Mia dances beside him,

the camera constantly switching rapidly between the two, what a harmonious and happy scene.

Even when Xu Can plays the piano and his hair gets messy, he's still so handsome!

And professional film critics taste a hint of tribute to Hollywood's golden age from this group of handheld shots.

It could have used more advanced mechanical rocker arms to switch quickly, but Xu Can clearly uses handheld processing, swinging rapidly between the two, leaving a shaky lens.

At first glance, it seems slightly rough, but in reality, it keeps the style of the entire film at the same high level.

Using a mechanical rocker arm would have destroyed that jazz charm instead.

"Wonderful!" Roger Ebert praises, beating his thigh.

Finally, after a series of montage shots, the gorgeous music stops, and the film is about to enter a turning point.

Beautiful and happy times are always short, and after couples pass the passionate period, it's easy to have all kinds of problems.

Even dream couples Seb and Mia are no exception.

Just like most ordinary couples in the world, it's inevitable to face the reality of money.

Seeing this, Taylor even forgets to be jealous, completely immersed in it, worrying for the male and female leads.

"Don't give up your music dream! What Mia likes is your original appearance; she isn't with you for money!"

Taylor actually fears that the two will break up! Fears that her boyfriend will break up with another woman!

Sure enough, the heartbreaking part comes.

The male lead chooses to compromise with life, joining the pop jazz band he disdains the most, tarnishing the pure jazz dream in his heart.

Performance after performance makes Seb rush around, and the two gather less and part more.

He forgets his original intention and enjoys the secular stage, making Mia feel strange;

he is busy socializing and forgets to watch Mia's performance, which makes Mia feel cold;

this is also something many couples have experienced, difficult to balance between dreams, life, and each other.

Many fans at the scene are couples who came together, and seeing this, they can't help but think of themselves,

some feel heartbroken, some sigh, and after the sweetness comes the sigh.

Finally, countless problems accumulate together, forming an explosion.

"It's time to face reality; my performance is quite stable now, I don't know what you're complaining about?"

"I mean, you once had a dream!"

"This is my dream!"

"This is clearly not!"

"Why care about other people's eyes?"

"You're an actor, and you have the qualifications to talk about me? Perhaps... you just like me when I'm down and out; this can give you a sense of superiority..."