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'La La Land' is a movie that, for all intents and purposes, should really work for me, as a fan of musicals, jazz and old Hollywood. And it did to some extent - I adore the soundtrack , and I thought that  Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling gave great performances, the cinematography was beautiful and the unexpected ending was a welcome take on a traditional love story.  But even with all of this, I couldn't help feeling slightly underwhelmed. This feeling was to be expected, due to the intense hype and never-ending praise this movie has received from the Internet and its many critics, who describe it as a ' magical love letter to the golden age of Hollywood . '   But that's just the problem.  One of my first thoughts after seeing this movie was that it was basically a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film in colour, with a better script and better actors (but lacking in the tap dance in rollerskates department). It had the same blossomi...