I'm with you, the ending is what makes the movie, and the ending is what makes all of the best movies in my opinion. I'll use A Star Is Born as an example, good movie for the most part, absolutely terrible ending. What I love most about La La Land's ending, is that they do end up together in the alternate timeline.
The fire alarm in the kitchen goes off and Mia leaves. It’s the night of Mia’s one-woman show, and Sebastian is about to set off to see her, when he’s told he has to stay behind with the band for a photoshoot. Hardly anyone turns up to Mia’s performance and she’s devastated at the end when the seat reserved for Sebastian is empty.
These things both manage to propel each person's respective dream, but the reactions from the other are why they can't end up together. So they each achieve their dream, and the core of the movie is that pursuing dreams is a foolish thing you may have to give up a lot for (a theme which Audition wears on its sleeve). It's a simple one, done well.
The love they share for each other is palpable right up until the end credits. However, break ups don’t have to end in hatred. Sometimes, ‘the one’ is simply not an option due to the timing, and that isn’t to say another ‘the one’ won’t appear again.
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do they end up together in la la land
