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- 'West Side Story' director Steven Spielberg breaks down the many thrills of recreating this classic American musical.
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Steven Spielberg on Recreating 'West Side Story' in 2021 | Entertainment Weekly
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THE CHOREOGRAPHY BY PECK WAS EVERY BIT AS IMPRESSIVE AS ROBBINS… WHAT TALENTS THEY ALL HAVE!!!
On a 1 to 10 scale, the movie was about an 11. It was amazing. I don't know why it's bombing at the box office, but it should be packing people in for every show.
Maybe because Spielberg excluded the vast majority of Americans from understanding all the dialogue.
The original is one of my childhood favorite movies. And I watch and enjoy pretty much every film Spielberg has anything to do with. But I just did not see the point of remaking West Side Story. I do not get the point of it.
@@theMatIsLavaVlog Just doing a modern interpretation of a classic... and it worked to perfection. It's a GREAT movie!
I couldn't see it on the big screen. I wish I could have. But I saw it on Disney+.
I heard it was because musicals are now outliers, but almost anything that's not connected to a crazy IP has been an outlier as of the movie's release.
Brilliantly put together! The singing, dancing and acting were superb! The cinematography was absolutely stunning! Thank you, Mr. Spielberg! Please bring more musicals to the big screen!
This was outstanding for young and old and whether you have seen the 1962 version or not…..What a masterpiece with all the characters and the premise of the changes to the city where the location of the story was. MUST SEE AS IS MASTERFUL, WITH SOME POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE STORYLINE THAT ENHANCE THE STORY!!!!
He outdid himself! His best work!!!
I just hope this man keeps directing until he is 120 years old.
West Side Story made $76 million at the box office against a budget of $100 million and needed make $300 million to break even but what Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner and the rest of the cast and crew are hoping even though it didn't make much at the box office...it will make up the rest of the money with online purchasing and viewing figures...I for one am hoping that West Side Story will break through the $300 million dollars and become a smash hit movie in it's own right...I've watched both the 1961 movie and Steven's 2021 movie and both stand as companion piece movies, both brilliant, both have excellent scripts, performances and dances...both are brilliant and I would recommend both of them to be watch!!
I want him to do Thoroughly modern millie!!!
what a genius he is
The only critique was that the ending was not as emotionally forceful in this one…..too quick and in the 1961 version had both gangs entering from opposite sides of the concrete playground and slowly pick up Tony’s body together in unison. With that finale music….was very powerful in 1961 version….more hurried in this one though got all the essential components.
THE ethnic accuracy and Latinos playing Latinos was very effective and they could sing and dance well.
RITA MORENO CAN STILL SING WELL AND DID IN THIS VERSION.
What is unique is on pokemon a guy like Spielberg made a Pokemon version of it with pysduck as Tony.
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JIM BRYANT SANG TONY’S VOICE IN THE 1961 MOVIE…NEVER GOT CREDIT AT ALL..LIKE MARNIE NIXON EVENTUALLY DID.
I always felt the movie is a lesson for young people. It teaches them about how racism should not exist. Everyone cries at the end and you'd think this stops racism, but it doesn't. That's sad. I've seen how it's taught in the homes to children. A lot of times that's where it starts. This is why there are wars in this world. We all need to teach peace to one another. It begins in the home. God made us all different, with all different cultures and personalities. This is so we may have versatility, to learn and share with one another. Today people are too much in proving themselves in order to be accepted. It's a shame. Be who you are and if others don't approve fine. They aren't the ones you are to please. The only one you are to please is God. Don't play a role in life just to please others. Otherwise you'll loose your own identity. We must at times play a role in our jobs etc. Still it's always important to remember right after the person God made you to be. Your image, your personality with his. Like they say in acting when you play a part, it's important to Stay in Character. Learn what that character is about, but remember after it's over, go back to being yourself.
Racism shouldn't exist unless it's against white people then it should exist. Isn't that how it goes.
From a black guy
seriously though, Janusz and Steven, the lens flares were overkill. Move over, J. J. Abrams!!
Yes.
And they were singing with their real voices!!! Not singer doubles like poor Marnie Nixon singing for Natalie Wood. And some other guy for Richard Beymer.
Latin... X?! Ugh!
1. Good idea to have Rita Marino inserted into the Steven Spielberg script of *West Side Story*
2. Best Actress role for Oscar nomination for Spielberg's version will be Maria (Rachel Zegler) and then Anita (Ariana DeBose) for supporting Oscar nomination. I think Rachel Zegler's acting for Maria, was better than Natalie Wood in Robert's Wise production.
3. Second choice for best supporting actress: Rita Marino. (yes again)
4. I did not like any of the character actors choice for either the Jets or Sharks in this Spielberg version.
5. I did not like the first act of the Spielberg version as much as the Robert Wise version, but the second act of Spielberg's version made up for the 1st act's shortcomings. Spielberg's first act of his movie was too, too, dark.
6. My choice for which movie was better would be the flawless *1st* West Side Story. Robert Wise was the better Director in this for the 1st Movie version of the play. However the second act of Spielberg's version made tears come from my eyes, but don't tell anybody as I don't want my manhood questioned.
7. In the first movie the Jet gang gave respect for the little girl playing on the ground and walked around her play area. In the Spielberg version the Jets ripped up the little girls artwork on the ground. I could not get behind the Jets after that.
8. The dance scenes in both versions were equally good.
9. Spielberg claimed he did not want to copy the first, Robert Wise version, however he did in the opening. In the first, Wise version, we have an aerial shot flying over Manhattan, in Spielberg's version we have an aerial shot flying over the demolished section of the gang area with same intro music.
10. Spielberg's version of West Side Story, should be nominated for *Best Picture* Oscar this year, however from the *WOKE* Hollywood, they might choose another low budget foreign movie made with no whites in it, that nobody will see, for diversity's sake. Then that will remind me of Marxist Korean movie (looked like a college student made film) winning Best Picture over "1917" a real professional movie. And like Spielberg's movie, "Saving Private Ryan" that didn't win Best Picture, which it should have, over that terrible love movie, again, that nobody saw.
11. Why couldn't Spielberg use any other race besides Puerto Rican? That was a racist decision on WOKE Spielberg. High class acting is art, that a great actor could pull it off. Spielberg now denies race to play any role unless they are the same race of the character portrayed? This is a slam in the face of all actors. Example, he could have used actors from any South American country as long as they looked Puerto Rican. Come on man! Spielberg trying to be WOKE is a racist to all other promising actors.
13. What was this freak dark character tranny character that used to be a tom boy girl in the Robert Wise motive? We could see in the Robert Wise movie that this was a tom boy girl. However in this movie, we don't know who this scary creature from hell was in Spielberg's version. Spielberg was again trying to be WOKE by picking a tranny freak character from this years 2021 to by making the LGBTQ people happy. That demonic freak character was a bust.
Bobby Robby-The plot is about Puerto Rican immigrants in New York City.Mr.Spielberg hired Puerto Rican actors in this version to play the Puerto Rican characters in the film unlike the original film where they hired only one Puerto Rican actor ( Rita Moreno)to play one of the main characters the rest were played by white actors.I love the original West side story but I agree with Steven Spielberg on this.I haven’t seen the new adaptation yet.I will wait until it comes to HBO Max.
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You did not see the new film so you have no right to talk
@@bobbyrobby3600 -Do kiss my back side Bobby Robby.
@@bobbyrobby3600-Parasite was the film that won Best film a few years ago.It was a great film not the “ communist” film you spoke of.The character of Anybodys in the new West Side story in my opinion is not a freak.No I didn’t see the film but I saw a scene from the new film.You are a harsh and mean person.I’m surprised you like musicals.
DUDE!! "Why not use any other race besides Puerto Rican??" The musical is literally ABOUT Puerto Ricans and white people and he used BOTH to represent their respective sides or are Tony, Riff and the other dozens of Jets not "white" to you?!
And I'm glad they used actual Puerto Ricans to represent us. Do you want British people from Europe to represent you in a show or movie about Americans even though you look alike and speak the same language?? And besides, many of the main characters such as Maria and Bernardo ARE Latin Americans from other countries. Hypocritical idiot.😑
Spielberg also thought he could make a successful comedy once...1941.
He learned a hard lesson then too.
He ran out of ideas.