Steven Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY - News & Discussion Thread — Page 3

Looks so amazing, I am looking forward to seeing this in December.

I'm laughing at all the people expecting perfect realism in a movie musical. Please. Just because it's not white people in brownface doesn't make it modern. Relax.

Needless to say whenever the trailer does come, it will get people impressed/excited with what Steven Spielberg and the talented cast and crew are doing in comparison to other musical films which either didn't do anything for them or appalled them.

But then again, I seriously doubt we'll ever sink to the lows that Tom Hooper and Cats (2019) brought us to ever again. Hopefully.

People on this thread acting like they're not gonna see it when you KNOW their ass is buying an opening night ticket ...assuming movie theaters are still a thing come December.

When talking about how this show went from stage to screen, most people only note the switching of Cool and Gee Officer Krupke. I just realized the movie also made other placement changes. In the stage version, One Hand, One Heart is sung in Act One. In the film, it’s moved to Act Two. Of course we know the Tonight Quintet and the Rumble are done in Act One in the stage show and Act Two opens with I Feel Pretty. In the film, of course Act Two still opens with I Feel Pretty, but Tonight Quintet and the Rumble are moved to Act Two. Also, I haven’t seen WSS on stage, but I didn’t know the stage version of Somewhere had lyrics that were cut from the movie. It will be interesting to see what this new movie will go with in terms of song placements and putting back in things that were cut. I also wonder how the attemped rape of Anita will be handled.

I agree, I really want the see the first trailer to this. Hopefully either this month or in July, we'll see something very soon.

Spielberg is a master director- it probably will be fantastic,

He's said in an interview that he had the original 1957 cast recording as a kid and loved imagining what the dances would be like. I can tell that he has love and passion for this project which counts for a lot when you're doing a new film adaptation of a classic musical.

Some say that he should've done Fiddler on the Roof, but I think Spielberg doing West Side Story and Thomas Kail doing Fiddler is the right call.

I can't wait to also see Justin Peck's choreography.

Musical Master said: "So am I, I think Spielberg made the right call hiring a tremendous talent like Justin Peck to work on the choreography. Justin's work on the 2018 Carousel revival was one of the best things about it and deserved the Tony Award; also his NYC Ballet work is also pretty stunning.

I hope that the "Somewhere Ballet" makes it into the final cut."

I hope they have a beautiful offscreen voice singing Somewhere in the manner of how it's done usually in the stage production.

I have zero enthusiasm for this, but I do think Broadway being shut down is going to create a huge audience for the film, and may be what makes it a box office hit. All the people--across the country, around the world--upset at theater being shut down, my see this as a sign of health, or a light in the darkness.

To me, the movie is pretty great, and what isn't pretty great about it doesn't actively mar it in any way.