Insanely Pretentious & Boring.

Nope--and I have absolutely no intention of doing so, either.

I rented Spielberg's reboot/remake of the film version of West Side Story to watch on my computer, and honestly tried to watch it, but I could not sit through the whole thing, because, to me, it was every bit as dreadful as I thought it would be; the skirmishes and the rumble between the Jets and Sharks were too violent, the cultural and ethnic biases too strong, without any moments of fairness to each other, and, as some others had put it, unlike in the original 1961 film version, where Tony and Riff at least retained their friendship, the friendship between Tony and Riff were barely noticed in the new film version of West Side Story. Also, the dancing really was too hyped up, and the singing voices of both Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler were nothing to write home about: Rachel Zegler's singing voice was too nasal, too far back, and not projected forward enough, and Ansel Elgort's singing voice was just...eh..nothing to write home about.

To sum up how I feel, I thought that the new film version was way overdone, too heavy, and too hyped up. The soundtrack/musical score to Spielberg's West Side Story film version was very metallic-sounding, plus it was flat in many places. As another poster on here put it, the gangs looked too much alike, and I think that both Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer had far better natural looks than Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort. Since I'm a devout fan of the old, original 1961 film version of West Side Story, and due to the fact that dubbing was quite common during that general period, I'm more than willing to overlook the dubbing in the 1961 film version of West Side Story. The remake was as I predicted--I knew I wouldn't like it, and I didn't. Thank you for accepting my differences of opinion.

Hi, Ed. Thank you for replying to my comment. If, indeed, you are talking about the old, original 1961 film version of West Side Story, I am a devout fan of that one. The old, original 1961 film vern outrsion of West Side Story is my all time favorite movie, hands down. Not only have I made it a point to watch it every time it's played in a movie theatre that's within reasona I've ble driving distance from where I live (i. e. in my general area, and even to the opposite end of the Bay State, and have even made special road trips to neighboring states just to see the original 1961 film version of West Side Story on a large screen, in a real movie theatre, but I've also attended every Anniversary screening of the old, original West Side Story film version, from the 40th to the 60th Anniversary screenings of this great golden oldie but keeper of a classic movie-musical.

Imho, remakes of great older classic films just don't turn out very well.

That's why I was reluctant to watch it. It adore the 1961 film. But I think '61 had lots of flaws. And I also adored the production that was put in by my High School.

So I saw it lost night and thought it was great!

Saw it yesterday, and it is indeed greatly inferior to the original. Digitally shot, it looks flat and dull and none of the cast members can hold a candle to the original stars.

No, it isn't terrible, it's just not even remotely moving.

Don't think it will win Best Picture, nor does it deserve to
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