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I saw the Spielberg two days ago and had no expectations (I didn’t even know WSS had been remade so went along for trip-to-the-flicks giggles, making jokes about ‘hoping the main characters get chased by a huge boulder in the early scenes’). I did wonder why anyone would bother trying to make this film anew? What different take can there be on this story?
Turns out you don’t bother trying a new angle at all. Sure, it has a slightly different starting point and underlying beat that makes the narrative hang together better (imo), but everything is resolutely the same, even the palette is set to ‘Technicolor’ ffs.
It’s great. It totally blows the original away.
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There's a remake?!
Speaking of which, saw the whole of OG West Side Story a couple of days ago on TV. So hammy but such a great film. Strong childhood nostalgia but the first time I'd seen it in maybe 30 years, so felt different too. Amazing how little dialogue there is. No desire to see the Spielberg.