Overview
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
While I had a rough understanding of the story I had somehow managed to avoid seeing either the original movie or the stage production. Just about everything about the movie was fantastic to this guy’s untrained eye: the sets were incredible and the dancing was spectacular. The only thing that took me a little bit out of the film was (unfortunately) Ansel Elgort. While I have liked a couple of his movies I have never been particularly taken by his abilities. When he sang I found myself holding my breath because the part seemed to be too big for his singing ability. I don’t see why they had to case a name – nobody was watching this for him so why not get another actor that could sing on the level of the rest of the cast. Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews West Side Story
Movie title: West Side Story
Movie description: Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Date published: 2022-02-25
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Actor(s): Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Corey Stoll, Brian d'Arcy James, Josh Andrés Rivera, Mike Faist, Ana Isabelle, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Maddie Ziegler, Andrea Burns, Kyle Allen, Curtiss Cook, Jamie Harris, Sean Harrison Jones, Patrick Higgins, Julius Anthony Rubio, Ricardo Zayas, Sebastian Serra, Carlos Sánchez Falú, Jamila Velazquez, Talia Ryder, Jamiyka Jones, Michael P.J. Marston, Atif Lanier, Cameron Sawyer, Ben Cook, Gabriela Soto, Tanairi Sade Vazquez, Chryssie Whitehead, Eloise Kropp, Michael Ronca, Ricky Ubeda, Andrei Chagas, Kyle Coffman, Annelise Cepero, Harrison Coll, Iris Menas
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
My Review
While I had a rough understanding of the story I had somehow managed to avoid seeing either the original movie or the stage production. Just about everything about the movie was fantastic to this guy’s untrained eye: the sets were incredible and the dancing was spectacular. The only thing that took me a little bit out of the film was (unfortunately) Ansel Elgort. While I have liked a couple of his movies I have never been particularly taken by his abilities. When he sang I found myself holding my breath because the part seemed to be too big for his singing ability. I don’t see why they had to case a name – nobody was watching this for him so why not get another actor that could sing on the level of the rest of the cast. Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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My Review - 8/10
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