Jay 37,374 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 new trailer Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Indianagirl 298 Posted July 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2021 This is by far my most anticipated movie in sometime. Bayesian, SteveMc and Disco Stu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,105 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 The original is my favorite movie musical of all time. But Im excited to see Spielberg’s take. Especially considering he’s wanted to do a full on musical for some time now. Looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Its the same shots. Still get the feeling they are cutting around the leads somehow in the previews. The leads hardly seem featured at all. crumbs and TSMefford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Like Bruce in Jaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,319 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Still not feeling this movie at all, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 It's magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: It's magical. …miracle… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 ...in the Gorbals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 And the Academy Award for Best Director goes to Steven Spielberg for West Side Story. And the Award for Best Picture goes to....West Side Story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Looks boooooooring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,293 Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 It kinda just looks too similar to the original but I still think Spielberg is bound to have a few inspired moments (that one overhead shot of the gangs from the other trailer was a good one) and I will just be shocked if a writer like Tony Kushner brings no original insight to his adaptation. I'm not expecting this to be all that amazing but I feel like there'll be something to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Huge meh. Love the Revenge of the Sith vibes near the end, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,319 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Full trailer just dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Meh. No matter what magic Spielberg brings to the affair, I just don't like musicals and dancing Jurassic Shark and Edmilson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,319 Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 Exact same reaction here -- an overwhelming 'meh, why is Spielberg wasting his time on this?' Probably doesn't help that I really have no interest in musicals, dancing or choreography. But the fact he chose to remake an existing musical as his long-coveted musical project is a total head-scratcher to me. At least he's back making original movies for JW to score now; feels like he's wasted some golden opportunities for collaborations in JW's twilight years... Edmilson, Once and Not Mr. Big 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I wish Spielberg would do a western movie (has he ever done one?). Imagine how good a modern-day JW western score would be! Since he loves working with kids so much maybe he could do a reboot of The Cowboys? Wouldn't that be something for JW to score that 50 years after the original? Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, ATXHusker said: I wish Spielberg would do a western movie (has he ever done one?) No. 5 minutes ago, ATXHusker said: Imagine how good a modern-day JW western score would be! Well damn, there's something I didn't know I wanted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 It is almost parodic the way they are cutting around Ansel. He's the lead and yet his friend gets more lines in the trailer. The trailer makes it seem like he's incidental to the plot rather than the main focus along with Rachel Zegler. It is bizarre. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 They also chose to not list any actors on the poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 West Side Story is one of my favorite things ever. I have no interest in this movie. Why does it exist? Is Spielberg really that arrogant that he thinks the old movie is bad an offensive and only an enlightened mind like him can fix it? That's really what it seems like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, TheUlyssesian said: It is almost parodic the way they are cutting around Ansel. He's the lead and yet his friend gets more lines in the trailer. The trailer makes it seem like he's incidental to the plot rather than the main focus along with Rachel Zegler. It is bizarre. The star here is Bernstein! I always disliked the music of that musical (which I think aged badly)... so the impact of this movie on me will depend only on the arrangements... and if we see Ansel shirtless or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,473 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The only musicals I like are the Disney cartoons and The Prince of Egypt. Not much of a fan of live action musicals with all the songs and dancing. I haven't watched stuff like Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Les Miserables, but I did have seen La La Land (which I thought it was okay). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, Jay said: They also chose to not list any actors on the poster. They clearly used the same quality assurance service that Intrada uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Lala Land is one of the decades most abhorrent films. Ugh. I see SS hearing his name twice as a winner in next winters Oscar. Nobody sings Somewhere better than Barbra. Its like butta. My favorite musical has remained unchanged in nearly 40 years. Victor/Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,319 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I couldn't stand La La Land either. Insufferably pretentious. blondheim and JoeinAR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I disliked that movie a lot as well JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 43 minutes ago, Edmilson said: The only musicals I like are the Disney cartoons and The Prince of Egypt. Not much of a fan of live action musicals with all the songs and dancing. I haven't watched stuff like Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Les Miserables, but I did have seen La La Land (which I thought it was okay). Mounlin Rouge is very messy but good. Chicago is very good. Les Miz is awful. And La La Land is okay. The music is good but the movie is a dud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,319 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Maybe it's just the romantic in me but I'll be disappointed if Williams didn't cameo in the recording sessions as guest pianist for a cue, considering he performed on the original film. Surely Spielberg wouldn't let an opportunity like that slip... Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, TheUlyssesian said: Mounlin Rouge is very messy but good. Chicago is very good. Les Miz is awful. And La La Land is okay. The music is good but the movie is a dud. I'd say Les Mis is good, but it's dragged down by the atrocious singing of one of the main characters. Great music, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I loved Moulin Rouge, didn't see Chicago, Les Mis was good minus Wolverine, La La Land SUCKED. It wasn't even that it was pretentious. It was that it was tonal whiplash. One minute it was doing a bad impression of a golden age musical, and the next it was a cynical modern movie. It didn't blend the two tones into something good and new. It was a salad as opposed to a stew. I hope the arrangements are at least good in WSS. I'm still SO bummed it's not Williams though. Too much history with him and Bernstein to have missed this opportunity. Spielberg should have made that a priority somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Speaking of Whiplash, I didn't care for that film either Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Oh, I actually liked that one quite a bit. I only saw it once. Knowing me, if I watched it again, I'm sure I could find tons of stuff to dislike. Erik Woods 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 JWFAN La La Land fans assemble! We exist! Really good movie! Great score! Mephariel, Not Mr. Big, JoeinAR and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 If John Williams wanted to work on this, I am relatively sure he would be doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Oh, wow! Marnie Nixon has still got it Honestly, though, there is nothing in this trailer that screams "Spielberg!". Maybe it's me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, blondheim said: If John Williams wanted to work on this, I am relatively sure he would be doing so. 41 minutes ago, SilverTrumpet said: I'm still SO bummed it's not Williams though. Too much history with him and Bernstein to have missed this opportunity. Spielberg should have made that a priority somehow. Williams passed. We leaned this from a Newman interview. It was Williams' to refuse obviously. And he refused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Edmilson said: Not much of a fan of live action musicals... Whoa, there, boy! No love for ON THE TOWN? SINGIN' IN THE RAIN? ANCHORS AWEIGH? AN AMERICAN IN PARIS? THE SOUND OF MUSIC? PAINT YOUR WAGON? PENNIES FROM HEAVEN? Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 37 minutes ago, blondheim said: If John Williams wanted to work on this, I am relatively sure he would be doing so. I don't care if HE wanted to do it, I wanted him to do it! That's what matters! Jurassic Shark and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Just now, SilverTrumpet said: I don't care if HE wanted to do it, I wanted him to do it! That's what matters! I hear that. I'm actually fairly excited about Newman, not so much about Dudamel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,473 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Whoa, there, boy! No love for ON THE TOWN? SINGIN' IN THE RAIN? ANCHORS AWEIGH? AN AMERICAN IN PARIS? THE SOUND OF MUSIC? PAINT YOUR WAGON? PENNIES FROM HEAVEN? Sorry but I've never seen any of these movies. But it's not their fault, it's me that can't stand all the dancing and singing... Just like some people hate horror movies or westerns or modern blockbusters, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, blondheim said: I hear that. I'm actually fairly excited about Newman, not so much about Dudamel I am happy it's Newman. He's good, and like a lot of composers his age, can write wonderful, luscious music when given the chance. James Newton Howard is another one. Dudamel I don't mind. It's neither here nor there. I was just surprised it was so important that he'd conduct when they were so symbolic about a New York orchestra performing the score that they went with him as conductor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,521 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I'm not the biggest film musical fan in the world either (unless it's Disney), but I can sometimes marvel at the visual candy on display. Busby Berkeley's 42nd STREET is, for me, the ultimate masterpiece in this regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Just now, SilverTrumpet said: I am happy it's Newman. He's good, and like a lot of composers his age, can write wonderful, luscious music when given the chance. James Newton Howard is another one. Dudamel I don't mind. It's neither here nor there. I was just surprised it was so important that he'd conduct when they were so symbolic about a New York orchestra performing the score that they went with him as conductor. He's an average conductor imo. Sort of bland, not very inspired. He seems to be phoning it in a lot of the time. None of his classical interpretations have ever made me sit up and take notice of his contribution. I thought his Williams album was forgettable in every way. David Newman is a wonderful composer who should get more work. James Newton Howard is a wonderful composer who should have gotten more Avatar work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Of the 'modern' ones, I love Norman Jewison's JCS, Tim Burton's Sweeny Todd and Julie Taymor's Across The Universe. Not sure if I'll be even watching Spielberg's Westside Story. The trailer almost warns me against it. The style isn't interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,641 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: JWFAN La La Land fans assemble! We exist! Really good movie! Great score! One of the best (if not the best) film/music combinations of the last 10 years. And one of the few recent examples of a (good) iconic film music theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,373 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I started listening to the Lala Land score. But somehow, everything seemed to sound like a variation of Autumn Leaves. But the music works well in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Whoa, there, boy! No love for ON THE TOWN? SINGIN' IN THE RAIN? ANCHORS AWEIGH? AN AMERICAN IN PARIS? THE SOUND OF MUSIC? PAINT YOUR WAGON? PENNIES FROM HEAVEN? You were doing so well until Pennies.... One last thing in 1984 one of Hollywood's greatest film musical moments Anything Goes. It is perfection. Its seemingly straight forward until its not. The composition, the cinematography, the singing and dancing, the art decorating and the directing are all aces. Too bad the dumbass director hates the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephariel 451 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 13 hours ago, Disco Stu said: JWFAN La La Land fans assemble! We exist! Really good movie! Great score! Absolutely. One of my favorite films last decade. Really touch me with the theme about the sting of ambition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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