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elleng

(141,926 posts) Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:20 PM Mar 2022

*WEST SIDE STORY #2, on HBO NOW.

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*WEST SIDE STORY #2, on HBO NOW. (Original Post) elleng Mar 2022 OP

would love to watch oldtime dfl_er Mar 2022 #1

Those issues 'solved' for me when moved, NO netflix, 'just' HBO (via DirecTV!) elleng Mar 2022 #2

I'm watching now EYESORE 9001 Mar 2022 #3

I, personally, don't think it's half as good as the original. sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #4

I didn't like the remake at all. mnhtnbb Mar 2022 #5

K and R Stuart G Mar 2022 #6

BAFTAs are tomorrow at 1 P.M. EST. I'm not crazy for remakes. Supposedly UTUSN Mar 2022 #7

oldtime dfl_er

(7,178 posts)

1. would love to watch

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:22 PM

Mar 2022

but I swear it's like whack a mole...should I pause Netflix, and then I can get HBO for a month? or should I get Apple and cancel Hulu? Or maybe hoopla has that for free, or maybe Prime has two seasons' worth and then you have to start paying for episodes...or is Sling showing that? or is Showtime showing good stuff this month?

I can't keep up!!

elleng

(141,926 posts)

2. Those issues 'solved' for me when moved, NO netflix, 'just' HBO (via DirecTV!)

Reply to oldtime dfl_er (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:27 PM

Mar 2022

EYESORE 9001

(29,889 posts)

3. I'm watching now

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:33 PM

Mar 2022

It’s rare to find a remake I like as much as - or even more than - the original.

sinkingfeeling

(58,045 posts)

4. I, personally, don't think it's half as good as the original.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:38 PM

Mar 2022

mnhtnbb

(33,507 posts)

5. I didn't like the remake at all.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:28 AM

Mar 2022

Didn't like the staging of several of the dance numbers.

Really didn't like taking away the Somewhere song at the end from Maria and giving it to Rita Moreno character. I sense a heavy hand from Rita Moreno as an executive producer.

I thought the story lost momentum, with all the dialogue Tony Kushner wrote for the new book. The original was all about the music and the dance. They both got lost in the remake.

Never mess with a classic.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

6. K and R

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:30 AM

Mar 2022

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

7. BAFTAs are tomorrow at 1 P.M. EST. I'm not crazy for remakes. Supposedly

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 01:23 AM

Mar 2022

what this version has going for it is the nearer social depictions and SPIELBERG's direction. In my book, that he KEPT Lenny's MUSIC intact is all there is and therefore nothing had to be remade.

For me, MUSIC/MELODY is *ALL* and the story/lyrics/ is totally subordinate. I was going to say "especially" with this piece of work, but in my MELODY world with any piece of work.

So, thanks, SPIELBERG for keeping the music intact. That's all there is, didn't need to be remade and therefore awards either.

It's been. Done.

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