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MotorCityBeard

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20. The Women comes to mind

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 05:40 PM

Jul 2021

The original 1939 movie is one of my all time favorites. The remake with Meg Ryan was so bad. I do not think that one translates to modern times very well.

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West Side Story 2021 ... I'm not sure how I feel about this. [View all] NurseJackie Jul 2021 OP

It's Spielberg and great cast, so it will be good. But... TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 #1

As long as they don't fuck with Bernstein's music, I'm good with it. Paladin Jul 2021 #2

Word UTUSN Jul 2021 #13

I can't imagine "West Side Story" without Jerome Robbins' choreography! betsuni Jul 2021 #3

Same. crickets Jul 2021 #7

About the original-- Kingofalldems Jul 2021 #4

I had never heard that before MotorCityBeard Jul 2021 #19

My oldest son will go with me Bettie Jul 2021 #5

If it's like almost every other modern remake, it will suck rotten eggs. nt Binkie The Clown Jul 2021 #6

The Women comes to mind MotorCityBeard Jul 2021 #20

Like all the Shakespeare remakes... LanternWaste Jul 2021 #22

On the other hand, You've Got Mail was, IMHO, a bit better than the 1940 original Binkie The Clown Jul 2021 #24

With Spielberg directing, I was hoping for real sharks. Yavin4 Jul 2021 #8

Haaaa! Good one! NurseJackie Jul 2021 #14

Lounge? USALiberal Jul 2021 #9

I don't know if it's going to be streaming-only, or a simultaneous Theater+Streaming... NurseJackie Jul 2021 #15

The original creative team? Four gay men: Bernstein, Robbins, Sondheim, Laurents Duncan Grant Jul 2021 #10

Maybe after this Spielberg will remake ChrisF1961 Jul 2021 #11

That would be great! NurseJackie Jul 2021 #16

I'm sure Spielberg won't disappoint. nt oasis Jul 2021 #12

I have high hopes. NurseJackie Jul 2021 #17

I cannot WAIT to see this MotorCityBeard Jul 2021 #18

The Mister and I saw a performance at the Kennedy Center a few years ago... NurseJackie Jul 2021 #21

I really don't have a problem with that MotorCityBeard Jul 2021 #23

NO. One of the few movies that I cried after seeing it.(Romeo & Julet, West Side No. 1) Stuart G Jul 2021 #25