West Side Story | 10 DEC 2021 | RIP Stephen Sondheim | Comes to Disney+ March 2nd

[Bastien]

Seen it today and it is dizzyingly masterful. A disillusioned fable about the death of the American dream that is ultra well directed, and crafted and whose cinematography will bring tears to your eyes.

9/10

[tonytr87]

On 12/5/2021 at 4:30 AM, efialtes76 said:

2021 and you can call him rapist without a trial and without a conviction...

 

 

Also the allegations against him are some of the flimsiest of the MeToo movement. 

[AJG]

Matt Belloni tells us the budget for this one

 

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Spielberg isn’t going to love the weekend numbers for West Side Story, which is tracking lower than expected in all categories. Even with those ecstatic reviews, a domestic opening in the teens is likely, and even single digits is possible. And because of the packed holiday corridor, old-people Covid fears, a nine-figure budget (officially it’s $100 million; my sources say closer to $130 million), and Spielberg’s top-of-market deal, Disney is looking at another money-loser inherited from Fox. Thanks, Rupert.    

 

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

100-130m is insane but he is Spielberg. And every cent is on screen

 

Didn't love as much as I wanted. That said, every musical sequence is magnificently staged and achieves a scale unprecedented for modern Hollywood. The camera is so excited to catch these performers and every frame is splashed with spikes of color. The issues just come down to the source material itself and Kushner's wordy screenplay amplifies them.

 

Hoping it can still do well at box office. We don't really need another 300m Disney opening next weekend lol. 

[wildphantom]

In my seat about to start.  10am first show and I’m the only one in here. Private screening for my most anticipated film of the year. Bliss….

[vale900]

Dear evan Hansen: 8m opening on a 25 M budget during a pandemic. Media: wow such a disaster, let's make 8000 articles in a day about it

 

West side story: 14M opening on a 130M budget during a pandemic. Media: an encouraging start, we are in a pandemic, you have to think about that. 

[Krissykins]

Booked tickets for tomorrow night based solely on the reviews. 

[el sid]

I know it's a bit early but so far the audience really seems to like WSS:

Audience Score: 97% and 4.7/5 (with 50+ Verified Ratings at the moment).

[AJG]

2 hours ago, vale900 said:

Dear evan Hansen: 8m opening on a 25 M budget during a pandemic. Media: wow such a disaster, let's make 8000 articles in a day about it

 

West side story: 14M opening on a 130M budget during a pandemic. Media: an encouraging start, we are in a pandemic, you have to think about that. 

 

All that Black Widow hoopla earlier this year is really embarrassing in hindsight. Covid keeps shifting the goalpost.

[wildphantom]

Imagine taking on the greatest musical ever made, and with each and every classic number, bettering every one. Lol. 
 

Iconic musical sequences with his own unique stamp on them - what a delight. 
 

I can’t speak for those that have never seen the original film, or an adaptation of the musical before. So the events play like I knew them to the letter (for the most part). But the tears flowed from the quality of the filmmaking which is just peerless. If you’re a Spielberg fan, there’s sequences in this that are like Xmas come early. 
 

The movie is flat out great. 

[SpiderByte]

Well Dear Evan Hansen was also hillariously bad and miscast

[lorddemaxus]

20 hours ago, wildphantom said:

In my seat about to start.  10am first show and I’m the only one in here. Private screening for my most anticipated film of the year. Bliss….

Mixed feelings about seeing this film in a crowd. On one hand, feels like the kind of film to watch with a crowd. On the other hand, watching it alone means no one to see me sobbing for the final 30 minutes.

[thedast]

22 hours ago, vale900 said:

Dear evan Hansen: 8m opening on a 25 M budget during a pandemic. Media: wow such a disaster, let's make 8000 articles in a day about it

 

West side story: 14M opening on a 130M budget during a pandemic. Media: an encouraging start, we are in a pandemic, you have to think about that. 

Rules are always different for films the media folks want to win.

[FilmFincher]

Maybe only 6 other people in the IMAX screening.

 

Film is magical, delightful, passionate, and deeply intimate in it's direction. Has so much more nuance and depth than I expected since the original property is fairly straightforward. 

[AJG]

Disney+ is adding one of those bts videos for this. Pretty much sets up WSS as a shared D+/HBO Max release in the US; not Hulu

 

 

[Lucas]

 

[35MM-18]

1 hour ago, Lucas said:

 

I guess that's encouraging to hear. Hopefully it translate to good WOM.

[Joel M]

Still thinking about that puddle shot. 

[kingofcretins]

Genuinely got overwhelmed by this one. About midway through the Tonight (Quinet) I just straight up burst into tears and was pretty much a goner from there until the credits rolled. So much love and care put into every single frame. Spielberg at the absolute top of his game.

 

Only two other girls in my showing who made an effort to sit on polar opposite ends of the theatre to one another.

[Krissykins]

This was epic. 
 

It’s so beautifully filmed, lit and framed.
 

Very emotional. 4/5