Ok, sounds like a musical movie I could enjoy but I’m still holding out for George Lucas’ remake of “My Fair Lady” with AI scientist Henry Higgins teaching robot E-liza how to speak mid-Atlantic English and get a job at CNN.
"....(the new orchestration for which, I notice, has more prominent guiro and claves)...".
Only you Roy, would notice or comment on that.
"...That’s what they ask of each other, and what the song asks of you — 'hold my hand and I’ll take you there'. I cried like a child at the song, at their fate, and at the whole thing, all over again. In my book that makes it a success."
I was in Lowe's the other day trying to return a can of paint. Turns out they won't take back paint over 30 days old. I was ready to go all Mamet on their asses but then I thought better of it. Maybe I'll save it for the school board meeting.
What a great review! You answered all pertinent questions and was very honest about how it made you feel. That being said, I hate West Side Story. I've only ever seen the movie. Between that and the Sound of Music , Robert Wise destroyed
Heh. I live in Lincoln Towers and have PR doormen so now I have to go see the new WSS for the ref instead of glimpsing its construction in the dance scenes in the old…
Had an insight just recently (a few months) about Officer Krupke: The number doesn't belong in the show. It's just too overwhelmingly witty, with the psychiatrist joke and all, and self-conscious in a good way. Including the music with the Prokofiev key changes. Those kids are not Jets, they're Jewish, i.e. not the same characters as the rest of the time. But it's such a great number you can't possibly cut it.
So (I'm thinking now) it presents the director with a serious problem, and maybe boxing it up in the police station helps by detaching it from the rest of the scenery.
Another kudo for this review. I was very leery when i saw this was coming, expecting bedazzled grit and "acting" instead of the Broadway play-to-the-balcony stuff in the old movie. Your review convinced me thats all in there, but even Speilberg couldn't ruin the deeply romantic story at the heart. I saw a version directed by my wife's uncle at a Jesuit college, and realized about halfway through that it was structured musically exactly as an opera. Show how dumb i am.
I was reading this aloud to my vision-impaired roommate this morning.
When I got to the line about just having to believe love is worth the risk, my voice cracked and my cheeks were suddenly damp with something that couldn't possibly have been tears in a gruff old fart like me.
FWIW, there’s only a couple of musical scores I really like — you know, enough to listen to — and WSS is one of them.
Ok, sounds like a musical movie I could enjoy but I’m still holding out for George Lucas’ remake of “My Fair Lady” with AI scientist Henry Higgins teaching robot E-liza how to speak mid-Atlantic English and get a job at CNN.
"....(the new orchestration for which, I notice, has more prominent guiro and claves)...".
Only you Roy, would notice or comment on that.
"...That’s what they ask of each other, and what the song asks of you — 'hold my hand and I’ll take you there'. I cried like a child at the song, at their fate, and at the whole thing, all over again. In my book that makes it a success."
You're my favourite movie reviewer.
I was in Lowe's the other day trying to return a can of paint. Turns out they won't take back paint over 30 days old. I was ready to go all Mamet on their asses but then I thought better of it. Maybe I'll save it for the school board meeting.
What a great review! You answered all pertinent questions and was very honest about how it made you feel. That being said, I hate West Side Story. I've only ever seen the movie. Between that and the Sound of Music , Robert Wise destroyed
American Musical film.
(Except for Bob Fosse.)
What can I say? I'm a
"Band Wagon" kind of guy.
Noticed a "Blue Lives Matter" cross on my neighbor's balcony & was wondering exactly when there will be "Blue Lives Matter" xmas cards...
Excellent review
Heh. I live in Lincoln Towers and have PR doormen so now I have to go see the new WSS for the ref instead of glimpsing its construction in the dance scenes in the old…
I wouldn't trust anyone who doesn't cry at "There's a Place for Us".
Lovely. Really makes me want to go.
Had an insight just recently (a few months) about Officer Krupke: The number doesn't belong in the show. It's just too overwhelmingly witty, with the psychiatrist joke and all, and self-conscious in a good way. Including the music with the Prokofiev key changes. Those kids are not Jets, they're Jewish, i.e. not the same characters as the rest of the time. But it's such a great number you can't possibly cut it.
So (I'm thinking now) it presents the director with a serious problem, and maybe boxing it up in the police station helps by detaching it from the rest of the scenery.
Thank you Roy!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Another kudo for this review. I was very leery when i saw this was coming, expecting bedazzled grit and "acting" instead of the Broadway play-to-the-balcony stuff in the old movie. Your review convinced me thats all in there, but even Speilberg couldn't ruin the deeply romantic story at the heart. I saw a version directed by my wife's uncle at a Jesuit college, and realized about halfway through that it was structured musically exactly as an opera. Show how dumb i am.
This is the only remake I'll ever need:
https://youtu.be/zpVYhH9ITvo
Dammit, Roy, you got me again.
I was reading this aloud to my vision-impaired roommate this morning.
When I got to the line about just having to believe love is worth the risk, my voice cracked and my cheeks were suddenly damp with something that couldn't possibly have been tears in a gruff old fart like me.
Once I finished, she insisted on hugging me.
Hmmph. Hmmph, I say. And harumph, too.
sorry for the nitpicking, but sixty, not fifty years since the 1961 film