West Side Story (2021)

Best Movies of 2021 (43 movies items)

" Director: Steven Spielberg His 34th movie My 34th movie watched from the director The original is classic with a few dated elements, but otherwise nothing that needed such a replication. I thought Spielberg was going to make this more his own rather than it being so much like the original and botching the most popular song from it (Somewhere). The ending was a little different, too, but also weaker. Now that the negative is out of the way, looking at it purely as a motion picture, it's su"

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" Director: Steven Spielberg His 34th movie My 34th movie watched from the director The original is classic with a few dated elements, but otherwise nothing that needed such a replication. I thought Spielberg was going to make this more his own rather than it being so much like the original and botching the most popular song from it (Somewhere). The ending was a little different, too, but also weaker. Now that the negative is out of the way, looking at it purely as a motion picture, it's su"

Predicting the Winners of the 2022 Oscars (20 movies items)

"And the Nominees are... *Jessie Buckley- The Lost Daughter *Ariana DeBose- West Side Story/b> *Judi Dench- Belfast/b> *Kirsten Dunst- The Power of the Dog/b> *Aunjanue Ellis- King Richard/b> And the Oscar goes to... It would be an all-time upset if DeBose lost this. She's won every precursor, and is likely WSS's only real threat. Dunst is a very slim spoiler shot, simply because Dog is so well-liked by voters and there's bound to be one major upset this year. Power Rankings 1. DeBose 2. Du"

A good movie

“When I first heard that Steven Spielberg was coming up with a remake of this legendary classic musical, I can’t say I was really excited by this idea. However, even though it was a box-office flop, it turned out to be a huge critical success and, since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out after all. Well, even though the original ‘West Side Story’ is one of the very few musicals that I really enjoyed, to be honest, I really struggled to care about this remake though. Sure, there was no doubt that it was technically fine, the whole thing was visually very well done and Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler had a solid chemistry. However, it still felt rather pointless to come up with another really faithful adaptation of the famous stage musical. Indeed, the 19” read more

Watched in 2022 (42 movies items)

"02/20"

Academy Award for Best Production Design: 2020s (15 movies items)

"Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Rena DeAngelo (Set Decorator) "

Academy Award for Best Cinematography: 2020s (15 movies items)

"Janusz Kaminski "

2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions (20 movies items)

"1.Jane Campion- The Power of the DogProbably your winner here. The safest pick, at the very least. 2.Steven Spielberg- West Side StoryIt would be a stunner to see him snubbed. If he is, I'd wager that voters think he's got enough and want to spread the wealth. I really can't see it, though. 3.Paul Thomas Anderson- Licorice PizzaDGA nominee with a guaranteed BP nominee. The director's branch loves him (evidenced by his surprise Phantom Thread nomination), and he's got a broadly appealing film "