Dancing: Looked like synchronized swimming. Precision and hard work showed. That's not good.
Music: Empty orchestrations.
Cinematography: Flashy and impressive, color timed like "Aliens" mostly, afraid of repeating in-your- face hot pallete of '61 version.
Writing: Trite. Attempt at back stories shows lack of trust for interactive audience imagination and wasted time.
Direction: Skillful, but sexless. No bursting hot pipe hormones. Spielberg doesn' t do sex. Workman-like, but impressive. But NO heat. Ending rushed. Tedious timing in the last hour.
Acting: Rachel Zegler--acted Maria like a Lunchbox Princess. No innate wisdom as accentuated by Wood that was so effective for the character.
Ariana Debose--should have looked at the "Don't you TOUCH me" scene by Moreno more. The filmmakers seemed afraid of and rushed that scene into incoherency.
Ansel Elgort-- thankless role played thanklessly.
Michael Faist-- the best reason to see this version. Edgy and layered.
David Alvarez-- oh yeah, that's right he's in this... Jets-- ridiculously unexamined, played adequately for a reheat.
Sharks-- these portrayals are supposed to be less stereotypical? "America" sounded like any negligible Disney animated musical number of the last 30 plus years.
Bottom line: The message has been conveyed beautifully once. And now again prettily.
We got it the first time.
Music: Empty orchestrations.
Cinematography: Flashy and impressive, color timed like "Aliens" mostly, afraid of repeating in-your- face hot pallete of '61 version.
Writing: Trite. Attempt at back stories shows lack of trust for interactive audience imagination and wasted time.
Direction: Skillful, but sexless. No bursting hot pipe hormones. Spielberg doesn' t do sex. Workman-like, but impressive. But NO heat. Ending rushed. Tedious timing in the last hour.
Acting: Rachel Zegler--acted Maria like a Lunchbox Princess. No innate wisdom as accentuated by Wood that was so effective for the character.
Ariana Debose--should have looked at the "Don't you TOUCH me" scene by Moreno more. The filmmakers seemed afraid of and rushed that scene into incoherency.
Ansel Elgort-- thankless role played thanklessly.
Michael Faist-- the best reason to see this version. Edgy and layered.
David Alvarez-- oh yeah, that's right he's in this... Jets-- ridiculously unexamined, played adequately for a reheat.
Sharks-- these portrayals are supposed to be less stereotypical? "America" sounded like any negligible Disney animated musical number of the last 30 plus years.
Bottom line: The message has been conveyed beautifully once. And now again prettily.
We got it the first time.