Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" Official Trailer 20th Century Studios

[Ohio Joe]

I'll wait for home viewing but IMO this will be a must see.

[madaboutharry]

1. I'm not sure.

Sometimes things are best left alone.

[Tomconroy]

2. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Indeed, a must see.

[Sibelius Fan]

5. Choreography by ? Be hard to beat Jerome Robbins in the original.

[Tomconroy]

9. I saw a Broadway production in the 1980s that used the

Original stage choreography of Robbins. It was breathtaking.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Wow.

[Siwsan]

4. Normally I am not a fan of re-makes, but ithis does have a wonderful look to it

I wish this trailer showed more of the dancing. The choreography in the original is absolutely spectacular.

[Binkie The Clown]

6. As a big fan of the original, I'm prepared to hate it.

But I don't know. It looks like it might be hard to hate. We'll see, I guess.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Same here, but the trailer looks good.

I usually don't like remakes of a film, the original is always the best.
But this doesn't look too bad.

[Metaphorical]

7. Damn!

This could go either way - it will either be spectacular or a spectacular flop, but I don't see it not being exceptional.

[Croney]

8. I have a crazy thought... If only they could pull a

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and remake the ending so the hero lives.

But I look forward to seeing it anyway.

[Glorfindel]

10. I just can't. As much as I love Spielberg

the original "West Side Story" is as close to perfect as it's possible to get. Maybe I'll watch the new one on TV several years from now. Rita Moreno and George Chakiris both won Oscars for their roles in the original, and they're still alive. So are Russ Tamblyn and Richard Beymer, not to mention Stephen Sondheim. I'm sorry, but to me it's just the same as remaking "Casablanca" or "To Kill a Mockingbird."

[Crazyleftie]

11. I agree 100%

What I saw of the trailer is a poor remake and somehow is too hollywoodish and it will never compare to the original.

[Ohio Joe]

13. Original Anita star Rita Moreno returns as Valentina 60 years on

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1491702/West-Side-Story-trailer-Anita-Rita-Moreno-Valentina

I hear you though... I'm still pretty excited to see it.

[hedda_foil]

14. Rita Moreno is in this new version.

[The Blue Flower]

12. Story by Tony Kushner

I'll bet it's really good.

[sdfernando]

15. I will go see it

but I don't think it will hold a candle to the original....a remake rarely lives up to the original. They didn't include much of the singing parts in this trailer but from what I could tell Maria is lip-sycning again just like Natalie Wood in the original...so I guess that is the same...too bad they couldn't get Marnie Nixon to do it again.

[mnhtnbb]

16. Rachel Zegler (playing Maria) does her own singing.

Check out her vocals here when she played Maria onstage in a school production at 16.

[sdfernando]

18. Thats great...

Couldn't really tell in the trailer...but she could still be lip syncing to her own recording.

[Paladin]

17. Really looking forward to this one.

Looks like Spielberg has done justice to an American classic. Overjoyed to see Rita Moreno in the cast---as she was in the original...

[UTUSN]

20. K&R