Rating: PG-13 Director: Steven Spielberg Ever since I saw the trailer of this movie right as it was coming out, I have been excited to see it. It’s not the best movie I’ve seen but it wasn’t terrible. It was meh but there was still some part of me that didn’t hate watching it. I’ve heard of some of the songs that are well known from this movie and I enjoyed listening to them. However, I’m surprised they didn’t add a song that was more well suited to today’s time. But I also understand that Spielberg wanted to keep it like the original, just better shot. I actually have the “America” song stuck in my head as I’m writing it. I haven’t seen the original movie but I was still somehow excited to see this one. Again it wasn’t fantastic compared to other films I’ve seen but I genuinely didn’t hate it. I was actually worried about it being an almost 3 hour movie, but it didn’t feel like one. It started off real slow and once it picked up and got along with it, it felt like a normal length movie. I didn’t feel like it was too long or too short. One of the best parts of the movie is Rita Moreno. She’s not in it much, but when she is in it, she’s wonderful. I was watching this movie with my mom and she told me she was in the original movie. I looked it up and the fact that she played Anita in the original made me enjoy her performance so much more. I just love every part of her and there’s no way she’s 90! Her vocal cords are still on fire and so angelic. I just absolutely love her, what a sweetheart but such a great actress. Ansel Elgort was also pretty good as well. He was enjoyable to watch as Tony. For some reason Maddie Ziegler was in it. I guess because of her skill in dancing, but again I’m confused on why she was in it other than that. Going into this movie, all I knew about it was that there were 2 people from different sides that fall in love but can’t be together because their sides hate each other. I don’t know why I didn’t think Bernardo and Riff were going to die, but when they were both stabbed I was in complete shock. I know they were the issues causing the sides to fight but it made me sad to see their bodies lay there while the police showed up and everyone else fled. I know this is the same idea of Romeo and Juliet, which is a tragedy, but again for some reason I was too hopeful for Maria and Tony to actually end up together. I think Tony’s death hit me the hardest because after all he’s been through I was really rooting for him to get his happy ending, same for Maria as well. The boy who was always just standing around confused me a lot of the time. There would be shots that focused on him for a little bit of time and then would move on with the story. I guess he acted as the spy but his role still confused me. Overall I have seen better movies but I still loved it and don’t regret watching this at all. Looking back at it, I would totally watch this again but not because it’s my favorite movie. It’s beautifully shot and the acting is enjoyable. Trailer: youtu.be/A5GJLwWiYSg
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