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Plot:
This romantic musical update of 'Romeo and Juliet' won ten Oscars. The tale of a turf war between rival teenage gangs in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen and the two lovers who cross battle lines has captiv...( read more 
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MCT:October 4, 2008The dancing! The singing! The incredibly cheesy close-ups of Richard Beymer! I especially love Rita Moreno's performance... did I mention the dancing?
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MCT:October 4, 2008
i hate musicals but this one was okay
and Westside story is the award winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliette. The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Skarks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway - whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climatic and heartbreaking ending so its a kinda of a gd movie but then it gets annoying but still gd so i would only watch this movie like one time=] -
MCT:October 3, 2008
great movie but ill never watch it again! it made me cry to much!! And it had the stupidness ending!
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MCT:September 18, 2008
Here's what truly knocked me out the first time when I saw West Side Story:
The mesmerizing cinematography.
The sweeping, jazzy, joyful, and fantastic energy of music from Leonard Bernstein.
The sweeping, jazzy, joyful, and liberating opening dance number choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
ALL the other dance numbers choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Natale Wood ! ! !
The tragic Romeo and Juliet story.
The great dance party scene!. Did I already tell you how much I like all the dance numbers?
The color, the lighting, the interior sets, the exterior sets, the buildings, its textures, the costumes - everything!
And I also liked the woman sitting behind me in the dark theater during the screening of my first viewing of the film. She said: "the ending of this movie gets me every time."
Extra note to someone that brought it up:
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990) is not listed with a middle name.
However . . .
the name 'Elmer' Bernstein (April 4, 1922 -18 August 2004) belongs to that other composer who provided film score music for movies like 'the magnificent Seven', 'the Ten Commandments' and 'the Man with the Golden Arm'. (He also did the music score for a short film titled 'Cantata for Toy Trains' that sounded so beautiful to these ears that I figure I'll probably never forget it.)
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MCT:September 15, 2008
Un Romeo y Julieta cualquiera pero en musical, de no ser por los bien realizados aspectos tecnicos tal vez no me hubiese gustado.
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MCT:September 10, 2008Some laughably lame dialogue cannot spoil the goosebumpy classic songs of Leonard "Elmer" Bernstein, the classic beauty of Natalie "Ed" Wood, and the classic idea of having white actors portray Puerto Ricans.
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MCT:August 29, 2008
this movie was fantastic... the music, the melody, the dancing, the jets the sharks, it's simply a timeless classic...
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MCT:August 29, 2008
Based on Romeo + Juliet it is a musical which makes it even more brilliant. I love this play and you will too..thats y it is my number 2 movie of all time.
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MCT:August 25, 2008For some reason we had to watch this movie in High School all the time. It was good, until I seen it for 100th time.
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MCT:August 21, 2008
It certainly too long, but we can't hide that this is a one of a kind musical, that comes with his own rythm and his own dance and this adaptation of romeo and juliet is certainly incredible, but I think that they come to there best when they dance more, than when they sing, it's killed a bit the efficacity of this awesome musical. But at least, it remains a great classic!
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MCT:August 21, 2008How this was Oscar-worthy I'll never know. All it was was an afeminate gangster musical version of Romeo & Juliet. "Forget the knives, we'll settle this in a dance-off!! HAHA!!!"
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MCT:August 17, 2008Visually, it's gorgeous. The cinematography, the vibrant colors, the great costumes, the breathtaking choreography. But, on the other hand, you have the awful songs (95% of them), the Puerto Ricans that can't speak Spanish (excluding Rita Moreno) and act Italian, the cheesiness and the implausibility of the love story. The direction is amazing, and the movie demanded a better script. Rita Moreno was the best, Natalie Wood followed. George Chakiris and Richard Beymer weren't very good, but had their moments of brilliance. All this being said, I still liked it, and I love that whistling at the beginning in an unexplicable way.
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MCT:August 14, 2008
Oh, when you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way from your first cigarette to your last dying day! Tony and Maria Romeo and Juliet redone with singing and dancing and knife fights and Rita Moreno singing about Puerto Rico. Lovely.
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MCT:August 9, 2008
ONE OF MY TOP 3 ALL TIME MUSICALS, A MUST SEE I REALLY LOVED IT, AND LIVED IN THOSE TIMES, BEEN THERE DONE THAT. SEE IT IF U CAN.
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MCT:August 5, 2008
choreography; music; lyrics and songs...
everything roled into one where you can here the famous song "SOMEWHERE" -
MCT:July 29, 2008
How in the H can so many people rate this below even 4 stars??? I think people have ageneral gripe about the performance (singing - or, lack thereof) by Natalie Wood... which is just complete bs in itself, I think.
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MCT:July 20, 2008
LETTERBOX. Excelente puesta en escena y presentación, aunque los protagonistas están mal escogidos y se deja ver el etnocentrismo paternalista en el retrato de la población puertorriqueña. / Excellent mise en scéne and presentation, but the protagonists are miscast and it's obvious there is an ethnocentric paternalism in portraying the Puerto Rican population.
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MCT:July 20, 2008
I like musicals usually and I can never get through this one. It is romantic and cheesy and sweet but boring as hell.
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MCT:July 20, 2008
A musical modern adaption of the story of Romeo & Juliet. Two rival gangs, the Americans and the Puerto Ricans.
An American boy Tony falls in love with Maria, a Puerto Rican girl and it all ends in tragedy.
It's a loving, sweet, and sad musical. With a few great songs, It took a while for me to get into it but I enjoyed most of it.
I first saw this as a school play, and thought I just had to see the original.
Definetley worth watching for any musical lovers out there.
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MCT:July 16, 2008
West Side Story, so much hype.
It was really all that I expected it to be, but gave me no suprises. Great songs, dancing and costumes, a very strong visiual film. Also very strong cast overall.
The acting was a bit off but I thought Rita Morenos perfomance was exquisite.
But what I liked was the flair this film had. This flair came from the Puerto Ricans and had just enough for it to be appreciated, Luhraman without the gag factor! -
MCT:July 14, 2008
They should remake this one. Put it in modern day Harlem, add some hip-hop beats to the songs... it would be great.
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MCT:July 5, 2008
I liked the music & the spin on the Romeo & Juliet plot, but i just don't think NY gangs do ballet like that?
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MCT:June 28, 2008
I love the dancing, it really is incredible! The opening scene is amazing. I hate the ending though.
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MCT:June 26, 2008
Maybe people had built up this film too much for me, or maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind when I watched it, but it wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be.
Don't get me wrong I still enjoyed it, the choreography was absolutly stunning, and the final scene was really powerful (and yet it failed to make me cry, maybe it was because the story is so famous I was already prepard for what was to come) and some of the songs are beautful, but then I've always loved 'There's A Place For Us'.
Overall I would highly recommend it, but there was a little of the magic missing that I've seen in over musicals, maybe it just didn't have the same tragic chemistry found in films like 'The Story Of Vernon and Irene Castle'?
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