MEOW!
-sniff- The last one...
I conclude MEOW'S MARCH MOVIE MUSICAL MADNESS with a short/sweet review of West Side Story, and I must admit that it's a very good way to go out. It may have a few slow moments in the first third, and there are times when the film screams "LOOK, MA! I'M FROM THE '60s!" But for the most part, West Side Story is a success thanks to an energetic direction by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, an excellent cast ensemble led by the stunning Natalie Wood as Maria, and a wonderful score with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It's the thematic elements that win the audience over, however. Any movie musical with a strong voice on equality earns enormous points in my book, and this film has that in spades. West Side Story is a terrific movie musical, and a fitting end to MEOW'S MARCH MOVIE MUSICAL MADNESS. Out of ten jets + sharks, I give West Side Story...
Until next time...
My Month-In-Review of MEOW'S MARCH MOVIE MUSICAL MADNESS!
and MEOW, of course!
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