In the Heights thoughts

I had a lot of trepidation about this adaptation because a) film adaptations of musicals in general tend to be...not that great, and b) I really loved the original musical and knew all the words to the OBC recording. Combine those two things and I was worried.

But it was good! I have my complaints and, like, it's cheesy, but it has to be cheesy.

( spoilers, i guess, if you aren't familiar with the story )

Also they showed the trailer for the West Side Story remake and...idk. Visually it looks great. But I probably won't see it, mostly because I really dislike the guy they chose as Tony. And also because even though I like Steven Spielberg just fine, I don't think he's right for this particular film at all. Also, my God, talk about too old! I realize they were never going to cast actual teenagers, though I think that would make the story much more powerful. But did they have to fill the entire cast with people in their late 20s/early 30s? Couldn't they have found anyone who was like 22? I realize the original film had this problem too, but it's so much more aggravating now.

I am glad they seem to have kept the Jerome Robbins choreo though.

Oh, and I didn't know that they had adapted Dear Evan Hansen. Interesting.