West Side Story

I'm not a religious person at all, but this is just one of those films that doesn't seem like it was made by humans. Rather, it seems like a direct transmission from some God into our eyesockets. Call it hyperbole, but that's what I think. Save for whatever the fuck Ansel Elgort is doing, this is the definitive telling of this story - and that's including the original Shakespeare text. Don't know if I mentioned this in my last review but... JANUSZ KAMIŃSKI IS A GOD. Each and every musical number (maybe not Maria, except that one shot) is a masterclass in how to use the CinemaScope frame to effectively tell a story, and to tell a story in a musical. Easily in my top 5 of the decade.