In the end, as impressive as West Side Story is, it winds up all feeling rather pointless.

Steven Spielbergs take on West Side Story is his best film since Munich, and the 4K transfer is an early contender for the best-looking home video release of the year.

Think about the efforts here to extend that prologue and showcase the grittiness of the streets... Neighborhoods aren't neglected, they are being demolished which underscores the irony of these gangs fighting when they have so much in common.

Spielberg astonishingly treads lightly and stomps confidently in equal measure, honoring but never venerating the stage production and the original film.