Maria's mood in this song is super relatable. After you have a positive encounter with a person you're into, you all of a sudden feel like you're walking on air, like you're the belle of the ball, and it just feels fantastic, and then your best friend might look at you like "what am I going to do with you?"
Such immediate attractions very often turn out to be mere infatuations. But when and if they last, then the experience is indeed very magical and very special. The tragedy is when one suddenly feels that way and the other remains totally unmoved, as was the situation in my case when I was struck speechless by a female cousin who barely noticed that I existed.
@@jennys.214 Maybe that's why she put so much soul into this song. Similar to the little girl, Judith Barsi, who played Petrie in The Land Before Time 😢
Natalie Wood had such presence. She always becomes the central focus of every scene she is in. Her acting in this scene is so great - her bliss and energy are palpable.
The Beauty of Natalie Wood, but also the Voice of Marni Nixon, who also sang for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady". Marni Nixon made such a huge contribution to the history of the film musical, she should have been awarded an honorary Oscar in her lifetime. She passed away 7/23/16.
Original and the best. Back in the days when gay meant 'happy'. I remember laughing when the modern stage version where Maria sings "....I feel pretty and witty and BRIGHT..." to rhyme with 'night' rather than 'gay' to rhyme with day.
+millertas Hi! That's what I thought for a while, too, but the differing lyrics were because the timeline in the musical isn't the same as the one in the movie. The revival copies the original Broadway show. In the movie, they put I Feel Pretty before Act Two, making it day time instead of night. The reason why the Broadway show had it later is because character death wasn't common in Broadway Musicals at the time, so they tried to keep Act Two very upbeat to contrast the death, with Gee, Officer Krupke and I Feel Pretty in it. So even when it opened on Broadway, they had night and bright rhyming rather than gay and day.
I noticed how she’s wearing the orange and yellow dress (the colors of the Jets) but puts on and off purple (the color of the Sharks) like she’s part of both gangs since she’s Puerto Rican but in love with an American.
Both are Americans. Puerto Ricans are USA citizens from birth even if born in Puerto Rico. The others born in the states are also Americans. So I guess your definition of an American doesn't quite harmonize with reality.
@Adonis Castro I have been living in the USA as a Puerto Rican for approx. 75 years and both Anglo and Afro Americans who were just recently born maybe ten or 20 years ago, along with older Afros and Anglos consider me and treat me like a foreigner. Please note that there is absolutely nothing being done in USA public schools to dispel that misconception. In that way they perpetuate it.
We sang 'I Feel Pretty' in my choir many many years ago, back when I was still an adolescent, and it instantly became one of my favorite songs. Now that we are singing it again for a big concert I decided to watch the movie and I just acquired a whole new perspective on the song knowing how everything ends. Still one of my all-time favorites. It brings back so many memories...
The fabulous voice of Marni Nixon who 'ghosted' here for Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady' and Deborah Kerr in 'The King and I'. Up there with Julie Andrews herself, perhaps the greatest of all!
@@grandbaby5993 Unfortunately, she can't sing anymore after a surgery to remove nodules from her vocal chords years ago. That's why she more speak-sings than actually sings in Princess Diaries 2. It's an absolute tragedy.
Yes, simple. Just a sound stage, filled with tons of lights, a stage that has to be handcrafted, costumes that have to be designed and crafted specifically for the movie, hairstylist, makeup artist, weeks of rehearsing, the recording of the voiceover and the orchestra. Yes, simple.
Weird that she should be considered insane simply for feeling attracted towards a fellow human being. This reminds me of the song Running Bear. In the song, the Indian brave Running Bear and Little White Dove, members of two enemy tribes, fall in love. Of course, being enemies, their love could never be allowed, A raging river separated them, and at the song's conclusion, they swim towards one another and perish holding hands in the river rapids.
What a lovely pure voice Marni Nixon had. Wished she had more recognition for dubbing Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, The King and I, a nun in The Sound of Music and Maria in West Side Story. A timeless singer x
I watched this film for the first time in 9th grade English honors back in 2007 and watching the remake in late 2021 in the theaters was impressive and astonishing. I can’t believe the two film productions are 60 years apart but it sure was worth the wait. I watched this older version of “I Feel Pretty” feeling so appreciative of the simplicity and nostalgia.
My English teacher made my class watch it (in france) and they laughed at the end!!! I was on the front crying all the tears in my body and they were going "hahaha so bad this movie overreacting"
I see a counselor for mild PTSD. I had fun with her in regards to this song. She kept asking me how I felt. I told her we both know the answer to that question. Then I burst into this song. She rolled on the floor laughing.
Marni Nixon should have been honored by the Academy for all of her film work...She is still living...they should honor this great singer!! (Even though she does a terrible Puerto Rican accent...lol
@@Chishannicon I saw the video of her singing "I Feel Pretty" in a stage production of WSS, and I was amazed how she sounded almost exactly as she did in the film.
I love WWS so much! It has so many great songs! Natalie Wood was so beautiful and talented. She might be not 100% right for the part of Maria but it's a delight to watch her in that movie!
I love how @MovieClips kept the entire song on here!! Most websites cut off halfway through the song, but MC was like "Hey man!! This is a classic and you have to play the whole song!!!"
I always find it funny when everyone says this is very good lip synching by Natalie wood. It absolutely is. But Natalie wood could actually carry a tune. Unfortunately her voice wasn't as strong as Nixon's who's a stage veteran. Google clips of her singing tonight. It's beautiful.
+Trinity Sanabria There's a clip on youtube with Natalie Wood singing the parts that Marnie overdubbed - her voice was okay/average but certainly not great or good enough for such a powerful musical number. They needed a true soprano to carry it off.
I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay! And I pity Any girl who isn't me today. I feel charming, Oh, so charming It's alarming how charming I feel! And so pretty That I hardly can believe I'm real. See the pretty girl in that mirror there: Who can that attractive girl be? Such a pretty face, Such a pretty dress, Such a pretty smile, Such a pretty me! I feel stunning And entrancing, Feel like running and dancing for joy, For I'm loved By a pretty wonderful boy! GIRLS Have you met my good friend Maria, The craziest girl on the block? You'll know her the minute you see her, She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock. She thinks she's in love. She thinks she's in Spain. She isn't in love, She's merely insane. It must be the heat Or some rare disease, Or too much to eat Or maybe it's fleas. Keep away from her, Send for Chino! This is not the Maria we know! Modest and pure, Polite and refined, Well-bred and mature And out of her mind! MARIA I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty That the city should give me its key. A committee Should be organized to honor me. GIRLS La la la la . . . MARIA I feel dizzy, I feel sunny, I feel fizzy and funny and fine, And so pretty, Miss America can just resign! GIRLS La la la la . . . MARIA See the pretty girl in that mirror there: GIRLS What mirror where? MARIA Who can that attractive girl be? GIRLS Which? What? Where? Whom? MARIA Such a pretty face, Such a pretty dress, Such a pretty smile, Such a pretty me! GIRLS Such a pretty me! ALL I feel stunning And entrancing, Feel like running and dancing for joy, For I'm loved By a pretty wonderful boy!
The era of American movie magic making. Theater as well. Natalie is simply stunning. A beauty with so much talent. So easy to fall in love with her. I truly miss this quality movie making
In a later rendition the lines were changed to "I feel pretty, oh so pretty. I feel pretty and witty and bright. And I pity any girl who isn't me tonight."
Peter LaChapelle I believe that those were the original lines from the stage version and that it was changed because the scene in the movie plays at daytime.
This version is very cheerful and lovely. The new one is too, however, as they followed the ORIGINAL order of songs, it’s sad now. Maria was “daydreaming” being in love not knowing what happened to Tony and Bernardo 😭😭😭😭
Как современен и гениален этот фильм , музыка, песни и танцы , как будто это было день назад. Это магия 60-х годов, лучшие годы Человечества после страшной войны , когда люди понимали ценность Жизни и Любви. Восхитительный фильм и музыка которые не возможно повторить. Я рожденный в 1962, пронес любовь к этому фильму и музыке через всю жизнь. How modern and ingenious this film is, music, songs and dances, as if it were a day ago. This is the magic of the 60s, the best years of Mankind after the terrible war, when people understood the value of Life and Love. Amazing film and music that is not possible to repeat. Born in 1962, I carried the love of this film and music all my life.
God I love how they prance toward the camera at the end of the song. This film wasted no space. Scenes just jump out of the screen. A cinematic marvel.
The 1961 version of West Sde Story is my all time favorite movie. Probably have watched it over 50 times. Far superior to the 20121 Spielberg remake even with all the new technoilogy used for the remake.
@@carlosdavillas1944 I didn’t even know about the remake until recently, and was scared to watch it (especially with Ziegler, who is about as unlikable as they come) so I watched one song and couldn’t stand to watch more 🤦♀️not even close to this version… I cry every time 😭 the characters can’t be remade, imo. I did see a good theatre version, but they shouldn’t have remade this movie.
@@andin916 I saw Spielbergs version of WSS 2 1/2 years ago. It couldn't hold a candle to the orginal 1961 version. I agree with you 100%. Natalie Wood was far superior to Rachel Zegler (who is an awful actress) as Maria as were most of the other actors in the 1961 movie being far better than those in the new movie. I also thought it was a disgrace Spielberg cast Rita Moreno in the new movie. Rita Moreno was exceptional as Anita in the 1961 version but she looked so out of place playing "Docs" widow in the 2021 movie-- a character that wasn't even in the original movie. Also some of the songs in the new movie had slight modifications in the lyrics which didn't help. I did see WSS on Broadway in NYC before the 1961 movie was made and ususally I like the thearter version better than a movie version, but not so with WSS. The original movie was superior to the thearter WSS.
This is such a pure innocent scene, letting out your inner child and exploring and expressing your childish charisma. That really is pretty and charming ❤
Just to clear EVERYTHING up, gay means happy. It did back then, and it may still mean happy now, but if you say "I'm gay" in public, it won't go down well
I always thought the girls sang "Keep away from her, gentle Chino" instead of "Keep away from her send for Chino" Have always LOVED the harmony of this song
Honestly I've enjoyed the singing, dancing, overall films of both WSS in different ways. But now that I'm looking at clips, the 2021 movie feels so glamorized and I feel like it takes away from the tone/themes. I realized this by looking at the outfits+setting in the last 5 secs of this clip, and saw how Maria's utter joy/magic radiating from this scene is made so much more powerful by the drabness of reality. In the 2021 version, I never quite grasped (visually) how close these marginalized groups were to poverty, which I feel lessens the big bad (threat of homelessness) that is supposed to be the common ground between the two groups.
Really? You never quite grasped how close both groups were to poverty and the threat of homelessness, in the 2021 adaptation, despite the abundant visual cues showing otherwise, i.e., the neighbourhood literally being knocked down? What about the multiple references the adults make to the impending demolishing of the rest of the neighbourhood? I fail to see how Steven Speilberg's West Side Story feels more glamorized, when his film shows parts of West Side that look like they've been hit by the Blitz. Contrast that with the 1961 adaptation, which doesn't actually show any demolished buildings.
The 2021 Spielberg version of West Side Story is not even close to being a better movie than the original 1961 version. Spielberg, even with all the newest technology for movie making couldn't duplicate the authenticity the original version had.
Maria's mood in this song is super relatable. After you have a positive encounter with a person you're into, you all of a sudden feel like you're walking on air, like you're the belle of the ball, and it just feels fantastic, and then your best friend might look at you like "what am I going to do with you?"
and then reality hits and you think to yourself well gaaaaaaaahDAMN, why was i such an airhead as a teenager?!
@@threadbarephoenix9904 Yes, that is true.
Such immediate attractions very often turn out to be mere infatuations. But when and if they last, then the experience is indeed very magical and very special. The tragedy is when one suddenly feels that way and the other remains totally unmoved, as was the situation in my case when I was struck speechless by a female cousin who barely noticed that I existed.
Im here from Anger Management 🤣
@@radrook7584 preach
this scene is so magical. I just love all the colors in this movie.
And the gayness?
This song 🎵 brought me to anger management.
@@nathancruz9172 Anger? You are kidding I hope.
I love the song and the message, but I can’t get over the fake accents and the fake Porto Ricans 😆 can’t wait to watch the new one on disney +
@@unemilifleur the way they fully cast a Japanese woman to play a Puerto Rican
I feel pretty and witty and GAAAYYYY
Milkyway The Dutch Angel Dragon A mood
Yes, that is what she sang.
Same
It means happy
They are three definition of gay happy colorful I’m homosexual
The best part: she sings “I feel pretty” and not “I look pretty”, which means her looks is the same but now she feels better about it than ever.
Good point! I hadn't thought of this but it makes sense, and it makes it a lot more meaningful. nice input
Unbelievably well said.
I was your 1k like , well said and beautiful song
NO WAY!
too much thinking- go with the flow- this is raw love
This how you should feel when you're in love
are you in love ?
Anne Weidner pretty
This is how I felt when I *was* In love
I agree 👍🏻
you should feel like this all the time wth
I hope every young girl gets at least one chance to feel like this.
I don’t think Natalie Wood had a chance to feel like this in real life. She was a totured soul, it’s tragic.
Just once when I was 16. Never felt anything like this since 😌😌
they get that chance every time they eat chocolate and fall asleep with a vibrator to luke perry movies.
@@jennys.214 Maybe that's why she put so much soul into this song. Similar to the little girl, Judith Barsi, who played Petrie in The Land Before Time 😢
@@laurenc2976 aww, I’m glad you got to feel this way once and I hope you get to feel it again, girl!
Natalie Wood had such presence. She always becomes the central focus of every scene she is in. Her acting in this scene is so great - her bliss and energy are palpable.
God she looks so much like a Barbie doll she's perfect and so beautiful so sad what happened to her. But gosh she's so pretty
And gay
What happened to her?
Riley Vlogs she drowned, it’s a mystery how it happened tho
@@xrz4016 she was drunk apparently
her husband murdered her by pushing her off a boat
The Beauty of Natalie Wood, but also the Voice of Marni Nixon, who also sang for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady".
Marni Nixon made such a huge contribution to the history of the film musical, she should have been awarded an honorary Oscar in her lifetime. She passed away 7/23/16.
What a shame.
She’s my great aunt! And I didn’t know until after she died! My grandmother’s sister and no one told me!
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure Julie Andrews sang for Audrey :)
It was Nixon, Eva.
You’re so right, M G Jackson. Marni Nixon was an amazing and almost unknown, session singer. I bet her credits are in tiny print.
Original and the best. Back in the days when gay meant 'happy'. I remember laughing when the modern stage version where Maria sings "....I feel pretty and witty and BRIGHT..." to rhyme with 'night' rather than 'gay' to rhyme with day.
+millertas Hi! That's what I thought for a while, too, but the differing lyrics were because the timeline in the musical isn't the same as the one in the movie. The revival copies the original Broadway show. In the movie, they put I Feel Pretty before Act Two, making it day time instead of night. The reason why the Broadway show had it later is because character death wasn't common in Broadway Musicals at the time, so they tried to keep Act Two very upbeat to contrast the death, with Gee, Officer Krupke and I Feel Pretty in it. So even when it opened on Broadway, they had night and bright rhyming rather than gay and day.
+millertas This isn't the original, it was a Broadway show before the film
***** Answer to your question is no. Is it available on the net? If so a link would be nice.
***** This isn't the original
Actually it was bright in the 50s broadway run
I noticed how she’s wearing the orange and yellow dress (the colors of the Jets) but puts on and off purple (the color of the Sharks) like she’s part of both gangs since she’s Puerto Rican but in love with an American.
I never thought it that way before
Omg
Righttt?!
Both are Americans. Puerto Ricans are USA citizens from birth even if born in Puerto Rico. The others born in the states are also Americans. So I guess your definition of an American doesn't quite harmonize with reality.
@Adonis Castro I have been living in the USA as a Puerto Rican for approx. 75 years and both Anglo and Afro Americans who were just recently born maybe ten or 20 years ago, along with older Afros and Anglos consider me and treat me like a foreigner. Please note that there is absolutely nothing being done in USA public schools to dispel that misconception. In that way they perpetuate it.
We sang 'I Feel Pretty' in my choir many many years ago, back when I was still an adolescent, and it instantly became one of my favorite songs. Now that we are singing it again for a big concert I decided to watch the movie and I just acquired a whole new perspective on the song knowing how everything ends. Still one of my all-time favorites. It brings back so many memories...
Absolutely charming, and she certainly was very pretty.
The fabulous voice of Marni Nixon who 'ghosted' here for Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady' and Deborah Kerr in 'The King and I'. Up there with Julie Andrews herself, perhaps the greatest of all!
Can Julie be a ghost singer now. Cause sadly all the other singers now are nothing but trash
@@grandbaby5993 Unfortunately, she can't sing anymore after a surgery to remove nodules from her vocal chords years ago. That's why she more speak-sings than actually sings in Princess Diaries 2. It's an absolute tragedy.
@@laurenseidel And Elloise at the Plaza too
It's so simple no crazy cgi or special effects just four girls dancing and singing. The simpler times
Yes, simple. Just a sound stage, filled with tons of lights, a stage that has to be handcrafted, costumes that have to be designed and crafted specifically for the movie, hairstylist, makeup artist, weeks of rehearsing, the recording of the voiceover and the orchestra. Yes, simple.
Girl there's plenty of movies who do the exact same...You must be talking about action movies because this is a whole different genre sis.
Courtneydej
Yeah brow washing was really beautiful if they were pretending to be black you’ll be pissed for sure
u do realize they were lip singing cuz the actors weren't singing
@@emlin2005 yeah i know. Natalie wood isn't actually singing , the voice of her singing in this movie is actually marlie nixon
Natalie Wood was sooo adorable!
God I am just so helplessly in love with this musical, especially with this scene. I could listen to the soundtrack only for the rest of my life tbh
best 3mins of a musical possibly ever, every girl knows this feeling, such amazing performance of such an enchanting song!
The dramatic sequences were directed by the little known Robert Wise; only went on to direct The Sound of Music.
2:31 - That little ballerina train they do is one of the most memorable things I've ever seen in my life.
Super talented, beyond gorgeous and basically just flawless tbh
"It must be the heat
Or some rare disease
Or too much to eat
Or maybe it’s" WEED
Zed D OH REALLY?
Zed D lmao its fleas how did I fell for that x;D
Fleas on weed, that must be the worst!
Zed D i thought they said fleas
La la la
only your real friends can sing about your insanity 😂👍
I can sing about my friends being insane all i want but if someone else where to do it, they would get Tony’d
Weird that she should be considered insane simply for feeling attracted towards a fellow human being. This reminds me of the song Running Bear. In the song, the Indian brave Running Bear and Little White Dove, members of two enemy tribes, fall in love. Of course, being enemies, their love could never be allowed, A raging river separated them, and at the song's conclusion, they swim towards one another and perish holding hands in the river rapids.
Compare to the 2021 version this is still superior because the chemistry between the ladies and the ENERGY Natalie delivers is amazing
And genuine ENTHUSIASM Sells!
@@samnork1861 exactly the enthusiasm is so strong is like the actors really pored their hearts into their characters
Yeah, except this is brown face and the actresses playing Latinas are white
@@Clockjunk omg we must invent a Time Machine and go back and cancel them quick.
@@59jlopez70 you can even see the brown paint coming off the guys face in one scene 🤣
What a lovely pure voice Marni Nixon had. Wished she had more recognition for dubbing Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, The King and I, a nun in The Sound of Music and Maria in West Side Story. A timeless singer x
Miss America can just resign LOL
Never underestimate how love, pretty clothes and shoes can do this to us, gentlemen :)
+Heather Ferreira I won't forget.......
Olivia DE La Cruz starring in the role that defined her career.
well; said, my lady!
And a pillow case to hide your faces.
xDDDDD
Never underestimate the feeling of feeling gay!!!!?
They knew how to choreograph a scene back then! Stunning!!!!
Well, she was pretty. And witty. But she wasn't gay....she couldn't of have been _that_ perfect.
Gay can also mean happy and carefree.
Oh yes, I know. Just trying to be witty myself.
Oh, sorry.
No worries.
She wasn't Puerto Rican either. No one's perfect.
I watched this film for the first time in 9th grade English honors back in 2007 and watching the remake in late 2021 in the theaters was impressive and astonishing. I can’t believe the two film productions are 60 years apart but it sure was worth the wait. I watched this older version of “I Feel Pretty” feeling so appreciative of the simplicity and nostalgia.
The original West Side Story made in1961 was far superior to the newer version even with all the new technology used to make the 2021 version.
I love this song from West Side Story, but I can't watch the whole movie or I'll cry.
I cried to. Literally was crying in my sleep. I woke up crying! You are not alone. BTW I really did cry through the night and woke up crying. No lie!
The saddest part is that the conflict doesn't end with Tony, it continues with Maria :(
My English teacher made my class watch it (in france) and they laughed at the end!!! I was on the front crying all the tears in my body and they were going "hahaha so bad this movie overreacting"
I almost flipped a table at the end when I watched it
Rest In Peace Natalie
You were so talented
It's sad that this amazing talent died young. But she left a amazing legacy. That will last forever.
I’ve only seen this movie and Miracle on 34th Street
I see a counselor for mild PTSD. I had fun with her in regards to this song. She kept asking me how I felt. I told her we both know the answer to that question. Then I burst into this song. She rolled on the floor laughing.
Marni Nixon should have been honored by the Academy for all of her film work...She is still living...they should honor this great singer!! (Even though she does a terrible Puerto Rican accent...lol
she passed away about a month after u commented this :(
I wish I got to meet her, she was my great aunt...:(
Uno de los musicales que puedes verlo 100 veces y no te aburres.
Just saw the remake for the second time, and my God, Rachel was absolutely amazing.
I've also seen it twice already, and I feel the same way about Rachel Zegler. She's incredible.
@@Chishannicon I saw the video of her singing "I Feel Pretty" in a stage production of WSS, and I was amazed how she sounded almost exactly as she did in the film.
Are you purchasing it online or are you seeing it in a theater?
@@radrook7584 her performance is available on RUclips.
@@JustPippaNY Will look it up. Thanks again.
Everyone looks like they’re having so much fun in this movie
This original *I Feel Pretty* version is FAR more cuter and adorable then the remake. Truly!🤗😍🥰
The entire original 1961 version was MUCH better then the 2021 remake.
I love WWS so much! It has so many great songs!
Natalie Wood was so beautiful and talented. She might be not 100% right for the part of Maria but it's a delight to watch her in that movie!
I love this scene because you get this sense of true joy that the actresses really enjoyed shooting this scene
I love how @MovieClips kept the entire song on here!! Most websites cut off halfway through the song, but MC was like "Hey man!! This is a classic and you have to play the whole song!!!"
I always find it funny when everyone says this is very good lip synching by Natalie wood. It absolutely is. But Natalie wood could actually carry a tune. Unfortunately her voice wasn't as strong as Nixon's who's a stage veteran. Google clips of her singing tonight. It's beautiful.
+Trinity Sanabria There's a clip on youtube with Natalie Wood singing the parts that Marnie overdubbed - her voice was okay/average but certainly not great or good enough for such a powerful musical number. They needed a true soprano to carry it off.
yeah I've seen those. and of her singing "tonight"
I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and gay!
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me today.
I feel charming,
Oh, so charming
It's alarming how charming I feel!
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I'm real.
See the pretty girl in that mirror there:
Who can that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face,
Such a pretty dress,
Such a pretty smile,
Such a pretty me!
I feel stunning
And entrancing,
Feel like running and dancing for joy,
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy!
GIRLS
Have you met my good friend Maria,
The craziest girl on the block?
You'll know her the minute you see her,
She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock.
She thinks she's in love.
She thinks she's in Spain.
She isn't in love,
She's merely insane.
It must be the heat
Or some rare disease,
Or too much to eat
Or maybe it's fleas.
Keep away from her,
Send for Chino!
This is not the
Maria we know!
Modest and pure,
Polite and refined,
Well-bred and mature
And out of her mind!
MARIA
I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty
That the city should give me its key.
A committee
Should be organized to honor me.
GIRLS
La la la la . . .
MARIA
I feel dizzy,
I feel sunny,
I feel fizzy and funny and fine,
And so pretty,
Miss America can just resign!
GIRLS
La la la la . . .
MARIA
See the pretty girl in that mirror there:
GIRLS
What mirror where?
MARIA
Who can that attractive girl be?
GIRLS
Which? What? Where? Whom?
MARIA
Such a pretty face,
Such a pretty dress,
Such a pretty smile,
Such a pretty me!
GIRLS
Such a pretty me!
ALL
I feel stunning
And entrancing,
Feel like running and dancing for joy,
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy!
lalalalalalalalala lala
Thank you
Thank you
Hi, can you tell me the script they said like the adlibs or something that is not part of the main song? I just need it for my school performance.
The era of American movie magic making. Theater as well. Natalie is simply stunning. A beauty with so much talent. So easy to fall in love with her.
I truly miss this quality movie making
Rest in paradise Natallie Wood, she died November 28th (the day I'm writing this comment) so let us all remember her
I watched this in Spanish class
My class laughed their asses off when she said "gay"
H BAILLARGEON wrote the meaning below . Tell your classmates to get a dictionary (from a book preferably) to view the definitions themselves ;)...
In a later rendition the lines were changed to
"I feel pretty, oh so pretty. I feel pretty and witty and bright.
And I pity any girl who isn't me tonight."
Peter LaChapelle I believe that those were the original lines from the stage version and that it was changed because the scene in the movie plays at daytime.
Nice name
Thedarklord Morgoth Thanks
wow imagine having that self-confidence, I can't
One of the most perfectly staged. choreographed and photographed songs in a film musical. Period. Ever.
The whole musical was great. Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins. Geniuses!
This version is very cheerful and lovely. The new one is too, however, as they followed the ORIGINAL order of songs, it’s sad now. Maria was “daydreaming” being in love not knowing what happened to Tony and Bernardo 😭😭😭😭
I am 36 years old and listen to this when I have a lousy day. Always works!
I do the same. Have probably watched this movie over 50 times. It's my all time favorite movie (the original 1961 version)
@@carlosdavillas1944 aww ✌🏼♥️
Anger management brought me here
BURN IN HELL! HAHA
this song is so adorable, this really how it be feeling when a cute boy calls you pretty😭
well well where're ppl who come to see this masterpiece from SG's story?!!!
Well I finally went to the gym today......... so I just want to sing this song
Back in those times kids the term "gay" also meant happy. This is the actual song from the movie that won 10 academy awards including best picture.
Natalie Wood a true American legend 🇺🇸
Как современен и гениален этот фильм , музыка, песни и танцы , как будто это было день назад. Это магия 60-х годов, лучшие годы Человечества после страшной войны , когда люди понимали ценность Жизни и Любви. Восхитительный фильм и музыка которые не возможно повторить. Я рожденный в 1962, пронес любовь к этому фильму и музыке через всю жизнь. How modern and ingenious this film is, music, songs and dances, as if it were a day ago. This is the magic of the 60s, the best years of Mankind after the terrible war, when people understood the value of Life and Love. Amazing film and music that is not possible to repeat. Born in 1962, I carried the love of this film and music all my life.
God I love how they prance toward the camera at the end of the song. This film wasted no space. Scenes just jump out of the screen. A cinematic marvel.
Yes! Robert Wise sure knew what he was doing.
She has such a beautiful voice!
Not her voice unfortunately
They had Natalie study Rita's behavior to play this role and I'm.... Rita would've killed this number lmao
KEEP THIS SONG IN THE UPCOMING 2019 BROADWAY REVIVAL!!!!
Poor Natalie, she died so young... I'm sad that we don't have her with us to this day
An incredible rendition in wide screen 70 millimeters 6 SoundTracks and Technicolor print, BRAVO speech! Emmanuel from Paris France
SALINAAAA ✨
i love this song, it makes me immediately happy
Who wasn't in love with Natalie Wood.
Kirk Douglas
@@longmemory1620 No, he was just a little TOO in love
Actual Puerto Ricans
Came here after Selena's I feel pretty, can't wait for the official song 😩❤
Essa música na versão e na Voz de Selena Gomez, está impecável.
This Musical is a masterpiece
now SELEGEND GOMEZ re-recorded this😍
*WhAt iS gOiNg On WiTh yOu MaRiA* cracks me up everytime
Watching this on December 2021, her outfit is the outfit the doll wore in Squid Games-
LMFAO literally it looks like it yes
This never gets old, she is so cute 😂possibly the best scene ever
The 1961 version of West Sde Story is my all time favorite movie. Probably have watched it over 50 times. Far superior to the 20121 Spielberg remake even with all the new technoilogy used for the remake.
@@carlosdavillas1944 I didn’t even know about the remake until recently, and was scared to watch it (especially with Ziegler, who is about as unlikable as they come) so I watched one song and couldn’t stand to watch more 🤦♀️not even close to this version… I cry every time 😭 the characters can’t be remade, imo. I did see a good theatre version, but they shouldn’t have remade this movie.
@@andin916 I saw Spielbergs version of WSS 2 1/2 years ago. It couldn't hold a candle to the orginal 1961 version. I agree with you 100%. Natalie Wood was far superior to Rachel Zegler (who is an awful actress) as Maria as were most of the other actors in the 1961 movie being far better than those in the new movie. I also thought it was a disgrace Spielberg cast Rita Moreno in the new movie. Rita Moreno was exceptional as Anita in the 1961 version but she looked so out of place playing "Docs" widow in the 2021 movie-- a character that wasn't even in the original movie. Also some of the songs in the new movie had slight modifications in the lyrics which didn't help. I did see WSS on Broadway in NYC before the 1961 movie was made and ususally I like the thearter version better than a movie version, but not so with WSS. The original movie was superior to the thearter WSS.
Natalie Wood one of the greatest actress in USA, we missed her. 6-21-19
Anyone else notice her fan doesn't land when she throws it? 1:05
Jacob Hall I’ve seen this movie several times and I’ve never noticed that until you mentioned
I think she threw it off the set-
@@mostlyghostie I think so.
It would have been a distraction, the fan plopping down during the dancing.
god i luv it❣️ such a tragedy to lose a talent like Natalie Wood
She was perfect as Maria in the original version made in 1961
Most beautiful star ever!!!!
I love this movie more and more
This is such a pure innocent scene, letting out your inner child and exploring and expressing your childish charisma. That really is pretty and charming ❤
I love that Selena Gomez is sampling this ❤️
Isn't she lovely!! (Absolute high class at its best!!!!)
Rest in peace natalie wood 😭😭❤️
Natalie Wood was perfect for her role as Maria in the orignal 1961 version of West Side Story
Why do I envision Jack Nicholson & Adam Sandler singing this when I watch this now!" ANGER MANAGE MENT"!! 😂❤😂❤
Rachel Zelger really did this justice. She was just as magical.
Saw this show live and this song is such a blast I was laughing the whole way through amazing show from beginning to end
Don't forget it's Marnie Nixon's voice. All honour to her
One of the best songs ever💝
Just to clear EVERYTHING up, gay means happy. It did back then, and it may still mean happy now, but if you say "I'm gay" in public, it won't go down well
THANK YOU!
i think everyone knows by now
@@kosukemiura1226 Even me
the choreography in this is just *chefs kiss*
This song plays in my head everytime I pass a mirror and that's on confidence babes
I also just liked my own comment because I didnt realize it was mine and I agreed with whoever wrote it
I always thought the girls sang "Keep away from her, gentle Chino" instead of "Keep away from her send for Chino"
Have always LOVED the harmony of this song
here after selena gomez put her version in tiktok !! i cant wait for her to release it !
Incomparable Natalie Wood!
I was just watching the movie on Netflix last Saturday Night. I’m excited for Spielberg’s remake. This is one of my favorite songs
Same!
@@joewhitehead3 I know
I remember the first time I saw this movie, I was in 6th grade lol I'm 21 now & in college, time flies 😔
I was in 9th grade now I’m 27
Hahhahahha María makes me laugh in this scene!!!! Hahahahaha
Anger management brought me here haha great scene /movie
I don't know why but 1:10 that moment is so perfect to me 💝💝
Ganz genial !!! Nie wird es jemand besser machen …. Brava in die Ewigkeit !!🥰🥰🥰🌈🤣
Honestly I've enjoyed the singing, dancing, overall films of both WSS in different ways. But now that I'm looking at clips, the 2021 movie feels so glamorized and I feel like it takes away from the tone/themes. I realized this by looking at the outfits+setting in the last 5 secs of this clip, and saw how Maria's utter joy/magic radiating from this scene is made so much more powerful by the drabness of reality. In the 2021 version, I never quite grasped (visually) how close these marginalized groups were to poverty, which I feel lessens the big bad (threat of homelessness) that is supposed to be the common ground between the two groups.
Really? You never quite grasped how close both groups were to poverty and the threat of homelessness, in the 2021 adaptation, despite the abundant visual cues showing otherwise, i.e., the neighbourhood literally being knocked down? What about the multiple references the adults make to the impending demolishing of the rest of the neighbourhood?
I fail to see how Steven Speilberg's West Side Story feels more glamorized, when his film shows parts of West Side that look like they've been hit by the Blitz. Contrast that with the 1961 adaptation, which doesn't actually show any demolished buildings.
BEAUTIFULLY perceptively put, Marina! YES. Over-glamorized, indeed; ypu hit that nail on the head. imho.
The 2021 Spielberg version of West Side Story is not even close to being a better movie than the original 1961 version. Spielberg, even with all the newest technology for movie making couldn't duplicate the authenticity the original version had.