♫ pre-dict-able plot-lines and chea-sy ro-man-ces

o-ver-hyped clas-sics and mu-si-cal dan-ces

wild-ly an-noy-ing small chil-dren who sing

that will ne-ver be my fa-vo-rite thing ♫

... but, hey, it's hard to really, truly hate this.

Ακόμα περιμένω το σίκουελ που οι νάζι σκοτώνουν τα 47 παιδιά τους και κάποιος πετάει τη Τζούλι Άντριους από ένα λόφο για να μετρήσει τις Άλπεις με το σαγόνι. Παιδικό τραύμα.

Fame Story με καλόγριες. Πολύ καλό.

Just a brief few notes.

Watched this with the kids today. Robert Wise is a mad genius! He took a silly story, over stuffed with cheesy music and made one of the great American musicals of all time. And he is the reason I love this film. His use of the camera is totally not necessary for this film, but it adds so much. And he is not showy with it either. Scorsese, DePalma and Tarantino want you to notice how crafty they are with their camera. And I love them for it. Wise on the other hand uses his camera in a way that is stunning, but puts emphasis on the action, not the camera. It would be easy to let go and enjoy this film for all is glory and spectacle, and all Wise does is kick it up into the realm of "classic".

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The hills are alive with the sound of me drinking a lot and then watching The Sound of Music.

It's hard to believe, but I think this was the first time I'd seen the whole film from beginning to end. Having just been in Salzburg, it was a fun game spotting the places we'd been.

I'm glad that these days people in musical films don't talk like they are on a broadway stage in the 60's. That would get old real fast. Unless you've been drinking a lot.

It's interesting going back and watching films I loved as a kid. My reactions are not always as I expect them to be, for instance my main thought while watching The Sound of Music now is "wow this is pretty-sexist". Not to mention there are really only 6-7 songs in the entire movie, they just re-sing them repeatedly. Still, it is and always will be, a classic for a reason: Julie Andrews and Captain Von-Trap (who later went on to play Christopher Plummer). My wife still wants to go on a The Sound of Music tour in Austria, if it goes up to that mountain, I'm in.

I know... I know..., but a little indulgence for a childhood favorite. Thanks!

what a classic!

We VHS'd this off of TV when I was a kid and went on to memorize it. I hadn't see it in at least 15 years and consciously put it on because my gf had never see it. She loved it, and I thought it was even more powerful than I remembered. I never realized how tight the script was when I was younger, everything happens for a reason and the character's motivations are never doubted for a second. Also the production value is probably higher than it would if it was shot today. Some of the acting done by the kids is silly, but I assume that was tricky casting what with the singing, and they are still pretty charming. If you can't get behind the songs, the story, and Julie Andrews than well...I don't know.

Wow what a musical treat it was!
The triumph story filled with LOVE and EMOTIONS which is having happy ending.
Hats off to the Music Director and the Artists who made this movie possible.
Austrian Folk Dance section between Captain Georg and Maria was amazing.

P.S. -: I am the fan of Indian Cinema, and I am not saying each and every filmmaker steals original ideas from Hollywood. There are some good original films in Indian Cinema. But somewhere at some point I found this movie for the inspiration for “Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke (1993 indian movie).

Just a brief few notes.

Watched this with the kids today. Robert Wise is a mad genius! He took a silly story, over stuffed with cheesy music and made one of the great American musicals of all time. And he is the reason I love this film. His use of the camera is totally not necessary for this film, but it adds so much. And he is not showy with it either. Scorsese, DePalma and Tarantino want you to notice how crafty they are with their camera. And I love them for it. Wise on the other hand uses his camera in a way that is stunning, but puts emphasis on the action, not the camera. It would be easy to let go and enjoy this film for all is glory and spectacle, and all Wise does is kick it up into the realm of "classic".

A sometimes too sweet musical, but at its core, it is a joyful, euphoric experience.

Far too sweet, and I never cared for it.