Oneofmyall-timefavoritemovies.Itmightbeonthesweetside,butsometimesthat'sjustexactlywhatisneeded.Anyway,thereisChristopherPlummerasthecaptaintobalanceoutallthatsweetness.Ialwaysthoughthehadagreatvoiceandterrificscreenpresenceinthisfilm.
JulieAndrewsatherfreshestandbest...hersingingiswonderful,thealpsarewonderful,thesongsarememorable,andthestorylinenevergetsboring.
TheSoundofMusicrulesbecauseithaseverything
WhilemanypeopleagreethattheSoundofMusicisoneofthebestfilmsofalltime,someareatalosstoadequatelyexplainwhy;theybuckleunderandadmitthattherearepartsthataresyrupy,etc.Well,I'lltellyouwhyit'sthebestmovieever(andIDON'Tagreethatit'stoosyrupy).Itsimplyhaseverythingonecouldwantinamovie.Firstofall,ithasaREALromance-onewhereyoucanwatchthecharactersslowlyfallinlove.It'snotliketoday'smovieswheretwocharactersmeetandthenextsceneisthemwakinguptogether.Secondly,ithashumor.Notsyrupyorcornyhumor,butverywry,drytongue-in-cheekhumor.Forevidence,lookatthequotes.BaronnessSchraederisespeciallywell-doneinthisregard.Hercommentssimplydripwithice."Goodbye,Maria.I'msureyou'llmakeafinenun."Youwanttosmackher.Thirdly,it'sgotadventure.TheNazisaretheultimatevillainsinanymovie-WWIIwasasclearacaseofgoodvs.evilasyoucanfind,makingitgreatfodderforfilms-andsoit'sgreattoseeMaria,theCaptainandthekidsoutwitthem.Fourthly,it'sgotgreatmusic.Fifthy,it'sgotgreatscenery.Andtheplotanddialogueareastounding.IfindnewthingstoadmireeachtimeIwatch.Finally,isthereagreatersceneinanymoviethanthenunsrevealingthestolenNazicarparts?"TheSoundofMusic"doesnotjustsucceedbecauseitcheerspeopleupwithsyruporsong.Itsucceedsbecauseitisawonderfully-constructed,wonderfully-written,wonderfully-acted,brilliantmovie.Forme,noothermoviecancompare.Nottobeobsessedwithitoranything.:)