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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 17, 2018 18:42:03 GMT
I saw it years ago but don't remember enough to like it or hate it. If I saw it now, I'd be cautious to avoid a diabetic coma.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Dec 17, 2018 18:49:57 GMT
It beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 17, 2018 18:53:54 GMT
It’s okay.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 17, 2018 18:57:08 GMT
If someone like Stanley Kubrick directed it, we all might feel a bit different. |
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Dec 17, 2018 18:59:58 GMT
If someone like Stanley Kubrick directed it, we all might feel a bit different. Or maybe Sam Peckinpah? |
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 17, 2018 19:03:11 GMT
Yes, it is a great movie - and I'm a guy usually unmoved by movies based on an inspiring true story. It's sentimentality is certainly there but often vastly overstated. In any event, the script, direction, and acting earns our identification with the characters. The movie earns its love and, maybe, tears. In the beginning, it is more comical than inspiring and in the latter part, the Nazi threat is taken seriously. Right at the very end, the movie even changes one particular mawkish moment that is in the play into the failure of a sentimental gesture.
And then there is Julie Andrews. As Maria Von Trapp, she doesn't just shine, she blazes. All of the things I said the movie has wouldn't be there if not for her. Christopher Plummer, even with his showing up with an "I am a serious actor" attitude and his "Sound of Mucus" comments, does give a serious and meaningful performance almost the equal of Julie's. His singing voice was dubbed, however. (BTW, Plummer has walked back his early attitude and now embraces the popularity and status of TSOM, even to attending anniversary reunion events.)
The MAD Magazine parody called it "The Sound Of Money."
I shouldn't sign off without mentioning that the movie contains Richard Rodgers' most popular score set to the impeccable lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein.
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Dec 17, 2018 19:04:24 GMT
Never seen it
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 17, 2018 19:05:30 GMT
If someone like Stanley Kubrick directed it, we all might feel a bit different. Or maybe Sam Peckinpah?
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 17, 2018 19:09:30 GMT
I've seen it several times. Plummer is excellent as well as Andrews. The songs get stuck in your head for life. Fun film. The live adaption on NBC a few years ago was actually pretty good as well.
I remember when I was a kid and knowing only very basic modern political geography I wondered how Von Trapp could have been an captain in the Austrian navy. I wondered if he captained a sailboat in some lake. Then I learned more about the Austrian/Hungarian empire and figured it out. So you can learn educational things from watching musicals.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 17, 2018 19:17:36 GMT
I've seen it several times. Plummer is excellent as well as Andrews. The songs get stuck in your head for life. Fun film. The live adaption on NBC a few years ago was actually pretty good as well. I remember when I was a kid and knowing only very basic modern political geography I wondered how Von Trapp could have been an captain in the Austrian navy. I wondered if he captained a sailboat in some lake. Then I learned more about the Austrian/Hungarian empire and figured it out. So you can learn educational things from watching musicals. How true!  |
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Dec 17, 2018 19:22:10 GMT
I think its ok.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 17, 2018 20:02:47 GMT
I like it quite a bit.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Dec 17, 2018 20:12:45 GMT
It beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. I'm gonna tell myself that next time I watch a boring movie. |
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Post by jamesbamesy on Dec 17, 2018 21:49:05 GMT
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 17, 2018 21:57:03 GMT
Yes, it is a good movie imo.
Good story, terrific cinematography, memorable characters and good songs.
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Post by Archelaus on Dec 17, 2018 22:02:42 GMT
I saw it again last night. Almost everything in the movie works from the characters, the songs, the performances, and the story.
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Post by Sulla on Dec 17, 2018 22:10:26 GMT
I recognize that it's a great and beloved film. But there are very few musicals I like.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 17, 2018 22:35:30 GMT
Saw it once a while back and didn't really enjoy it. Unlikely to watch it again by choice.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 17, 2018 22:42:18 GMT
I love it.
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