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Summary: I run to the hills . . .
Review: What a spectacle: fantastic music, dancing and romance, the Austrian countryside, palatial residences, nazis, fine dining, a wedding of royal proportions, tight bodices, elegant costumes and perfect posture. I'm always rooting for the Baroness, although everything concludes perfectly, as it should. Some older films were trash then and trash now, but this has been considered a classic since its inception. May it always be.
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Summary: Wonderful Presentation of a Classic
Review: Maria (Julie Andrews) is an apprentice nun. She truly wants to devote her life to God, but struggles with the rules. When the Mother Abbess sends her to take care of Captain von Trapp's (Christopher Plummer) children, she gets more then she bargained for. The children are in desperate need of love, and she and the captain begin to fall in love as well. Meanwhile, Austria is in danger from the advancing Nazi threat."The Sound of Music" is one of those feel good films. I smile the entire way through it. In my mind, it's Rogers and Hammerstein's best musical. All the songs are easily singable and memorable. Who doesn't know "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," or even the title song? Yet these songs are set into a fun love story against an interesting back drop. The movie does loose a little steam in the second act, but my only real disappointment is the cutting of two songs from the play. "How Can Love Survive?" and "No Way to Stop It" add some fun and help flesh out the character of the Baroness. In spite of these things, I still love the movie version, however. The two disc set is a wonderful way to own this classic movie. The picture and sound are wonderful, and the disc is packed with information. I especially enjoyed the documentary on the second disc because it includes information on the real von Trapps. If you haven't seen this classic piece of American cinema, don't hesitate. If you're looking for the perfect disc to own, this is it. It may be harder to track down the two disc edition, but in my mind, it's well worth it.
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Summary: ~The hills are alive with the Sound of Music!!~
Review: This movie was fantabulous!! Great songs, great actors, and great everything! It's a real life story, it really happened. It is about a woman named Maria(Julia Andrews) and she is a not-so good novice nun in the Abbey. The Reverend Mother then sends her to Salzburg since a motherless Von Trap family needed a governess to take care of its seven children. (wow!) The Captain(Christopher Plummer) is very strict and it's up to Maria to brighten the family up. It ends with the family in danger from the Nazi as they flee from Austria. The songs are magnificent and I love the "Do Re Mi" and the main song "Sound of Music". The Austrian scenery is very beautiful and I'm really sure anybody would enjoy this film!
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Summary: Bloom and grow forever!
Review: Although the state of our culture these days has very little time and room for full-blown musicals, the fact that anyone's first introduction to this film genre is by way of 'The Sound Of Music' necessitates it as a fixture. And what's tehre not to like, as like holiday cheer, there's something for both adult and kids. As a kid, for example, you may enjoy the story as one of how the Von Trapp children learn to sing. As you grow up, you may begin to appreciate the romance and then finally, the Von Trapps' escape from the Nazis. The movie tackles and combines this multitude of plot angles so effectively that no stage version can hold a candle to its celluloid competitor. The songs stick in our minds because they're easily converted into ditties for kids, so we've all grown up singing them -- whether or not we've seen the movie. Very rarely is one familiar with all the songs from one show, and able to sing them with gusto!
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Summary: Just Watch It
Review: I love this movie. It recaptures what I love most about Europe and the old-fashioned way of life. The quality of audio and video in this widescreen DVD edition is also excellent and makes the viewer appreciate fully the sumptuous beauty of the scenery. Julie Andrews is absolutely adorable and delightful to watch. Heck, I would just enjoy to sit back and stare at the cover of the DVD, even that is a beauty in itself.
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Summary: Sound Musical
Review: The Sound Of Music is both loved and reviled by critics and fans alike. Those who hate it find the film cloying, overly sappy and contrived and those who love it find it a joyous celebration of love, triumph and wholesomeness. I think that movie falls someone in between. The film can be annoyingly sweet, but it is also that sweetness that gives the movie a naïve charm. Julie Andrews is perfectly cast as Maria and Christopher Plummer is charming as the patriarch of the von Trapp family of whom Maria becomes the matron. The film is a tad long, but the film is perfect for family entertainment where kids will enjoy and most parents will also like it as well. The film has become something of an institution still earning screenings in the theater in most major cities. The film was, of course, a bog office bonanza in it original release and it faired quite well at the 1965 Academy Awards winning five Oscars including Best Picture and a second Best Director award for Robert Wise.
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Summary: a classic with great extra
Review: this is a great classic but what makes the dvd so extra special is the wonderful documentary on the true von trappe family.
this is a must for any fan of the film
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Summary: Hwarf! Blergh! Ack!
Review: It's movies like this that really damage people, and turn them into namby-pamby prudish, wimpy, panty waists. If the SPCS would realize this, maybe their "job" would have some merit. Leonard Maltin claims that this movie pleased more people than any other in history. That's disturbing. Me? I hope BAISE MOI, BULLY, VISITOR Q and all the other "objectionable" movies get released in NZ. The SPCS say its irresponsible and harmful. Me? I say it's democracy.
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Summary: The Sound Of Music Has Never Sounded Greater
Review: The Sound of Music is, without a question in anyone's mind, the greatest musical ever made. It is the supreme ruler of the musicals, and all other musicals are its infants. Although many people today find this sort of sentimental, romantic, even LONG musical outdated and boring, and contest whether there are greater musicals, there are many good reasons why The Sound Of Music remains number one. First of all, it was the film that made a star out of Julie Andrews (she does an even better performance as Maria von Trapp than she does as Mary Poppins), 2: It was the 60's when this film was made, a pivotal decade, and a time for such heartwarming, romantic musicals to ease the stress-filled and changing world, and 3: It's unforgettable. From the opening scene in which a spirited Julie Andrews runs across the Austrian hills that overlook the Alps and sings "The Hills Are Alive", we are taken directly into the sweeping tale. Based on an actual event, that of the von Trapp family singers who fled Nazi Germany during WWII, the story is essentially about an irrepressible, influential and loveable governess, Maria von Trapp, formerly a nun at a convent, who touches the lives of a naval captain (Christopher Plummer) and his seven children. The songs are catchy and memorable- "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi", "I am Sixteen going on Seventeen", etc. The romantic chemistry between Plummer and Andrews, the pseudo romance between the Captain's eldest daughter and the young mailman who later turns Nazi. This is a perfect family film, as well as a romantic film for a couple. I fell in love with musicals just from watching this film. Five stars well deserved and on DVD, the experience of the Sound of Music has never been greater.
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Summary: seeit
Review: SOUND OF MUSIC with a running time of 175 minutes in color, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. In 1965, the Sound of Music won Best Picture. For the star Julie Andrews and the cast, this film has solidified its place in history.
The magnitude of this film to be undertaken back when cinematography was in its beginning phase and to overcome the obstacles of a foreign country. There were political issues that had to be addressed. The house that was depicted as Mr. von Trapp's house was really an official building and had to be repainted the special yellow that is used to signify official buildings.
On the issue of the family being brought back to life by Marie through the use of song and music is what I connected with immediately. For Maria to prove that things can change by going against the rules, takes her out of the role of an ordinary governess. Secondly, in my opinion, having the setting of the Austrian mountains as the set of the movie, just makes cry. Why is that so? Because, I participated in the tour of Sound of Music and seen the country side of Austria when I was stationed in Europe. I cannot be fair to this movie and not give it five stars for the depth of this film.
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