Predictable? Yes.
Cheesy? Yes.
But as I watch "The Sound of Music" –courtesy of our local ABC affiliate– I can’t help but smile and blink back a couple of tears: how is it possible that there are things that just seem to align so perfectly and so happily and just produce a timeless piece of popular music and culture such as this one?
I mean… pretty much every single song that Maria and the kids sing is a known and beloved children’s song, right? "Do, Re, Mi", "My Favorite Things", "The Lonely Goatheard", "16 Going on 17" — I mean, I know that someone somewhere in this world is reading this entry and wondering what the hell I’m gushing about. But that person is sitting somewhere on a very cold rock right now.
(just kidding– that person is sitting on the couch, blowing kisses at the Redskins right now)
The funny part? I just looked it up on ever-faithful Wikipedia and apparently the movie was not to the liking of the Maria Von Trapp; she felt it did not tell her real story as the matriarch of the Von Trapp family (Maria’s link on Wikipedia is here, if you should want to look her up).
Of course, there are always the delightful fallacies that make the suspension of disbelief that much more fun, such as how it is possible that Maria sews up seven sets of playclothes seemingly overnight. Maybe this was around the same time she taught all the kids to be master puppeteers and sing a cappella seven part harmonies, perhaps?
And how come the baroness is such a villainess? I mean, she seems okay to me, except for the smoking and the affectation. She wasn’t exactly a golddigger since she was a wealthy widow herself and really, who in their right mind wants to be the step-mamma to seven children whose reputations precede them?
And Rolfe? He’s so not hot, Liesl. I’d personally think you rank about a solid 8, and homeboy is kind of pug-nosed and a Nazi youth to boot. Run.
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One more thing: Julie Andrews? You are one of my favorite things, like, ever.
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Yet one more thing: there’s nothing quite like having a significant other who shall remain nameless insert raunchy remarks to go with every scene.
A Daily Dose of Zen Sarcasm! 
The Sound of Music is one of my all time favorite movies. I dont’ think I’ve seen it broadcasted in a few years now. I’ve missed it – though the hubby is lucky as more than likely I’d be quoting and singing along. So he’s saved from that embarrassment.
OK. Confession time. I have never in my life seen this movie.
I love love this movie!! One of my personal highlights of my trip March 2007 to Austria was seeing the church where they get married in the movie in person. It was covered with snow. Absolutely beautiful!
My mother met Maria Von Trapp when she was little. She was so excited to meet her, but Ms VonTrapp refused to sign her program because she had a policy that she only signed her book…which my mother left at home. My mother was crushed. So, no, she is not the nice person depicted in the movie.
I enjoy the film as much as anyone, it’s an amazing production … but it’s not a misty-eyed thing for me. I just like the innocence of it all.
I can’t look at that film and think of a single raunchy thing. How does he do it?