The Sound of Music. Rodger and Hammerstiens most famous musical, is brought to the screen. With unforgettable characters like: The Baroness, Captain Von Trapp, Uncle Max, Mother, The Von Trapp Children and of course, Maria. These are the characters that comprise one of histories most sought after musicals.
The Sound of Music tells the true-life story of Maria. A Young woman who always has music and youth on her mind and in her soul. When she gets sent to be the governess of Captain Von Trapps 7 children. She sees that Captain Von Trapp does not allow music or entertainment in the house. So with music and fun, Maria brings love and laughter to the Von Trapp family.
Julie Andrews stars as Maria, and plays her to perfection. Matching every note reuired to play the role and not being too childish. She has the childish soul inside of her but she also has a caring disciplined woman in her and does not let the child in her take over. Which is hard for a charactor with such a wide dimension of emotions.
Christopher Plummer plays Captain Von Trapp, a disciplined, hard-working, sad father. Since his wife had died, Christopher has to play a character that is soft and sweet on the inside but rough and tough on the outside. Christopher does this with immense talent. With such a small range of expressions with the face, he expresses so much.
The Von Trapp children were perfect. Seriously, their voices were like an angelic choir, all matched evenly. Perfect. And the acting was good too, it would be hard for a director to direct 7 cyhildren into such diverse roles but Robert Wise and the children do it wonderfully.
The music in this film is brilliant. Spectacular. Their is also such a wide range of music. From Romantic to comedic. The singers bring the lyrics to life.
With a great screenplay, unforgettable characters and songs, The Sound of Music is a movie worth everything it's ever gotten. It got 5 Oscars including Best Picture and several Golden Globes.
10/10
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