Changelog

I love this movie. I watched it about a thousand times when I was a kid, and I’m happy to say that watching it as an adult was equally enjoyable (unlike say, Ladybugs or the Mighty Ducks or other childhood favorites that appall you and make you wonder when in the world you got good taste!). Anyways, I’d only seen the TV-cut version, so it was really fun to see all the scenes that I had missed. Plus, unlike virtually every other pre-the modern age (i.e. anytime before I was born) musical, the Sound of Music hardly even spikes the offensive to feminists radar! As Jack pointed out, there is that one song where Liesl and Rolfe are singing, and he seems to think that the role of grown women is to be wooed by men, but really, that song isn’t even that bad. There are a few other eyebrow raising lines, but for the most part, you just enjoy the fabulous singing and beautiful cinematography.

A note about the DVD, you can watch the movie with the commentary on, and what’s awesome about this is that he (the director) doesn’t talk through any of the songs and the voice track has been removed. This means that with the subtitles on, you can do your own karaoke and you too can drive your spouse crazy! Do, a deer a female deer, Re, a drop of golden sun…Sorry, Jack…