Isn't that right before the scene where Steve McQueen is driving that black Mustang to get away from the Nazi tripod death machines and their disintegrating rays?"
NO, It was Nazi AT-AT Walkers!
Posted on 06/15/2005 4:41:50 AM PDT by rhema
In a world where the new "Gilligan's Island" features sexual tension between Mary Ann and Ginger, where "The Longest Yard" remake makes "Platoon" look pleasant, where Nicole Kidman can star in the big screen "Bewitched" even though she can barely wiggle her nose, let us do the world a favor:
Let us brook no remake of "The Sound of Music."
After all, it's not like the 1965 version is boring audiences in its current incarnation. Just mention this movie and people start smiling. Or singing. Or both. Then they start remembering their favorite things ... er ... scenes: The boat trip where Maria and the kids fall overboard. The folk dance at the big party. The baroness remarking that, "Somewhere out there is a lady who I think will never be a nun." (I hope I'm not giving anything away.)
This month marked the movie's 40th anniversary, and it remains the No.3 box office winner of all time, bested only by No.1 "Gone with The Wind" (another movie wherein the star proves her pluck by making clothing out of curtains) and No.2 "Star Wars" (wherein the star proves her pluck by enduring the same double-cinnamon-bun hairdo as Gretl von Trapp.)
So what is it that makes "The Sound of Music" so enchanting, despite the fact it is basically a movie about the Nazis taking over Europe?
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You know, you could just say "it's not bow, it's beau."
But no, you post a picture of a compound bow with no comment.
LOL. How cold.
;OD
Shortly thereafter, there's the scene where she realizes she's late for something down at the convent, and goes running down the slope, only to suddenly remember her guitar and run back for it, then run down the slope again.
This is much funnier when you watch the Saturday Night Live version, where they overdubbed the sound of a strafing Messerschmidt on the audio.
Or how about the scene where Leisel was undressing in her second floor bedroom and that crazy Max, who was outside her widow ogling her, lost his balance and fell to the ground, where he was immediately set upon by ravinous Tasmainian Devils and torn to shreds.
I always liked it at the end when, just as she dies, Maria whispers, "Rosebud."
The Pink Panther did it in one of his movies.
Didn't Maria arrive at the Von Trapp residence via floating umbrella?
Isn't that right before the scene where Steve McQueen is driving that black Mustang to get away from the Nazi tripod death machines and their disintegrating rays?"
NO, It was Nazi AT-AT Walkers!
OOPS! Didn't mean to make the picture so big...
It proved she was a normal female. Her voice, at its peak, however, was one of the most astonishing instruments provided to a mortal human.
That despite the fact that this song was really was Andrews' vocal showpiece in the movie.
< If I'd ever seen the movie,... >
To have never seen this movie is just...sacrilege.
To have never seen this movie is just...sacrilege.
Uh, er, (shuffling feet sounds), ... sorry?
IMHO the movie reflected the Captain's feelings, not all of Germany's feelings. At the ball there were plenty who disagreed with him. I thought it was carefully handled to show both feelings.
< I really love that movie. There's no real logic to it, but it's just terrific. >
Except for some dramatic licience that is in every movie...it's true...they did escape to Switzerland.
forgiven
I want to add to a lot of these posts - first of all, anyone who has not seen this movie, it is well worth it. It is, after all of these years, still one of my favorite movies and gets me all choked up even though I know they took very liberal license with the family's real story.
The other point is that a few years ago I had the opportunity to attend a concert at my church to hear the Von Trapp grandchildren (the real grandchildren of the children in portrayed in the movie). These children were beautiful and had angelic voices and sang Edelweiss and a few other songs. I just cried watching them knowing that had things gone another way, they would never have been born and it brought the story so much more to life.
I wouldn't mind them remaking it if they stuck to the story and did it classy and didn't make it coarse so families couldn't see it.
forgiven
You're perhaps being hasty, but, hey, I'll take it!
...and then raiding a bank with Telly Savalas, Clint Eastwood and Donald Sutherland (who did really bad dog impressions).
Or an ancient Klingon folk dance...
I agree with Miss Marple about the wedding--what a beautiful scene. When she's coming down the aisle as the music plays (I think it's "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?"), then gets to the altar and takes his hand, they and their attendants kneel for the blessing and then they climb up the altar steps to take their vows, it was great! I was in 7th grade when I saw it the first time, and it obviously made an lasting impression on me.
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