The Sound of Music

Montage of Feck · 27-12-2020 6:32pm #1

I normally can't stand musicals but always find myself watching it inspite of myself.

Postgrad10 · 27-12-2020 6:36pm

Same here. I even watched it a few weeks ago. It draws me in every time.

trashcan · 27-12-2020 6:38pm

Not me. I also detest musicals. My one exception is Oliver, which is great, with some cracking tunes.

appledrop · 27-12-2020 6:39pm

The Sound of Music is on.

That means it must be CHRISTMAS!

One of my all time favourite films + bonus is no one else wants to watch it so I get some peace for a few hours!

Porklife · 27-12-2020 7:22pm

appledrop wrote: »

The Sound of Music is on.

That means it must be CHRISTMAS!

One of my all time favourite films + bonus is no one else wants to watch it so I get some peace for a few hours!

Christopher Plummer is devastatingly handsome...double bonus!!

PsychoPete · 27-12-2020 7:24pm

Musicals are sh!te and the sound of music is no exception to this

Samuel T. Cogley · 27-12-2020 7:35pm

I don't like the way they stole the theme from "The Man in the High Castle".

B.A._Baracus · 27-12-2020 7:42pm

I watched it for the first time this year with my girlfriend. She had seen it many times, as it seems so many have.

I enjoyed it. A lot of the songs are catchy - I would chalk that up to personally hearing so many of them in other pop culture references before. So I was like "ahh so that's where it comes from"

Am I alone in thinking a young Christopher Plummer looks like Michael Fassbender? :pac:

Also, couldn't help but randomly think of the lines: "do you see me Kirk?" , "Oh now come on captain you do prefer it this way" while watching him on screen :pac:

Ubbquittious · 27-12-2020 8:00pm

PsychoPete wrote: »

Musicals are sh!te and the sound of music is no exception to this

Mama Mia is great though ðŸ˜‚

PsychoPete · 27-12-2020 8:10pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Mama Mia is great though ðŸ˜‚

ABBA is the pinnacle of pop music, making a musical out of it is completely unnecessary

One eyed Jack · 27-12-2020 8:33pm

Cats, the musical appeared on the Sky menu this morning and I like musicals anyway and Taylor Swift was just a bonus... but then I remembered James Corden is in it too, and there’s no way to block that out, so I’ll be giving this one a miss.

trashcan · 27-12-2020 8:38pm

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Cats, the musical appeared on the Sky menu this morning and I like musicals anyway and Taylor Swift was just a bonus... but then I remembered James Corden is in it too, and there’s no way to block that out, so I’ll be giving this one a miss.

Reminds me of Ricky Gervais comment at the Emmys. “This year the world got to see James Corden as a fat pussy.............. he was also in Cats the Musical

razorblunt · 27-12-2020 8:39pm

All the Von Trapp kids had the same bedtime. Madness. No wonder the oldest was whispering sweet nothings to the Nazis.

Mad_maxx · 27-12-2020 8:56pm

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Cats, the musical appeared on the Sky menu this morning and I like musicals anyway and Taylor Swift was just a bonus... but then I remembered James Corden is in it too, and there’s no way to block that out, so I’ll be giving this one a miss.

widely regarded as one of the worst movies of the past twenty years ?

have not seen it myself

Hamsterchops · 27-12-2020 10:28pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

The Sound of Music.
I normally can't stand musicals but always find myself watching it inspite of myself.

Great film, great cast, great songs . . .

Acosta · 27-12-2020 10:31pm

Anyone spot the fortress from Where Eagles Dare in the background when they're up on those lovely Salzburg Alps singing songs? A great Christmas movie crossover.

nullzero · 27-12-2020 10:33pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Mama Mia is great though ðŸ˜‚

No it isn't, it's a pile of sh1t, my my, I really fvcking hate it.

Edgware · 28-12-2020 12:08am

Acosta wrote: »

Anyone spot the fortress from Where Eagles Dare in the background when they're up on those lovely Salzburg Alps singing songs? A great Christmas movie crossover.

I couldnt find any Guns of Navarone this Christmas. Of course The Sound of Music gives the impression that the Austrians didn't welcome Adolf's lads

kowloon · 28-12-2020 2:29am

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Mama Mia is great though &#55357;&#56834;

Met a guy who works in movies, lighting if I remember correctly. He said being on set for Mamma Mia 2 was an awful experience. Maybe it's easier after the sound people do their work.

JP Liz V1 · 28-12-2020 2:34am

I love Edelweiss

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 28-12-2020 2:38am

I’m a child. This made me laugh for waaaayyy too long.

https://twitter.com/rob_madge_02/status/1343231477622984706?s=21

AllForIt · 28-12-2020 2:41am

I normally can't bear musicals and that includes The Sound of Music. I just never 'got' Julie Andrews. So not my thing.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 28-12-2020 2:43am

Porklife wrote: »

Christopher Plummer is devastatingly handsome...double bonus!!

He’s a ride in The Sound Of Music.

Speaking of Christmas classics, I watched ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ for the first time ever a few days ago and I really loved it. Loved the old-timey corniness, was surprised at how funny it was and was also surprised at how emotional I felt at the ending. I liked the dark undercurrent running through it too.

Kylta · 28-12-2020 10:33am

Montage of Feck wrote: »

I normally can't stand musicals but always find myself watching it inspite of myself.

I thought Halloween only brought out the weird and wonderful, but the sound of music! By any chance have your meds been mixed up?

Montage of Feck · 28-12-2020 11:04am

Kylta wrote: »

I thought Halloween only brought out the weird and wonderful, but the sound of music! By any chance have your meds been mixed up?

it got nuns and nazis whats not to like?

Patrick2010 · 28-12-2020 12:00pm

Brilliant film,never get tired of watching it

Sardonicat · 28-12-2020 12:04pm

Edgware wrote: »

I couldnt find any Guns of Navarone this Christmas. Of course The Sound of Music gives the impression that the Austrians didn't welcome Adolf's lads

The Hereos of Telemark has been on at least twice, though.

Montage of Feck · 28-12-2020 12:08pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I love Edelweiss

I wrongly thought for a long time it actually was the Austrian national anthem, but no it was written by Rogers and Hammerstein.

Kylta · 28-12-2020 12:11pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

it got nuns and nazis whats not to like?

Now your talking, so where does the bondage scene take place?

ollaetta · 28-12-2020 7:30pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

it got nuns and nazis whats not to like?

Yes, very similar actually. One crowd dressed in black, blindly following a supreme leader and prone to great cruelty at times while the others were German national socialists.

Edgware · 28-12-2020 8:03pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

The Hereos of Telemark has been on at least twice, though.

I watched The Dambusters today. Where would we be without Bomber Harris?

Sardonicat · 28-12-2020 8:07pm

Edgware wrote: »

I watched The Dambusters today. Where would we be without Bomber Harris?

I'm a bit baffled by the association of Christmas with corny, sanitised WWII films. The Eagle Has Landed was on last week, too. I mean, they are all good films in their own right. Dated and one sided and jingoistic but good for what they are, but why at Christmas?

appledrop · 28-12-2020 8:13pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

I'm a bit baffled by the association of Christmas with corny, sanitised WWII films. The Eagle Has Landed was on last week, too. I mean, they are all good films in their own right. Dated and one sided and jingoistic but good for what they are, but why at Christmas?

They are not 'Christmas' movies in sense of what they are about more so that since I was a child the 'Sound of Music' was always on at Christmas. Same with the likes of Willy Wonka and chocolate factory etc etc.

They are classic films and never age.

Sardonicat · 28-12-2020 8:21pm

appledrop wrote: »

They are not 'Christmas' movies in sense of what they are about more so that since I was a child the 'Sound of Music' was always on at Christmas. Same with the likes of Willy Wonka and chocolate factory etc etc.

They are classic films and never age.

I get why the Sound of Music and Willy Wonka are on at Christmas. They are feel good musicals with happy ever after endings. The war movies I mention seem a strange choice and only seem to have become ubiquitous Christmas viewing in the last 10 years or so.

Kylta · 28-12-2020 8:22pm

appledrop wrote: »

They are not 'Christmas' movies in sense of what they are about more so that since I was a child the 'Sound of Music' was always on at Christmas. Same with the likes of Willy Wonka and chocolate factory etc etc.

They are classic films and never age.

So that's why people complain about the TV licence, no wonder people watch netflix

appledrop · 28-12-2020 8:24pm

Kylta wrote: »

So that's why people complain about the TV licence, no wonder people watch netflix

Some of us like the classic movies. Netflix is shockingly bad for its collection of films that are classics. Dont get me wrong I'm a fan of it but really needs to improve its film archive.

Kylta · 28-12-2020 8:34pm

appledrop wrote: »

Some of us like the classic movies. Netflix is shockingly bad for its collection of films that are classics. Dont get me wrong I'm a fan of it but really needs to improve its film archive.

Will accept that netflix show more crap than good movies,
Has for some of the so called classic movies they aren't really classics to many people?

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 28-12-2020 8:34pm

appledrop wrote: »

Some of us like the classic movies. Netflix is shockingly bad for its collection of films that are classics. Dont get me wrong I'm a fan of it but really needs to improve its film archive.

It really does. When I run a search for a film on Netflix, I pretty much know it won’t be there. I know they can’t have ALL the films but they don’t even come close.

trashcan · 02-01-2021 1:19am

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I’m a child. This made me laugh for waaaayyy too long.

https://twitter.com/rob_madge_02/status/1343231477622984706?s=21

:D:D

Oh Jesus, that’s too funny. I just got a sore stomach from laughing so much.

Capt'n Midnight · 03-01-2021 7:50pm

Edgware wrote: »

I watched The Dambusters today. Where would we be without Bomber Harris?

German industrial output peaked in 1944.

The limiting factor after that was shortage of raw materials rather than damage to factories and "dehousing" of workers.

If the Blitz didn't break Londoners sprit then why should it have affected the Germans ??

In theory the Luftwaffe was ground down in a battle of attrition trying to intercept the bombers. But that only applies after long range fighter escorts like the Mustang could fly to Berlin. And besides the German airforce would have had to intercept those bombers on tactical missions too.

The American ball bearing plan nearly worked though, and V2 rocket production was delayed.

Potential-Monke · 03-01-2021 10:52pm

I like some musicals. My favourites being Moulin Rouge (and most likely because of el Tango de Roxanne) and Grease. Can't stand other ones then, like Sweeney Todd. But I can say I have never seen The Sound of Music. Just doesn't appeal to me at all...

The Sound of Music

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