The hills really ARE alive with The Sound of Music

September 5, 2008 | Filed in: it's not a blog it's HBO

At the ripe old age of 33, I have FINALLY seen The Sound of Music.

All of these years, not really liking musicals, I’ve avoided The Sound of Music like the plague. It’s been on TV zillions of times, but I never bothered watching it.

You guys! I had no idea what I was missing!

The Sound of Music is now one of my FAVORITE movies and I’m totally kicking myself for waiting all these years to see it!

I’ll admit that the first, oh, half hour, I kept thinking, “There sure is a LOT of singing.” Which yes, thankyouverymuch, I realize that there’s lots of singing in musicals. Duh. It just seemed like it was a little cheesy. I nearly turned the movie off.

But then! Then! Then I kinda fell in love with the dreamy Captain. I’d heard he was kinda dreamy, but really? I didn’t believe it. I loved how Maria was able to break through his crusty exterior and then he softened and became so dreamy!

And then I wanted to punch out that bitchy Baroness. From the very beginning, I could tell she was Trouble! With a capital “T”! Then I was rooting for Maria to leave the nunnery (or whatever it was called) and be with Capt. von Trapp so he wouldn’t marry that awful Baroness!

And that Rolf, the telegram boy? I just knew he was a bad guy! Liesl just HAD to stay away from him.

The drama! I had no idea there was an actual storyline in the movie with the escape from the Third Reich! Ooh, it made me so nervous when they got caught trying to get away under the cover of darkness, pushing the car, and seeing that evil Hitler-loving butler watching from the window! And then when they were hiding in the Abbey after the singing festival! So much drama!

Eventually, the music grew on me, too. I’m embarrassed to admit that I’d heard the song “Edelweiss” before, but I had NO IDEA it was from The Sound of Music! And “My Favorite Things?” Didn’t know that song had come from the movie. *shrugs shoulders*

So now it’s my mission to see movies (and TV shows) that I’ve previously snubbed. I’ve apparently been missing out on CULTURE.

On my list:

1. Braveheart

2. Gone With the Wind (from start to finish…not just bits and pieces)

3. Lost

….What else am I missing?! I know there’s so much I haven’t seen. (Especially movies released since Carson was born. I’ve only been to the theatre three times since he was born. And one of those times was for that wretched movie Mamma Mia. GAG-O-RAMA.)

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Ohh… you must see Braveheart. I snubbed that one for the longest time and I have grown to love Mel Gibson charging through the hills…

You must watch the new Doctor Who. CHeesy at first, but suddenly it gets you and you’re hooked.

Catch up on all the Buffy the Vampire Slayers. Excellent writing and fun. Plus some great eye-candy.

Bones. Do you watch? You should.

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Braveheat is good, but pay attention to it. It’s more complicated than you might think. If I were to try to watch it for the first time and the kiddos were awake and in the same zip code, I’d be too distracted and become confused.

Young Frankenstien is my ALL TIME NUMBER ONE SEE IT EVERYTIME ITS ON FAVE-O-RITE.

Princess Bride is also a favorite I catch each time its on.

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Oh my gosh!!! Can’t believe you had never seen that movie!! I watched it probably 50 times growing up. I recently made my daughters watch it (it took us three days) and we listen to the sound track in the car.

Have you seen Strictly Ballroom?

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Dear god woman, you don’t watch Lost?!? You’re going to start with season 1, right? You’re not just going to jump in with the new season, are you? Here, borrow my DVDs of season 1. You’ll die. Call me when you get to the polar bear.

Next you’re going to tell us you don’t watch Heroes.

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@Feather Nester: I am definitely starting from the beginning with Lost. I’d be “lost” if I started now! Ha! I make myself laugh.

Anyway, I watched the 1st season of Heroes, which was so great. Last season? I gave up. It sucked. Going to give it another try this year.

@Mama Ginger Tree: I’ve never even heard of Strictly Ballroom….I’ll Google it!

@Auburn Gal Always (Keri): I adore The Princess Bride! Haven’t seen Young Frankenstein…I’ll add it to my list!

@Rosie: That’s what everyone says about “Buffy”. I really should watch it.

Gone With the Wind is a wonderful movie, but very long. It’s a good movie to watch when the weather is bad, and you can curl up with a blanket and a coffee and be lazy.

I’ve recently caught up on all the episodes of grey’s anatomy, except for last season (Dvds dont comeout for a few more days). I had never watched the show, and got tired of of everyone telling me I was missing out!

Now I’m waiting patiently for Netflix to send me Season 4, so I can get caught up before the new season starts!

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little shop of horrors is my favorite movie ever!!! high on the cheese factor, but i know every song and word by heart. and own the soundtrack. i have seen it hundreds of times.

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Did you notice the soft and fuzzy filters they used whenever they showed Cpt Von Trapps’ face?? To make him look even more dreamy?? Man I had a thing for Christopher Plummer ever since. Yummy.

Edelweiss gives me goosebumps when I here it still.

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Wow, I’m in shock that it’s taken you this long to watch The Sound of Music! Wow! Please tell me you’ve seen Annie?
Braveheart is a good one. And Gone with the Wind………oh I just love it!

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Mamma Mia o good? Crap. Thta’s on my list AND I have free passes.

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Dude! SOM is AWESOME! Glad you finally let your “snub” down to watch it.

Speaking of musicals….have you seen Sweeny Todd? I rather liked it. But I’m a Johnny Depp/Tim Burton fan.

The Sci Fi channel is going to start showing Lost from the beginning this fall! Please check your local listings! (or just put it in your netflix queue).

I couldn’t get into Heroes. I liked the first couple of episodes, but then it just started feeling contrived and…ANNOYING. I didn’t bother last season. I probably won’t this season, either.

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Can’t type for crap. Mamma Mia NOT good? crud

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I voice trained singing the songs from The Sound of Music. My Favorite Things? I totally kicked it’s ass. Like, I sang it one time, my voice coach smiled and said it was time to move on to The Hills Are Alive, which I was never able to master. “For a thousand yeeeeaaaaaars!” got me every time. But My Favorite Things? oh yes

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I love the Sound of Music and even took the Sound of Music tour when I went to Austria years and years ago.

I haven’t seen any of the Godfather movies, which I’m apparently missing out on.

And I’ve only seen one scene from “It’s a Wonderful Life” every damn year it’s on …which makes me never want to watch the thing from start to finish.

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I’ve never seen SOM maybe I should put it on my list.

We don’t watch Lost either and will probably wait until it’s all over and watch it nonstop for a week to watch all the episodes.

Finally! You are now a normal person. Just kidding. It’s a great movie. I love West Side Story too if you are really going to watch everything. Oh, and I started watching Lost last season & tried to catch up on the previous ones through rentals at Blockbuster & the episodes are on the computer too. Good luck with your catching up on great shows.

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I love “Edelweiss”. It’s my favorite song in the whole show - which I just saw this last March, on stage, in London.

And I hope that you have seen “Shawshank Redemption” and “Field of Dreams”. My WIFE even loves “Field of Dreams”.

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I love Sound of Music. We fast forward to the musical numbers for the kids so they think that movie ROCKS!

My favorite movie of all time is 12 Angry Men. How can they keep me riveted when the whole movie is set in one room?

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I not only LOVE the sound of music…I go to a sing-along at the Hollywood bowl. (The hills are alive….)
Well, welcome. I also loved Victor/Victoria.

Braveheart is REALLY good, I love the ending (i won’t give it away) Good Luck with the new shows…I just bought season 1 of Lost. Now if I could just find some time to watch it

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I LOVE The Sound of Music. When Dreamy Captain sings Edelweiss - oh I just piddle on the spot. Ah, dreamy.

I agree that Field of Dreams is just so good. Must see. And Braveheart. Shawshank Redemption is one of those like Mystic River - so unquestionably
excellent, but they linger a sadness in me. Parts of those are hard to watch. (And hum - Tim Robbins is in both right? What’s up with that?)

For Extreme Side Splitting Laughs - rent The Birdcage, with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams. It’s based on La Cage Aux Folles and it is HILARIOUS. Just HILARIOUS. SO HILARIOUS. I’m laughing now just thinking about it.

Ooh, you are going to love Gone With the Wind.

Have you seen Singin’ in the Rain?

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Goodfellas.

Your life will never be the same.

And Amalie.

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I can’t pass that movie on TV and not watch it. I’ve always loved it.

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When my boys were babies I sang Edelweiss to my boys. The 6yo still asks for it on occasion.

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I have also not seen The Sound of Music and it is on my list of old movies that I must see.

I have recently LOVED:

Gone With The Wind
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Roman Holiday

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Oh come now, you can’t like the sound of music and not like mamma mia!
Seriously. Living in the “bavarian village” and playing pit orchestra for that musical for 2 summers I don’t care if I NEVER hear another song from sound of music!

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When I was in Austria hiking the Alps, I totally broke out in song. Like a BIG dork.

Have you seen The Other Boyln Girl, yet?

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Casablanca?

And in the VERY cheesy but fun category:
Pillow Talk
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Clambake

And Sound of Music was the 1st movie I ever saw. Damn proud to say it’s one of my all time faves and I sing Edelweiss to Declan ever single night.

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since you said you shrug musicals, i had to ask: have you ever seen Grease???

that’s a classic!

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If you haven’t seen the Wizard Of Oz, then I think you could get demoted to subspecies for that kind of crime against humanity.

One of my 3 favs (the other two being Wiz and Gone with the Wind) is Some Like It Hot. Best comedy of all time, such a classic….it’s the perfect movie, it has everything!

OK, while I am at it, I went into my Netflix queue and pulled out some of my 5 star movies (only a few of them cause I have rated over 5,000 movies) to suggest, these are all over the board style-wise:

12 Monkeys
Amelie
Amistad
Big Fish
Billy Elliot
Breakfast At Tiffany’s (I have a huge movie poster from this in my kitchen)
Counte of Monte Cristo (with Jim Cavazik, however you spell his name)
Death To Smoochy (dark dark dark comedy)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (also dark comedy)
Empire of the Sun (very young Christian Bale)
Frida
High Fidelity
Joy Luck Club
Life As A House
My Fair Lady
Penelope (just came out, with Christina Ricci and James MacAvoy, very cute)
Pieces of April (Katie Holmes before she went crazy)
Sliding Doors
West Side Story
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (Leo was robbed of the Oscar)
Wonder Boys

Aimee Greeblemonkey’s lastest post..We’re a little groggy, not to mention goofy, in the morning.

One of my faves, though I don’t recall when it came out, was Memento. Awesome directing. I also just recently saw Batman, and I’m not really a fan of that type of movie, saw it for Hubby… but that was really good! I was surprised!

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I’m going to second the vote for Sliding Doors. It’s my OMGALLTIMEFAVOURITE movie. I’m kinda in love with John Hammond because of it.

It has been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid. I can’t believe you never saw it before!

Ever seen “Life is Beautiful?” It is subtitlled, but such a great story line of love and sacrifice. And by the way, I am not one of those, 1930’s movies, and anything French and subtitlied movie people. But, I liked that movie.

Also love
Drop Dead Gorgeous - dark, but funny
Napoloen Dynamite - stupid funny, but makes me laugh
The Princess Bride - one of my all time favs
The Usual Suspects - mystery suspense, made me want to marry Kevin Costner.
The Illusionist - Just saw this with Edward Norton. Thought it was suspenseful and good.

That’s all I got right now.

KEEP BELIEVING

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@Ness: I did notice the filters and enjoyed all of their fuzzy/cheesy goodness!

We would watch it every year as kids around the holidays. It only took me another 10 years to realize that the movie DOESN’T END at the wedding scene. Huh?
My mother would send us to bed at the wedding scene claiming the movie was over. Of course we were young enough to not know any better and not be able to follow a plot… so, off we toddled.
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her.

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@Mary: Of course I’ve seen Annie! I adored her when I was little and desperately wanted to live in an orphanage run by the terrible Mrs. Hannigan and have my parents identify me by my bracelet.

So many great recommendations. But, girl, get yourself LOST first! It is SOOOOO the best. . .and I’ll throw “The Red Violin” in there. One of my faves about the (very tumultuous, often torrid) history of a very old violin and its owner. With Samuel L. Jackson (random).

@Carrie: Ooh thanks for the tip on the Sci Fi channel! Score!

And I’ll look into Sweeny Todd. I’d heard of it, but didn’t know what it was!

@lceel: Shawshank Redemption is one of my all time favorite movies. I love Morgan Freeman.

He was great in Driving Miss Daisy, another of my favorite movies.

And I’ve seen Field of Dreams, which is fabulous!

@Aimee Greeblemonkey: Oh Pillow Talk is one of my favorites! I love Doris and Rock in that movie. Love the filters used to make them look all dreamy.

And THANK YOU so much for all those movie recommendations! Of those I’ve only seen What’s eating Gilbert Grape (and yes, Leo was robbed), Big Fish, and Sliding Doors.

OK, so reading the comments here changed what I was going to say…

I’ll admit I have never sat down to watch the ENTIRE Sound of Music. I plan to though.

YOU MUST WATCH LOST. I’ve watched since the beginning and it truly sucks you in. You learn more and more each episode, but somehow it leaves you with a million more questions. Total mind fuck. It kinda pisses me off, but I kinda like that it pisses me off. Hmm…sorta like my husband;)

AND…probably shouldn’t leave this here, but…
Queen of Shake-Shake:
My jaw hit the floor when I read that you voice trained. You see, my daughter, she LOVES to sing and I’m not just saying this because she is mine…but she has a gift. This amazing voice comes out of her little almost 6 year old body. She sang on stage in front of 100 people when she was just 4 years old, dude. I am so damn tone deaf that I don’t know what to do with her. Not only would I love to drink with you…but now I want my daughter to hang. We can swap some day…I’ll go do marine biology and you can sign with Miss Thing.
Yeah, now I sound like a stalker. Sorry.

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Whoa I would say, watch The Sound of Music a few more times. You really fall in love with the characters more. I used to think the Baroness was bitchy, but I think she just really loved the Captain and it’s because she loved him that ultimately she pushed him towards Maria. She totally could’ve been all, “No Damnit we’re getting married, as planned!” But she knew his heart wasn’t it it. And Rolf? Well he is just the embodiment of a confused teenager, torn between country, ethics, and young love. Ah, it is such a sweet story. SO glad you got to see it.

And, I’m not 100% sure, but I think you can go to abc.com and see the first entire season of Lost there, for free. It would require a good high-speed connection, though. I have netflix so I’ve got it in my queue. I have never seen it either. I’ve got too many other tv shows to watch - I can’t see them all!

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I’ve never seen The Sound of Music…many people have told me that I really should watch it. With your review, maybe I’ll get to it this year. I’ve also never seen Braveheart or any of the Star Wars movies. Ack!!!

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Ok, Jennifer. So, I’m a total dork, but your play-by-play of the movie gave me goosebumps, and made me want to drop everything and put my DVD of The Sound of Music in. I ADORE that movie with all of my adoring. SO glad you finally watched (and loved) it. yay!
I have two movies to add to your list.
Moulin Rouge and August Rush. Both music-y movies, but since you made it through SOM, I think you’ll like these. Two of my all-time faves.
And one non-music-y one… Circle of Friends. LOVE.

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I grew up watching old movies and musicals with my parents. We’d sit around the tv singing all the songs together. All my friends used to tease me that I grew up in the 1950’s. hehe
LOVE The Sound of Music!!!!

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I LOVE the Sound of Music!! My family used to watch it every year when it was on TV and, as a kid, it was the one night I could stay up “late.” Good times.

Other movie faves worth mentioning:

Amelie
Memento
Run Lola Run (excellent!)
Chocolat
Say Anything

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You are killin me smalls! I’m currently watching The L Word seasons…. SOOOO good.

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You gotta love a musical with Nazis in it, WTF? Just kidding, I love me some VonTrapps.

I am ALSO 33! Weird. And kind of cool.

I am glad you are going to watch LOST. I am addicted. Please tell me that you watch The Office too?

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Jennifer,
I am so so glad you saw that movie. And reading your review was great. Most people (okay - all but you) that I know have seen this movie in their childhood so our take on it is a little different.
Oh - The Sound of Music is one of my favorite movies. Between that and Beauty and the Beast - I always seem to sing along and feel GREAT by the end!
Okay - I think it’s a little weird that I’m so excited that you saw this movie - and ENJOYED it.
In high school we (hs band) went to Austria - and my friends and I sang Do-Ri-Me while running around the SAME town area that the kids did. Dorks - yes. But I’ll never forget it!

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Drop Dead Gorgeous. Yes. Absolutely watch it. Watch it twice.

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You just named some of my favorite things, right THERE.

Minus Gone With The Wind, because I’ve snubbed THAT.

I love Forest Gump, so I highly recommend it. Unless you’ve seen it, because it’s been around for like 13 years now.

My Mum watched The Sound of Music ALL. THE. TIME. I hated it because she watched it so much. But, she never had it in her personal collection. Amazing that they released it to video (in 1994 in the UK) and I BOUGHT IT FOR HER for her birthday. The love for a mother transcends a film. And now that I’m older I appreciate it all the more.

Watch Calamity Jane.

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I grew up on The Sound of Music, which means that the first few times I saw it, I was too young to get the whole Hitler Third Reich aspect of it . Edelweiss was my mother’s favorite song. When I went to Salzburg in 1990, I went on the Sound of Music Tour. I only saw a handful of musicals as a child and this was one of them. I would think you’d want to catch the classics that are the most quoted or the most famous (like The Sound of Music), like Casablanca, GWTW, etc.

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if you aren’t already proficient in the wizard of oz and the 70s/80s star wars trilogy, you should tackle both prior to lost.

add the sopranos to the list if you haven’t already seen the series. it’s sometimes difficult to watch, but it’s always superb.

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Here’s how geeky in love I am with SOM..I have the Von Trapp familys great great great grandkids CDS..yes they sing the SOM songs along with some other good folkie austrian songs. Love to annoy the men in my life when I throw those cds (yes plural as in more than one) in.
So glad you finally saw it. When you said you hadn’t seen it and had no plans of ever seeing it , we were on the verge of a bloggy break up…sniff…jk
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I was going to add Forest Gump and 12 Angry Men..someone else already did… but I will add To Kill a Mockingbird. Love it.

I also love the Sound of Music. My 18 year old cousin played Maria in the HS play last year and she won awards for it. It was fabulous!! But the guy that played the Capt wasn’t that great.

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I LOVE the Sound of Music. I really want my kid to like it too, but it’s a little long for her right now. She does, however, love the songs from Annie and belts them out in the car. (She also pretends she’s Miss Hannigan after bath when she’s wrapped in her towel).
I’m hoping to see Julie Andrews when she speaks at the ASHA convention…!

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The Sound of Music is my all-time favortie movie. It has everything a good movie needs and the songs are the best. Love it.

I haven’t seen the Star Wars movies. Everyone acts like I am just so out of it, but I am just not into sci-fi. Same with Harry Potter - it is all so dark.

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Funny how GWTW is my favorite movie of all time. Just don’t try to watch it all at once. Break it when the intermission hits. Braveheart? My senior thesis was on William Wallace. My love of Scotland started with that movie. Have you seen The English Patient?

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Oh, an I love Sound of Music so much that I took the official tour when I went to Austria. I played at the fountain, walked through Salzburg….

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Oh, I love the Sound of Music. A few years back, my cousins, sister, aunt, and I went to a Sound of Music Sing-A-Long (you watch the movie and are free to sing along throughout) at Chicago’s Symphony Center. We each wore a t-shirt featuring a different character from the movie. I was Maria, not to brag, and we got to walk across the stage for the costume contest at the beginning. There were people there with kids dressed in outfits actually made from curtains. So cute!

My recommendations: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, and BBC Pride and Prejudice.

Though it’s not at “all time favorite/classic” status, I recently watched My Kid Could Paint That, and really found it thought-provoking.

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OMG!!! You are so funny…I too have missed many movies since 2003 when my oldest was born, and yes, the one that I did just go see was Mama Mia!? HA! Here is a good one for you - “The Painted Veil” - it stars Edward Norton & Naomi Watts, based on the book by W. Somerset Maugham….I don’t even remember it being in theaters (was released 2006?) but I recently caught it on HBO and now I am OBSESSED with it - partly because I have a crush on Ed Norton (in my defense, my husband really does resemble him!) Anyway, if you haven’t seen it, I recommend it - it’s not a “light” movie, but the cinematography and music and the whole story are just amazing…
And a sidenote…when my 5-year old was a baby, the songs I sang to her where “Edelweiss” and “Do-Re-Mi” - Sound of Music is the best! I’m glad you got to enjoy it!

Take Care!!

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You’ve NEVER seen Sound of Music? But, but…. what do you watch at Christmas? How can you make it through winter without Julie Andrews?
Can you tell I’m a fan?
Watch Lost. But just do DVD’s. Then you don’t have to wait through commercials, and weeks between shows. Oh, and be sure to set aside a full weekend to watch each season, because once you start, you can’t stop. CAN’T STOP. God only knows what the island would do to you if you stopped….

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GTWT is actually a really good book!

Did no one say Dr. Zhivago? Lawrence of Arabia? Classics, in the good sense!

that’s just off the top of my head.

Strictly Ballroom is awesomely fun, too.

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I have never seen this movie either. I will have to check it out.

Gone with the Wind is totally worth it. There is also a sequel to the book once you totally fall in love with it.

What about Grey’s Anatomy? Wedding Crashers? Knocked Up? Clearly, I have not gotten out too much in the last four years either…

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What a great post and fun question to answer. I have to admit I rarely try to read comments before adding my two cents, especially when I’m number seventy-something, but I did for this one.

Ms. Greeblemonkey has an awesome list, hands down, and she’s the only one who mentions one of the two movies I’m going to say that if SOM has converted you to technicolor musicals of a certain era, you MUST SEE THESE TWO:

My Fair Lady — I am currently using “Loverly” every night as a lullabye. Seriously. You cannot know how great this film is until you watch it. Audrey Hepburn. Oh. There’s a little May-September thing going on in the romance with her and Rex Harrison but really no one else could play that part. As a kid, I was lucky enough to see a live production in Los Angeles, in which he also starred. I LOVED IT.

Also: Auntie Mame. Okay, not a musical, but as over-the-top as one.

Let me know if you watch them and what you think!

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Great post. I totally just e-mailed it to my mom because she LOVES The Sound of Music & I think she’ll be happy it just converted someone new!

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Great post! Now, I really need to see the sound of music (start to finish - not bits and pieces). So sad since I am 33 too and never watch it in its entirety. At any rate -

A fish called wanda - too funny if you like dry comedy

girlie, sooo cute, classics - breakfast at tiffany’s & my fair lady

For TV - Pushing Daisies (started last year and is great). up for a million emmys. not big on TV, but I really liked that show.

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Came across this on AMC a few weeks ago during nap time and was intrigued……The Way We Were with Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand…..oh….so in love with RR back then…he was such a hottie. Great movie.

@Mandy: Oh I love Circle of Friends! Wasn’t it based on a book by Maeve Binchy? She’s one of my all time favorite authors!

@PsychMamma: Oh Memento is an amazing movie! It should have won directorial awards.

And Say Anything makes me yearn for Lloyd Dobler.

@Angella: I DO watch The Office! Can’t wait for it to return in just a few short weeks!

@patty: The Sopranos is my all time favorite show EVER. We didn’t have HBO when it came out, so years later we rented the DVD’s and were hooked. I don’t think we showered the whole weekend we rented the DVDs.

I’m still mourning the ending of that show. What did you think of the ending? What do you think happened?

I think when it faded to black, Tony was killed. He and Bobby had talked about what it was probably like to die and they said it probably just fades to black…

@Jean@workingmomma247: Phew. I’m glad we’re still friends!

@Molly’s Mom: I really should go to ASHA, it’s only 2 hours away. It’s just so expensive and I spent so much going to BlogHer. Yeah, I have priorities!

@Anglophile Football Fanatic: I’m watching Braveheart JUST for you. I know how much you love Scotland.

By the way, I just started reading Dragonfly in Amber. I’m on page 7.

@Wendy: Dr. Zhivago! Oh how I adore that movie. I BAWL every time at the end, when he sees her walking on the street and he’s on the bus, then he DIES. Oh!

@Beth: I LOVE that movie. He was so handsome! Not sure I love Babs in that role, but it was a really great movie.

I love, love, love The Sound of Music. I may have missed this…but you have watched the Wizard of Oz, right? You must have. I saw that Lost is on your list….you will know very quickly if you are going to love or hate it. I am such an addict. It is really the only think I watch on TV….oh, and the Hills…but shhhh…I would never admit that:-)

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Ohmygoodness, you are so far behind! Have you seen Singing in the Rain? I would definitely check that one out. And, of course, I’m drawing a blank on all my other favorite ones! If they come to me, I will recomment!

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I am going to dig throught my DVD’s. I LOVE this movie. Now I have to watch it.

Gone with the wind is another totaly favorite of mine. My 7th grade History teacher showed it to us in class and I was immediately HOOKED. I wasn’t as impressed with the sequel, “Scarlett”, but I still own it. Every once in awhile I’ll put both on back to back. (both are LONG movies!) and just do stuff around the house. I have them memorized and don’t have to see them, because I have every single scene embedded in my head!

I’m in the mood for a good movie marathon now. It would definitely improve my mood.

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I love The Sound of Music! I forced it on my kids until they learned to love it. I just have to fast forward through the beginning until she meets the kids.

I recently got hooked on 7th Heaven. Why didn’t anyone tell me about that show?

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