It's STILL "The Happiest Sound in All the World!"

Rating: 9/10 (6 April 2008)

This is about as classic as it gets when it comes to movie-musicals. Sound of Music is absolutely an "American classic". Julie Andrews is great, and the rest of the von Trapps are just so good. The songs--just like the trailers said they were: Immortal. Especially "My Favorite Things". I still have yet to see it on the big screen or on stage. The cinematography on here, especially the scenic views, are just AMAZING. So sad that it didn't get an Oscar for that.
The fact that this is STILL the most successful movie-musical ever out ($163 million worldwide, and it replaced Gone with the Wind as the biggest-grossing movie of all time) really says something about it. "Dreamgirls" came pretty close, though. Sound of Music is EVEN the 3rd biggest moneymaker of all time adjusted for inflation (according to Wikipedia)!
Not much to say about the way Robert Wise directed it, and he got a much-deserved Oscar for the direction and Best Picture of the Year.
I don't really understand why it was such a GIANT hit with audiences (literally) and the critics hated it. They panned the songs on here big-time callin' them "sick" and "goody-goody".
Anyway, it's a classic, and it's just a great film!