Not too bad for a musical

Rating: 7/10 (25 December 2001)

I'm no fan of musicals, but I do not hate them either (I thought Moulin Rogue! rocked and I thought The Rocky Horror Picture Show kin of sucked). Well this is somewhere in between. I dislike all the merry singing in this film, really and I do not think that Julie Andrews is too good either, but there are some things I do really enjoy. I thought Christopher Plummer did a great job, especially in the beginning when he was still unhappy. I could really laugh at those grimaces he made. The parts of the story I like most are from when Maria (Julie Andrews) starts working at the von Trapp house until she leaves (mostly though the scenes with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer) and the part from the return of Capt. von Trapp returns from his honeymoon until the end. The rest is too merry and uninteresting. The movie is a bit too long as well, but heck it is not bad.

6,5 out of 10