The Sound of Music

Leesh, Kt and I watched The Sound of Music stage musical tonight. I'm not a huge fan of the movie, unlike Kt who declared it her 'favourite movie of all time' (big call) but it was definitely one of the musicals I wanted to see. I'm not sure why I really wanted to watch it, probably because the movie is enjoyable enough and the songs are easy on the ears. Don't worry, I do realise that the movie IS based on the original stage musical and not vice versa, but clearly the movie has influenced the current version of the musical.

There were a few differences between the stage and movie versions, but I'm not going to delve as anyone can find them on wikipedia.

I've always thought that the movie fell flat after Maria and the captain realise they're in love and I didn't even know that they got married until I watched it for the third or fourth time! I think I was 9 or 10 when I finally found out.

A few things I will comment on:

• Maria had really big feet
• Captain Von Trapp was too short and stocky (he was played by Simon Burke of Playschool fame!).
  
• The kiss between Maria and the Captain was far too long
• The Baroness was too skinny
• An extra song about the Nazi enforcement, glossed over the severity of the regime and the 'happy tune' was really quite inappropriate. I can understand why it was excluded in the film.
• I really liked Uncle Max. Looked like Clive James.
• The stage sets were cool
• The singing goat souvenir was very tempting
  

Next, I really want to see Jersey Boys!