A classic

Of course, I had already seen this movie but since it was a while back,  I thought I should give it another try. In fact, it was my wife who actually introduced it to me when we first met. Indeed, it was one of her favorite movies, one of those that she saw so many times as a child, and she was (rightfully) shocked that I never saw the damned thing in my life. Well,  even though I can see why it has been so much loved after so many years, to be honest, I didn't really connect with this movie, I'm afraid. I mean, I do think that Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer both delivered some really solid performances and some of the tunes were rather catchy, but, unfortunately, the story was just rather sleep-inducing to me. Sure, it is really innocent and harmless but also terribly simplistic and frankly rather outdated.  For example, don’t you think it is rather odd that Maria and the Captain would fall in love without having one single conversation? Sure, it is all inherent to the genre but it all felt rather fluffy to me.  And what about this third act? I mean, so far,  it was a rather charming fairy tale so why on Earth did they bring WWII in the mix? Such a really serious historical tragedy didn’t belong in such a childish musical and I thought it was seriously misguided to portray them as some kind of resistance heroes. To conclude, it was obviously not my thing but it remains a classic and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.