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I'm So Ashamed

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (38)

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Dear Godtopus,

Please forgive me my trespasses against Pajiba, as I forgive those hideous header pictures that accompany news related to the movie which shall never be mentioned in one of my pieces because I might throw up. A-men/cephalopod.

I am not a person who likes musicals. I don’t like Glee, I don’t like the singing episodes of Buffy or Scrubs - if I hear that singing is approaching a television show or movie, I turn tail and run. I love music, just not musicals. I relish making fun of our resident Honduran (How-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-Figgy?) whenever she takes to the Facebooks with her musical nonsense, quoting songs from this production or that with a trail of Pajibettes citing lyrics behind her. But admittedly, I have an exception to my rule and that exception is The Sound of Music. I love Julie Andrews. I adore and crush on Christopher Plummer. I love the nuns, I love every one of those von Trappezoids, I love Max and even that bitchy Baroness. And worst of all, I love the songs. Every damned one of them. I love them so much I trained my kids to love them and sing them with me. I love them so much that I’ve actually been awakened at 5:30 in the morning by the sound of my son singing Edelweiss and smiled. And as anyone who knows me can attest, I rarely smile and almost never in the morning. There must be some kind of hidden methamphetamine in those film reels because I am actually considering something so against my very nature that I can barely type the words.

In celebration of The Sound of Music’s 45th Anniversary, Twentieth Century Fox is returning the film to theaters and holding two sing-along nights October 19th and 26th. And yes, I am considering climbing that mountain, Jesopus save my black soul.

November 2nd will see the release of The Sound Of Music 45th Anniversary Edition 3 disc Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack that includes a whole basket of bells and whistles.

And as the final nail in my coffin, this bit of news includes something that I absolutely, positively will not watch: A cast reunion Oprah show, October 29th. I still have some dignity. I think.









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Comments

Damn, I'm screwed - my 6 year-old is going to be all over this.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at September 28, 2010 5:05 PM

Hmmm. Maybe now I'll FINALLY break down and watch this movie?

Probably not.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at September 28, 2010 5:10 PM

I was 12 years old when I attended my first grown-up movie - all by myself - and it was "The Sound of Music". I saw it at The Wichita Theater, a wonderful old art-deco movie theater with lush carpet and velvet seats that one could melt into. I loved every frame of this movie and still do, to this day.

Posted by: Spender at September 28, 2010 5:18 PM

The Sound of Music is a shit show that was turned into a pretty good movie. I dare you to sit through a production of the stage show and ever look at that film the same way.

Posted by: Robert at September 28, 2010 5:20 PM

I think I'm already on record here as saying that I think this movie is an abomination. I love Julie Andrews, but not in this. Never in this.

Posted by: jimbob at September 28, 2010 5:27 PM

I stand by my analysis of The Sound of Music as communist propaganda.

Posted by: Steven Lloyd Wilson at September 28, 2010 5:30 PM

As far as I know, The Sound of Music is the only movie my grandmother EVER saw on the big screen. She saw it three times.

Yeah, it's since become a family staple. :p Every year at Christmas...

Posted by: Linda at September 28, 2010 5:39 PM

Just remember, Cptn von Trapp became General Chang from Star Trek VI - a much more worthy role!

Posted by: lordhelmet at September 28, 2010 5:40 PM

My dad was in Nazi concentration camp for a few years as a child / slave labor. When the Russians invaded his camp and liberated him, he eventually climbed over a mountain to freedom. The Sound of Music is my dad's favorite movie, and he LOVES the Eidelveiss song.

So, naturally, we own the original 1959 Broadway recording LP with Mary Martin. The cover proudly states:

"This is a new Stereophonic recording. We guarantee it will not become obsolete in the future."

About 20 years ago, I bought the same album on CD, because the LP was scratched. The cover is the same except it's missing the Stereophonic guarantee.

Posted by: BWeaves at September 28, 2010 5:51 PM

Yep, overrated. helmet's right.

Posted by: Jay at September 28, 2010 5:52 PM

Oh thank goodness. I can still love you, Cindy. I don't think I could gather and repair my broken heart if you had said bad things about this movie. Because this movie? It's like...it's MY movie. It's the first movie I ever remember watching, because it's my mom's favorite and she used to teach us the songs, even when we couldn't really understand what they were saying. Captain Von Trapp was my very first childhood crush, and I still sigh a bit when I see him.

To top it all off: my in-laws (MrFig's parents, brother and uncle) did an acapella version of "How do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" for my wedding and I almost burst into tears of joy because of how much I love that movie and how much it reminds me of my awesome mom. Gah, I'm getting all teary-eyed now.

In short: I LOVE THIS MOVIE. So much that I'll even get over my utter dislike of Oprah and watch her show for the first time in my life.

Posted by: figgy at September 28, 2010 6:37 PM

Oh, CINDY.

I'm with MelBiv.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at September 28, 2010 6:46 PM

I hope you naysayers know that Figgy and I are capable of murder and we will not hesitate to come after anyone who doesn't appreciate the exceptionally fine Captain von Trapp.

Posted by: Cindy at September 28, 2010 6:52 PM

It's so weird...I remember exactly where I was the first time I saw this movie. I still remember the room I was sitting in and the people I was with, and that's saying a lot since I was six years old and hyperactive.
In other news, I heartily approve of bringing TSOM back to the big screen. Every classic should come back to the big screen eventually.

Posted by: katyv at September 28, 2010 7:02 PM

My dear Figgy and Cindy:

I have SO got your back. And I have weapons.

Posted by: Samantha at September 28, 2010 7:02 PM

I saw the sing-a-long version about 10 years ago and it was AWESOME! Maybe I'll take my four year old to it this time for some momma/daughter bonding over song.

Posted by: katy at September 28, 2010 7:05 PM

Hee, AvB, while Figgy & Cindy ogle Captain Von Oldpants, you and I can have a Glee marathon and ogle the youngins!

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at September 28, 2010 7:23 PM

Plus:

I have confidence in meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Posted by: figgy at September 28, 2010 7:31 PM

::snicker::

Posted by: Nicolae at September 28, 2010 8:03 PM

Watch The Sound Of Music with me sometime, and I'll show you the funniest, most overlooked moment in the entire film. I can't tell you about it. I can only show you.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 28, 2010 8:21 PM

I used to work with someone who I swear was raised in a cave - she seemed to have none of the same cultural touchstones as the rest of us (at 25 years old, she had never heard of the license plate game). We were talking one day and she mentioned she didn't like TSOM. She hadn't actually seen it, but she had seen what she called "the twirling" and decided the movie was stupid. I asked if she knew any of the songs, and she said "which songs are in the movie?" So I started singing. After 5 minutes the entire lab was singing a TSOM medley.

Posted by: Three-nineteen at September 28, 2010 8:26 PM

Oh, figgy... you're going to make me cry.

I like this movie and have seen it tons of times, although I hesitate to use the word "love". But what I always think of is a certain day from high school. I was in band and every year there was an individual contest where students from all the shcools in our region would compete against each other. All the top-ranked players would form a band for one Saturday. We had just that one day to get together and learn three pieces of music to put on a public concert that evening. One year, one of the pieces of music we learned was a TSOM medley. That was one of the hardest pieces of music I recall ever having to learn so quickly. And to make it even worse, I had never even seen the movie at that point in my life and didn't know how it was supposed to sound.

Posted by: elsie at September 28, 2010 8:54 PM

Everything's doing fine on that Oprah reunion, until Rolf shows up, spoiling everything.
And 45th anniversary? Who celebrates 45th? Quick before we completely lose Christopher Plummer. And Oprah? That's some special edition of Oprah's favorite things?

Posted by: Adrien at September 28, 2010 9:02 PM

Y'all can keep your The Sound of Music. I'll stick with Dancer in the Dark for my Von Trapp fix.

Posted by: Robert at September 28, 2010 9:20 PM

Broooown paper packages tied up with striiiiiiiings...

Posted by: figgy at September 28, 2010 9:57 PM

there's only one my favorite things, and that is Coltrane. the man turned saccharine into sublime.

Posted by: idleprimate at September 28, 2010 10:21 PM

I, too, adore this movie. I remember when it used to be broadcast once a year on TV when I was little and it was always a big occasion. I had to take a nap so that I could stay up past my bedtime since they always seemed to show it one Sunday nights and I had school the next day. When I was little I loved Liesel and "I Am Sixteen" and that pretty dress and dancing with Rolf in the gazebo. Now, I get teary when the handsome Captain sings "Edelweiss" and he and Maria sing "Something Good." Oh and when they dance at the party - it gives me butterflies in my stomach for her.

When my four year old was about two years old she was obsessed with violins and whenever she heard them playing in music she would point it out. Around that time I introduced her to TSOM and a few days later she kept saying to me, "Mommy, watch violins." I had no idea what she was talking about until she said, "Kids in trees" - then I made the connection. She called it "violins" for a long time after that. I will have to see if they are doing a sing along version where we live as I would love to take her to experience that.

Posted by: prairiegirl at September 28, 2010 11:56 PM

OK, so now I'm ticked. There are no sing alongs taking place anywhere within two hours of me. Boooooooo.

Posted by: prairiegirl at September 29, 2010 12:07 AM

The music is awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBepgH00GM

That is all

Posted by: Carrie at September 29, 2010 12:09 AM

Elsie- I was in put for this in jr high and it's still one of like 4 pieces I can play by heart
/bandgeek

Posted by: Beckells at September 29, 2010 2:04 AM

I've often wondered how Captain von Trapp could have been so successful as a naval officer, given that Austria is landlocked.

To those who dislike this film: "What is it you can't face?"

Mind you, Christopher Plummer himself didn't much care for the film. It's said he referred to it as "The Sound of Mucus".

Posted by: Xiufetish at September 29, 2010 8:28 AM

My mom grew up with 13 brothers and sisters (yea for the Irish Catholics) and this is still shown in the Boston area every Easter (Christmas it's always Ben Hur or The 10 Commandments). Everyone in the family knows the "So Long, Farewell" line up song and can sing it all the way through.

Thoughts on the movie:

-I remember watching Rolf and Liesl dance to "You Are Sixteen" in the gazebo and realizing when she spins around you can see her underwear. Myself and my cousins totally wrecked our VHS copy by rewinding and checking out her panties.

-The littlest one who played Gretel chubbed out because in Austria she didn't like any of the food and lived off of buttered bread and fried artichokes.

-The second girl in line from Liesl (I never remember her name but she was the blonde bitchy older daughter) posed for Playboy in the 70's.

-If you're ever in New Hampshire or Vermont (I forget which), check out the Bed and Breakfast run by the REAL Von Trapp family. They did escape over the mountains on foot, then moved to America. Most have died, but I think one or two are still alive.

-When the filmed the opening scene of Julie Andrews on the mountain, the helicopter getting the shot blew up so much wind she kept getting knocked over.

-How badass is it that the nuns destroyed the car engines of the Nazis so they couldn't leave? I love that! It's like they knew exactly what to rip out!

Watch the reunion special on October 29th! I can't stand Oprah and I plan to watch it just for this!

Posted by: scorzi at September 29, 2010 9:55 AM

Why did I wander in here?

Posted by: , at September 29, 2010 10:47 AM

you and I can have a Glee marathon and ogle the youngins!

Awww, yeah. That's what I'M talkin' about.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at September 29, 2010 10:48 AM

I love this movie. I LOVE Julie Andrews so so much, so I have to love it. No shame in my game, fo sho.

Posted by: Chickaboom at September 29, 2010 12:32 PM

Strangely, The Sound of Music is one of the only musicals I genuine DISlike. And it is strange. I love musicals. I downright worship Julie Andrews. I even like most of the songs, to some degree or another. But I cannot sit through this movie. It's too long, for one, and just hits the wrong combination of sappy, happy, sad and dramatic for me. Somewhere in there, things don't click.

Although I have to admit, although I've never liked the Sound of Music, my tolerance decreased significantly after I had to sit through a full-length (3+ hours) high school production of it. And I assure you, this high school was NOT known for their arts programs.

Posted by: GwenBear at September 29, 2010 1:55 PM

I had the pleasure of seeing TSOM in 70mm & Six Track Dolby Sound at the old Cine' Capri (in central PHX, before the theater-chain-that-will-not-be-named got their dirty mitts on it) on a re-release one year, & a new beautiful digitally restored dts version at a private screening.
If 20th Century Fox is bringing the movie back to the big (and i mean BIG) screen again, i'll be there with bells on...,
Columbia Pictures, Sony.., or whatever yer name is, take the hint & bring back "Oliver"! Oh, and buy MGM already so we can have our Bond back...,
you know ya wanna...,

Posted by: Sly D. at September 29, 2010 2:18 PM

Love this movie - love it, love it. My favorite songs and scenes have changed over time, but I'm going to go with "Do Re Mi". I love how it opens on the mountains and then they're in Salzburg dancing around the fountain.

"When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything!"

Posted by: samantha t at September 29, 2010 2:36 PM