Sound of Music Limited Edition Collector’s Set [Blu-ray]
Sound of Music Limited Edition Collector’s Set [Blu-ray]
When Julie Andrews sang “The hills are alive with the sound of music” from an Austrian mountaintop in 1965, the most beloved movie musical was born. To be sure, the adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Broadway hit has never been as universally acclaimed as, say, Singin’ in the Rain. Critics argue that the songs are saccharine (even the songwriters regretted the line “To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray”) and that the characters and plot lack the complexity that could make them more interesting. It’s not hard to know whom to root for when your choice is between cute kids and Nazis.
It doesn’t matter. Audiences fell in love with the struggling novice Maria (Andrews), the dashing Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), and, yes, the cute kids, all based on a real-life World War II Austrian family. Such songs as “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Climb Every Mountain,” and the title tune became part of the 20th century Zeitgeist. In addition, The Sound of Music officially became a cult hit when audiences in London began giving it the Rocky Horror Picture Show treatment, attending showings dressed as their favorite characters and delivering choreographed comments and gestures along with the movie. –David Horiuchi
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars “The Sound of Music” still Wonderful!
My granddaughter has the lead in a local theatre groups production this fall. The theatre company had a VHS version of the movie for study, but I saw this 2-disc version and thought it would give a deeper appreciation of it. Sure enough, my granddaughter was thrilled and has influenced other actors in the play to also get copies for themselves. It’s wonderful, as always!
5 Stars What gives pricewise?
This comment refers only to the upcoming Blu-ray release. The price, here on Amazon, started at $62.99 and now it’s jumped to $80.99. And this movie hasn’t even been issued on Blu-Ray yet! To quote Moe the bartender—-”Whaaaaaa?” Think I’ll wait till the price drops to between $15.00 - $20.00 where it should be for a single disc Blue-ray edition.
1 Stars eb white
I am giving this film one star, not because I hate it, but, because the owners of this movie (FOX) have gotten enough money out of my pocket for it. I bought the VHS, the Laser Disc with the soundtrack, and the DVD. To expect anyone to pay $90 for a copy (even if it is in Blu-ray) is rediculous. I can certainly see why there are those who pirate movies. The film companies, like FOX and WB’s, encourage it. For those of us who pay the price and actually buy it, they put obnoxious music and anti piracy ads in front of the film. Plus, expect us to pay top dollar for it. (Or in WB’s case, give us the theatrical version rather than the extended version.) I will watch this exceptional movie on DVD and skip through the ad, thank you, FOX! You won’t get another dime for it from me! Not until you rethink your pricing, that is. $90, who are you kidding?
4 Stars fantastic movie with lovely songs
i adore this movie. most people already know what the movie is about or have seen it, so this review is for this particular edition.
i watched all the extras on the two dvds and while they are interesting and enjoyable, after awhile it seems like there are repeats of certain behind the scene details or stories. i dont mind this because i have watched this movie ever since i was a kid and i will continue watching it. i just wanted to mention the special features start feeling all the same when you sit and watch them through.
5 Stars A really beautiful movie
This clasic movie is one of my favourites, when I was 10 years old was the first time that I’ve watched this movie, only with Spanish voices without subtitles on English on the songs. This edition came with two DVDs, one is the movie with Spanish subtitles, the other one the extras, very interestings, sadly only on English without subtitles, but If you know something of English you can understand it.
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