Love Through The Sound Of Music

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When it comes to movies, despite their age, all people love to watch the movie ‘Sound of Music’, which is a well-known fact. It is a musical movie with so much entertainment such as singing, orchestra, dancing and a puppet stage show.  This movie is based on a true story but the talented movie producers and directors have made certain changes to the true story in an interesting manner. The main character maria is played by Julie Andrews, she gives colour to the character of a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey, who becomes a governess in the home of Captain Von Trapp, a widowed naval captain with seven children who treats his children as soldiers in a ship and communicate through whistles. This young lady brings laughter, life, love and music to Captain Von Trapp’s family.

When young musical Maria is at the mountain filled with so much greenery, bluish sky, and flowery meadows she cannot stop expressing her feelings along with a song. But the nuns seem to not to like it. Because there are certain rules to be obeyed at the abbey. According to some nuns, she waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on the stair. Underneath her Wimple, she has curls on her hair. She is always late for chapel and everything except for every meal.

There were some interesting clergy in the abbey. Reverend mother, Sister Magrette, sister Sophia, and sister Belta and more. They expressed themselves with a very melodious song. The producer and the team have done a great job by incorporating various solos, duets, and group singing in the movie. Which later on became popular worldwide.

This young lady ‘Maria’ will never make a fine nun at the abbey. Therefore, the Reverend mother of the abbey sends her to serve as a governess at Trapp villa. The kids of the Von Trapp Captain are very interesting. Liesel the eldest daughter, Age sixteen is hoping to find her true love and already has an affair with Rolf Gruber, a solider of the German navy, a Nazist who always comes to pass the telegram to Liesel’s father. Liesel thinks she is too grown up and doesn’t need a governess. Friedrich, the eldest son is age fourteen, and according to him, he is impossible. He wants to become a man like his father and also wants to get the affection of his father. Lousia is thirteen years old. Kurt is eleven according to him he is incorrigible. He wants to be treated like a boy. Brigitta is ten years of age. She thinks Maria’s dress is the ugliest dress she has seen in her life. Martha will be seven years soon she wishes to get a pink parcel on her birthday. Gretl is five she seems to like the governess from the beginning.

There were more interesting characters in the movie such as the jolly Uncle Max, the uncle of Von Trapp’s children. He is a lazy man but enjoys hanging out with his nieces and nephews and his friend the Baroness. At the end of the film, he distracts the Germans with the concert he organizes and helps Von Trapp and his family to escape to Switzerland. The Baroness was to become the Lady of Von Trapp villa. She is a glamorous widower living in high society in Vienna. Her husband’s death gifted her with an enormous fortune. She is smart and sophisticated in the end she doesn’t win Captain Von Trapp’s heart.

In the beginning, the children play pranks on Maria, as they did not like her but she wins their hearts gradually with her friendly and talented personality. On her first night when it was lightning and thundering, by playing and singing a song to the children. Later by sewing them clothes and taking them on a picnic. The kids enjoyed a lot when their father was away in Vienna. But when VonTrapp came home he was not alone. He brought Uncle Max, the calm character, as well as the Baroness. Even though the first greeting of the kids was not satisfying to the captain, at the end the children sang a song to Baroness which was taught by Maria which is the first time Maria was praised by Captain. The film producers and the team are so talented they twisted the movie into a very romantic mode at the end. At the first dance at VonTrapp villa, Maria gets to dance with Captain which makes Maria blush at the end and makes the Baroness very jealous which is natural and she drives away Maria back to her abbey by saying Captain is in love with Maria. Maria leaves the Villa without saying goodbye. But the goodbye song which the kids sing for the invites before going to bed was much appreciated by them, which was trained by Maria.

Later on, when Maria is at the abbey the nuns discover that Maria is avoiding the captain and using the abbey to use as a hiding place. The nuns without hesitation send her back to the Mansion of Von Trapp. By that time it was decided that the captain would marry the Baroness and there will be no governess again since the kids are going to have a new mother. But the children were unhappy with the idea. They even sang unhappily when Maria was not around. The same day Maria came, the captain and Baroness part off saying there is no use in their relationship. Then that night captain expressed his feelings to Maria and they decided to get married.

While the couple was on their honeymoon, the kids practiced for the concert of music organized by Uncle Max. One day, Rolf passes a telegram to Liesel saying to give it to her father. Which contained a piece of dreadful news. The Germans wanted the captain to escort them in the war but the captain was an Austrian and did not want to support the Nazism of Hitler. So they choose to run away to Switzerland leaving all their loved ones and comfort lives. In the end, they give an iconic performance and run away to Switzerland. Their performances were much appreciated and their family bonds are very great.

The movie is glamorous with the melodious songs it has such as the sound of music, sixteen going on seventeen, my favorite things, so long fair well, and many more songs. Edelweiss is the most admired song of this movie which the captain sings to his children and later on at the concert to his fellow Austrians.

The movie ‘Sound of Music’ has become an all-time favorite of all movie fans because of the talented producer and the team. Special credit should be given to the music director for being able to compose such sweet-sounding songs which are sung at almost every school concert all over the world. This movie gives a piece of great advice to lovers not to run away from feelings but to be strong and face them when the right time comes. It is a family movie that aids to strengthen family bonds.

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