On Saturday night one of my all time favourite movies was on TV. If the title doesn’t give away which movie it is, I’ll tell you, The Sound of Music. For those who have never seen The Sound of Music, warning, there are major spoilers ahead… you have been warned…

It doesn’t matter that I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen this movie, whenever it comes on TV, you’ll find me watching it and singing along to the songs.

I’ve also read the book written by Maria Von Trapp which the movie is based on. (I won’t provide any spoilers for those who want to find the book and read it).

This is a movie that appeals to people because there’s something in it for everyone… it has beautiful costumes of the era of World War II, the “underdog” Maria who does indeed have confidence to not only get the Von Trapp children to fall in love with her, Captain Von Trapp eventually does as well heart and she becomes his wife and step mother or Mother to his children. So you have the big romantic story as well. There’s the songs you can’t help but sing along to. There’s the baddies to boo at, like the German’s and Baroness Von Schrader for just getting in the way between the Captain and Maria and their romance. There’s the humour throughout the movie as well and to top it off, there’s a wedding.

The Sound of Music for me is a movie that will never get old and will be always timeless. It will never be outdated either because over the course of time, The Sound of Music has indeed become a timeless and much loved classic, which will attract future generations of people to fall in love with this enchanting movie, just as it has made generations of people fall in love with it already.

May the hills always be alive with the sound of music…

Until next time

Kaye