Seasider Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 What do you think? I've not seen the stage version. Are the songs (in the stage version) sung in the order that this program is using? It's different than in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm not watching it, but the songs in the stage version are different than the movie version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 We're watching. We're enjoying the singing but not so much the acting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Not watching. Not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Watching it. Liking it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Lighting is really wierd, like they blew a few bulbs. Orchestral background is waaaay too loud. Can't say I envy anyone trying sing Dame Julie's role. Aaaaaaggghhh! Up the mic levels! Kid dialog is drowned right out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 We're watching. We're enjoying the singing but not so much the acting. This X 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yes, this is the stage version which is quite different from the movie. My dd was Sister Sophia in the stage version last April. We got to see a little bit tonight while we were at our cleaning job, but we don't have cable here at home. It looked like it was going well in the part we saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Lighting is really wierd, like they blew a few bulbs. Orchestral background is waaaay too loud. Can't say I envy anyone trying sing Dame Julie's role. Aaaaaaggghhh! Up the mic levels! Kid dialog is drowned right out. Whew, I thought it was just me! My ears get blocked when my allergies flare up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The mic issue is annoying. I love the stage version, though, so I'm willing to look past it and a bit of quirkiness to enjoy the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Dd and I are planning on watching it and making a night of it. We're on the west coast, so the start time is over an hour away (8 Pacific time). So, it's not really live for us. Dh took off and we probably won't see him until it's over. (He's not a fan of musicals.) I think we'll enjoy it. I'm not expecting greatness, but I hope it's not painful to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 There was a making-of special last week that was good. Liesl is a sociology major at Barnard. Interesting break for that kid. Audra McD just belted out Climb Every with aplomb, as she is a genuine Broadway back-of-house belter. Small screen....meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The kids are enjoying it, especially the music, but the acting? Awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minuway Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 All the East Coasters are posting all kinds of comments on facebook and have piqued my interest - I didn't even know it was happening - but NBC won't let me see it streaming online until 8 pm pacific. BOO! Internet police! I don't see the point of this - Carrie Underwood is no Julie Andrews, that's all I'm saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yes. The lighting is weird, and that Carrie girl is an awful actor. The kids, though, I dig. I'm only watching because the captain is a vampire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm only watching because the captain is a vampire. That explains the lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That explains the lighting. Now it all makes perfect sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm loving the singing, too. It seems like they found ways to improve on the movie. (I've only seen one stage version of it.) Julie's S of M is one of my favorite movies--this one echoes that well. :) ETA: I think I've enjoyed Andra McD's character (Mother Superior) the best. She was the caring nurse in Emma Thompson's "Wit". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Now it all makes perfect sense! Marketing dept said they had to get the Twilight demographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Carrie Underwood seems entirely out of place amid this cast. In addition to her wooden acting, I believe every one of them has outsung her. Her voice is too mature and vampy to be playing a naive young woman as Maria is supposed to be. Too brassy, too American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Gah. What do you call it when the female voice sings and the sound vibrates? The nun harmonies are just painful to my ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Pop vs stage singer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm probably in the minority here but that vampire dude is annoying me more than Carrie. I like her singing but not her acting, but he's bothering me doing both. The woman playing Mother Superior is better than all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 So many folks on FB are referring to the Julie Andrews movie as "the original", when in fact the movie was an adaptation of the play, which had been around for several years before the movie came out. I'm enjoying this production, for the most part. It is hard to not make comparisons, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Gah. What do you call it when the female voice sings and the sound vibrates? The nun harmonies are just painful to my ear. Vibrato. They went all wonky for a bit in the church there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Why, Captain Von Trapp, what a long tongue you have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm probably in the minority here but that vampire dude is annoying me more than Carrie. I like her singing but not her acting, but he's bothering me doing both. The woman playing Mother Superior is better than all of them. Audra Macdonald. Went to Juiliard and had 3 Tonies by 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm probably in the minority here but that vampire dude is annoying me more than Carrie. I like her singing but not her acting, but he's bothering me doing both. The woman playing Mother Superior is better than all of them. Oh, I'm not watching for his acting or singing. I'm far too shallow for that. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 There is something to be said, in an artsy way, for the wallpaper and skin tones to be one and the same, I mean, if it's intentional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Vibrato. They went all wonky for a bit in the church there. I don't know music terms well so forgive me. I think they were pushing it too hard and the voices were out of sync. I listened to the movie soundtrack and the vibrato's there, but softer and more pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 It's not great, but I'm enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I don't know music terms well so forgive me. I think they were pushing it too hard and the voices were out of sync. I listened to the movie soundtrack and the vibrato's there, but softer and more pleasant. No, you heard right. The pitches were off and they oversang for several measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 If it was intentional, ew. No one looks good in that all-over shade of orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I like it. Of course it's not the same as the movie, but I like it for what it is. And there were even a few things I liked better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 If it was intentional, ew. No one looks good in that all-over shade of orange.Oompa Loompas. There was also the ending scene in Raiders in which the Nazis turned orange before their heads exploded. I don't remember explosions in Sound of Music, but it is TV in 2013, and they haven't hauled themselves over the Alps yet, so there's still time for a big finish. Robots. I bet Optimus Prime busts out any sec now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 OK you guys. Your reviews are cracking me up! We still have 15 minutes until it STARTS on the west side of the nation here. Now I'll be looking for a vampire, bad acting, wonky nuns, and orange people. Actually, I'm really looking forward to it now. Dd is clueless and thinks it's still going to be "live" for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yetch. Nun choir had a bad show. Spoiler alert....no explosions, no melting Nazis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 We just finished watching it. I didn't think it was that bad. I knew going into it that it was not going to be on the same level as the movie so I wasn't disappointed. The acting was bad but I thought the singing was pretty good. The guy who played VonTrapp bothered me more than Carrie Underwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 So many folks on FB are referring to the Julie Andrews movie as "the original", when in fact the movie was an adaptation of the play, which had been around for several years before the movie came out. Exactly. I saw the stage production just once (with Richard Chamberlain as the Captain. ::swoon::), and the homeschool choir my dds were in long ago did it, as well...but I just don't remember it enough to compare either of them to this production. I just know that the stage production is, indeed, the "original," not the movie. I'm just annoyed by the commercials. I only saw the last, oh, 15 minutes, and there were two commercial breaks in that amount of time. What??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I don't know music terms well so forgive me. I think they were pushing it too hard and the voices were out of sync. I listened to the movie soundtrack and the vibrato's there, but softer and more pleasant. Yabbut the sound you hear in the movie was not live; it was done in a sound studio, multiple times until it was perfect, mixed and messed with until it was even more perfect. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm just annoyed by the commercials. I only saw the last, oh, 15 minutes, and there were two commercial breaks in that amount of time. What??!! Cue the toy and merchandising tie ins in 3......2.......1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yabbut the sound you hear in the movie was not live; it was done in a sound studio, multiple times until it was perfect, mixed and messed with until it was even more perfect. :-) True. This orchestra might have been live. Still too loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahliarw Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Just started on the west coast. Black nuns in the 1940s? In Nazi Germany in particular? Yeah, that is not at all accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Cue the toy and merchandising tie ins in 3......2.......1 Especially since they were WalMart ads, and the background music was all Sound of Music stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 It's the Carrie Underwood Maria Barbie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Just started on the west coast. Black nuns in the 1940s? In Nazi Germany in particular? Yeah, that is not at all accurate. I so don't care because she was the best part of the whole performance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I forgot it was going to be on, but I'm not surprised about the reactions to it. The bits that were aired during the Macy's parade weren't setting my socks afire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahliarw Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Correction - I mean Austria, not yet Nazi Germany. But still, not a lot of racial diversity there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Correction - I mean Austria, not yet Nazi Germany. But still, not a lot of racial diversity there. The mis-match was pretty distracting, honestly; I appreciate the attempt to be more inclusive, but this just didn't work at all. (The reverent mother's singing did go a long way to make up for the switch, but - it was difficult.) I give the whole cast and crew props for trying. They did try, really hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Semi-dreadful thing. Actor playing the Captain was a block of wood with his bad acting. DD and I thought his face looked carved from plastic. DD then decided that he looks like a middle-aged Ken doll. Carrie Underwood can sing, but cannot act. The children sounded like coached semi-pros instead of real children. Uncle Max lacked all the endearing, bumbling self-centered character, retaining only a cynical self-centeredness. Frau Schraeder (demoted from being a Baroness) was referenced as a CEO?!?! Guess what, though? She was the best actor in the entire production, AND had the best voice. That new song, sung by her, Max, and the Captain, showcased her effortless, natural singing that was so high quality. DD and I ended by rating her voice higher than that of the Abbess (who sounded forced, if one is honest) (although we discussed buying the CD in order to have her "Climb Every Mountain" rendition). Don't start me on the costumes! Not at all characteristic of the era. The convent choir's singing was wrong style for church music; it was stage-y, showy. Total dud, in other words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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