GamerTab That was an excellent one.

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Desertman84 When Julie Andrews was interviewed 5 years ago that Carrie Underwood is going to portray Maria Von Trapp in an NBC remake of the "The Sound Of Music" musical, she wished her the best considering she knows how difficult the role was for her when she did it back in 1965. Instead of a TV movie, NBC did it by having a live musical stage play. No question that that NBC avoided turning it into a TV movie considering that it will draw comparisons with the iconic 1965 film as well as that of Underwood and Andrews.While it was reported that there were 18 million people who saw this on TV,many were disappointed. Obviously, many were expecting another iconic film. Too bad that it was far from it. And that turned against the musical from the people who saw the 1965 film especially against Carrie Underwood's portrayal as well as her singing the classic songs from it. That included from a cast of the former film Kym Karath,who played Gretl Von Trapp,who stated that the role of Maria isn't right for Carrie Underwood.But in spite of it, I still gave it an "okay" rating(6/10) considering that I tried not expect another iconic movie like the 1965 film which I gave a great rating(10/10).I decided not expect too much from it considering that Carrie Underwood is a non-actress unlike Julie Andrews,who just won the Oscar Best Actress Award for Mary Poppins for 1964,when he did the original film the year after.Added to that, it was obvious that Carrie would not be up to par with Julie in terms of singing as the former is a popular country singer who happens to be a throaty singer at most who probably never had vocal training unlike the latter who is formally trained to sing songs using her head tone vocals which makes Julie the better singer. Finally,the story setting was almost the same despite a few changes in the 2013 version like Maria not singing "I Have Confidence In Me" when she was going to the Von Trapp's home. So there is nothing much to compare.So viewers who are able to see this musical should just enjoy it and treat it as another version that does not need to be iconic. Besides,I did appreciate Carrie Underwood's guts to portray Maria knowing that there will be comparisons between her and Andrews and her effort to make it a decent musical. Despite being a non-actress and basically a country singer, I would say that she did give her best in the musical. Doing her best was average at best and made the musical a decent enough despite the fact that she isn't at par with Andrews in both acting and singing nor was the musical at the same level with the iconic 1965 film. The same goes for the members of the cast. That's all that matters.Viewers should just enjoy another decent version of it. Others just presented negative reviews of it because of their high expectations and for it to live up to the iconic 1965 film.

Ratu Jade I would say that the actors at least tried to do their best. Sometimes I can hear them singing not in musical theater style, but sometimes off a bit country and something else. Captain Von Trapp looks to young to be a retired captain (and captains usually have big shoulder as experience swimmers). Sorry, although his real age may be close enough, but his appearance more like a cadet.But the most annoying is the cast of Mother Abbess. The head nun is usually the most senior, among the oldest of the nuns. Not just that, I think both look and personality are closer to type to the rebellious nun at sister act, which was why the movie Sister Act was funny (unless they never watch nor understand).Plus, how many African decent nuns lived in Austria in 1940's?Even to these days, most African descents go to Pentecostal church, which is very opposite in style to Catholic. It's like mixing between the two middle east opposite religions, the Jewish and the Arabic, although both came from Abraham.Well, I wish to know the casting company. Perhaps someday they would cast an Asian female playing Jesus...

phd_travel This was painful to watch and even worse than it should have been. I was open to seeing a TV version of the actual Broadway show as opposed to a remake of the movie. At first it was interesting to see the different songs, order of songs and dialog compared to the movie. Of course I knew things would suffer without the scenery and better costumes and sets. But the acting and casting was bad and the production felt cheap with ugly costumes and orange lighting.The casting is all wrong. As Maria, Carrie Underwood lacks a Broadway range in her voice - she comes across as strident and lacking in sweetness when required. But the worst thing is her blank expression throughout. She simply isn't an actress. I know it's unfair to compare her to Julie Andrews but Carrie is just too inadequate an actress. Steven Moyer as Captain Von Trapp lacks both dignity and kindness. The Broadway supporting cast sing well. Audra McDonald as Mother Superior has a great voice. The Von Trapp children especially the younger girls weren't cute compared to the movie ones. Strange choice to make them mostly dark haired. Rolf was too old looking.They got to stop doing these terrible versions. First South Pacific then The Sound of Music. Don't' bother to watch these since the original movies were perfect.

mrscorgi I am so tired of all the negativity on social media. I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinion but I thought the whole production was terrific and considering it was live with all that could have happened--amazing to me. Carrie Underwood blew me away with her performance of a more innocent Maria than perhaps some of her predecessors. I thought the entire cast including Stephen Moyer were excellent. Carrie had a lot of courage to do this role. Unfortunately we treat movies, theatrical events as sporting events with clear winners and losers. It is indeed possible to like the movie and to like this Broadway production. As Audra McDonald said, no one person owns a role and as she also said on twitter, Carrie Underwood will knock your socks off as their are no socks left on the set. Laura Benanti, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald and Christian Borle all spoke highly about Carrie. They all could have underplayed their support but their support was resounding. Please search the internet for Seth Rudetsky talks to Laura Benanti and hear for yourself what Laura says Carrie's performance.