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Post by Kpatch on Dec 5, 2013 15:29:19 GMT -5
NBC has been promoting this live event that's on tonight (December 5th) for about a month or more.
Who's planning to watch?
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Post by sportsgirl on Dec 5, 2013 15:42:02 GMT -5
I am planning to record... have an NFL football game also tonight. I can't wait to see Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp.
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Post by disneysparkle28 on Dec 5, 2013 19:03:11 GMT -5
I'm going to watch tonight!
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Post by slyn11 on Dec 5, 2013 20:15:34 GMT -5
wish I was home to watch...I adore Audra McDonald's voice...Carrie Underwood meh...but used to love that movie as a kid. I even dorkily recreated scenes from the film when I was in Austria at some of the filming sites...including that gazebo.
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Post by Kpatch on Dec 5, 2013 20:39:58 GMT -5
My assessment so far. She has a good voice and seems to have rapport with the children, but she doesn't have the screen presence or acting abilities to carry off a role like Maria. She doesn't look much older than the kids. And the Captain is really stiff, I mean his acting, not his character.
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Post by fluffysmom on Dec 5, 2013 20:49:09 GMT -5
I'm listening and partly watching.
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Post by MrsM on Dec 6, 2013 8:26:00 GMT -5
I don't like Carrie Underwood, so I didn't watch, but from what I hear it was pretty terrible.
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Post by DancingDays on Dec 6, 2013 8:46:03 GMT -5
It was the best kind of train wreck. I couldn't look away. My sister texted me saying it was like "The Church Lady meets Days of our Lives." I responded "Hey hey! Days is awesome. It's like Church Lady meets One Live to Live. Get it straight."
Apologies to those that enjoyed it. And those that enjoyed OLTL.
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Post by fluffysmom on Dec 6, 2013 10:06:53 GMT -5
I was curious about it mostly because it was live. I watched it off and on as I baked cookies and helped with homework.
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Post by Kpatch on Dec 6, 2013 11:55:25 GMT -5
It was the best kind of train wreck. I couldn't look away. My sister texted me saying it was like "The Church Lady meets Days of our Lives." I responded "Hey hey! Days is awesome. It's like Church Lady meets One Live to Live. Get it straight." Apologies to those that enjoyed it. And those that enjoyed OLTL. How about Dukes of Hazard meets Sister Act. The casting director should really be shot. Both leads were awful. Underwood was too American to play a European with any credibility, and the story was all about Europe/Austria during World War II. The Von Trapp kids were pretty good though. I love the book and lyrics but, last night, I thought the story felt a little dated for today's audience. And what was that "I" song that I never heard before in my life? Maybe it was from the stage play? I also didn't like how they switched up the order of the songs and left out songs I really like (like "I Have Confidence.") Best part was Audra McDonald. She brought tears to my eyes singing Climb Ev'ry Mountain. |
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Post by fluffysmom on Dec 6, 2013 12:13:10 GMT -5
I liked the kids. It made me want to watch the original. I really like listening to Christopher Plummer sing Edelweiss.
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Post by DancingDays on Dec 6, 2013 12:20:56 GMT -5
It was the best kind of train wreck. I couldn't look away. My sister texted me saying it was like "The Church Lady meets Days of our Lives." I responded "Hey hey! Days is awesome. It's like Church Lady meets One Live to Live. Get it straight." Apologies to those that enjoyed it. And those that enjoyed OLTL. How about Dukes of Hazard meets Sister Act. The casting director should really be shot. Both leads were awful. Underwood was too American to play a European with any credibility, and the story was all about Europe/Austria during World War II. The Von Trapp kids were pretty good though. I love the book and lyrics but, last night, I thought the story felt a little dated for today's audience. And what was that "I" song that I never heard before in my life? Maybe it was from the stage play? I also didn't like how they switched up the order of the songs and left out songs I really like (like "I Have Confidence.") Best part was Audra McDonald. She brought tears to my eyes singing Climb Ev'ry Mountain. From what I understand, they were doing the stage play (which has different songs and in a different order) rather than a staged version of the movie. And I totally agree on the casting choices. Bill, I mean Stephen, I mean Captain von Trapp (Gaylord was his first name???) having a British accent was so off putting - even though that actually is the actor's real accent, it's still strange to hear. And a redneck Austrian nun?? Um, sure! Why not?  It was as if they threw random accents into a hat and then had the cast draw to see what they'd sound like. Hot. Mess. |
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Post by sportsgirl on Dec 6, 2013 12:23:41 GMT -5
From what I read, yes, they did the stage version which did not include two songs which were written for the movie. Those 2 songs were not even written by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Also the order of the songs were different than the movie.
I had seen Audra McDonald sing Climb Every Mountain on The lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center on Wednesday night. It had brought me to tears then also.
I am surprised Stephen Moyer wasn't very good. He is an experienced British actor, but maybe because it was live it tended to make him a bit nervous. He is very good in True Blood.
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Post by Kpatch on Dec 6, 2013 12:48:41 GMT -5
Captain von Trapp (Gaylord was his first name???). His first name was the English equivalent of George. It's Georg (pronounced Gay-Org) with hard G sounds instead of soft G's. |
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Post by DancingDays on Dec 6, 2013 12:52:17 GMT -5
Did they ever call him that in the movie? Seems like that's something I would have remembered.
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It was as if they threw random accents into a hat and then had the cast draw to see what they'd sound like.