The Sound of Music
The girl came over the hill singing. It was a good hill and had done nothing to deserve this.
Below was the house of a captain. He had seven children and a whistle. He had been in the navy of a country which had misplaced its sea. A man must expect losses.
The girl made clothes from the curtains. After that there was no keeping the children indoors.
Julie Andrews has a clear voice and considerable endurance. Christopher Plummer looks like a man who has ordered a drink three times and been brought another song.
There is a baroness. She understands money and chairs and sitting quietly. The picture treats her badly.
At last the Nazis arrive. They are against the family, but this does not make them the villains. They have other qualifications.
The family escapes across the mountains. By then you wish them well. You would have helped carry the children if it would get them out of this movie.
The photography is excellent. The mountains were good. They did not sing back.
Love Actually
In London at Christmas. There are too many people to follow, so the director gives some of them hats.
The prime minister loves the woman who brings him tea. He dances through government buildings. There has been no dancing at the embassy in Madrid. Things have gone badly enough without it. The bulls.
A writer goes to France and falls for a Portuguese woman. They cannot understand each other.
Alan Rickman buys a necklace for a woman who is not his wife. His wife receives a record. Emma Thompson makes the difference clear without explaining it. It is fine acting and belongs in a harder film.
One man declares his love with cards, avoiding conversation. Unfortunately, he has chosen his friend’s wife, so conversation will eventually be necessary.
There is a boy and an airport. Airport security is defeated. (Must tell Orwell.)
Bill Nighy understands the film. He wants to sell a record and have a drink.
I recommend it. There is good work here, provided you wait for certain couples to leave.
