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The Sound of Music is an iconic staple of theater history. A true art form, without current-day sex, drugs, and violence. Instead, the Sound of Music focuses on important life lessons about confidence, facing your fears, following your dreams and finding what makes you happy. These life lessons will be taught to you through an exquisite story including recognizable music and phenomenal acting. I highly suggest you plan to sit down, relax with a bucket of popcorn and let the von Trapp family whisk you away from reality and into an uplifting story which is bound to make you smile. Over the course of the last 50 years, I believe the main focus of movies has shifted from wholesome family films, which only hint at signs of impropriety, to depicting …show more content…
The fact that the Sound of Music is over 50 years old will not bother you seeing as Mary Poppins was actually released a year before The Sound of Music. Another reason many people have chosen not to watch The Sound of Music is due to the musical nature of the movie, but that will not be an issue for you because Mary Poppins is indeed a musical as well. According to a poll on IMDb.com, where users were asked to choose between Mary Poppins and The Sound of music, 51% users choose Mary Poppins and 49% of users choose The Sound of Music (Poll 1). With only a 2 % difference, this poll shows that there is equal love for both movies. The similarities between Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music doesn’t stop at witty humor, musicality and public love, both movies were box offices successes of their time and both won at least five Oscars each. The Sound of Music more than doubled the worldwide box office sales of Mary Poppins with $286,000,000 and to this day The Sound of Music is one of the “highest grossing films of all time and the most successful movie musical in the world” (The Sound of Music 2). ***Need an explanation of quote*** and a sentence to sum up the paragraph and relate back to the topic …show more content…
In 2007, The American Film Institute updated it’s “100 years...100 movies” list. At this time The Sound of Music moved up from #55 to #40 while other movies of its time such as My Fair Lady were dropped from the list altogether. It is important to note that Mary Poppins has never been on The American Film Institute's list of greats (AFI’s 100 Years 1). The Sound of Music has only grown in popularity over the years, as shown by the rising up the American Film Institute’s “100 Years....100 Movies” list. Considering you liked Mary Poppins I feel confident you will love The Sound of Music. While many refuse to watch The Sound of Music because it is indeed over 50 years old or due to the fact it is a musical; I believe you will love it for the same reasons I do. You will fall in love with Fraulein Maria for her wholesome, confident and yet flighty nature while taking in reminders to always follow your dreams. Because The Sound of Music shares the same concepts of witty humor and uplifting, lesson teaching music as Mary Poppins I am confident you will not consider The Sound of Music as a waste of an hour and a half, or three, of your

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