Just felt it was not for me; strange, as I absolutely adored Kismet and The King And I and others but somehow...

anyway I'm watching it now and...

quite understand why I avoided it. It's abominably twee. So far (half way through) I much prefer The Sound of Silence.

Mind you - Climb Every Mountain... wow!

OK three thoughts now it's over...

Far too sickly for me but Julie Andrews cannot help but be wonderful.
The scenery is fantastic - an area I know well, Bavaria - as regulars will know, Munich is my favourite German city.
And Rogers and Hammerstein are brilliant.

I quite like the movie. It starts off quite sweet and sickly but that's because it's a family musical rather than a gritty drama. As a kid I was won over by the final third when the family were under pressure from the Nazis. The movie turned a corner there and took on a whole new shape. Before that I had dismissed all musicals as naff and purely for girls.

Interesting Sci-Fi Fantasy trivia connection is that Angela Cartwright (Brigitta) went on to star in Lost In Space while Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich) became TV's Spiderman.

btw, I've never seen Kismet.