In most stage productions (where Rolf isnt an ass) the song is mutually playful and tongue-in-cheek, like they're both making fun of social expectations. But given Rolf's character in the film, it gives the impression he's being sincere while she is just playing along.
Ever since I saw this movie for the first time in elementary school I have been OBSESSED with her pink dress. The way it flows, the simplicity of it yet the little ruffle details it’s just perfect!!!
Same!! There are certain dresses in musical movies I love. Dream Laurie's wedding dress in Oklahoma, Nellie's pink and white checkered dress in South Pacific, Anna's silvery dress in King and I, all Mary's dresses in Babes In Toyland and of course this one.
Dan Truhitte is the actor who played Rolf in this movie. He was also my voice teacher throughout high school(he now lives in NC), and he changed my life for the better! He even sang "16 Going on 17" to me when I turned 16. He's a wonderful man and I owe him so much for helping me find confidence as a singer and as a person. ❤️ Last I heard, he's still teaching voice lessons, and that makes me so happy!
I love how Liesel is just playing along! Her sarcastic tone and not-so innocent look when she sang “innocent as a rise” 2:26 it’s quite ironic how he’s saying she’s shy and naive and doesn’t know what she wants but it’s actual the other way around! She knows exactly what she’s doing
Exactly my thoughts! She is just saying what she knows will be pure catnip or ambrosia to him, and he thinks he's in the dominant position. You love to see it.
I've read the comments and I realized that a large portion of the population doesn't understand the concept of playing dumb. She's not actually that naive and he's not actually that condescending, they're playing a game. They're basically saying "I need to keep you around" to each other.
Leisel's (Charmian Carr) voice is so amazingly sweet. I absolutely love when she sings her part of this song!!! Her voice and facial expressions are just so great and heart warming!!!!
@@powerdriller4124 I researched this and found absolutely nothing that says this. The only thing I could find was that Peggy Wood and Christopher Plummer were dubbed, but nothing about Charmian Carr being dubbed. Haven't you confused things?
@@SeiLa-zf1sf :: Well, that singing voice is the harmonious and educated voice of a professional singer, however she was not considered a professional singer. If she was capable of singing like that why she did not keep doing it... for a living???
well, your expectation is definitely one of the choices you yourself decided. It's not the movie's fault, you are just young :) this is just based on true story and this might actually happened.
I eat so in love with him. I met Maria in an airport as a teenager about 5 years before she died. Was nothing like i expected. Draped in fur and jewelry. I think I expected Julie Andrews skipping through a meadow. He died 10 days before my 54th birthday :( Rip sir
God, I remember getting so excited as a kid when they finally kissed. I was too young to fully understand the Nazi plot twist, but still made me super sad
I completely blanked out the Nazi twist and when I saw it in concert when I was 13 I was completely blindsided by the Nazis, in my mind they all just had a garden party and sang
To be fair? At the start he was considered not good enough for her by her military father. When he betrays them it's because he's scared of what will happen to him even if he goes with her family. He's a kid.
Me at 42: it passes way too fast. Live, laugh, care, be kind. Have great sex (and some awful sex too), and then some more. Stay young at heart, the lines don’t show as much then. And always forgive. And never judge.
i turned sixteen this year and oh man i’m never gonna stop singing this- until i hit seventeen of course. then my folks better be ready for The Year of Abba.
I remember first time seeing this as a little girl. How sweet and beautiful this scene is. They both sing so clear and truly awesome. They dont make movies like this classic anymore. Love it. Thank you.💕🇩🇰
In an hour I´ll be 17, so this is my last chance to sing "I am 16, going on 17". Why am I kinda sad? Maybe one day I´ll get back to this comment and be all nostalgic. To be fair tho, I can very soon sing "dancing queen, young and free, only 17". When a door closes, a window opens I guess.
Om goodness literally the exact thoughts I’m having rn lol!! I’m about to turn 16 like tomorrow and so I HAD to listen to this song!! But it’s honestly so sad cause time just flies :( but yh at least I get to relate to “Dancing Queen Only 17 ooohhh yeahhhh” soon :) !!
@@thegreatgig-5419 No it was only sprained..she injured it in rehearsal, jumping from bench to bench and her foot went thru a pane of glass. She was not badly hurt and was treated on set. She is dancing in the bandage. she received a pain injection and was able to complete the scene with a bandage which was removed in post production. You can see it tho, one of her ankles is clearly larger than the other.. Charmian Carr..AKA Leisl RIP...
I was so obsessed with this movie as a child (and still am), I would act this scene out for my grandma every time we watched it. And she sat there and smiled the entire time, rest in peace Grammie ❤️❤️
I find it funny how Liesl sings "timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken." But she is the one who has been trying to kiss Rolf and Rolf is he one who's timid and shy.
@alison Barlow I don't know how old you are, but this is one of those songs that you take literally when you watch it as a child, and then when you're an adult you realize both of them are not what they claim, and the lyrics are ironic. He's putting on a front of knowing what he's doing because he's older, when in reality he's scared to kiss her and has no idea what he's doing. She's putting on a front of being naive and easy for him to make a move on, but the reality is she knows exactly what she's doing and that she's far more mature than him. It's also a reference to traditional male/female social structure, where the men appear to dominate the women, but the women are the ones actually pulling the strings.
Thats the whole irony of the song. It's meant to be ironic in that way. She's the aggressive man and he's the shy girl. But his ego thinks it's the other way around and she's indulging him.
Me at age 7: omg she’s so grown up and pretty! I hope I look like that when I’m her age! That’s totally what 16 year olds look and act like! Me now at age 16: what... is this... Edit: as of today I'm 17. I'm even more confused if thats even possible Edit: I guess this is an annual thing now. 18 and still absolutely lost
He ran away because he wanted to make sure the situation didn't go beyond there. The point of that action was to show that his character was grown up enough to not just get intimate with a girl because she was being forward with him
I never get tired of this favorite scene from one of my favorite movies! Such talent from the lyrics, to the choreography, and the voices. Unmatched! Now, lets talk about Fiddler On The Roof. 😍🤩
Even more realistic because they both think that theyre so high and mighty and wise and "not babies" but you can definitely see the childlikeness in them hehehe
Back then to, women didn't have much say so on their own so they sadly had to pretty much depend on men to get anywhere in life working under them, marrying a particular one, etc.
The whole scene is portrayed as a beautifully innocent moment in time for two teenagers falling in love. She is smitten, as is he, and the song is a tribute to youthful naivete that everyone eventually grows out of at some point. Adults would scoff at the notion that "seventeen-going-on-eighteen" is any wiser than "sixteen-going-on-seventeen," just as they might scoff at the purity of young love like this.
I think that the notion that seventeen is so much wiser than sixteen is silly is kinda the point of the movie. He talks down to her in the song, and later betrays her. I don't see how you get just purity from this song
@@alexschalk5439 They were both being playful - he wasn't actually talking down to her. He says "timid and shy and scared are you" while she's the one who's all over him. He knows she's none of those things, he's just playing. The romance was cute and innocent. He was just swept up by the nationalist propaganda and entirely brainwashed like so many young men. It's a sad and scary commentary on radicalism and the way it corrupts people who are otherwise lovely.
@@abhinavs5213 Look closely. Look at her body language, the way she looks at him with a completely not-innocent expression. She plays along lyrics-wise, but her body language shows the opposite; meaning, her body language shows she's in control the whole time. The actress is very cheeky in this.
As a teen in this age range, I have never noticed how self-aware this song is. I feel so self-concious now because it's clear that neither of them know what they're doing. I am internally screaming.
@@cerebrummaximus3762 @lessismore8533 Specifically he's talking about how he's "older and wiser" than she is, but at this age range, it's less about age in a sense and more about lived experiences. I have a couple of friends that are two years older than me (I'm 18 now) and one of them is about in the same stage of life that I am, except she bought her first car. She basically has little to no clue what she's doing, so I don't usually ask her for advice regarding life. The other one is married with her own apartment. I usually ask HER when I need help with how credit cards work, or ideas for how to pay for college, or realistic estimates on how much rent is on average, or anything like that. 16-18 is a range where a lot happens in a short amount of time. Most people, when they turn 16, are juniors or sophomores in high school. They're kind of just trying to get through life, probably started their first job already if they hadn't two years ago, and are learning to drive. This is also the time that a lot of kids open up their first debit card so they can make purchases online without parental consent. 17 is kind of like 16 except your parents usually let you do more things by yourself. 18 is where you usually start to look for your first full-time job, decide what you want to do for higher education, open your first credit card, and basically start preparing yourself to be on your own. We have proof that Liesel lives with her dad, is probably still going to school, and is VERY wealthy. Making her almost entirely ignorant to how finances work, (although she may not need this information due to the fact that women usually stayed at home to raise children during this time and never needed to work), she's probably not super aware of the rest of the world because she's upper-class, and because somewhat controlling/red-flaggy boyfriend here is a postal boy, she's probably not thinking about the fact that a lot of his interest in her could be related to money. What we know about him is he does have a full-time job. We don't know if he lives on his own, but there's a 50/50 chance he _might._ If this is the case, he may genuinely be a little more experienced and aware of the world than she is, but we don't know for sure. He _might_ be someone who could offer Liesel decent advice on life, however, in this time period he may not have been able to afford higher education due to it majorly being considered an upper-crust luxury, so we actually don't know if he ever graduated or will graduate high school. (He could have a summer birthday.) That being said, assuming that Liesel has received higher education of the time, he would have the street smarts, but likely she's way more aware of what's happening outside of Austria and the war, which would make her much more equipped to run from it. So, there's potential for this dynamic being mutually beneficial, but honestly with the way he's talking there are a lot of... potential red flags. Ya know, "you don't know what you're doing but I can save you!" The fact that Liesel doesn't notice how potentially alarming these statements could be is also a case for how inexperienced she is. He's kind of putting words into her mouth, even though Liesel seems perfectly confident in this song. Notice how she mostly goes along with it to please him? Also just the line, "you *need* someone older and wiser telling you what to do." However, this is making a lot of assumptions. Honestly a lot of that comment was me looking at my behavior as someone of that age. I knew that I wasn't prepared to enter adulthood yet-- heck, I'm still not-- and that the future was zooming toward me like a train. This song is kind of saying they both feel like they know everything, which is common in this age range, while it's clear they haven't had as much lived experience to live up to that statement. I hope that my argument makes sense....
I remember when my mother showed me this. She loves this scene. She would say how she missed how people dressed like this and real people would dance and sing without fake voices.
@@algumacoisa1232 typically when the actor in a movie is autotuned it typically was just the choice of the people editing the music trying to get it "perfect". Take Beauty and the Beast 2017. Emma Watson has a very sweet natural voice, but she was autotuned to sound "perfect". Even Josh Gad, a famous Broadway actor and the voice of Olaf from Frozen, was autotuned and we all know he can sing
@@algumacoisa1232 people also auto tune wayyyy more than you think you do. Chances are, you don't actually mind auto tuning, you mind when it's obvious.
When life gives you 100 reasons to cry show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. And this scene right here is a heck of a good reason to smile! :-)
The message of the scene was that she was young and innocent, and wasn't aware of the dangers of just falling in love with a man and going for him. Watch how he refuses her several attempts at making the situation intimate. He's not being a dick in this scene, he does love her but knows that she is too young for them to do anything. Him being a year older does mean something - it implies that he's older so he can better understand the gravity of his decisions.
@@dutchik5107 Wrong. Girls mature in specific ways sooner than boys. That has nothing to do with how naive an individual is. In this case, the character was very naive and vulnerable to men who had enough charm, money and power. It was supposed to show that she needed to take more care.
@@akaneriyun4774 I am well aware. This is set in WW2 where Captain Von Trapp is called to serve for the Nazi army - which he then runs away from with his family and they escape into Switzerland. Just because that is what the character does later in the story, does not mean that the lesson being taught here is any less valid.
"Timid and shy are you..." she flirts with him and tries to kiss him during the whole song, yeah so shy 😂😂 it makes me laugh. I haven't seen this movie in a long while.
i showed my 2 year old this many times, now when I ask “how old are you???” she says 16 going on 17 every time. Brings happy tears to this crusty face.
This song randomly started playing in my head just now. I remember watching this movie when I was around the age of eight or nine, very nostalgic to hear the entire thing again.
Yes, apparently it was quite hard. On one take she actually cut her ankle, so had to have it bandaged. If you look very closely as she goes around the gazebo, you can spot the bandage.
we were watching this in music classes today and we learned that Leisl was doing all of this on a sprained ankle and she still did an amazing job may the actor rest in peace💞
Yah. I had just discovered about that yesterday while reading an article about her. It says that the staff forgot to put a no-slip pad on her shoes so while doing the dance, Liesl slipped and got her ankle sprained and had to shoot this scene with injured feet. But hurray, she did an amazing job. This is actually my favorite part of the movie. ❤️
she SLIPPED when they were doing this SCENE MY Grandmother got to go see this MOVIE IN THEATRES I REMEBER First time watching the MOVIE I HAD A sound of music BIRTHDAY CAKE
And Julie Andrews was not much older than both of them at the age of 28 . It’s still such an endearing and entertaining movie . I love it . Rest In Peace Charmian .
@@gracepuckett8310 she injured her ankle as she crashed through the glass doing this . If you look closely in the original movie , you’ll see her bandage under her hose . When they updated the film and used modern technology, they were able to blur out the look of the bandage .
This is basically the 1965 version of "Love is an open door"
Yeah..... Uncanny
Minus the Nazis
DuskLight And plus all the aggressive men with an insatiable hunger for power and the murder of the queen. :D
Absolutely not. Love is an open door is the 2013 version of this.
More like "Girl you'll be a woman soon"
Ok but can we talk about the dress she is wearing oddly I want it like NOW
Not odd at all -- that dress is awesome!!!
I don’t know if you care, but the pattern to make it is at Edelweiss Patterns. The original dress is also being sold, but for a very high price.
I mean did you see the way it floated! BARBIE MOVIE MAGIC DOES EXISTS
When i was little i always wanted her dress. I thought it was so pretty!
The way it flows! I want it too
i love how sarcastic Leisel is when she’s singing her part, she knows she’s in control the whole time
She’s playing along for the game
In most stage productions (where Rolf isnt an ass) the song is mutually playful and tongue-in-cheek, like they're both making fun of social expectations. But given Rolf's character in the film, it gives the impression he's being sincere while she is just playing along.
Caitlin Brewer I’d like to see them too. That sounds interesting
Caitlin Brewer oh man, that sounds like a cool interpretation
Terra Bee right lmaoo
Ever since I saw this movie for the first time in elementary school I have been OBSESSED with her pink dress. The way it flows, the simplicity of it yet the little ruffle details it’s just perfect!!!
❤ Que lindos😊🇧🇷
Me too! Even now I want to wear it, it’s beautiful~
Same!! There are certain dresses in musical movies I love. Dream Laurie's wedding dress in Oklahoma, Nellie's pink and white checkered dress in South Pacific, Anna's silvery dress in King and I, all Mary's dresses in Babes In Toyland and of course this one.
I ALWAYS WANTED THAT DRESS
@Nessa i would love to have it now hahsah if course
Me tooooo if I could I would make it myself
ME TOO
Who doesn’t?
Agree, that dress is so dreamy given you have the right figure 😁
This distresses me immensely cuz I am sixteen going on seventeen and no blue eyed blonde boy has sung and danced with me around a glass greenhouse.
Be careful he might turn out to be a Nazi 🙈
and thank god for that... you know what’s more distressing? finding out that blondie is a nazi 😭✋
Hopefully someone’s gonna fix that! Good luck, and I’m rooting for you, now the next step is to hope he’s not a nazi
SIS SAME 😭💀
I mean good though cause this kid was a nazi
I really like her dress and their dance is very charming and elegant
Omggg I’m so obsessed with it🥺👉🏾👈🏾
Dude it's so nice 😉
Yeah, just don't listen too closely to the words
Andini Irmadianis I’m like #420
The dress is a dream !
I wish they still made movies like this...
I maybe a millennial but I know how you feel. I come back to this classic once in a while
Me too. And they will again. When they get sick of the superhero comic genre.. we've only had 70 or 80 years of it.
lala land
Let's not forget that she did this whole scene with a sprained ankle.
Damn
Wow
Wow
Wow
Wow
Dan Truhitte is the actor who played Rolf in this movie. He was also my voice teacher throughout high school(he now lives in NC), and he changed my life for the better! He even sang "16 Going on 17" to me when I turned 16. He's a wonderful man and I owe him so much for helping me find confidence as a singer and as a person. ❤️ Last I heard, he's still teaching voice lessons, and that makes me so happy!
DUDE WHAT that's incredible!
oh my fucking god... that must've been amazing, singing '16 going on 17' with him *.*
wow!
WOW!!!
That's amazing! You were so lucky :)
Wow! that's so cool 😎 men, I'm a big fan of Sound of Music I've watched it countless times
I am sixteen, stuck in a quarantine...
Dannie Dimichele same
Because covid--19
Yep
Same
16 year olds unite
I love how Liesel is just playing along! Her sarcastic tone and not-so innocent look when she sang “innocent as a rise” 2:26 it’s quite ironic how he’s saying she’s shy and naive and doesn’t know what she wants but it’s actual the other way around! She knows exactly what she’s doing
At the end, he was the one for being naive joining the Hitler Youth( and willing sacrifice with all the loves he received from the girl of his dream).
...as a ROSE...
Exactly my thoughts! She is just saying what she knows will be pure catnip or ambrosia to him, and he thinks he's in the dominant position. You love to see it.
She played him like a fiddle
Well he's a total hypocrite, he wants to get in her panties like all those other boys he's talking about
I've read the comments and I realized that a large portion of the population doesn't understand the concept of playing dumb. She's not actually that naive and he's not actually that condescending, they're playing a game.
They're basically saying "I need to keep you around" to each other.
I thought that was very obvious, until now
Thank you. The amount of people who don’t seem to grasp this basic song and it’s themes depresses me
Ya know now that u say that it makes sm more sense- I was like “she can’t be that dumb”
@Immortal a lot of people haven't seen the movie hence they don't know the context of the scene. it's not that serious, relax lol
Ohh thanks I thought they were tryna do that dramatic type vibe like in theater
A highschool senior talking to a junior
Omg this made me laugh a bit to hard
Actually singing
Hahahaha
🤣 EXACTLY
LMFAOOOO
Her reaction to his kiss was the most joyful and innocent thing I’d ever seen lol.
That's probably the most free she's felt in a while
I always felt so embarrassed during that part🤣🤣🤣
@@the_electra *!
She sounds like a squealing pig! lol
Too bad he became a Nazi
Leisel's (Charmian Carr) voice is so amazingly sweet. I absolutely love when she sings her part of this song!!! Her voice and facial expressions are just so great and heart warming!!!!
I´m sorry to be an spoiler, but she was dubbed. Charmian Carr was a beautiful woman, but not a professional singer.
@@powerdriller4124 I researched this and found absolutely nothing that says this.
The only thing I could find was that Peggy Wood and Christopher Plummer were dubbed, but nothing about Charmian Carr being dubbed. Haven't you confused things?
@@SeiLa-zf1sf :: Well, that singing voice is the harmonious and educated voice of a professional singer, however she was not considered a professional singer. If she was capable of singing like that why she did not keep doing it... for a living???
Movies that gave you unrealistic expectations about being 16
MissAnthrope -- Movies that used a woman in her 20s to play a 16yr old.
I know. I’m not falling in love with a nazi, disappointing. Wouldn’t recommend.
Hahahahha
well, your expectation is definitely one of the choices you yourself decided. It's not the movie's fault, you are just young :) this is just based on true story and this might actually happened.
It is a old movie did you expect realism. It was always fantasy movies back then that was an escape and a break from life.
"You are sixteen, going on seventeen-"
"Actually I'm thirty-three"
@Wolfgem 203 it's an SNL skit
@@abbywolffe4114 that’s also part of the skit💀
When Andrew Keenan- Bolger did his version he was 32 or so.
I just found out in real life, the actress who plays Liesl is 1 year older than the actor who plays Rolfe. She was 22 and he was 21.
@@abbywolffe4114 💀
Final day of being 16, thought I'd play this one last time before moving on to being the Dancing Queen!
Me in a month AHHH
Have fun with it, life flies by! I don’t think there are any songs after 22 (Taylor Swift- 22), I am almost 23 and I’m so upset there’s no song 😭😭
I did the same thing! Enjoy it sweetie!
@@iceJJenny there's a blink 182 song about no one liking you when you're 23
omg me
Her dress is everything
RIP Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trapp) Friday Feb 5th 2021, 91 years old. You will be missed greatly.
He died on my Birthday :(
RIP Christopher. Fly high 🕊🕊
Aw ;-; may he rest in peace, i hope he is with god ♡
I am so sad to hear this. God rest his soul.
I eat so in love with him. I met Maria in an airport as a teenager about 5 years before she died. Was nothing like i expected. Draped in fur and jewelry. I think I expected Julie Andrews skipping through a meadow. He died 10 days before my 54th birthday :( Rip sir
God, I remember getting so excited as a kid when they finally kissed. I was too young to fully understand the Nazi plot twist, but still made me super sad
Kam same
It really is sad 😔
Yh me too, now that I understamd it, this movie has such a different meaning
wow, life is complex huh? that is why this a great story....things are not always black and white are they?
I completely blanked out the Nazi twist and when I saw it in concert when I was 13 I was completely blindsided by the Nazis, in my mind they all just had a garden party and sang
When a 1999 baby talking to a 2000 baby 😂🙌🏻
Over It SO TRUE
Hahahaahahahaha
And anyone before 1999 rolls their eyes at all of you
Sooooo true
LMFAAO
This is one of my favorite scenes. Who doesn’t love rain and romance? What a great combination! The music is light and flows. 😌
Like Rachel and Ross on Friends
He seemed really nice and gentlemanly- so sad when he betrayed them at the end.
The real Rolf did not betray the family. That's hollywood lying to us again.
To be fair? At the start he was considered not good enough for her by her military father. When he betrays them it's because he's scared of what will happen to him even if he goes with her family. He's a kid.
Always sad to see a nice character become a nazi
He did it for the Fatherland.
@@mooilife2497 There was a real Rolf ? Was he romantically involved with Lesil & what happened to him really ?
"I'm 16. What's such a baby about that?"
Me at 16: yea 16 years old isn't a bAbY!!!
Me at 19: hahahahahahahahahaha
Lillian J. C. I’m 18 and STILL a baby 😂
I'm 19 and now I see everyone younger than me as babies.
21 and full on baby
@@cesiluzherrera5342 mood
Me at 42: it passes way too fast. Live, laugh, care, be kind. Have great sex (and some awful sex too), and then some more. Stay young at heart, the lines don’t show as much then. And always forgive. And never judge.
i turned sixteen this year and oh man i’m never gonna stop singing this- until i hit seventeen of course. then my folks better be ready for The Year of Abba.
🎶🎶🎵DANCING QUEEEEN 🎵🎶🎶
coolsisters DANIEL 🎵YOUNG AND SWEET ONLY SEVENTEEN🎵
well, when you're seventeen just sing the part where Rolfe is singing (cause he says he's seventeen going on eighteen)
This comment made me laugh so hard
Lol me too
I remember watching this movie as a child thinking life would be chill like this. Now I'm 16 going on 17 and I feel scammed 😭
If only things were simpler 😔
Ugh for real cant someone just kiss me already
I mean you are probably at a much lower risk of having to flee the country after it's annexed by Germany so at least you have that going for you
you still are a child
Dude same literally 17 more days and I’ll turn 17🥲
They’re glowing like literally glowing
That's just the love they have. Too baD that gets stamped out
@@iceluvndiva21 Or goose-stepped out, hehe.
@@Briguy1027
Don't ruin the moment
Lol in the old movies they made it blurry and glowy like that in romantic scenes I think my teacher said it
They've rubbed vaseline on the camera
He’s actually 33...or maybe 46. You know what, age is just a number that the government keeps track of.
I literally just came here straight from the SNL sketch 😂😂
@@fromspace7 same😂😂
Me too 🤣
😂😂😂 Someone watched the sketch.
There is no seventeen year old who would be capable of maintaining composure in front of Charmian Carr.
this whole scene looks like a moving painting
MADISON BABY it might be a green screen
*coolsister DANIEL* no, it wasn't. What I think *MADISON BABY* meant was that it looks very pretty, like a painting.
musicaltheatergeek79 oh, ok 😶🙂
I don't even think they had green screens at that time period
Enigma They did
This song popped into my head right before my son turned 17. He's 18 now. He was so annoyed that I'd keep singing it.
I love how she openly goes "I am so naive" while clearly being bold and strong. I'm so happy I get a chance to play her part.
Yes! She's clearly just playing along and teasing him haha
She’s just being coy.
no show how did you fucking do
on what stage.
'I'm so naive' *gives him sexy eyes*
'Innocent as a rose' *actively seduces him*
“I need someone older and wiser telling me what to doooo” yeah your father.
Or mother. But definitely not a partner...
i read this when she sang the part omg
@@kirstenn1577 speak for yourself!
Anja Strnad yo same
@@msontopoftheworld I am since it was my opinion lmao
The one thing I always notice whenever I watch this movie is how blue her eyes are. Seriously, they're insanely bright. So pretty.
Alix Hudspeth same I couldn’t stop looking at her eyes they’re so pretty
Same bruh
Also in the edelweiss scene when captain von trap is singing
in the past, it was preferred that film stars had blue eyes (something about easier to pick up on camera or something)
@@TigerPrawn_ Well they were depicting Austria where majority was blue-eyed. I live in Baltics and almost everyone I know has light eyes.
The most beautiful first kiss in movie history
“You need someone older and wiser telling you what to do.”
Me at 16: “He’s such a gentleman!”
Me at 20: “Geez. He’s still a baby himself.”
Me at 13:how about you go date a nazi and leave this poor girl alone instead of manipulating her
Omg that was so me, I grew up with this movie, I thought that was how love worked 😂
astro ari i
Me at 30: That bastard has no idea what the hell he’s talking about 😂
I'm 16 and I cringe when he said telling you what to do
I'm turning 17 in a few hours so I'm listening to this song
Jasmine Montague happy belated birthday
Wait when was your birthday?
Jasmine Montague im turning 16 in a few😂
Jasmine Montague congratulations!
Jasmine Montague happy birthday 🎂🎈🎉🎁
When you were born 1 minute before your twin.
tOny sTarkkkkk
I see that you're the one and only... Tony Stank
Hey, aren't you suppose to be 6 feet under or something?
Tony Stark LOLLLLL I can only imagine
Terribly awkward surrre ;) lol jk
I remember first time seeing this as a little girl. How sweet and beautiful this scene is.
They both sing so clear and truly awesome. They dont make movies like this classic anymore. Love it. Thank you.💕🇩🇰
In an hour I´ll be 17, so this is my last chance to sing "I am 16, going on 17". Why am I kinda sad? Maybe one day I´ll get back to this comment and be all nostalgic. To be fair tho, I can very soon sing "dancing queen, young and free, only 17". When a door closes, a window opens I guess.
happy late birthday! you are officially a dancing queen!
Me too rn
Om goodness literally the exact thoughts I’m having rn lol!! I’m about to turn 16 like tomorrow and so I HAD to listen to this song!! But it’s honestly so sad cause time just flies :( but yh at least I get to relate to “Dancing Queen Only 17 ooohhh yeahhhh” soon :) !!
I'm 24 now but I remember being 16 and singing this all the time, especially the days leading up to turning 17.
I also watched this on my 17th birthday
Wow, I used to watch this (as an 8 year old) and think: "Ha! Look at them, they're 16 and getting really old"
I'm now 18.
*woosh* that there. that's the point. It flew past you
I am 26 going on 27.......
Only 10 years later....lovley -.-
I am 43 and have loved this movie since the first time I saw it. That love was passed down to my daughter, now 20 :D
Or Oktoberfest.
ElAshtonio
that girl is running in benches in heels.
respect
her ankle was sprained too!
@@lovlipatton8896 really?
@@anyatindall5678 Yup, they had to hid the cast afterward
@@thegreatgig-5419
No it was only sprained..she injured it in rehearsal, jumping from bench to bench and her foot went thru a pane of glass. She was not badly hurt and was treated on set. She is dancing in the bandage. she received a pain injection and was able to complete the scene with a bandage which was removed in post production. You can see it tho, one of her ankles is clearly larger than the other..
Charmian Carr..AKA Leisl RIP...
she also had a sprained ankle during the shooting of that scene
この映画大好き！！
それでいてこの曲が1番好きだったから嬉しい！
DVD見直します❤
I remember watching this as like a 6 year old and being like "damn 16 is so old"
...... im 17 and I'm like damn time went fast
Jess Holder how’s 17 going lmao
@@whorable ha ha ha FUNNY
Dude same😂
Imagine how you felt on your 29th birthday
I hate getting older
I’ve always loved her voice, in like the whole movie (I also like his too)
Athena S I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Me too. I love her voice.
her voice is nice but she doesnt make her vowels tall enough
Omg lol I see you everywhere🤣😂💖
the actor is dead now
just saying..
Imagine looking outside "what a terrible stor- what the hell are they doing?"
I love this comment made my night 😂💕
Hears all of a sudden **REEEEEEEE**
I would like but it’s 666 and I’m an immature first grader
BAHAHAHHA
KWKWKWKWK
I was so obsessed with this movie as a child (and still am), I would act this scene out for my grandma every time we watched it. And she sat there and smiled the entire time, rest in peace Grammie ❤️❤️
I find it funny how Liesl sings "timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken." But she is the one who has been trying to kiss Rolf and Rolf is he one who's timid and shy.
Maybe he just doesn't want to knock her up before she's even 17. Gotta take things slow you know.
Exactly! Plus he was the one who ran away after they kissed-- not her
I think that's the "beauty" of it. It was all upside down after all
@alison Barlow I don't know how old you are, but this is one of those songs that you take literally when you watch it as a child, and then when you're an adult you realize both of them are not what they claim, and the lyrics are ironic. He's putting on a front of knowing what he's doing because he's older, when in reality he's scared to kiss her and has no idea what he's doing. She's putting on a front of being naive and easy for him to make a move on, but the reality is she knows exactly what she's doing and that she's far more mature than him. It's also a reference to traditional male/female social structure, where the men appear to dominate the women, but the women are the ones actually pulling the strings.
Thats the whole irony of the song. It's meant to be ironic in that way. She's the aggressive man and he's the shy girl. But his ego thinks it's the other way around and she's indulging him.
Me at age 7: omg she’s so grown up and pretty! I hope I look like that when I’m her age! That’s totally what 16 year olds look and act like!
Me now at age 16: what... is this...
Edit: as of today I'm 17. I'm even more confused if thats even possible
Edit: I guess this is an annual thing now. 18 and still absolutely lost
*sees profile, likes comment*
Me. Rn.
To be fair, she was actually 21 in real life when she filmed this 😂
Ur profile is AMAZING
Literally me at 7 but im only 13
for someone who's supposedly timid and naive, she played him like a fucking harp XD
true though
Katarina Aguilar so true
no ones plays the harp
Yeah. I can totally kick most guys aas but I wouldn't stand a chance against her.
I suppose that's the best kind of harp.
Musique, chant, chorégraphie, réalisation : du bonheur!
For being over 50 years old this film still looks great in terms of quality and acting.
Bro it was better back then...most films today can't hold a candle to back then. Just look at rotten tomatoes
The songs are just incomparable with anything that comes out today
Same thought. I think 1939 Gone with the Wind and 1965 Sound of Music are the best in film history.
I discovered this movie in 2006. But it took me seven years to give it a second glance. I watch it almost every holiday season
@@lizxu322It’s tougher than ever these days to find good movies
I felt so betrayed when Rolf joined the nibs later on, it was like that meme: I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU! WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU HOW DARE YOU?
katherine turner I'm watching the movie in music and we just got to that part I felt do betrayed
katherine turner I
katherine turner saaame 😂
But he can sing.
SAME
I love how Rolf is telling her how timid she is but Leisl has this look like she's down for whatever.
めちゃくちゃ好き…。サウンド・オブ・ミュージックは全世界共通の名作だと言っても過言じゃない…。
17歳と16歳でこれはロマンチックすぎるんだけど、それも良い…。
ありがとう。
幼い頃に観た衝撃が忘れられない。フリルのあるスカートに憧れたなぁ…。
He gon’ protect her but ran away after a kiss 😂😂😂
@@itsyagurl7972 LMAO😂👌🏼
FO REAL THO😂😂😂😂😂
That's the hit it and quit it of that time I guess😂
He ran away because he wanted to make sure the situation didn't go beyond there. The point of that action was to show that his character was grown up enough to not just get intimate with a girl because she was being forward with him
I'm turning 17 tomorrow. Had to listen to this song one last time as a sixteen year old :)
Happy belated birthday!
Michelle Kim Thank you! :)
Lol I wasn't watching this because I'm turning seventeen. Btw, I'm turning 17 next year. Xb. I was just bored. ;P lol
You can Listen to "Dancing Queen"! You are the dancing queen , young and sweet only 17! :) Happy birthday
MissAkua100 Hahaha you're right! I love that song too! And thanks :)
I am 26 going on 27 and I still don't know what the hell I'm doing
Xiao Fu Liu lmao
Don’t worry, if the Xiao in your name is the character for small, you’re still a little kid 😂 小
Self awareness is a virtue
me
Same here
I never get tired of this favorite scene from one of my favorite movies! Such talent from the lyrics, to the choreography, and the voices. Unmatched! Now, lets talk about Fiddler On The Roof. 😍🤩
Her dress is so gorgeous when it flows as she twirls!
cancer
Those are the best kind of dresses
I love how realistic this is. Guys be a year older and turning 18 and they think the girl is a baby.
Even more realistic because they both think that theyre so high and mighty and wise and "not babies" but you can definitely see the childlikeness in them hehehe
I've had way more experience with girls who do that. Even if I'm 9 months younger they say I'm too young.
TheGuyWhoIsAustralian because it feels so
Back then to, women didn't have much say so on their own so they sadly had to pretty much depend on men to get anywhere in life working under them, marrying a particular one, etc.
hahahaha Lady
The whole scene is portrayed as a beautifully innocent moment in time for two teenagers falling in love. She is smitten, as is he, and the song is a tribute to youthful naivete that everyone eventually grows out of at some point. Adults would scoff at the notion that "seventeen-going-on-eighteen" is any wiser than "sixteen-going-on-seventeen," just as they might scoff at the purity of young love like this.
Which gets proven as childish later in the story when he betrays her and her family.
It's fun, definitely "exciting & new"
I think that the notion that seventeen is so much wiser than sixteen is silly is kinda the point of the movie. He talks down to her in the song, and later betrays her. I don't see how you get just purity from this song
@@alexschalk5439 They were both being playful - he wasn't actually talking down to her. He says "timid and shy and scared are you" while she's the one who's all over him. He knows she's none of those things, he's just playing. The romance was cute and innocent. He was just swept up by the nationalist propaganda and entirely brainwashed like so many young men. It's a sad and scary commentary on radicalism and the way it corrupts people who are otherwise lovely.
It is brilliant wit
I'm just watching this after many years, my childhood was indeed blessed
is anyone else obsessed with her dress
Yessss I want it!!
+vikki d I know right 😊
yeah totally :)
Applejack Becca YES I WANT IT
Applejack Becca my whole family is xD
This is the way those born in 1999 talk to anyone born in 00's 😂
I like it. More people should sing their words to each other.
As someone born in 1999 I can confirm this
@@MASTEROFEVIL when you're both depressed traumatized adults now:
EXACTLY omw 😂
She’s so sarcastic in this I love
How? She just sang whatever he sang
@@abhinavs5213 Look closely. Look at her body language, the way she looks at him with a completely not-innocent expression. She plays along lyrics-wise, but her body language shows the opposite; meaning, her body language shows she's in control the whole time. The actress is very cheeky in this.
omg i absolutely love this scene. the light makes the mood so romantic and fiction-looking
Rolf: I'll take care of you
Also Rolf: *runs away after a kiss and leaves her alone at night in the rain*
Camilla Scanlon also rolf: tries to kill her family
to be fair, it was just in the back of her house doe
@@j5803 yeah but their estate was pretty big. Looked like a frickin park
@@camx8027 true true lmao
idk, maybe it was more of a 'protect her honor' kind of thing. like, aight imma dip before we make out and your dad catches us.
As a teen in this age range, I have never noticed how self-aware this song is. I feel so self-concious now because it's clear that neither of them know what they're doing. I am internally screaming.
May you explain more? I’m intrigued
I just entered this age range, please explain!
Just pick one of the two original genders and you’ll be ok
@@cerebrummaximus3762 @lessismore8533
Specifically he's talking about how he's "older and wiser" than she is, but at this age range, it's less about age in a sense and more about lived experiences. I have a couple of friends that are two years older than me (I'm 18 now) and one of them is about in the same stage of life that I am, except she bought her first car. She basically has little to no clue what she's doing, so I don't usually ask her for advice regarding life. The other one is married with her own apartment. I usually ask HER when I need help with how credit cards work, or ideas for how to pay for college, or realistic estimates on how much rent is on average, or anything like that.
16-18 is a range where a lot happens in a short amount of time. Most people, when they turn 16, are juniors or sophomores in high school. They're kind of just trying to get through life, probably started their first job already if they hadn't two years ago, and are learning to drive. This is also the time that a lot of kids open up their first debit card so they can make purchases online without parental consent.
17 is kind of like 16 except your parents usually let you do more things by yourself.
18 is where you usually start to look for your first full-time job, decide what you want to do for higher education, open your first credit card, and basically start preparing yourself to be on your own.
We have proof that Liesel lives with her dad, is probably still going to school, and is VERY wealthy. Making her almost entirely ignorant to how finances work, (although she may not need this information due to the fact that women usually stayed at home to raise children during this time and never needed to work), she's probably not super aware of the rest of the world because she's upper-class, and because somewhat controlling/red-flaggy boyfriend here is a postal boy, she's probably not thinking about the fact that a lot of his interest in her could be related to money.
What we know about him is he does have a full-time job. We don't know if he lives on his own, but there's a 50/50 chance he _might._ If this is the case, he may genuinely be a little more experienced and aware of the world than she is, but we don't know for sure. He _might_ be someone who could offer Liesel decent advice on life, however, in this time period he may not have been able to afford higher education due to it majorly being considered an upper-crust luxury, so we actually don't know if he ever graduated or will graduate high school. (He could have a summer birthday.) That being said, assuming that Liesel has received higher education of the time, he would have the street smarts, but likely she's way more aware of what's happening outside of Austria and the war, which would make her much more equipped to run from it. So, there's potential for this dynamic being mutually beneficial, but honestly with the way he's talking there are a lot of... potential red flags. Ya know, "you don't know what you're doing but I can save you!" The fact that Liesel doesn't notice how potentially alarming these statements could be is also a case for how inexperienced she is. He's kind of putting words into her mouth, even though Liesel seems perfectly confident in this song. Notice how she mostly goes along with it to please him? Also just the line, "you *need* someone older and wiser telling you what to do."
However, this is making a lot of assumptions.
Honestly a lot of that comment was me looking at my behavior as someone of that age. I knew that I wasn't prepared to enter adulthood yet-- heck, I'm still not-- and that the future was zooming toward me like a train.
This song is kind of saying they both feel like they know everything, which is common in this age range, while it's clear they haven't had as much lived experience to live up to that statement.
I hope that my argument makes sense....
SAME HELP
I remember when my mother showed me this. She loves this scene. She would say how she missed how people dressed like this and real people would dance and sing without fake voices.
Ironic since a decent amount of the actors don't even sing and are voiced over, like captain von Trapp for example:)
@@sethlishman but the ones who sang it didn't used auto tune like most people now days
@@algumacoisa1232 typically when the actor in a movie is autotuned it typically was just the choice of the people editing the music trying to get it "perfect". Take Beauty and the Beast 2017. Emma Watson has a very sweet natural voice, but she was autotuned to sound "perfect". Even Josh Gad, a famous Broadway actor and the voice of Olaf from Frozen, was autotuned and we all know he can sing
@@algumacoisa1232 people also auto tune wayyyy more than you think you do. Chances are, you don't actually mind auto tuning, you mind when it's obvious.
@@zoe_moth the amount of pitch correction - sometimes to notes that aren't even written - in that movie is so disappointing
When life gives you 100 reasons to cry show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. And this scene right here is a heck of a good reason to smile! :-)
he’s literally one year older, why is he acting like he’s her dad😂😂
The message of the scene was that she was young and innocent, and wasn't aware of the dangers of just falling in love with a man and going for him. Watch how he refuses her several attempts at making the situation intimate. He's not being a dick in this scene, he does love her but knows that she is too young for them to do anything. Him being a year older does mean something - it implies that he's older so he can better understand the gravity of his decisions.
@@redd_cat eventho ya know. Girls mature faster than boys....
@@redd_cat, funnily enough, he ends up going Nazi on all of the Von Trappe.
@@dutchik5107 Wrong. Girls mature in specific ways sooner than boys. That has nothing to do with how naive an individual is. In this case, the character was very naive and vulnerable to men who had enough charm, money and power. It was supposed to show that she needed to take more care.
@@akaneriyun4774 I am well aware. This is set in WW2 where Captain Von Trapp is called to serve for the Nazi army - which he then runs away from with his family and they escape into Switzerland. Just because that is what the character does later in the story, does not mean that the lesson being taught here is any less valid.
I thought I was gonna look that pretty at 16👁👄👁
Right I mean being 22 and wearing makeup just isn't fair huh😂🤣😂
Shes 22 in this movie
She was 22 in the movie. But looked younger.
Same
Look up 16 year old Brooke Shields in Endless Love.
It should be illegal to be that pretty at that age.
"Timid and shy are you..." she flirts with him and tries to kiss him during the whole song, yeah so shy 😂😂 it makes me laugh. I haven't seen this movie in a long while.
Then as soon as they do kiss he's so shy he runs away 😆
i showed my 2 year old this many times, now when I ask “how old are you???” she says 16 going on 17 every time. Brings happy tears to this crusty face.
She passed away on the 17th of September 2016, 16 going on 17 indeed :(
You were my first film crush. Will miss you, Charmian. RIP
That is nearly proof god is real!
When sophomores talk to freshmen.
Oh nu😂
Underrated comment😂
that is so true
True
As a sophomore i can confirm this
This song randomly started playing in my head just now. I remember watching this movie when I was around the age of eight or nine, very nostalgic to hear the entire thing again.
today it's literally '16 goin on 17'. happy new year everyone!!!
John Jeric San Jose were never gonna be able to say that again are we
Not if we’re referring to years, but days are fair game
Oh yeah
Soon, We can sing: I am 17, going on 18.
“I’m 16” oh please you’re at least 25
hahahah yes, I think she was 21 when she play the movie.
She's 18 in the film
She was born in 1949 and the film came out in 1965.
Michael Matherne born in 1942 actually
@@MarsM13 she was born in 1942 and the movie came out in 65, so she would have been 22-23 years old. She definitely doesn't look 16 either.
anyone else obsessed with her dress! I love the way it flows!
yaaaasss
Yea
Yassssssssss❤️❤️❤️
Ikr I want it
So beautiful
thanks to this wonderful film to make our childhood so memorable
Listening to this in my final hours as 16 years old : )
me too
Happy belated birthday 😌
OMG me too
I love that we all thought that this was the best way to spend the last few hours as a sixteen years old....
ME TOO
This is a gorgeous dance/number. I don't even want to know how hard this would be to perform.
Yes, apparently it was quite hard. On one take she actually cut her ankle, so had to have it bandaged. If you look very closely as she goes around the gazebo, you can spot the bandage.
When they were filming one time she slipped and went through the glass, that's why she had a bandage on her ankle
@@madeleinewoodsullivan6175 Yes, I forgot to mention how she cut her ankle.
She actually fractured her ancle and had to dance with it
@@whatthefridge1o1 can you imagine 😣
He seems like such a good young man. I can't possibly imagine him getting into any trouble.
whos goona tell them
Boba Tea HAHAHA
This comment is clearly sarcastic guys 😂
If it isn’t he betrays her btw
@@carpet7398 Exactly.
we were watching this in music classes today and we learned that Leisl was doing all of this on a sprained ankle and she still did an amazing job may the actor rest in peace💞
+1
Yah. I had just discovered about that yesterday while reading an article about her. It says that the staff forgot to put a no-slip pad on her shoes so while doing the dance, Liesl slipped and got her ankle sprained and had to shoot this scene with injured feet. But hurray, she did an amazing job. This is actually my favorite part of the movie. ❤️
She died :(...?
This was also the last scene they filmed in the movie
Kit A. Oaks if they stay back
I FORGOT TO SING THIS WHEN I WAS 16 DAMN!!
vanessa I'm listening to it one more time before I turn 17 tomorrow.
vanessa lmao
Maddie I just listened to it minutes before I turned 17 lol
Just don't forget to sing the song 22 in a few years.
@Fabrizia 😂👍
CAN WE BE SEVENTEEE - wait, wrong musical.
HEATHERSSS
Derp.
IF WE’VE STILL GOT THE RIGHTTTT
IF WE STILL GOT THE RIGTHHHHH, SO WHATS GONNA BEEEEEEE????
Bela Correa I wanna be with u! *i wanna be with u!*
So nostalgic they don’t make em like this anymore
I finally get to sing this song
Pufficon Whahahahhahhahahah ❤️❤️
Pufficon happy birthday then. Even though I'm late... 😊
Happy birthday
Me too!
Same here girl!!
Rolf: "Well, you're such a baby!" ^_^
Liesl: "And you're such a Nazi!" :D
Rolf: D:
+Lemon Drops and your a dumb ass
+Roger Huff I love how you called me a "dumb ass" yet you do not know the difference between "your" and "you're". Oh, irony.
+Lemon Drops lol I noticed that too
+Alexis Scott What is a Nazi
Victoria Kieta Another word for Santa Klaus.
She is so pretttyy and her voice omg and that dress. And Rolf. Ugh. When I was younger I wanted to be her in that moment.
RIP to the actress in this video
I watch this film so many times since 1972....Never get bored....I am 59 now n still love this Sound of Music...👌👍😍😍
I remember being 16 and thinking, "WHERE IS MY GAZEBO MOMENT?"
sameeeee
Haha that legit had me rolling over laughing - im 16 in two weeks!
I'm 26 and still waiting for my gazebo moment D': D': D': :P
R. I. P. The actress who played Leslie Von Trapp has died at the age of73
*Liesl
R.I.P Chairman Carr (Liesl)
nope...sadly she has passed away today :(
No, on the 17th.
*Charmian
well definitely 'timid' and 'shy' and yet so bold with her feelings for rolf XD
but honestly this is such an adorable song and quite funny
The point of this song is rolf boasting... gives me life like a growling puppy
Love this!! A perfect song for a perfect movie!!
still better than the kissing booth scene lmao
Well duh!
everything is better than that movie😂
Hahaha, that place!
What do you mean _still_
This one scene is better than the whole of the kissing booth lmao
HAJAJJAJA
When this was filmed (in 1964) she was 21 going on 22, and he was 20 going on 21.
So actually she was older than him :-)
R.I.P. Charmian
HAHA THE IRONY THERE
she SLIPPED when they were doing this SCENE MY Grandmother got to go see this MOVIE IN THEATRES I REMEBER First time watching the MOVIE I HAD A sound of music BIRTHDAY CAKE
I just found this out! It's so cute how she's actually 1 year older than him haha.
And Julie Andrews was not much older than both of them at the age of 28 . It’s still such an endearing and entertaining movie . I love it . Rest In Peace Charmian .
@@gracepuckett8310 she injured her ankle as she crashed through the glass doing this . If you look closely in the original movie , you’ll see her bandage under her hose . When they updated the film and used modern technology, they were able to blur out the look of the bandage .