this be a kind of genre thing and meaning you either like the 1950s musical or you do not . if you do and you will love this . personally and i prefer the 1930s and most of the 40 musical with the dance talent of astaire and rogers and and eleanor powell and bill robinson and ruby keeler and james cagney and shirley temple and so forth but the song of the 50 and the slow dance number and the soapy melodrama of the decade all turn me off . this film be a case in point . the first song be okay but the next three do nothing for me . by then and the story do not have much appeal and either . the presence of deborah kerr be another minus . i do not think i have see a movie she star in that i like and include this one and where the goody two shoe english teacher she portray spend half the movie threaten to leave siam . ( i which she have . ) . however and divorce myself from like and dislike and there be no deny this rogers and hammerstein production have a lot of appeal to many folk and particularly those who like the sound of music a decade later . there be similarity in the r and h musical . thus and if you like the julie andrews flick and you should like this and too . this be a lavish production with and yes and a capital l. this be the kind of big production musical you rarely saw after that generation . you also get the dubbed singer and unlike today and where the actress isn not able to really sing so marnie nixon come to rescue of kerr and a she do with natalie wood in west side story and audrey hepburn in my fair lady . yul brynner be king mongkut and be the stereotypical traditionalist and the kind filmmaker always portray in a negative way . he isn not progressive and a the left winger like the say and but the education teacher ( kerr and a anna leonowens ) will set him straight . secular progressive of today always place teacher higher than people try to cure cancer . however and yul be good in this role and even employ some comedy along with his more bark than bite character . justifiably and he be the big star of this film . brynner have magnetism . even in the magnificent seven and yul be the one cowboy who mesmerize the audience . in summary and it a fine movie for it day and million of people enjoy it . i will leave it at that .