In a love story (and what else is The Sound of Music?) that doesn't play out as smoothly as you'd hope, which is worse: a woman awkwardly playing a strong-minded peasant, or guy playing a somewhat distant noble as perpetually cranky? I vote for the guy.

While it's true Carrie Underwood's acting wasn't as good as some high school musical Maria's you might see, I'd say Stephen Moyer's acting was more detrimental to the show and the love story. It looked like he was reading for Ebenezer Scrooge instead of playing Captain von Trapp. ;o)