i'm starting to get towards the end of the debbie reynolds films there are a few more that i haven't
seen mostly ones that are really difficult to get hold of and so as i'm coming towards the end i
have high hopes for the films that i'm going to end on a high with it started
with a kiss i have to see i kind of enjoyed it it there was a bit that didn't make much sense
where it kind of went into a dream sequence but then it just was not clear whether or
not the film went into a dream sequence or have flashed forward that bit of editing is some of
the worst i've ever seen that aside the narrative is pretty great and i really like the characters
so this was released in 1959 directed by george marshall with a screenplay by charles lederer
obviously stars debbie reynolds as a character called maggie and one day while volunteering
at a charity event she meets sergeant joe fitzpatrick played by glenn ford he
is a little bit of a ladies man he's kind of suave kind of good looking in a very classic sense and
he has eyes for maggie one thing leads to another he persuades her to go on a date with him and
while on this date he kisses her off her guard and in that moment she has this sense of euphoria
almost and this is a very powerful case and it kind of moved from which she wasn't expecting
and the basic premise is after that kiss on their first date what's technically meant to be their
only date it was kind of like a favor if you like it then does this kind of transformation into
a dream sequence or maybe it flashes forward it's never really clear
and it doesn't really spoil my enjoyment of the film
but i kind of because you can make your own mind up which one you think it is but i just kind of
wish they'd maybe thought a bit more about how they were editing that transition that aside
let's say it flushes forward or it's a dream sequence it's basically saying this the life that
they will live together as a married couple and it all started because of this one very powerful kiss
that turned maggie from not really being interested in him and being only on this date
as a favor into falling madly in love with him it started with this one kiss hence the title and um
the sergeant is serving in the air force and maggie has to move in with him and
there are all kinds of problems and she suddenly decides to test their relationship
not not problems with their relationship but you know living on an air force base is
going to have certain complications and it's not the life that maggie is used to living
and there's also a surprise that she has for him and he maybe gets the wrong end of the stick as an
audience member we know this i won't say what the actual surprise is or anything but we know this
he doesn't some hilarious situations ensue but i wouldn't say it's particularly hilarious
what i do like is the well i like the acting the actual narrative is not that interesting for me
um i didn't really find the whole army base setting to be that interesting
but the characters i kind of liked i really liked both joe fitzpatrick and maggie putnam
i i i probably liked joff's patrick moore actually i found maggie putnam to be a little
bit standoffish but i really liked them and i think they worked really well together i enjoyed
their chemistry on screen but i loved their facial reactions i just loved how often over the top the
acting was not not in terms of harm acting but in terms of the characters responses and reactions
i felt like their reactions were over the top obviously reflected in the acting and that's
what i found funny a lot of the time there's a shower scene which is not what you think or
what you might think and something happens there unexpectedly and just the reaction and maggie's
face and the way that jill responds to that i thoroughly enjoyed i enjoyed those few minutes
i thought they were great so i i did enjoy the film and there's nothing wrong with the narrative
development aside from the thing that i've previously mentioned um but you know the pacing's
good we get from a to b quite well with the whole um us knowing what this surprise maggie has but
joel thinking it's one thing they don't drag that out some films would keep that going for pretty
much the entire film but they don't they get to a point where joe finds out the truth and then that
helps the narrative develop in different ways good mix of supporting characters eva gabor is in this
which is pretty exciting i enjoyed it by no means is this my favorite debbie reynolds film partly
because there are some absolutely fabulous films that she's done could i name a favorite tammy
i think it has to be tani i'm not 100 sure which is ironically the first of her films i saw
i think it's tammy but also just because it's not you know it's not fantastic it's not flawless
but it's good if you're looking for a rom-com and you like the cast or you like the sound of
the narrative gave it started with a kiss a girl you could certainly choose worse films