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A Christmas Kiss...

posted 9 years ago by davidagnino
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The topic I'm discussing is SPOILERY about this movie AND "A Christmas Kiss"

This movie looks like a coy of a Christmas Kiss with the genders flipped. I mean, instead of the guy being engaged, now is the girl, but the story looks like a copy of it:

Both protagonists meet each other in an elevator and they kiss on an endangering situation, but they don't exchange numbers so they have no way of meeting again. Surprisingly, the engaged one hires the single one to work on the engagement party, and then they have a very awkward moment when they realize this. The fiancee is a bitch, so our protagonist is actually doubting about leaving her/him, while at the same time develops a romance at work with the other protagonist...

The engaged person decides to leave her/his fiancee, but then go back with him/her at a very sad moment for the single one who feels like just a rebound. During the Engagement party in front of the high society and press, the engaged person realize the mistake he/she made, and leaves forever. Unfortunately the other protagonist didn't attend the party, so now she/he must run to find the other one and then, by chance, finds he/her at the elevator again. the movie closes with a kiss while the elevator doors close.

So what do you think?

[–] gnolt_1 9 years ago

Both this and 'A Christmas Kiss' are part of the same franchise, and by the same writer. So there's intentionally a lot of common elements.
The movie's concept does seem like a gender flip of the first movie, but they play out a little differently. 'A Christmas Kiss' had subplots, like the boss taking credit for designs, that made it more engaging than this movie.

[–] davidagnino 9 years ago

Same writer I get, but same franchise? The title is a game on the word Kiss, but has nothing else to link it as a franchise, I mean no one from the original cast returns. "A Christmas Kiss II" was the actual sequel of "A Christmas Kiss" I believe if they wanted this to be a franchise, they would have called i "A Christmas Kiss III" or something like that, but not promote it as an original independent movie...

[–] gnolt_1 9 years ago

"Nothing else to link it as a franchise"? You just said that this movie is a copy of 'A Christmas Kiss'. Doesn't that suggest a link or two? 😉
All the movies have the same kissing in a elevator concept, 'kiss' in the title, and the same writer. Also two of the characters in this movie used to work at 'Trend', which is the fictional fashion magazine from 'A Christmas Kiss 2'.

[–] CarmenSandiegoIII 8 years ago

Same writer, similar plot to a small extent; the first movie was much more interesting with the conflict between the boss and her employee. I don't think this movie was supposed to be a part of a franchise, but I think the elevator was almost like an inside secret/tongue in cheek play for people who saw a Christmas Kiss (1&2).