The Kiss (1929) :
Brief Review -
The Kiss is a 'Big Miss' in the climax, nevertheless, Greta Garbo's final phenomena in Silent Version is unmissable for many other reasons. I wanted to call it cliches but couldn't, because it was 1929 when everything was like a sort of new stuff. That shield has saved a lot of stabbing and it's reasonable too. I can't even call it a bad film just because the climax didn't work for me. The rest of the film was really good and engaging. It was short and sweet. Unfortunately, not much intelligent. It's soapy and corny but that's still fine for a 1929's film. I agree. No objections. Let's move on. The Kiss is about an unhappily married woman who has a lover but both don't agree on getting along together. Then she gets involved in scandal and murder when her motherly affection toward a young man is misinterpreted. The film has quite a suspenseful climax with one big surprise, which i wasn't really expecting from such a romantic-flavoured film, so it did surprise me. However, the surprise didn't end up with that intelligent thought, so it all looked bit implausible. But be assured, it wasn't that predictable as you would think. Greta Garbo shines like an immovable star who is stuck at centre only to shine and overshadow everybody in the film. Her looks, glam appeal, expressions, that positive and negative chemistry everything is top notch. I would like to watch this film again only to see The Great Garbo - Greta Garbo. Conrad Nagel, her lover and a lawyer, is good in his role which comes with scattered paperwork but his honest performance gathers those pieces together. I don't know what Jacques Feyder had in his mind, or maybe it was me who was expecting Clarence Brown kind of stuff (because it was Garbo's film), but what he did wasn't completely satisfying. Nonetheless, it's a good drama, but it's just that my personal expectations were too different and too high,. Especially from the final silent film of these people.
RATING - 6.5/10*
The Kiss is a 'Big Miss' in the climax, nevertheless, Greta Garbo's final phenomena in Silent Version is unmissable for many other reasons. I wanted to call it cliches but couldn't, because it was 1929 when everything was like a sort of new stuff. That shield has saved a lot of stabbing and it's reasonable too. I can't even call it a bad film just because the climax didn't work for me. The rest of the film was really good and engaging. It was short and sweet. Unfortunately, not much intelligent. It's soapy and corny but that's still fine for a 1929's film. I agree. No objections. Let's move on. The Kiss is about an unhappily married woman who has a lover but both don't agree on getting along together. Then she gets involved in scandal and murder when her motherly affection toward a young man is misinterpreted. The film has quite a suspenseful climax with one big surprise, which i wasn't really expecting from such a romantic-flavoured film, so it did surprise me. However, the surprise didn't end up with that intelligent thought, so it all looked bit implausible. But be assured, it wasn't that predictable as you would think. Greta Garbo shines like an immovable star who is stuck at centre only to shine and overshadow everybody in the film. Her looks, glam appeal, expressions, that positive and negative chemistry everything is top notch. I would like to watch this film again only to see The Great Garbo - Greta Garbo. Conrad Nagel, her lover and a lawyer, is good in his role which comes with scattered paperwork but his honest performance gathers those pieces together. I don't know what Jacques Feyder had in his mind, or maybe it was me who was expecting Clarence Brown kind of stuff (because it was Garbo's film), but what he did wasn't completely satisfying. Nonetheless, it's a good drama, but it's just that my personal expectations were too different and too high,. Especially from the final silent film of these people.
RATING - 6.5/10*