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I've seen quite a few Doris Day films now and I feel like they're all pretty much the same. There's a love interest and singing. Swap out the main man opposite Doris, change the words to the songs, make the setting and story slightly different, but overall, I don't see much difference between Romance on the High Seas, The Glass Bottom Boat, and this - On Moonlight Bay.
I like On Moonlight Bay in that her little brother is pretty smart and conniving. The Father causes some conflict. And I like that Doris is a tomboy. Her future husband doesn't realize she's a girl the first time they meet and that was funny.
The relationship is off and on, because the Father is doing what he thinks is the right thing. It takes a slingshot for him to realize he's become cynical in his old age.
Typical ending.
Overall I feel I'd watch this again, but there are others of hers I want to watch (for the first time) before watching this again.
I rate this a 7 I suppose because the story moves forward and it kept me interested. There were parts that I didn't care for, like when Gordon's singing on the bus, well, any time he sang. He was mocking the song, which wasn't bad.
Aspects like that didn't really work, but overall the story does.
I rate this a 7, but I think that reflects my current mood, because I think I liked Glass Bottom Boat better and I gave that a 6. I may change my mind on that. Swap.
I've seen quite a few Doris Day films now and I feel like they're all pretty much the same. There's a love interest and singing. Swap out the main man opposite Doris, change the words to the songs, make the setting and story slightly different, but overall, I don't see much difference between Romance on the High Seas, The Glass Bottom Boat, and this - On Moonlight Bay.
I like On Moonlight Bay in that her little brother is pretty smart and conniving. The Father causes some conflict. And I like that Doris is a tomboy. Her future husband doesn't realize she's a girl the first time they meet and that was funny.
The relationship is off and on, because the Father is doing what he thinks is the right thing. It takes a slingshot for him to realize he's become cynical in his old age.
Typical ending.
Overall I feel I'd watch this again, but there are others of hers I want to watch (for the first time) before watching this again.
I rate this a 7 I suppose because the story moves forward and it kept me interested. There were parts that I didn't care for, like when Gordon's singing on the bus, well, any time he sang. He was mocking the song, which wasn't bad.
Aspects like that didn't really work, but overall the story does.
I rate this a 7, but I think that reflects my current mood, because I think I liked Glass Bottom Boat better and I gave that a 6. I may change my mind on that. Swap.