09.23.07
Prelude to a Kiss
Back when Alec Baldwin was thin and Meg Ryan had her original lips (I wouldn’t click on that link, if I were you), they co-starred in this surprising ‘body swapping’ movie called Prelude to a Kiss. It was entertaining at parts, but ultimately not very good.
Basically they meet and have a whirlwind romance (you know, Meg Ryan, there are kinds of romance besides whirlwind, maybe you should try one sometime. No, When Harry Met Sally doesn’t count). Then they get married. It was actually kind of amazing what a nice little wedding they planned after only having dated 6 weeks. At their wedding, this really weird old guy shows up and asks to kiss the bride. She enthusiastically (yuck) accepts and of course, the kiss makes them swap bodies. So Alec ends up going on their honeymoon to Jamaica with Meg Ryan’s body that has creepy old man inside it. And yeah, um, they have sex. Yeah, I know. Ew. Alec knows something is wrong, but doesn’t figure it out until they get back to Chicago when he encounters the old man who has Meg Ryan trapped inside him. It’s worth noting that the actor who has Meg Ryan inside him (Sydney Walker) is actually really good at being Meg Ryan. Especially for a really old dude.
So, Meg Ryan’s body dumps Alec Baldwin and moves in with Meg Ryan’s parents because s/he wants to be young again and poor Alec Baldwin just cries and cries. Then he and Meg Ryan’s soul in the old man hatch a scheme to get the right souls back to the right bodies. Meg Ryan’s body comes over and they tie her up and threaten her with a dull knife, for some reason. Then they kiss but nothing happens and they both realize that they BOTH HAVE TO WANT IT. Happily ever after the end.
The best part is when Alec Baldwin and the old man kiss.