2021 Hallmark Movie Information / Reviews / Suggestions

Silent Night is good but it's proper doomsday. I don't really get the dark comedy vibes that much. It's more a dysfunctional family/friends drama that has funny moments and in which the characters try to keep it jolly despite the evident undoing of the world (and life). I would not recommend watching this if you're experiencing anxiety linked to the pandemic or watching this with small ones simply because it could be triggering.

So, overall, I really enjoyed this one BUT I feel it has been represented a little different from what it actually is. It's grim. The end of the world is definitely there. The comedy results from how they're coping (or really, not coping) with the situation. It's very British. If you love your British humour, you'll have a wonderful time with this one and I can only recommend it. If you want light and fluffy, this is probably not a great option.

But for my fellow dark souls, GO FOR IT! I can't believe some people still shit on Keira's acting...

So many amnesia movies - which one was that one?

This would be Christmas on My Mind... (Pleading guilty because I recommended it to blemon, hehe.)

I recorded Christmas in Queens. It looks good.

Thanks! Turns out I've seen it twice! 😂

I watched The Christmas House sequel and 2 thumbs down. I liked the first one, but this had too much conflict and everyone was just annoying. Jonathan Bennet is adorable, but he and his movie husband kept calling each other babe, and I HATE when couples call each other babe. And the Christmas decorations were pretty ugly.

I'm crazy excited about 2 new Hallmark movies this weekend.

'Tis the Season to Be Merry:



Christmas for Keeps (with Charlotte from Revenge!):



Just waiting for these to appear... (and one to air, still)

I watched the Netflix series Christmas Glow and really liked it. I am going to start learning French again so I'm going to watch it with subtitles, not dubbed next time. I took French for 6 years in middle and high school so I can still read most of it but I can't understand people unless they talk really slow (which no one does).

My DVR on Frndly is full and will get me to Christmas so I'm ready!

TAKE ME AWAY, I'M NOT BETTER THAN THIS 🚓👮‍♀️

Okay yes the buying of a house is 100% terrible and uncalled for. IMO if he had just done the cardboard house and left it at that with a "lets get together and find our own home" it would have been better. You've spent like 10 days total with this person because for whatever reason you only ever speak to one another for one night a year (and you've been gone for the past 5!) (AND IT IS 2012!!) but yes buying her a home and presumably (because he didn't know she was quitting her job) taking her away from her home, family, and friends.. ON TOP OF not even know if she was with another person! The audacity was through the roof... but I can't help it 🙈 When they have their fight and he pulls out the ring and is like "it wasn't meant to be this way" 💔💔💔💔 I DIE. I DIE EVERY TIME.

I hate her crying at the end during the proposal and in all honesty I will usually turn it off before that because her cry face is irritating...

BUT CMON. WHERE ELSE WILL YOU SEE A 37 YEAR OLD PLAYING HERSELF AT 18?! it's a thing of beauty, really.

The previews for Royal Queens Christmas look SO good.

Dammit.

Well, I will leave it until the very last, until I've watched all of the other movies, and then watch if there is still time before Christmas.

And let me tell you, I will not watch a Christmas movie after December 25. I want it over.

I've been thinking about the whole buying a house without telling your significant other deal. For the most part, it drives me up the wall (lol, even when Jim bought Pam a house in "The Office"). In the bridesmaid movie from this year, it didn't make me as mad. It seemed like the couple had tried to buy her late parents' house, but were outbid. When that deal fell through, he had a chance to buy the house with their original offer. He knew she wanted the house for sentimental reasons and they must have gone through the finances when they placed the offer the first time, so it's not like he bought the house on a whim.

I feel as if I can speak to the Pam/Jim thing as I am an avid listener of the Office Ladies podcast and they just talked about this on the show.

While I agree wholeheartedly with you about people not buying large items (cars/houses) without discussion, in this case I think it was a bit different. 1. Pam was in art school at the time and struggling with the fact that in order to finish the degree, she would have to repeat a course. Through this she realizes that while she loves art and wants to be an artist, she does not like graphic design at all and doesn't need to make art for a living. In the podcast they talk about how Pam was ready for that in her life. She wanted a house and kids. She was there for it.

2. Jim was buying the house to help his parents out. For him it was being a good son to them and also an investment. He could fix it up and sell it. He was not telling Pam, this is our house, we have to live here. He was saying, I bought this house. Do you like it? We don't have to live here but we can. I think he didn't want to bother her with such a huge decision while she was struggling with dropping out of school. But he fixed up the garage to say, I support you and I want you to have a space to make art.

I can't imagine my husband and I NOT talking about something like that. We tend to overtalk about everything. But Jim can be a jerk sometimes. It's just because he's typically so awesome that we overlook his flaws.





ALSO:

Watched One December Night last night and it was excellent. I really loved it. I just loved Peter Gallagher. The whole movie was very well cast.
I'm surprised he's not in the photos for the show, just the couple. And geesh why does every freaking movie have to have a romantic subplot. Why couldn't the two kids just stay friends? Why they gotta make out?

Not sure there's anything new here, but having just watched A California Christmas and agree 100% with her summary, I thought I'd share this list:

www.pret-a-voyager.com/2021/12/tis-the-season-cheesy-christmas-movie-roundup/

I'm only just catching up on the suggestions here but benefitting from your honest reviews.  Thanks for sifting out the clangers for me (so how come I watched California Christmas?  Will I never learn?)

So, long story short: I needed two PCR tests + waiting time in between the tests before I could go in to get treated for a banal sinus infection. Days pass as I wait out the results (and then am told I need to get another test because it must be Omicron - no, it wasn't). My infection grew significantly worse in that time. So I'm now on day 2 of corticosteroids. Woohoo! I'm swollen despite cutting out salt from my diet as soon as I started taking this treatment. And... my sleep is completely effed. I woke up at 1AM last night, unable to go back to sleep. So, I ended up sneaking out of bed and watching a Hallmark movie on my laptop in the dark. I didn't manage to get back to sleep before 5AM. Oy vey, this is not how I wanted to start my Christmas break (but here we are). On the plus side, MOAR HALLMARK FOR ME!

'Tis the Season to Be Merry: I wanted to love you, I really did. But you were just fine. I feel this could have turned out so much better with a few slight tweaks here and there. I did enjoy it and I liked the twist with the parents' business that is unusual for Hallmark. Had to laugh at my brain because when I watched the new season of You that dropped this year, every time Travis Van Winkle appeared on screen, I was thinking: "That's the bland-ish guy with great hair and great bod who always plays a dad in Hallmark movies." With this new movie, my brain had already retrained itself and I kept thinking how he was the howling-at-the-moon influencer from You.   Anyway, decent enough to pass the time. Definitely not on my hate list but I'll have completely forgotten about this when the Countdown season ends.