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Post by Really Red on Nov 8, 2017 0:22:15 GMT
I watched my first Hallmark Christmas movie this season. Last year I watched three or four and I think that was the first year I ever saw any. There are some actors I like to see, and I love Christmas movies. But I feel frustrated at how they are so incredibly dumbed down for us. I'm not sure what I'm looking for, but I know that it's got to be better than what's out there right now.
Does anybody else long for a good Christmas movie but feel frustrated with these ones?
ETA: The last question should read "...there has to be something better."
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Post by alexa11 on Nov 8, 2017 0:30:10 GMT
I'm a "rather watch paint dry"! No Hallmark movies of any type interest me- no chick flicks...
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Post by disneypal on Nov 8, 2017 0:35:05 GMT
I don't really see my choice there - I do love the Hallmark Christmas movies but I don't watch every one - on the weekends, I will watch 2 or 3 - I enjoy them but honestly, there are so many of them that I can't keep up  |
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Post by janeliz on Nov 8, 2017 0:44:46 GMT
There are always a few stinkers in the bunch every year, but I'm a fan.
I just love it when that plucky heroine lands in a small town, gets some great pie and coffee (not to mention a few new friends) at the local diner, falls in love with a sexy, single veterinarian, and learns the true meaning of Christmas.
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Post by kels99 on Nov 8, 2017 1:02:18 GMT
There are always a few stinkers in the bunch every year, but I'm a fan. I just love it when that plucky heroine lands in a small town, gets some great pie and coffee (not to mention a few new friends) at the local diner, falls in love with a sexy, single veterinarian, and learns the true meaning of Christmas.  That about sums them all up! But, I watch as many as I can. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 8, 2017 1:03:27 GMT
There are always a few stinkers in the bunch every year, but I'm a fan. I just love it when that plucky heroine lands in a small town, gets some great pie and coffee (not to mention a few new friends) at the local diner, falls in love with a sexy, single veterinarian, and learns the true meaning of Christmas. I'm in the 'I can watch a few' category. I love Christmas movies, which is surprising, since I hate Christmas music  But I tend to watch the classics. Though I now also consider The Family Stone a Christmas movie that I enjoy. |
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Post by terrip32 on Nov 8, 2017 1:21:54 GMT
Yes, they’re cheesy. But I never miss a new one. I record them all and will watch them when I have time. I will watch even the suckiest movie because I just have to. Haha!
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Post by freecharlie on Nov 8, 2017 1:24:23 GMT
I'd rather watch paint dry. Luckily there is hockey.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Nov 8, 2017 1:44:54 GMT
My choice is not listed.
I watch some, but not all. There are some good ones and some really cheesy "bad acting" ones.
Some I watch once, some I start watching and don't finish, some I watch the re-run every season(sometimes more than once).
My favorite is a Royal Christmas, starring Lacey Chabert.
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Post by mollycoddle on Nov 8, 2017 1:48:23 GMT
I watch some of them, knowing that they are cheesy. It’s my guilty little holiday pleasure.
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Post by Scrappyhappy on Nov 8, 2017 2:01:51 GMT
I watch some of them, knowing that they are cheesy. It’s my guilty little holiday pleasure.  |
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 8, 2017 2:03:28 GMT
Not my thing. I watch maybe 3 movies a year on tv. Hallmark is a little too cheesy for me.
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Post by mollycoddle on Nov 8, 2017 2:18:31 GMT
Not my thing. I watch maybe 3 movies a year on tv. Hallmark is a little too cheesy for me. You are right; I can’t figure out why I ever watch them. But I do.  |
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Post by casii on Nov 8, 2017 2:21:44 GMT
I love cheese! Both of the dairy and Hallmark variety.
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 8, 2017 2:27:57 GMT
I watch them and make snide comments. I laugh at the cheesy dialogue and fast forward through the parts I think are dumb. They are basically Pollyanna versions of bad Lifetime movies.  I like me some mindless TV, especially during the holidays; they have a calming effect.  |
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Post by femalebusiness on Nov 8, 2017 2:42:35 GMT
The only one that I like is The Holiday with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jude Law. I could watch that over and over again. The rest of the holiday movies not so much.
Oh yeah, except Miracle on 34th Street. I have to watch that once every year.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Nov 8, 2017 3:10:04 GMT
I don't really see my choice there - I do love the Hallmark Christmas movies but I don't watch every one - on the weekends, I will watch 2 or 3 - I enjoy them but honestly, there are so many of them that I can't keep up  This is me too. I like them but I'm not gonna sit there and watch them all day. |
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Post by mom on Nov 8, 2017 3:19:37 GMT
I limit myself to only watching them on the weekends. The closer to Christmas we get I may start watching other days of the week, but in early Nov I can only handle a day or two a week.
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Post by craftmepink on Nov 8, 2017 3:24:16 GMT
I love Hallmark Christmas Movies. Yeah, I know they're cheesy but that's probably why I like them! And I like that most everyone gets a happy ending.
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Post by Flowergirl on Nov 8, 2017 3:29:53 GMT
I'd rather watch paint dry. Luckily there is hockey. Hahaha! I joke that I watch hockey and curse like a sailor, the flip to Hallmark after the post game to cleanse my palate. They are all so completely cheesy, formulaic, and not my usual style, yet I'm drawn to them like a train wreck 😂. The Christmas Card has become our family's Rocky Horror Picture show. We quote the awful dialog throughout the movie and have so many running inside jokes about the movie, it's frightening! |
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Post by freecharlie on Nov 8, 2017 3:46:21 GMT
I'd rather watch paint dry. Luckily there is hockey. Hahaha! I joke that I watch hockey and curse like a sailor, the flip to Hallmark after the post game to cleanse my palate. They are all so completely cheesy, formulaic, and not my usual style, yet I'm drawn to them like a train wreck 😂. The Christmas Card has become our family's Rocky Horror Picture show. We quote the awful dialog throughout the movie and have so many running inside jokes about the movie, it's frightening! I love that you compare it to Rocky Horror. |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 8, 2017 4:17:25 GMT
I no longer have cable so no Hallmark Channel. I can watch some of them on Netflix. I enjoy some and others are so bad I can't do it. One of my favorites is the one with the FBI agent that takes the mobster's girlfriend home for the holidays to keep her safe and they are pretending to be a couple. Tyne Daly was the mom.
The Christmas Card, is that the one at the lumber yard? I like that one, but it's also pretty snark worthy. Especially the actor who will forever be "Skipper"from Sex in the City. I also struggle with the main actress' lisp. I keep waiting her her to start reciting, "she sells seashells by the seashore" sounding like Cindy Brady.
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Post by Flowergirl on Nov 8, 2017 5:26:08 GMT
I no longer have cable so no Hallmark Channel. I can watch some of them on Netflix. I enjoy some and others are so bad I can't do it. One of my favorites is the one with the FBI agent that takes the mobster's girlfriend home for the holidays to keep her safe and they are pretending to be a couple. Tyne Daly was the mom. The Christmas Card, is that the one at the lumber yard? I like that one, but it's also pretty snark worthy. Especially the actor who will forever be "Skipper"from Sex in the City. I also struggle with the main actress' lisp. I keep waiting her her to start reciting, "she sells seashells by the seashore" sounding like Cindy Brady. Two people pretending to be a couple for the holdays and then actually falling in love in the short time they're perpetuating the ruse is a very popular theme of Hallmark movies. As is the big developer trying to develop the beloved small town landmark. And yes--much of The Christmas Card centers around the Spellman's lumber mill. The actress that plays Faith does have a distracting lisp. I'm not a SITC watcher so I had to IMDB Skipper. The actor's name is Ben Weber and he played Faith's emotionally stunted boyfriend Paul, the international wine broker. Today, he's riding the wave of success of his Christmas Card role and does lunch meat commercials. Like i said, this movie is our Rocky Horror Picture Show 😂 |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 8, 2017 5:35:57 GMT
I watch one now and then, but they ARE way too schmaltzy for me. I like 'real' people movies, not the ones with the (my opinion) lame stories about Santa Claus's daughter, or miracle angels, or the big-city-girl-gets-stuck-in-a-small-town-and-falls-in-love-with-a-Christmas-tree-farmer types.
(and I realize that with that last exclusion, there, I've basically said I don't like MOST of them, lol.)
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Post by Mystie on Nov 8, 2017 6:08:33 GMT
We were with my husband's family last Thanksgiving weekend and my MIL and nieces were watching those Hallmark movies and I wanted to run out of the house and scream at the top of my lungs. SO DUMB.
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Post by Anita on Nov 8, 2017 15:09:13 GMT
I record them and watch them while I'm on my treadmill. I just watched the one with Krissy Kringle last night. It's just silly fun, but that one was surprisingly well acted.
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Post by smartypants71 on Nov 8, 2017 15:22:51 GMT
I love them! They are so cheesy and ridiculous! I love how they all take place in a small town with no discernible industry other than being a Christmas destination. However, the protagonist owns her own business, usually a flower shop or a travel agency, yet she lives in this gigantic house on acres of land! And the carolers - they show up everywhere! Going for a stroll down Main Street on Tuesday afternoon? We have carolers for that!
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Post by Anita on Nov 8, 2017 15:38:57 GMT
I love them! They are so cheesy and ridiculous! I love how they all take place in a small town with no discernible industry other than being a Christmas destination. However, the protagonist owns her own business, usually a flower shop or a travel agency, yet she lives in this gigantic house on acres of land! And the carolers - they show up everywhere! Going for a stroll down Main Street on Tuesday afternoon? We have carolers for that! Right? Or the one about the woman who just passed her bar exam to be a lawyer to go into the family business. But she really wants to be an ice sculptor! Ummmm...  Such crazy nonsense, yet I can't stop watching them. |
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Post by caspad on Nov 8, 2017 15:39:33 GMT
There are always a few stinkers in the bunch every year, but I'm a fan. I just love it when that plucky heroine lands in a small town, gets some great pie and coffee (not to mention a few new friends) at the local diner, falls in love with a sexy, single veterinarian, and learns the true meaning of Christmas. Yup. This. And if she can save the farm/factory/diner/newspaper that she unexpectedly inherited, it's even better. |
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Post by imsirius on Nov 8, 2017 15:53:30 GMT
I find them mind numbingly cheesy.
I only watch the ones with Candace Cameron Bure where she is the doctor who moves to Alaska and the one where she takes over the ski chalet for her father's company and falls in love with the son.
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I like me some mindless TV, especially during the holidays; they have a calming effect.
Such crazy nonsense, yet I can't stop watching them. 