Give Me Five! (Hallmark fun & games)

[GeorgiaRai]

Pick any Hallmark Movie topic and give us your top five! 
Sample categories:  Best/worst actor, best/worst storyline, best older movie, favorite lead pairings, favorite Christmas movie, worst/most common tropes, etc.
The only rule:  Don't judge (lol)!

I'll start with an easy one; reply with your list in this category or choose a different one.

Least Favorite Hallmark Lead Actresses:

5. Erin Krakow
4. Ashley Williams
3. Erin Cahill
2. Jill Wagner 
1. Ashley Newbrough

Honorable mention:  Eloise Mumford who was spared thanks to Christmas with Holly. 

[MissyPoo]

Oh fun!

I'll go with faves, although some of them have disappeared.

Fave Hallmark Lead Actresses

Heather Hemmens

Autumn Reeser

Tamera Housley

Katrina Law

Julie Gonzalo

Alicia Witt

Krystal Joy Brown

Taylor Cole (which is funny because she used to be on my least fave list)

 

[Woopwoopkitty]

Least faves:

cindy Busby

Erin Cahill

Ashley Williams

Jill Wagner

 

[GeorgiaRai]

Five Favorite Male Leads (always subject to change!):

5. Carlo Marks

4. Warren Christy

3. Lucas Bryant

2. Wes Brown

1.  Kristoffer Polaha

Honorable mention:  Cory Sevier. If the role is right, he can be great!!

[bankerchick]

Hallmark potential boyfriends/husbands (current or past:)

1. Paul Campbell
2. Travis Van Winkle
3. Andrew Walker
4. Benjamin Ayers
5. Antonio Cupo

Actresses who make me find something else to watch:

1. Erin Cahill
2. Autumn Reeser
3. Cindy Busby
4. Nikki DeLoach
5. Alison Sweeney/Jenn Lilley/Ashley Williams

 

 

[Orcinus orca]

Hallmark potential boyfriends/husbands (current or past:)

1. Sam Elliot
2. John Corbett
3. Courtney B. Vance
4. Edward Herrmann
5. Eric McCormack

Actresses who make me find something else to watch:

1. Cindy Busby
2. Erin Cahill
3. Autumn Reeser
4. Nikki DeLoach
5. Alison Sweeney

 

[Badsamaritan]

Hallmark potential boyfriends:

• Mark Ghanimé (he's sexxxxxyyyyyyyy!!!!!)
• Brendan Penny
• Wes Brown
• Travis Van Winkle
• Victor Webster
• Brant Daugherty
• Carlo Marks
• Warren Christie
• Luke MacFarlane
• Sam Page
• Will Kemp
• 'Honorable Mention' -  Ryan Paevey (he can't act but he sure is purty)

Actors/Actresses I can't abide:

• Cindy Busby
• Erin Cahill
• Katie Leclerc
• Alison Sweeney
• Meghan Ory (that damn red lipstick GIVE IT A REST)
• Ginna Claire Mason
• Eloise Mumford
• Cameron Mathison (he has dime eyes)
• Mark Rosner
• Christopher Russell
• Shenae Grimes-Beech
• David Haydn-Jones
• Steve Lund

[GeorgiaRai]

Someone else doesn't care for Autumn Reeser?!  I've spent all this time thinking I was the only one!

[Orcinus orca]

18 minutes ago, GeorgiaRai said:

Someone else doesn't care for Autumn Reeser?!  I've spent all this time thinking I was the only one!

Nope. you are not alone.

[MerBearHou]

Love this!  Ok, here goes:

Hallmark fave leading actors:

Marc Blucas

Kristoffer Polaha

Paul Campbell

Carlo Marks

Brendan Penny

Sam Page

Will Kemp

Wes Brown

Benjamin Ayres

 

Hallmark actresses I cannot watch (have watched / no can do ever again):

Alicia Witt

Jessica Lowndes

Ashley Williams

Jen Lilley 

Cindy Busby

 

Hallmark fave / most reliable leading actresses:

Kimberly Sustad

Mallory Jansen

Bethany Joy Lenz

Autumn Reeser

Lacey Chabert (esp when there’s a little humor to the role)

Alison Sweeney 

Taylor Cole (chemistry w leading man is often missing, but she’s always good)

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 09:11 AM by MerBearHou

[GeorgiaRai]

Top 5 overused-and-predictable Hallmark movie tropes that I never get tired of, Christmas edition:

5. Switching or swapping (Trading Christmas, Finding Christmas, A Christmas Switch - though that one's not Hallmark)
4. Magic items (Shoe Addict's Christmas, Magical Christmas Ornaments, Letters to Santa)
3. Someone's dead or an angel (Nashville Christmas Carol, Heavenly Christmas, Ghost of Christmas Always)
2. Time Travel (Biltmore Christmas, Journey Back to Christmas, Next Stop Christmas)
1.  Alternate Reality (A Dream of Christmas, Take Me Back for Christmas, Round and Round)

[Orcinus orca]

1 hour ago, GeorgiaRai said:

Top 5 overused-and-predictable Hallmark movie tropes that I am sick to death of, Christmas edition:

Falling in love with a prince from some fictitious country where everyone has an English accent.  Apparently every American woman wants to become a princess.

[bankerchick]

Apparently mandatory tropes that still piss me off:

1. seeing a hug which involves no touching below the shoulders and (usually the lead actress) assuming he must be in love/back in love and she takes off, moves back to the city and refuses to take his calls
2. same as #1 but a platonic kiss on the cheek
3. refusing to update the bakery/bookstore/Christmas tree farm because it has to remain the way it was when Mom/Dad/Grandma was alive
4. Deciding to hold a major gala or fundraiser in less than a week, often to be held on Christmas Eve
5. Mothers whose only apparent interest in their daughters is their love life, or lack thereof

[Notabug]

1 hour ago, bankerchick said:

Apparently mandatory tropes that still piss me off:

1. seeing a hug which involves no touching below the shoulders and (usually the lead actress) assuming he must be in love/back in love and she takes off, moves back to the city and refuses to take his calls
2. same as #1 but a platonic kiss on the cheek
3. refusing to update the bakery/bookstore/Christmas tree farm because it has to remain the way it was when Mom/Dad/Grandma was alive
4. Deciding to hold a major gala or fundraiser in less than a week, often to be held on Christmas Eve
5. Mothers whose only apparent interest in their daughters is their love life, or lack thereof

Addendum to #3.  Everyone lamenting the loss of a locally owned business that has been failing for years and trying to prevent a corporation from evicting it; all the while doing NOTHING to improve the profitability of the mom 'n pop business. Then, once the evil corporation backs off on the purchase, everyone gets to celebrate holiday-style seemingly oblivious to the fact that the business is still going to fail sooner rather than later.  As long as Grandma's cookie shop doesn't close at Christmastime, it's all good. "But everyone in town loves Grandma and her cookies' is not a business plan.  If the town wasn't buying enough to keep the store going before this, it ain't happening now.