GeorgiaRai October 20 Share October 20 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. 2 1 Link to comment
MissyPoo October 24 Share October 24 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) 1 Link to comment
Woopwoopkitty October 27 Share October 27 Least faves: cindy Busby Erin Cahill Ashley Williams Jill Wagner 2 Link to comment
GeorgiaRai October 28 Author Share October 28 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!! Link to comment
bankerchick November 7 Share November 7 Hallmark potential boyfriends/husbands (current or past:) Paul Campbell Travis Van Winkle Andrew Walker Benjamin Ayers Antonio Cupo Actresses who make me find something else to watch: Erin Cahill Autumn Reeser Cindy Busby Nikki DeLoach Alison Sweeney/Jenn Lilley/Ashley Williams 1 1 Link to comment
Orcinus orca November 8 Share November 8 Hallmark potential boyfriends/husbands (current or past:) Sam Elliot John Corbett Courtney B. Vance Edward Herrmann Eric McCormack Actresses who make me find something else to watch: Cindy Busby Erin Cahill Autumn Reeser Nikki DeLoach Alison Sweeney Link to comment
Badsamaritan November 8 Share November 8 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 Link to comment
GeorgiaRai November 9 Author Share November 9 Someone else doesn't care for Autumn Reeser?! I've spent all this time thinking I was the only one! 1 1 Link to comment
Orcinus orca November 9 Share November 9 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. 2 1 Link to comment
MerBearHou November 9 Share November 9 (edited) 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 November 9 by MerBearHou 1 Link to comment
GeorgiaRai November 9 Author Share November 9 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) 2 Link to comment
Orcinus orca November 9 Share November 9 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. 1 2 Link to comment
bankerchick November 9 Share November 9 Apparently mandatory tropes that still piss me off: 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 same as #1 but a platonic kiss on the cheek refusing to update the bakery/bookstore/Christmas tree farm because it has to remain the way it was when Mom/Dad/Grandma was alive Deciding to hold a major gala or fundraiser in less than a week, often to be held on Christmas Eve Mothers whose only apparent interest in their daughters is their love life, or lack thereof 2 4 1 1 Link to comment
Notabug November 9 Share November 9 1 hour ago, bankerchick said: Apparently mandatory tropes that still piss me off: 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 same as #1 but a platonic kiss on the cheek refusing to update the bakery/bookstore/Christmas tree farm because it has to remain the way it was when Mom/Dad/Grandma was alive Deciding to hold a major gala or fundraiser in less than a week, often to be held on Christmas Eve 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. 7 Link to comment
Badsamaritan Wednesday at 01:18 PM Share Wednesday at 01:18 PM Since the current crop of HM holiday movies have been underwhelming so far, as I was watching A Merry Scottish Christmas yesterday, I started thinking about sequel storylines for the movies I do like. So that's my game for today - what favorite holiday movies would make for a good part 2, and what could that storyline be. For A Merry Scottish Christmas, my idea was: In the year after little Ainsley's first Christmas, Lindsay is working with Mac's mother at the clinic and they're working on expanding it since the nearest hospital is over an hour away Brad, Sarah, and Jo have been working on expanding the Glencrave Christmas to attract more visitors to help pay for the clinic expansion Lindsay and Mac are already married, perhaps there's a surprise xmas pregnancy that everyone figures out ahead of time except Mac Hijinks ensue I also have ideas about A Christmas Melody since that was on recently too lol. Not sure anyone else's brains work like mine but I like to think up these scenarios as I'm trying to fall asleep. I create an entirely new movie in my dreams. Now if I could only pitch them to HM and get paid. 😊 3 1 Link to comment
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