Hallmark Movies: Small Town Royalty Magically Celebrating Rekindled Love! - General Discussion

[Callietwo]

On 4/24/2021 at 8:11 AM, mikeb said:

Cindy Busby does not usually get mentioned as a Hallmark favorite, but she is starring in her 5th movie in less than a year tonight.  Tonight's is Hearts Down Under which is an Australian movie that looks like was shown there last year with the title Romance On The Menu.

Cindy Busby is one of the worst!  I dislike her voice entirely.  She had a couple of almost not too bad but ones that I tolerated but usually, I just skip her entirely.  I don't understand her getting so many roles.  Ugh.  

On 4/24/2021 at 2:22 PM, WinnieWinkle said:

One thing I notice with Hallmark movies that I've seen is that sometimes you're the star and sometimes you have a supporting role.  I wondered about this because a favourite of mine,  Kimberley Sustad, has starred in quite  a few movies but she's also been a supporting player in many of them, made after starring in some.  How to they decide this?  Are some actors just happy to be cast and don't care if they are the star?

I like Kimberly Sustad quite a bit, she has a sense of humor and it comes through in her acting quite often.  Or she just gets some decent scripts.  I too don't understand why she's not the lead more than a supporting actress.  She seems to have chemistry with many of the actors she's been opposite, especially Paul Campbell.  

Another one that's good and is always the supporting player is Rukiya Bernard.  She's adorable and can definitely act.  Give her her own movie, Hallmark!  

[bankerchick]

1 hour ago, Callietwo said:

I like Kimberly Sustad quite a bit, she has a sense of humor and it comes through in her acting quite often.  Or she just gets some decent scripts.  I too don't understand why she's not the lead more than a supporting actress.  She seems to have chemistry with many of the actors she's been opposite, especially Paul Campbell.  

Preach it!  Far and away my favourite coupling.

9 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

I didn’t even make it to the halfway point before I had to start giving it the MST3K treatment.

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9 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

On the positive side, I liked Beth the waitress’s purple sneakers.

Now there is a ringing endorsement for a movie!

Edited April 26, 2021 by bankerchick

[Ms Blue Jay]

On 4/25/2021 at 10:02 AM, bankerchick said:

 My One and Only is also on so I guess I'll watch that again rather than stick this one out til the end.

I enjoyed that one.

[dubstepford wife]

16 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

Seriously folks, this one was bad. I didn’t even make it to the halfway point before I had to start giving it the MST3K treatment.

I really, really wish MST3K: Hallmark was a thing.  I can only imagine what Crow, Tom Servo, and Joel would have to say about some Hallmark movies.  Or most Hallmark movies.  Okay, all Hallmark movies.

Anyway, Hearts Down Under was trying to be the Australian version of As Luck Would Have It but it failed.  As Luck Would Have It wasn't that much better than your average Hallmark movie and I feel like the scenery plus Alan Leech was 75% of the appeal, but something about it worked.  Hearts Down Under had the scenery but not the Leech, and it just seemed so bleh.  Though my Heartland-loving heart was happy to see Cindy Busby, even if she was wasted in this role.  Her character in Heartland was spoiled bitchy frenemy and she was a lot of fun.  I miss her.

[Lugal]

Hearts Down Under, Hallmark in it's usual form.  I solved their problem in 5 minutes:  Why don't you just let the locals run the place like they always have?  It also feels like they scrimped on the scenery porn.  No b-roll of Sydney or the Reef?  I'll give them the benefit of the doubt there that COVID may have impacted filming.

Personally, I would have preferred the movie to focus on Beth the Waitress.  She was cute and more interesting than our leads.  Seriously, someone needs to do a parody of a Hallmark movie that just focuses on the side characters.

Once again, time doesn't work the same in Hallmarkia (even Hallmarkia, Australia) because when Cindy Busby and Cook were on their date we see a full moon, but the next day or two when Smarmy Fiance shows up, it was clearly a quarter moon.  Seriously Hallmark, wikipedia ASTRONOMY!  At least they sort of acknowledged the time difference.

I would also sign onto MST3K: Hallmark.

[Maelstrom]

MST3K = Mystery Science Theater 3000, aka a show about people (and robots) making fun of old, terrible sci-fi movies to hilarious effect. A taste:

 

7 hours ago, bankerchick said:

Now there is a ringing endorsement for a movie!

Isn't it just! :D

43 minutes ago, dubstepford wife said:

I really, really wish MST3K: Hallmark was a thing.  I can only imagine what Crow, Tom Servo, and Joel would have to say about some Hallmark movies.  Or most Hallmark movies.  Okay, all Hallmark movies.

Anyway, Hearts Down Under was trying to be the Australian version of As Luck Would Have It but it failed.  As Luck Would Have It wasn't that much better than your average Hallmark movie and I feel like the scenery plus Alan Leech was 75% of the appeal, but something about it worked.  Hearts Down Under had the scenery but not the Leech, and it just seemed so bleh.  Though my Heartland-loving heart was happy to see Cindy Busby, even if she was wasted in this role.  Her character in Heartland was spoiled bitchy frenemy and she was a lot of fun.  I miss her.

Yup, pretty much all Hallmark movies from at least the last five years would greatly benefit from being MSTied.

I agree that ALWHI won out in the lead actors department by far, but also had a much, much better script than HDU. There was a believable, not completely stupid premise to ALWHI and believable obstacles that took a little doing to resolve or overcome. But the basic story of HDU was so poorly handled that it made the movie drag after about twenty minutes, and combined with an unlikeable lead actress and a serviceable lead actor, only left the scenery and the purple sneakers to hold this viewer's interest. The obstacles were all so contrived and just plain stupid (even for a Hallmark). Seriously, they could've ended this movie after a half hour and it would've been an improvement. Could no one think of having all the townspeople pool their money to potentially buy the cafe since it's such an important landmark for some reason? Could Aussie chef/construction expert not have agreed to do the repairs in exchange for her handing over ownership to him? Could she not just GIVE the cafe to any of them? She inherited it, it's not like she was trying to recoup the expense of buying it. Couldn't Spatch the dog have barked out a solution ala Lassie and told all those idiots what to do? Why didn't anyone have half a brain? Why I am putting so much thought into this damn movie when it's clear the writers didn't! Yeesh.

[bankerchick]

Just as my friends and I can solve all the world's problems with just a few drinks, I'm sure if a few of us could get together, we could create the most realistic, suspenseful, funny, logical and romantic happy-ever-after movie that Hallmark has ever made.  And since we would insist on casting control and we all have such different faves, it would probably have to be a movie with several couples as leads.  Perhaps a mini-series with a focus on different primary characters every week. 

Edited April 27, 2021 by bankerchick
OMG, I am walking away from the Edit button.

[Clawdette]

If I’m not mistaken, Kimberley Susted and Paul Campbell wrote the 2020 Christmas movie they starred in. That’s one way to elevate the content Hallmark has been churning out lately!  They are both very talented.

(I do wish Paul would change the texture of his hair. It looks like he’s using Brylcreem.)

[Maelstrom]

Glad to help brighten your day a little, bankerchick :D

For our fan-written Hallmark project, I would venture to add *gasp* non-romance storylines too! Sibling relationships and platonic but still meaningful friendships - heck, I'd go out on a limb and include some sort of buddy comedy storyline. There are so many potential ideas that still wholesome enough for Hallmark beyond just straight HEA romances. At least it would add a little variety to their cookie-cutter movies.

[Cetacean]

1 hour ago, Lugal said:

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt there that COVID may have impacted filming.

Nope, they can't even use that excuse.  It was filmed in 2019 and released under a different name in Australia.  It might have been filmed Down Under but you sure couldn't tell from this movie.  The beach scenes could have been from any tropical ocean shoreline.

And if anyone listens to Bramble Jam, they reviewed As Luck Would Have It.  All three hated it which is kind of a rarity.  Brought up all of the objections that I felt as well.

[redpencil]

If it was previously filmed and shown in Australia, was it even a Hallmark production? Or was it an acquired film (as they do occasionally). They may not have had anything to do with it. (I don't actually know either way.)

[Lugal]

1 hour ago, Cetacean said:

Nope, they can't even use that excuse.  It was filmed in 2019 and released under a different name in Australia.  It might have been filmed Down Under but you sure couldn't tell from this movie.  The beach scenes could have been from any tropical ocean shoreline.

Well then there goes any of the slack I was going to cut them.

And this is a small note, I thought it would have been more entertaining (and creative) if Spatch the Dog was in fact named after gazpacho.  Then we meet his siblings, Sopapilla, Enchilada, Relleno and Flan.  Yes, I came up with that while watching the movie.

[Irlandesa]

3 hours ago, Cetacean said:

And if anyone listens to Bramble Jam, they reviewed As Luck Would Have It.  All three hated it which is kind of a rarity.  Brought up all of the objections that I felt as well.

Never heard of the podcast but of all Hallmark movies for all three to hate--when they normally don't all hate Hallmark movies, that is not the movie I would've pegged.

Hearts Down Under didn't just have the one really stupid eavesdropping leading to a misunderstanding but it had two in a row--the fiance and then the implication that "Cook" (what a dumb name) was only wooing her to---I forget what exactly but it had something to do with not selling the restaurant. 

[Cetacean]

9 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

Never heard of the podcast but of all Hallmark movies for all three to hate--when they normally don't all hate Hallmark movies, that is not the movie I would've pegged.

Yeah, none of them could get past the whole "tear down the ancient castle" plot and the fact that the whiskey business could save the town and that was so glaringly obvious but came as a big revelation.  They liked the scenery but who wouldn't. 

But two of the three guys normally love every movie, I have never heard all three agree not to like one.

[Callietwo]

Haha. Saw this on FB and had to share here:

[bankerchick]

On 3/29/2021 at 4:46 PM, Kemper said:

The movie on Saturday with Ryan P and an actress I have never seen before - Italia Ricci? - was perhaps one of the most chemistry-free ones I have seen; and that is saying something.  The actress was as bad or worse as the actor.  Both were going through the predictable motions.  But yes, he is very pretty; so I guess there is that.

Kemper, I am quoting you on this again because I have actually seen the movie now (Don't Go Breaking My Heart.)  You are so right.  My overwhelming thought while watching this movie was that it was a rehash of several exact storylines we have seen before but with zero chemistry.  Zero.  I think the problem is that the actress seems cold.  I noticed it in the Chad Michael Murray movie as well.  Every line is delivered in a way that makes it difficult to warm up to her.  She's pretty enough but I never get the impression that she's worth the trouble.

[Cherpumple]

On 4/26/2021 at 5:48 PM, Lugal said:

Once again, time doesn't work the same in Hallmarkia (even Hallmarkia, Australia) because when Cindy Busby and Cook were on their date we see a full moon, but the next day or two when Smarmy Fiance shows up, it was clearly a quarter moon.

And to add to this, they were waking up around 4am to get the catch of the day, then working all day, then going out in the evening, and then sneaking into the kitchen for a midnight snack. When the heck did they sleep?

On 4/26/2021 at 5:48 PM, Lugal said:

I solved their problem in 5 minutes:  Why don't you just let the locals run the place like they always have? 

Yes! At they beginning she and her mom explicitly said that Aunt Doreen died the year before, so who did she think had been running the place this whole time? She had zero involvement up to that point and the place was running great, so why the rush to sell?

And speaking of her mom, I thought it was hilarious that she was only shown sitting in the kitchen of the New York restaurant, no matter what time of day she called her daughter. By the midpoint, I convinced myself that she just lived there, and curled up on a blanket at night under one of the counters, like a dog bed.

[Artsda]

I just watched Don't Go Breaking My Heart and I think what stood out the most was they paid for Shawn Mendes' Wonder song for the end. 

 

[bankerchick]

The charisma-free-athon continues with Love, Fall & Order, a pumpkin patch movie which seems odd today when perhaps a spring fling might have been more appropriate.  Trevor Donovan, who I like but who is not the best actor, with Erin Cahill, who is without a doubt the most charisma-free actress on this network.  I have yet to see sparks between her and anyone in any of her movies.  She's not a bitch like many of them, just uninteresting.

Tonight's movie is something called Making Something Great, the avatar for which is merely a filmstrip, and the movie isn't found on imdb, so my guess is it was originally named something else, but I guess I'll have to wait until 9pm to find out who is in it and whether I will stick it out.  Fingers crossed for Paul Campbell/Kimberly Sustad or Andrew Walker/several actresses but not holding my breath.

[Cetacean]

Making Something Great:  When restaurant makeover show host Abby gets a new assignment to turn a rustic small-town diner into a place on the culinary map, she knows she’s way out of her element. But as Abby and diner owner Tom spend time together in and out of the kitchen, Abby discovers the joy of good comfort food, a place she just might call home, and a thing she just might call love. Stars Erin Cahill and Jesse Hutch.

What a unique and groundbreaking script.

1 hour ago, bankerchick said:

Fingers crossed for Paul Campbell/Kimberly Sustad or Andrew Walker/several actresses but not holding my breath.

 

Edited May 1, 2021 by Cetacean

[bankerchick]

Thanks, Cetacean.  Another Erin Cahill movie, yahoo!  Perhaps a pass.

I'm currently watching Love Is A Piece of Cake and not hating it, but I swear, if you are thinking that it might be better to close down the business your grandmother started and you have carried on because your building might be sold and you might have to bake cakes somewhere other than the precious kitchen your grandmother used, I hope your grandmother is not proud of you.

[Clawdette]

Love on the Road aka Making Something Great wasn’t shown here tonight and it wasn’t advertised, either.  We got Lacey Chabert reruns. 

[Cetacean]

15 minutes ago, Clawdette said:

Love on the Road aka Making Something Great wasn’t shown here tonight and it wasn’t advertised, either.  We got Lacey Chabert reruns. 

I think those were on the pay channel.  We cheapsters get the leftovers although since it's all the same story anyway....

[bankerchick]

Making Something Great is on W Network in Canada tonight.  We usually get the premieres a week or so later than Hallmark channel.

The Lacey Chabert reruns are probably just to prime you for yet another upcoming movie from her, this time with Tyler Hines, who may make it watchable.

Edited May 2, 2021 by bankerchick

[kirinan]

12 hours ago, bankerchick said:

The Lacey Chabert reruns are probably just to prime you for yet another upcoming movie from her, this time with Tyler Hines, who may make it watchable.

Speaking of Tyler Hynes, he posted this on Twitter. So it will be a 3-Tyler day May 15. I'm iffy on It Was Always You, but Flip That Romance is one of my absolute favorites. And other than not loving the way his hair looks in the new movie (seriously, in the trailer I saw it's so heavy and plastered in place it almost looks like a wig), I'm really looking forward to it.   

 

Edited May 2, 2021 by kirinan

[dubstepford wife]

That really looks like a wig.  Like, in the side profile view, you can see a very clear bump where the top part (which I suspect is fake) overlaps with the bottom part, which is probably his real hair.  And the line going across his forehead is just a little too straight.  It looks pretty toupee-ish.

I do appreciate the 5 o'clock shadow though.  I'm into the lumbersexual look and Hallmark guys can frequently look a little too clean cut for my taste.

[bankerchick]

1 hour ago, kirinan said:

And other than not loving the way his hair looks in the new movie (seriously, in the trailer I saw it's so heavy and plastered in place it almost looks like a wig),

I was just coming here to post the same thing.  What the hell?  How hard is it to style a guy's hair?  It looks ok-ish in the Twitter picture above, but in the clips for the film, ew.  Maybe it will be like the girl's hair from It Was Always You.  Horrifying in the promos and most of the movie, but the odd shot where the cut is actually sort of cute.

35 minutes ago, dubstepford wife said:

I'm into the lumbersexual look

Lumbersexual.  I like that.  Jeans, boots, flannel shirt, beard and longish hair.  Mmmm.

[KLovestoShop]

What the hell is going on with all the Hallmark Channels?  Where are the movies?  Why are they putting on shows that one can see on at least 6 other channels?  Last Man Standing, Reba, Dr Quinn, Little House, Monk.  There’s not one movie on any of their channels all week, not even at night.  What are they thinking?

[Irlandesa]

31 minutes ago, KLovestoShop said:

 There’s not one movie on any of their channels all week, not even at night.

There are movies on Thursday on Hallmark.  There are movies on HMM and Hallmark Drama today. 

I'm not sure what is happening on Hallmark but I wonder if they just acquired these shows and want to "launch" the fact that they're now airing Last Man Standing and Reba.

[bankerchick]

Here in Canada, most Hallmark movies appear on the W network, which shows movies all weekend (usually 4 or 5 movies rotated over and over, including a couple of replays of Saturday night's big premiere) and two early-morning movies during the week.  The rest of the time is taken up by Law&Order:SVU and Mom.  And the god-awful remakes of stuff like Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster, for which they show the promo during every break and I have become quite adept at diving for the remote.  I guess it's a good channel if you care for any of those shows and have an hour to kill but to me its just another channel to surf past most of the time.

On topic, Winter In Vail was on this morning.  Lacey Chabert and Tyler Hynes.  From last year and I have to say, in some of the scenes his hair was pretty bad.  Maybe he just has a weird hairline (or forehead) and styling and length are really important.  Many of us can probably sympathize with that.  Anyway, it fortunately did not detract from the hotness in any discernable way.

[WinnieWinkle]

22 minutes ago, bankerchick said:

Here in Canada, most Hallmark movies appear on the W network, which shows movies all weekend (usually 4 or 5 movies rotated over and over, including a couple of replays of Saturday night's big premiere) and two early-morning movies during the week.  The rest of the time is taken up by Law&Order:SVU and Mom.  And the god-awful remakes of stuff like Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster, for which they show the promo during every break and I have become quite adept at diving for the remote.  I guess it's a good channel if you care for any of those shows and have an hour to kill but to me its just another channel to surf past most of the time.

 

About all I watch on the W channel are the Hallmark movies.  And I agree - I reach for the mute or the FF button whenever a commercial comes on for one of the shows they endlessly promote!  W channel us a funny one - I mean totally meant to appeal to women, but there was a time when it was pretty progressive and had a lot of programming meant to advocate for women and issues that affect women.  If they do that now I've missed seeing any mention of them.

[bankerchick]

Now this is becoming an obsession.  Currently watching Flip That Romance.  Tyler Hynes' hair looks good, but it's combed back from his forehead, as opposed to parted in the middle (yikes!) and combed to either side as in the picture above.

[Clawdette]

I must admit I have always wanted to get hold of Tyler Hynes' hair and see if I could do better - and I'm not a stylist!  And, Marc Blucas has great hair but sometimes they slick it back and make him look like he's wearing a wig.  I'm thankful they no longer do that to Niall Matter but now that I've said that, the slick-back will probably return.

[Kemper]

I really like Tyler Hynes - he has a "lightness" with his co-stars that comes off naturally.  Sadly, I just can't watch him due to his terrible hair.  In addition to looking like a toupee, it looks dyed.  Why?  Then again, quite a few of the actors' on Hallmark have terrible hair - I attribute that to the stylists.  Probably the same ones that do a few of the actresses.  With the money that the network is raking in, surely they could do better.  Unless an actor/actress is having a true issue (medical, etc.) with their hair, I don't see the need for wigs and such.  Extensions, yes because they are so popular. And the constant need for the very same hairstyles on the actresses...parted in the middle with beachy waves, or hanging over the shoulders in sausage curls.  

[bankerchick]

Interesting. I like Tyler Hynes but don't think I ever had an opinion on his hair until the promo for this week's movie where it looks so terrible and started the conversation here.  Maybe it's all I'll see now but it does remind me how we all have different opinions on hair (and looks in general.)  I had seen the movie Christmas Getaway a few times and never gave the lead actor a second look.  Not that he was unappealing, he was just meh.  This year the same actor (Travis Van Winkle) was in Project Christmas Wish but now he has longer, covid hair.  His hair is also really curly and man, I have had this really ridiculous crush on him ever since.  I have since seen Christmas Getaway again, and he still doesn't do it for me in that movie but I have watched Project Christmas Wish more times than it is healthy to admit.  My girlfriend took one look at him and said, 'that guy needs a haircut.'

Edited May 5, 2021 by bankerchick

[kirinan]

Since we're speaking of Tyler Hynes...I just saw that the Hallmark Channel wished him a happy birthday, so Happy Tyler's Birthday, fellow fans! 🎂

(And they SHOULD wish him a happy birthday, because I don't think I'm projecting if I say he's one of their most reliable draws for their viewers.)

[bankerchick]

Well then, I guess it's a good thing I have a piece of cheesecake in the fridge that I was going to eat today.  Maybe I can find a candle and since I'm the only one eating it, I'm pretty sure I can blow the candle out and eat the cake safely.

I guess that makes him a Taurus, which is extremely compatible with me (Cancer.)  I might have to find something on demand to watch today.  Perhaps the 12 Dates of Christmas.

[Kemper]

Honestly.  Is the punishment for not subscribing to the other Hallmark channels and just sticking to basic Hallmark...is the punishment rerunning thousands and thousands of times shows that we have already seen hundreds and hundreds of times?  I love The Golden Girls..but not hours of it; don't mind Last Man Standing but again, don't want to see marathons of it; and cannot watch Reba..love her, love her singing voice, but her speaking voice is nails on a chalkboard to me; and the same for the other character - Barbara Jean.  I don't mind reruns of these shows; I just mind them taking up such a large part of the day.

I have just started watching the movies this last year or so; yes, a lot of them are so sappy and predictable that they are kind of pleasant background noise/activity.  But I will take them, rerun, everyday over what the network has decided to put on.  Unpopular opinion, I guess.  At least rerunning the movies is not the same as running the same sitcoms for hours.  (And Hours)  Although that seems to work for HGTV.  People can come her to praise, complain or laugh about the movies; it is impossible to do that about the sit-com reruns.

[bankerchick]

6 minutes ago, Kemper said:

Unpopular opinion, I guess.

Not an unpopular opinion at all.  What I find frustrating is if I decide, 'fine, I'll watch an episode of Mom, maybe it will be funny but will at least kill half an hour.'  Perhaps it is funny and I decide several hours later that I will watch another episode.  Nope.  Same episode on again.  Bear in mind it's not that Mom is on at say, 1pm and replays the episode again at 5.  Mom is on 10 times a day.  Not sure if it's the same episode 10x but based on my viewing experience, I would say that yes, it is.

I agree that the movies are fine in the background.  Perhaps it's because there are no laugh tracks.  Or maybe it's just because the movies are all the same and you have a pretty good idea what it going to happen at any time you tune in, based on how far along we are in the movie.  No surprises.  You can ignore the first 30-45 minutes of bickering because they are going to start getting along, perhaps even almost kiss, somewhere in the next 30 minutes.  Then the festival/bakeoff/townhall meeting will happen with about 30 minutes to go, leading into a crisis between the leads where one of them (pretty much always the woman) will misunderstand/mishear something and storm off, only to change their mind and come back, or at least call the other lead from home to apologize, only to find he is standing outside their front door.  Both say 'I love you.'  One may even propose.  Only then will they kiss for the first time.  You don't really need to concentrate too hard.

[Clawdette]

So, Hallmark has gone back to the ice hotel for another movie.  I guess the difference is that Baby, It's Cold Inside doesn't involve an event while Winter Castle featured a wedding.  

I'm surprised, actually, because the scenery is so specific.  It's not like the background of 1,000 various vineyards.

[Infiltr8]

Baby, it’s Cold Outside, why did I watch this... 8 minutes left, gee I wonder what will happen.... for someone who was on the trip to be able  to recommend the place to clients, she did not take any pictures  to  post for social media....maybe too clumsy to hold phone?? a secret hotel reviewer who checks in under fake name but then  has his picture on his reviews ??  An owner who would let guest lead excursion w/o knowing trail and gets lost .....2 ice hotel movies— how  do they shower? Brush teeth? 

[coreywt]

8 hours ago, Infiltr8 said:

Baby, it’s Cold Outside, why did I watch this... 8 minutes left, gee I wonder what will happen.... for someone who was on the trip to be able  to recommend the place to clients, she did not take any pictures  to  post for social media....maybe too clumsy to hold phone?? a secret hotel reviewer who checks in under fake name but then  has his picture on his reviews ??  An owner who would let guest lead excursion w/o knowing trail and gets lost .....2 ice hotel movies— how  do they shower? Brush teeth? 

I saw her taking pictures. And the ice hotel is real so I assume they've got the showering etc. figured out.

[bankerchick]

Funny.  I came here to find out how the Tyler Hynes movie was (I thought it was playing in the US yesterday?)  I also thought perhaps Baby It's Cold Outside was another movie playing in Canada only, like that Winter In Whitbrooke or whatever from a few weeks ago.  BICO seemed like a hoser movie to me (I realize they're all filmed here but there are not usually so many Canadian shout-outs.)  Joe Shawinigan?  The Canadian Tire guy!  The guy from the egg commercial with the giant pants is the hotel reviewer?  And I also couldn't figure out his character.  Sometimes he's French, sometimes he's not?  First he acknowledges who he is, then it's a big secret?  I found about 10 incongruities while watching this movie, but honestly, forgot almost all of them because the movie was not worth thinking about after it ended.

[Cetacean]

So Hallmark has just given up on any effort to write a decent script and is using different "exotic" locales to try and fool us into thinking it's not the same old story?  Baby It's Cold Outside went so low as to use a location we'd already seen.  And they were so lazy that there were continuity and, let's face it, eye-rolling issues throughout. 

What a hot mess, no pun intended.

[bankerchick]

Also, and I don't mean this to sound mean, but what was with the actress who plays Bridgette (Melinda Michael?)  Not sure if it was the makeup or what, but she reminded me of an alien trying to pass as a human.  She looks normal in her imdb pictures, but there was something off about her in this movie.

11 hours ago, Infiltr8 said:

An owner who would let guest lead excursion w/o knowing trail and gets lost ...

Not to mention, he agreed to go along because the girl was supposed to bring up the rear in case anyone fell behind, but whenever we saw them, they were both right behind the leader.

[ehall1052]

8 hours ago, coreywt said:

I saw her taking pictures. And the ice hotel is real so I assume they've got the showering etc. figured out.

I was reading a couple of articles about the Ice Hotel. There are no bathrooms in the hotel. You have to use the bathrooms in the spa area. One article said to plan your bathroom duties before you tuck yourself in for the night. I gather it’s not like a regular hotel where you stay several nights. I believe it’s only a one-night stay.

[Cetacean]

15 hours ago, ehall1052 said:

There are no bathrooms in the hotel. You have to use the bathrooms in the spa area. One article said to plan your bathroom duties before you tuck yourself in for the night.

Yeah....no.  Definitely not for me.  Too old for the novelty!

[bankerchick]

17 hours ago, ehall1052 said:

One article said to plan your bathroom duties before you tuck yourself in for the night.

That's fine, but what about the 3am trip?  Or the occasional 5am urge?

[Scarlett45]

On 5/9/2021 at 3:54 PM, ehall1052 said:

I was reading a couple of articles about the Ice Hotel. There are no bathrooms in the hotel. You have to use the bathrooms in the spa area. One article said to plan your bathroom duties before you tuck yourself in for the night. I gather it’s not like a regular hotel where you stay several nights. I believe it’s only a one-night stay.

You can spend several nights in the ice hotel. Meals and bathroom facilities are in another building (with plumbing/electricity and heating etc) but sleeping and lounging is done in the ice hotel.

My Mom and I watched Baby Its Cold Inside and she said that it was nice to see a different backdrop, but she couldnt do that as a young woman, spend all of that money to be cold- these things are not cheap, $300+ per night. The thing I like best about that movie was the couple who made glass figurines. I think a hallmark movie about a glassmaker would be nice, would give us pretty things to look at, and the "starving artist makes big" thing.

[Artsda]

I watch Baby it's Cold and was surprised when I googled the hotel and learned it was real in Quebec. That's amazing.