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

[Happywatcher]

2 minutes ago, mikeb said:

Found this article https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/08/where-a-summer-to-remember-filmed-locations/

which includes

Many different locations were used for the movie, and some scenes were filmed at waterfalls or even in the jungle. We don’t know where every scene was filmed, but we do know that for at least part of the time, Catherine Bell was at the Malolo Island Resort and some of the resort scenes were filmed at the Likuliku Lagoon Resort.

Thank you. So the great looking beach is Malolo, and the cool buildings and grounds are Likuliku.

What is odd is Malolo is about 350 a night, and Likuliku is about 950

[AnnaRose]

I never watched A Summer to Remember.  Is it a good one?

[Irlandesa]

53 minutes ago, AnnaRose said:

I never watched A Summer to Remember.  Is it a good one?

Pearl In Paradise was the best of that summer location shoot bunch, IMO.  But this took place in Fiji too and it had nice scenery.  I don't remember it well.  It wasn't memorable.  But I also think the movie was more mature than some of the other romcoms.

[dcinmb]

15 hours ago, Jillybean said:

Does anyone else think Bethany was wearing a wig in the movie? Her hair was SO bad.

Yes! I love her and Andrew Walker (especially together) but her hair was distractingly bad.  Every time she reached up to smooth her hair, I kept expecting her to accidentally dislodge the wig. Can't imagine why she'd need to wear one unless she had to cut her hair really short for another role. Even so, Hallmark should've shelled out for a better wig.

[Happywatcher]

Watching the third Holly Peete mystery off our DVR. I had hoped this would be better than one and two.

I can't think why these are so bad. The cast could literally pop out of this and into any Hallmark Christmas/Spring movie and do great. Everyone loves Holly the actress. Even the dog is cute. 

The mystery build up is cringy to watch, the romance is bad--like watching a skit of a series of bad dates done by a high school acting class. None of the characters' actions seem believable in any way.

I can see why this got burned off against Game of Thrones.

[MissyPoo]

On 3/30/2019 at 7:54 PM, AnnaRose said:

I couldn't get through A Brush With Love.  It was such a let down after the last two new Hallmark movies.  The first 30 minutes felt like 3 hours to me.  I didn't particularly like the actor who played Max or the character who seemed kind of stalkerish and unable to take a hint.  

~Snip~

To me, Nick Bateman seemed like the generic male-model type that Hallmark often casts as the love interest, but who lack the charm of actors like Michael Rady, Tyler Hynes,  Will Kemp or Kristoffer Polaha. 

I don't know his name, but I even liked the character with the accent better than the lead... or at least I did until I bailed.  We didn't see much of the him at that point, but I had been hoping he would be 'the one' instead of the landscape architect.  I FFed through the rest of the movie, hoping it might actually take a more interesting turn and not be the same old trope of the woman realizing the man she hates is her one true love... but nope... nothing surprising in this movie.

So much this. I just couldn't get into him and when one of the leads turns me off, I can't invest in their story. Which sucks because I love Arielle. But yeah the one destined to be the love interest was just a big no for me. I tried watching it during the premiere but turned if off. Later I returned thinking maybe I was too hasty and wasn't into it the first time but I noped out of there the second time. Sad because this was one of the ones I was looking forward to. If I watch it again, I'll probably turn it into a drinking game for how many times they mention "vision board".

As for SSD, count me in as not much of a fan either though I love me some Eric Mabius. Hallmark has a way of blanding out their male leads because he is smoking in other things. I notice this with some of the other leading males. They go through the ken doll bland cycle once they become a Hallmark love interest. There's only a few who escape including Michael Rady, Kris Polaha, and Trevor Donovan who just looks good anywhere he pops up. Peter Porte too though they tried with that museum one.

I noped out of Flip That Romance because of the bickering but I love me some Julie Gonzalo so I'm going to give it another rewatch.

On 4/1/2019 at 8:28 PM, In2You said:

I often see Hallmark labelled as a family channel but I disagree. I have alot of children in my family and to me a family movie is a movie we of all ages can sit down and watch together. Do people sit down and watch these with their kids? Because the kids in my family would be bored.  Hallmark did have some family movies when they did that partnership with Walmart years ago that were more appealing to the younger set and had different plots from these bland romances.

I imagine the branding is leftover from the days when they were for the whole family. I'm thinking of movies like Sarah, Plain and Tall, November Christmas, and that Jason Lee/Minka Kelly bird movie from ages past. They kept the branding but changed the content (which is now more for romance fans than whole families). 

On 4/8/2019 at 10:30 AM, mikeb said:

Details about their upcoming "Countdown to Summer" movies

https://deadline.com/2019/04/leah-renee-chris-mcnally-dan-jeannotte-nathan-parsons-among-cast-hallmark-channel-countdown-to-summer-movie-event-1202588907/

I only recognize a couple of the stars, so they appear to be trying to expand beyond usual pool of actors and actresses.

Thanks for posting this. Wow. Jen Lilley and Chris McNally are staying busy this year.  I kinda like that they added a Countdown to Summer movie set. I thought there was too much of a gap between Spring, June Weddings and such. Though July will be lonely since Summer Nights are usually in August.

I was wondering if the Paris one was shot on location til I read TVFan's post (thanks for that). I just realized the lead guy in Love in the Sun played a psycho coach in that Lifetime movie. I'll probably see that just to compare for funs.

On 4/9/2019 at 6:08 PM, Dani said:

Emeraude Toubia is Lebanese-Mexican which hopefully will be incorporated into her character.

Otherwise it is unfortunate that the increased diversity seems to be limited to the higher profile Christmas movies. 

Yeah I'm glad to see new faces but pretty much zero minorities. I hope her culture is incorporated as well but she may get the whitewashed AlexaVega/Meghan Markle/Julie Gonzalo treatment. Will have to see. I was afraid nothing much would change outside of their Christmas lineup. Le sigh.

On 4/8/2019 at 10:57 AM, TVFan17 said:

I enjoyed True Love Blooms.  It had a nice, fresh, bright and cheerful look to it.   It's not an all-time favorite Hallmark movie, but it was so much better than I thought it would be.   Jordan Bridges is also growing on me.    He and Sara Rue were good together, and I absolutely LOVED the adorable tomato-pepper couple.  I laughed out loud at the various comments from them -- which were vaguely suggestive and double entendre-ish for a Hallmark movie ("Her tomatoes are distracting!").  Good job, Hallmark!   I wonder if it was better than some others we see because Sara was directly involved in developing it, and her good friend wrote it.

Agree. I really liked this one. I liked seeing Jordan Bridges in a different type of role since I saw him last. I loved his portrayal in Holiday Engagement, one of my faves, but he tried the businessman thing in that christmas lodge one and I didn't think it really flew too well. But he nailed it here. The chemistry between him and Sara Rue was smoldering, especially in that garden scene when he caressed her hand and gave her that look. Whew. Hallmark doesn't usually let that level of heat rise too much so I was a tad surprised haha. Prob my fave of the Spring movies so far.

23 hours ago, AnnaRose said:

I never watched A Summer to Remember.  Is it a good one?

Definitely for the sites, yes. Not so much for the romance for me. I thought Cameron Mathison seemed more into his friend/co-worker and Catherine Bell had more chemistry with the British dude. I'll probably watch it again for a visual vicarious vacation (viscaration?)

[GaT]

4 hours ago, Happywatcher said:

Watching the third Holly Peete mystery off our DVR. I had hoped this would be better than one and two.

I can't think why these are so bad. The cast could literally pop out of this and into any Hallmark Christmas/Spring movie and do great. Everyone loves Holly the actress. Even the dog is cute. 

The mystery build up is cringy to watch, the romance is bad--like watching a skit of a series of bad dates done by a high school acting class. None of the characters' actions seem believable in any way.

I can see why this got burned off against Game of Thrones.

I watched them too, & there is absolutely no chemistry between Holly & Rick, I just don't see them as a couple. Also, who done it was pretty obvious from before there was even a crime.

[mikeb]

Interesting trivia about latest Morning Show Mystery - it was written by Amber Benson, who co-starred as Tara on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.   Per her IMDB page, it looks like she still acts but also has 8 writing credits.

[catrice2]

On 4/16/2019 at 6:57 PM, Happywatcher said:

Watching the third Holly Peete mystery off our DVR. I had hoped this would be better than one and two.

I can't think why these are so bad. The cast could literally pop out of this and into any Hallmark Christmas/Spring movie and do great. Everyone loves Holly the actress. Even the dog is cute. 

The mystery build up is cringy to watch, the romance is bad--like watching a skit of a series of bad dates done by a high school acting class. None of the characters' actions seem believable in any way.

I can see why this got burned off against Game of Thrones.

I see she is still wearing one of the wigs left over from an Aurora Teagarden shoot....that does not flatter her skin tone and her makeup is so harsh.  Really, Holly needs to bring in her own person.  Rick Fox is so wooden....these are just so bad...I remember when he was mildly attractive....what happened? 

[JAYJAY1979]

Holly needs a different Male lead...certainly there are some awesome African Male actors in either Canada or the US to cast...right?

I'm just5 waiting for September when Aurora teagarden comes back.

Btw, I watched the Jewel Fixer Upper movies...talented singer...so so acting talent..and seemed unlikable when hosting music competition shows.  Did that series end?

[LuvMyShows]

Just watched the Gourmet Detective 'Death Al Dente' episode, and saw that one of the actresses was the villainess from the Morning Show Mystery 'Mortal Mishaps' episode (Jordana Largy).  I figured there's no way that the same actress would be the villainess in both mystery franchises, but sure enough, she was.  That just seems so odd to me, since there are bound to be many, many actresses that they could have hired.

 

In that same Death Al Dente episode, I was very disappointed with how their first kiss unfolded, which we've supposedly been eagerly awaiting for quite some time.  Interestingly, I felt like Henry had more chemistry with Sara (Camille Sullivan), and Maggie had more chemistry with Steve (Chris William Martin), than Henry and Maggie have together.

I feel like the Henry character just doesn't know how to read a room.  At first, he was going to kiss her at her apartment, when she was clearly very preoccupied with figuring things out about the case.  So then at the house of the Jordana Largy character (Claudia), after Henry had removed the diamonds and climbed out the window onto a loud metal fire escape, the two of them just stood there together, right beside the house, and it sooo didn't seem like a time for romance, especially for something as significant as their first kiss.  Actually, to me it was a little cringe-y that both of those possible kiss scenarios were in a work context, and he is basically the equivalent of a co-worker, so having the first kiss be in that kind of a setting to me was anything but romantic.   

[Happywatcher]

Watched Home by Spring. I kept feeling like the lead was the other woman. Like she was 10 seconds away from asking for the manager or calling to get the love interest fired. It could have been the editing or the directing, but it was there.

https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/home-by-spring/videos

[KLovestoShop]

Is it just me or is Cassidy Gifford not a very good actress?  She’s so wooden and delivers her lines like she’s reading them off a cue card. 

I like Rick Fox, and think he’s really good looking, but I agree that he has no chemistry with Holly. But at least they’re not 20-somethings.  In addition to needing more actors of color, I’d really like to see stories with more mature actors. 

[mikeb]

9 hours ago, LuvMyShows said:

Just watched the Gourmet Detective 'Death Al Dente' episode, and saw that one of the actresses was the villainess from the Morning Show Mystery 'Mortal Mishaps' episode (Jordana Largy).  I figured there's no way that the same actress would be the villainess in both mystery franchises, but sure enough, she was.  That just seems so odd to me, since there are bound to be many, many actresses that they could have hired.

She was also the murder victim in one of the Aurora Teagarden movies and suspect falsely arrested for murder in one of the Darrow and Darrow movies, so there is some attempt to keep you guessing when she pops up.

[Happywatcher]

Easter under Wraps. The new Easter movie. I have it on while baking pies for tomorrow. 

The lead isn't being played as quirky or confused, she is a rude bitch. The love interest was just offered a management role with the competitor, and he should take it just to get away from her.

She isn't likable in any way at work, and makes her fellow employees' lives worse. (She is the owner's daughter undercover, and there are some campy scenes, but mostly she is a distracted jerk)

I came on here to post this as the last step before turning this off for watching the 10 Commandments for the 40th time. I suspect I will be turning the channel soon.

Update:

The widower love interest just introduced his daughter and the lead actress made an effort to be very nice and bubbly to the child. So at least she and the director knew to do that.

[AnnaRose]

35 minutes ago, Happywatcher said:

Easter under Wraps. The new Easter movie. I have it on while baking pies for tomorrow. 

The lead isn't being played as quirky or confused, she is a rude bitch. The love interest was just offered a management role with the competitor, and he should take it just to get away from her.

She isn't likable in any way at work, and makes her fellow employees' lives worse. (She is the owner's daughter undercover, and there are some campy scenes, but mostly she is a distracted jerk)

I came on here to post this as the last step before turning this off for watching the 10 Commandments for the 40th time. I suspect I will be turning the channel soon.

Update:

The widower love interest just introduced his daughter and the lead actress made an effort to be very nice and bubbly to the child. So at least she and the director knew to do that.

Thanks for watching and posting about it... so I don't have to 😉 watch it!  I had a feeling it was going to suck.  I appreciate you taking one for the team. 😄

Edited April 21, 2019 by AnnaRose

[Happywatcher]

It got better after my rant. There were a few more scenes of her pushing things on the floor and making messes to cover up her identity, but not too many. Now it is a standard Hallmark plotline of her pushing to get the mixing bowl sized chocolate eggs made, and supporting the lives of the love interest and the daughter by providing the woman's supporting touch.

The love interest got mad at her when he found out she is the owner's daughter--not at himself or his coworkers for not figuring it out. 

Plus, why would a owner's family member and corporate VP not ever visit a main production facility?

[GaT]

I finally was able to record 4 Jane Doe movies after all this time, & I just finished watching them. They were OK, I guess? I can't say I was that impressed by any of them, I think the current movies are much better.

[TVFan17]

I'll just chime in here with a different viewpoint about Easter Under Wraps...  

If you are already someone who doesn't like 95% of the movies that Hallmark puts out these days (and I am not talking about the old Hallmark movies from decades ago, but the ones that they have focused on making for the last few years and continue to make today), or if you are already not a fan of the brand or the network, Easter Under Wraps is NOT going to be the movie to change your mind.  You're not going to like it. 

If you are someone who is kind of 50/50 on Hallmark -- you hate some of their current movies and you love some of their current movies, you probably still won't like Easter Under Wraps.

If you are a genuine fan of the Hallmark brand and the network, and you enjoy most (70% or more) of their current movies to some degree or another, you will probably find some things to enjoy in Easter Under Wraps, but you might not love the whole movie as a finished product.

And if you are someone who loves everything Hallmark puts out, then you will love Easter Under Wraps.

I'm in the "genuine fan" category, and I enjoy most (but not all) of what Hallmark puts out (on the Hallmark Channel) to some degree or another.    I was not expecting Easter Under Wraps to be the best movie of this year's Spring Fever event -- and it was not the best, so I was not surprised or disappointed.  

However, I love Easter-related things (coloring eggs, baskets, bunnies, bright colors and pastels, chocolate, egg hunts, decorations, etc.), and I am happy that Hallmark started this "new movie every Saturday, all year long" thing, as it paved the way for them to finally do an Easter movie. 

Basically, I was happy to have an Easter movie to watch -- flawed though it might have been -- and I enjoyed some things about it, if not the movie as a whole.  I did not find Fiona Gubelmann's character to be as rude as Happywatcher did, but I don't think that she and Brendan Penny were the best match.

Edited April 21, 2019 by TVFan17

[AAEBoiler]

I just watched "Crazy Rich Asians" over the weekend. I thought was a great movie and realized that it was everything these Hallmark movies are trying to be. The movie hit all the typical Hallmark notes but much better.

[LuvMyShows]

Watched the new Morning Mysteries movie, Countdown to Murder.  Really, seriously, how can TPTB not see the absolute total lack of chemistry between Holly and Rick?  They kissed, and it was basically Rick's face getting nearer to Holly's, then him placing his lips on Holly's, holding it for a set amount of time, and then moving away.   

I also noticed that in addition to Rick not being able to act with his words, he also can't act with his face.   The expressions he makes are just so lame.

And finally, because I actually did fall asleep a little during it, did they ever show the Salsa Festival that they had been taking lessons for?  I almost wonder if they put the dancing into the plot just because of Rick's DWTS history.  At any rate, no way were any of the people in that class beginners who were having their first class!!  And on a shallow level, he was far more handsome on DWTS than he is now.

[Seelouis]

7 minutes ago, LuvMyShows said:

I also noticed that in addition to Rick not being able to act with his words, he also can't act with his face.   The expressions he makes are just so lame  

And finally, because I actually did fall asleep a little during it, did they ever show the Salsa Festival that they had been taking lessons for?  I almost wonder if they put the dancing into the plot just because of Rick's DWTS history.  At any rate, no way were any of the people in that class beginners who were having their first class!!  And on a shallow level, he was far more handsome on DWTS than he is now.

The acting on this series is laughable. The guy who plays the cop partner is awful.  I agree on the no chemistry between Holly and Rick. It’s painful.  I don’t think they showed the salsa festival. Unless it was in the last 2 minutes. I turned it off after the murderer was revealed. 

[JAYJAY1979]

I hope they do a Halloween movie.

[VartanFan]

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Does anyone else think Bethany was wearing a wig in the movie? Her hair was SO bad.

Yeah - it was bad...but I was even more distracted by how bad her glasses were.  It was like a pair of sunglasses I had in about 10th grade in the 90s.

I will give points for them having a better-than-average kiss at the end.  Andrew Walker kinda went for it.  

[pigs-in-space]

1 hour ago, VartanFan said:

Yeah - it was bad...but I was even more distracted by how bad her glasses were.  It was like a pair of sunglasses I had in about 10th grade in the 90s.

I will give points for them having a better-than-average kiss at the end.  Andrew Walker kinda went for it.  

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder, I guess, because I liked her hair (it was a bit severe, but it fit her character and it was a nice change from the standard beachy waves most Hallmark leads have) and thought the glasses were cute too. They seem pretty on-trend right now.

[TVFan17]

1 hour ago, pigs-in-space said:

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder, I guess, because I liked her hair (it was a bit severe, but it fit her character and it was a nice change from the standard beachy waves most Hallmark leads have) and thought the glasses were cute too. They seem pretty on-trend right now.

I agree.  I thought she looked cute, and she pulled off the bangs and glasses better than I was expecting her to.  I mean, I'm not saying it's her best look ever, of all time, but I didn't think she looked bad at all.

[catrice2]

goodness I turned the tv on and it was on hallmark mystery from last night's Murder She Wrote and it was in the middle of Holly Robinson's latest movie. All I could think of was if she has something wrong with her eye?  Her eye looked really wonky....see she still has the unflattering wig...please stop it! 

[Happywatcher]

On 4/22/2019 at 8:31 PM, JAYJAY1979 said:

I hope they do a Halloween movie.

They did a Halloween romance a few years ago, October Kiss. Ashley Williams played "Poppy", a nanny who attracted the love interest away from a professional woman and friend of his, Miranda Frigon, through the power of playing with the children.

The problem is the professional friend was a better choice, because not only was she more even emotionally and a good professional match, but Poppy, as played, crossed over quirky into unreliable flake.

[LuvMyShows]

I finally saw the Ruby Herring movie, and was sadly quite disappointed.  The police detective is not a very good actor, and the 'older' women playing Ruby's mother and that other baker lady who they originally suspected of the murder, were quite bad actors.  Also, and maybe this is just me, but I did not get a 'dad' vibe from the actor playing the father of Ruby and her sister.  He seemed way more like a boyfriend to Ruby, and very much didn't seem like the mom's husband.

Also, I noticed that when the scene is over, the camera doesn't cut away soon enough, so either the actors just kind of stand there, or they end up making some sort of odd facial expression at the other person.  I think I've seen this same thing on Morning Show Mystery.

[Kemper]

LuvMyShows, I totally agree with you on the Ruby Herring observations.  It was probably the worst, if not one of the worst, movies that Hallmark has aired.

[MerBearHou]

I just saw Rick Fox and Holly Robinson Peete on the morning Hallmark talk show — they were fun, vibrant and had a great rapport.  I like and enjoy their MSM movies but do find that the vibe is more subdued and their connection is not used as it could be.  The annoying aunt is awful on Morning Show Mysteries, though I like her fine on “Schitt’s Creek” where she is used in small doses.

Edited April 26, 2019 by MerBearHou

[Happywatcher]

Went out to a pretty good dinner with friends, now watching Winter Princess for the first time off the DVR. The love interest, Jessie, is an overbearing lazy jerk. What woman over the age of 17 is supposed to find him hot?

The princess should have dipped out and told Jessie and his sister to go screw themselves. The movie would have been better, as she could meet a good, strong, honest guy back home once the real movie started there.

Plus, "Landoria" makes me laugh every time the lead or her brother or the side prince says it. 

The plot of the girl princess who wants to work at a ski resort is literally laughable, but other than the lead's accent she sells it, so props.

45 minutes in and I honestly can't tell if the two princes are together or not, so the movie has that going for it. Double props. (I know the movie is trying to hint the side prince is slated for her, but I still feel they may be together)

I also looked up the names on the ski lifts, the actual resort, Big White in BC, looks as cool online as the movie makes it look  http://www.bigwhite.com

Edited April 27, 2019 by Happywatcher

[rainsmom]

17 minutes ago, Happywatcher said:

I also looked up the names on the ski lifts, the actual resort, Big White in BC, looks as cool online as the movie makes it look  http://www.bigwhite.com

It's a family place. Not too big, not too difficult. It's called "Big White Out" by the locals because of a tendency for THICK fog to blanket the resort for hours a day. Annoying as hell.

Don't get me wrong -- I like the resort. But it's not Whistler or anything.

[Happywatcher]

1 hour ago, rainsmom said:

It's a family place. Not too big, not too difficult. It's called "Big White Out" by the locals because of a tendency for THICK fog to blanket the resort for hours a day. Annoying as hell.

Don't get me wrong -- I like the resort. But it's not Whistler or anything.

The Internet misled me again. Thanks

ETA: The movie ended. I still 75% think the two princes are FWBs

Edited April 27, 2019 by Happywatcher
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[LuvMyShows]

2 hours ago, MerBearHou said:

I just saw Rick Fox and Holly R-Peete on the morning Hallmark talk show — they were fun, vibrant and had a great rapport.  I like and enjoy their MSM movies but do find that the vibe is more subdued and their connection is not used as it could be.  The annoying aunt is awful on Morning Show Mysteries, though I like her fine on “Schitt’s Creek” where she is used in small doses.

What a shame that their rapport sooo doesn't translate to MSM.  Since their rapport off-camera is good when they are not acting, and Holly is good when she is acting, and Rick has charisma when he is on camera but not acting (DWTS), and the dialogue is par for the course in Hallmark mysteries, but Rick is wooden when he is acting, then I guess we can sleuth out where the problem lies!

[Happywatcher]

Love takes Flight.

We were in the military, and I did some legal work for a teaching hospital before I got into the government.

1. Doctors don't run hospitals anymore, they have administrators and a CEO. They are completely different skill and experience sets. (note A)

2. The pilot needed to be fired. The military will take chances when there is no choice, such as when service men are dying and the helo needs to land on a hill side. Ships even have a winch down system for bad weather-- because the other choice is the aircraft going down in stormy water and everyone dying. The deck crew therefore risks their lives along with the aircrew. This was a single patient/single procedure, and there were other options to proceed. Whatever Nikki's character's name is, good job.

3. The pilot's whiny act because his mom didn't tell him she was dying while he was deployed got old. Every actor in this thing was way past college, as was every character. He needed to grow up.

4. Really impressed a show set in a US town had aircraft with US N numbers.

Note A: The federal government stopped treating urban (Black) hospitals like teaching hospitals for cost reimbursement in the early 90s. A  woman lawyer ended up in charge of one as CEO and kept things there going 5 years longer than any other urban one in our region of the country because she was so good--so some people can cross professions with excellent results.

[Pickles]

Love Takes Flight. Lizzie was the big hospital administrator, but why was she always wearing jeans? That seemed too casual for her big job. Those helicopter landing shots in the stormy weather were pretty laughable. It looked like a toy helicopter. I don't think the helicopter pilot goes alone to pick up transplant organs. There is a team that goes. 

[Happywatcher]

12 minutes ago, Pickles said:

Love Takes Flight. Lizzie was the big hospital administrator, but why was she always wearing jeans? That seemed too casual for her big job. Those helicopter landing shots in the stormy weather were pretty laughable. It looked like a toy helicopter. I don't think the helicopter pilot goes alone to pick up transplant organs. There is a team that goes. 

I think their excuse for the solo flight was that he was flying an organ, not a patient.

[twoods]

If there is an organ there is still usually a full organ transplant team taking care of it. Didn’t expect much realism from a Hallmark movie so zero shock at how most of the movie (casual hospital admin, pilot with organ, etc) was written.

[doodlebug]

5 hours ago, Pickles said:

Love Takes Flight. Lizzie was the big hospital administrator, but why was she always wearing jeans? That seemed too casual for her big job. Those helicopter landing shots in the stormy weather were pretty laughable. It looked like a toy helicopter. I don't think the helicopter pilot goes alone to pick up transplant organs. There is a team that goes. 

Anyone running a major hospital (and a hospital where organ transplants are performed is major), would be wearing a suit at work, all day, every day.  This is especially true of women in the field, they're still a minority and would be careful to maintain a completely professional appearance on the job.

55 minutes ago, twoods said:

If there is an organ there is still usually a full organ transplant team taking care of it. Didn’t expect much realism from a Hallmark movie so zero shock at how most of the movie (casual hospital admin, pilot with organ, etc) was written.

Yep, that's how it works.  The hospital accepting the organ would send a team, usually at least one doctor and a nurse, who would be responsible for the organ; to make sure it stays cold, etc, so that it remains viable for transplant.  The helicopter pilot has enough to do without keeping track of the cooler.

5 hours ago, Happywatcher said:

Love takes Flight.

We were in the military, and I did some legal work for a teaching hospital before I got into the government.

1. Doctors don't run hospitals anymore, they have administrators and a CEO. They are completely different skill and experience sets. (note A)

I work for a major hospital system, one of the top ones in thee US; there are around 11 hospitals in the system in the metropolitan area where I live.  Virtually every single hospital CO in the system, including our current CEO at the flagship, are indeed physicians and were in clinical practice at some point earlier in their career.  Some of them even practice medicine at least part-time while running their hospital.  All of the ones I know, however, have graduate degrees in administrative fields, usually an MBA or MPH; but they all started out as plain old MD's.

Edited April 28, 2019 by doodlebug

[Irlandesa]

Other than the realism factor, how was the movie?

[Kohola3]

1 hour ago, Irlandesa said:

Other than the realism factor, how was the movie?

Standard treacly Hallmark fare.  Nothing new to see.

[doodlebug]

2 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

Other than the realism factor, how was the movie?

Probably the reason we're nitpicking the technical details is because the story itself was nothing new.  Nikki DeLoach is charming, but she didn't get anything new or different to do.  Another 'woman married to her career needs a man to show her there is more to life' story.  It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great, either.

[Pickles]

I didn't think there was any chemistry between the lead actress and actor. I was almost waiting for the grandpa to hit it off with the piano teacher grandma. Then everyone would have been paired up. 🙂

[In2You]

59 minutes ago, Pickles said:

I didn't think there was any chemistry between the lead actress and actor. I was almost waiting for the grandpa to hit it off with the piano teacher grandma. Then everyone would have been paired up. 🙂

She had more chemistry with the ex husband who looked very similar to her love interest.

[TVFan17]

5 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

Other than the realism factor, how was the movie?

I enjoyed it.  I loved "Walter" and his relationships with everyone.  I also think that Jeff Hephner is appealing as a leading man.    I don't think the actual romance between the characters played by Jeff and Nikki was developed enough, because I don't think the movie was necessarily supposed to be about the new love blossoming.  It seemed to me that the true "heartbeat" of the movie was the friendship between "Walter" and "Quinn."

But here is the issue for me, personally...  While I thought the movie was lovely, and it caused me to reach for tissues to dab my eyes a few times, this is not the kind of movie I would want to see on the Hallmark Channel on a regular basis.     I am specifically tuning in for rom coms and stories that are more about meet-cutes and playful banter, and are focused on the main characters getting together, whether it's at Christmas time, or in the summer, or against a backdrop of faux autumn leaves, or whenever.  The rom coms are exactly the thing that brought me to Hallmark in the first place, maybe 9 years ago.  When they were mainly just making Hall of Fame movies for major networks, I was barely interested.  If all they ever showed on the Hallmark Channel were Hall of Fame-ish movies or these more emotional, dramatic family stories, I probably would not be watching with as much regularity, if at all.

However, many other viewers seem to want Hallmark to go back to these sorts of stories (Hall of Fame and others like it) that are not romance-focused, as I want Hallmark to keep moving away from them (on the Hallmark Channel -- I am not talking about what airs on HMM or Hallmark Drama)!  lol   So it's a personal preference, indeed.   In any case, I enjoyed the movie, but I doubt I will watch it again any time soon.

Edited April 28, 2019 by TVFan17

[MerBearHou]

I liked it fine - didn’t love it.  Nikki DeLoach’s character was too much of an unnecessary cold fish in her administrator role and I didn’t see her connection with Jeff Hephner AT ALL.  Loved Walter and the little Quinn actress was wonderful.  OMG, Walter’s Savannah home, porch and grounds on the lake were dreamy inside and out.  Jeff Hephner is very appealing and usually I like Nikki a lot in her roles but not so much in this one.

[Happywatcher]

11 hours ago, doodlebug said:

Anyone running a major hospital (and a hospital where organ transplants are performed is major), would be wearing a suit at work, all day, every day.  This is especially true of women in the field, they're still a minority and would be careful to maintain a completely professional appearance on the job.

Yep, that's how it works.  The hospital accepting the organ would send a team, usually at least one doctor and a nurse, who would be responsible for the organ; to make sure it stays cold, etc, so that it remains viable for transplant.  The helicopter pilot has enough to do without keeping track of the cooler.

I work for a major hospital system, one of the top ones in thee US; there are around 11 hospitals in the system in the metropolitan area where I live.  Virtually every single hospital CO in the system, including our current CEO at the flagship, are indeed physicians and were in clinical practice at some point earlier in their career.  Some of them even practice medicine at least part-time while running their hospital.  All of the ones I know, however, have graduate degrees in administrative fields, usually an MBA or MPH; but they all started out as plain old MD's.

Not doubting you, but both of the two hospital CEOs in the teaching program I did work for were both non physician. The Catholic hospital had a non physician nun CEO, and the VA director was also non physician.

[Kohola3]

50 minutes ago, TVFan17 said:

However, many other viewers seem to want Hallmark to go back to these sorts of stories (Hall of Fame and others like it) that are not romance-focused

That would be me.  I enjoyed the high quality writing and thoughtful stories.  What is shown now is amateur, repetitive, and boring.  Every single story has the same outcome.

My personal preference.

[treeofdreams]

58 minutes ago, TVFan17 said:

But here is the issue for me, personally...  While I thought the movie was lovely, and it caused me to reach for tissues to dab my eyes a few times, this is not the kind of movie I would want to see on the Hallmark Channel on a regular basis.     I am specifically tuning in for rom coms and stories that are more about meet-cutes and playful banter, and are focused on the main characters getting together, whether it's at Christmas time, or in the summer, or against a backdrop of faux autumn leaves, or whenever.  The rom coms are exactly the thing that brought me to Hallmark in the first place, maybe 9 years ago.  When they were mainly just making Hall of Fame movies for major networks, I was barely interested.  If all they ever showed on the Hallmark Channel were Hall of Fame-ish movies or these more emotional, dramatic family stories, I probably would not be watching with as much regularity, if at all.

I have to agree.  A little bit of sorrow in mentioning a loved one who has passed is pretty standard and I am okay with that.  But I really could have done without the ashes scene at the end.  I do not watch these movies to be brought to tears.  I realize that one storyline focus of this movie was the relationship between the pilot and his father, and how that was healed.  But the extent to which they did this just seemed out of place for these Hallmark movies.  I would prefer that they air the more dramatic movies on their other channels.

I can get sorrow, and darkness, and all sorts of things like that elsewhere; to be honest, I watch Hallmark for the lightness and the fluff.

Edited April 28, 2019 by treeofdreams