What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Monday, November 18, 2024

A Very Vermont Christmas - 2024

It was Hallmark Bingo time, and I had the unfortunate responsibility of choosing the torture for the evening.

A woman is trying to keep her father's bar alive, but the local Frosty's is making that hard. A rep from the big brand beer comes to town and shows off his beer-smelling abilities. The woman, Joy, decides an IPA will save the bar. Or something. Her ex is flat out evil. They didn't even give him a single redeeming quality.

This one was bad. I'm not sure it was worse than the last one, but the main characters were hard to watch. The woman was okay most of the time, she frowned weird. The guy was something else. He spoke like he was trying out for a Batman role, he smiled at strange times, and he had too many scarves. Also, why did Joy feel the need to show the man who is becoming an expert on beer how it's made? Doesn't he already know that?

The end of this one was majorly stupid. Joy decides the man she's "fallen in love with" is responsible for the betrayal instead of her sneaky weasel of an ex. Putting that aside, I almost expect a conflict like that at this point, the dumbest thing was the skiing. Joy makes this impassioned plea to get to the top of the mountain for the last ride down. She has to meet dude man up there. Why? What's stopping her from waiting for him at the bottom? "I have to get up there...I love him!!" What?! Just wait at the lodge...

Anyway, another week with no bingos. We got a little closer this time, but this was painful.


 

No comments:

Post a Comment