I liked this one a lot-and think when the season is done, it will be one that we remember-especially when Michael Rady remembers. I agree about the writing-I sort of wish that her reason for turning was more interesting. Yes, Lyndsy is super talented. But, I give Hallmark high marks for even attempting this, the director and cast for selling it and making it work-all were amazing! And I hope that this encourages them to keep trying new things and making fun of themselves. It almost feels like Hallmark was saying "Yea, you are all tired of our non-stop Christmas, but you will miss us if we are gone!"
I really loved this one and I wasn't sure I would. I love black and white old movies, love Pleasantville, but when I first put it on my husband wasn't too thrilled with the black and white, as the movie went on he began to like it more but I was hooked when I realized we were dealing with Christmas magic. By the time it was over we both loved it ❤
I really liked the performances in this one. I only know Jim O’Heir from Parks and Rec, so I was pleasantly surprised by his portrayal of a more complicated dad than we usually get from Hallmark. Lyndsy Fonseca did a solid job portraying someone increasingly overwhelmed without making Addy unlikable or over the top. And her hair looked great! 😂 It is early in the season, but we may have the successor to the sisters in 2022s #XMAS for best Hallmark hair! I wasn’t sure about this movie from the previews, but I ended up enjoying it.
Doug and I really enjoyed this one. It started very strong. We liked the high concept of this one. It did falter in the second half of the film, but we still had fun with the film as a whole. I just wish that the script had used Michael Rady more; I felt that he was a little underutilized. Still, a good movie. We gave it 9 ladies dancing.
Wherefore art thou, Christmas? This one was easy to like and root for thanks to the B&W gimmick that was used so well and looked so cool. The premise was clever and all, but I had so many questions about how it all worked that I had to deliberately stop wondering about things. Was this happening worldwide, Was Christianity still a cultural force (or was just the holiday gone), Was Addy working under different 'remembering Christmas' rules than everyone else who went back to color (I mean, she never even forgot), et cetera. I also wanted to hear some of the rejuvenated townfolks of color expressing bafflement at their forgetting something so important to them. Do they spend the rest of their lives unable to explain the black-and-white era they all lived through? I also hope that Hallmark isn't going to continue the streak of jerky dads. Jim O'Heir's character was well-portrayed, but he joins the previous movie's hockey coach father in slinging the paternal shade at his kids. (I did like how O'Heir had the confused dad conspicuously pronounce the letter T in the word Christmas. Nice touch.) On my personal Christmas meter, I was going to give this one 50 Shades of Greyscale, but I will instead give it a slightly more standard Nine Lads in Danzig.
Talking about suspension of disbelief... 1) there is a whole "walking dead" phenomena going on here. Just as nobody on earth had ever heard about zombies in the WD, apparently nobody in this movie has heard about Jesus. Otherwise, wouldn't one of the first things that someone would refer to as a "hint" be "what do you call Jesus' birthday?" It doesn't have to be a religious themed movie to make that reference. Millions of non Christians still know the basic idea of the holiday. 2) why couldn't she reach her friend back in Chicago? I actually think that this might have had an answer in what might have been an originally intended ending. Something that would have tied into Addy finally finding her way back. Something resolving the issue of having never introduced her family to her friends in Chicago. Because the whole idea that she returned to color simply by finding a guy made no sense when everybody else's return to normal was tied to past Christmases.
I really enjoyed this! I love Lyndsy as well! Loved her in Next Stop, Christmas in 2021. She was awesome in that one too!!
I liked this one a lot-and think when the season is done, it will be one that we remember-especially when Michael Rady remembers. I agree about the writing-I sort of wish that her reason for turning was more interesting. Yes, Lyndsy is super talented.
But, I give Hallmark high marks for even attempting this, the director and cast for selling it and making it work-all were amazing! And I hope that this encourages them to keep trying new things and making fun of themselves. It almost feels like Hallmark was saying "Yea, you are all tired of our non-stop Christmas, but you will miss us if we are gone!"
I really loved this one and I wasn't sure I would. I love black and white old movies, love Pleasantville, but when I first put it on my husband wasn't too thrilled with the black and white, as the movie went on he began to like it more but I was hooked when I realized we were dealing with Christmas magic. By the time it was over we both loved it ❤
I really liked the performances in this one. I only know Jim O’Heir from Parks and Rec, so I was pleasantly surprised by his portrayal of a more complicated dad than we usually get from Hallmark. Lyndsy Fonseca did a solid job portraying someone increasingly overwhelmed without making Addy unlikable or over the top. And her hair looked great! 😂 It is early in the season, but we may have the successor to the sisters in 2022s #XMAS for best Hallmark hair! I wasn’t sure about this movie from the previews, but I ended up enjoying it.
Doug and I really enjoyed this one. It started very strong. We liked the high concept of this one. It did falter in the second half of the film, but we still had fun with the film as a whole. I just wish that the script had used Michael Rady more; I felt that he was a little underutilized. Still, a good movie. We gave it 9 ladies dancing.
Wherefore art thou, Christmas? This one was easy to like and root for thanks to the B&W gimmick that was used so well and looked so cool. The premise was clever and all, but I had so many questions about how it all worked that I had to deliberately stop wondering about things. Was this happening worldwide, Was Christianity still a cultural force (or was just the holiday gone), Was Addy working under different 'remembering Christmas' rules than everyone else who went back to color (I mean, she never even forgot), et cetera. I also wanted to hear some of the rejuvenated townfolks of color expressing bafflement at their forgetting something so important to them. Do they spend the rest of their lives unable to explain the black-and-white era they all lived through? I also hope that Hallmark isn't going to continue the streak of jerky dads. Jim O'Heir's character was well-portrayed, but he joins the previous movie's hockey coach father in slinging the paternal shade at his kids. (I did like how O'Heir had the confused dad conspicuously pronounce the letter T in the word Christmas. Nice touch.)
On my personal Christmas meter, I was going to give this one 50 Shades of Greyscale, but I will instead give it a slightly more standard Nine Lads in Danzig.
The movie was great, dramatic and bold and The black and white part was very nice and beautiful. BTW, I am a fan of Christmas Movies and Music fan.
Talking about suspension of disbelief...
1) there is a whole "walking dead" phenomena going on here. Just as nobody on earth had ever heard about zombies in the WD, apparently nobody in this movie has heard about Jesus. Otherwise, wouldn't one of the first things that someone would refer to as a "hint" be "what do you call Jesus' birthday?" It doesn't have to be a religious themed movie to make that reference. Millions of non Christians still know the basic idea of the holiday.
2) why couldn't she reach her friend back in Chicago? I actually think that this might have had an answer in what might have been an originally intended ending. Something that would have tied into Addy finally finding her way back. Something resolving the issue of having never introduced her family to her friends in Chicago. Because the whole idea that she returned to color simply by finding a guy made no sense when everybody else's return to normal was tied to past Christmases.
Hahah great points! I like The “walking dead” link 😂 - John