Santa Tell Me

 

Why?

Welcome back to another Hallmark Bingo. I don't think it needs any more explanation.

What in the world?

A house flipper reality show person gets a magic letter from Santa granting a wish from 25ish years ago. She must choose the right Nick or risk losing the love of her life forever. At the same time as this, she is redoing her childhood home for her Christmas special. The three Nicks were probably the fan favorite of the house since they weren't leading other people on. 

Personal thoughts

I hate how this movie was actually decent. Everyone that watched it laughed multiple times. My dad was watching it and he laughed a decent amount. He hates these kinds of movies so that was a surprise. The three Nicks had to be a fan favorite. I mean they weren't leading someone on so that helped in their favor. The rest of this movie was watching the lady go on dates with three Nicks. SPOILER!!! There are actually four Nicks.

Score

I have to give this movie a 6 out of 10. It was pretty good, but it was also a Hallmark movie. Hate me all you want, but the acting in the movie was still really bad. The beginning of the conflict was really interesting. I liked that part a lot. Oh! The way that Santa communicated was using the same letter paper, but changing the words on it. That was pretty amusing to see the stupid letter light up and play the same bell sounds all the time. 

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The Giant Claw

 

Why?

My mom recommended that my sister and I watch this, but we've just been busy. We finally found the time to watch it so we did. 

What in the world?

A giant bird alien is terrorizing the world and only an engineer knows how to save the world from doom.

Personal thought

I can understand why my mom wanted me to watch this movie. One of the things that was a bother was all my favorite characters kept dying. Poor Pete survived a plane crash and then died after sitting up. I mean that's not very nice. The romance in this movie was really strange. I mean it had the two people get together almost immediately. That was pretty strange. It seemed very wrong. I did like the giant bird that was being used. He was just a special kind of ugly.

Score

I have to give this movie a 7 out of 10. It was pretty good, but I don't know. Something felt like it was missing. There were parts that were very slow and draggy. I mean the professor explaining atoms to me was not something that I wanted to watch for 5 minutes. I think I know that atoms make up a lot of things. Other than that though, I highly recommend this movie.

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'Tis the Season to Be Irish

 

Why?

It's that time of the year. Hallmark's annual (way too early) Christmas Countdown. That means we get a whole new arsenal of Christmas movies to do bingo with. This is one of the newer ones that premiered this time. 

What in the world?

A house flipper really wants to flip a house in Ireland because of her dead mom. She then starts to fall for the guy who is putting a bunch of restrictions on her house flipping. So nothing super interesting in this one. 

Personal thoughts

THIS MOVIE WAS ONE OF THE DULLEST I HAVE EVER SEEN! It had maybe one redeeming quality about the whole thing and that was the lamb that was the whole saving point of the relationship. There was a weird lady who was all over the place and she was trying to spread her husband's ashes WITHOUT HER KIDS!! If I was related to her, I would never forgive her if she actually got around to doing it. There was also this pop star in disguise who sang Danny Boy at the supposed spreading of the ashes. Super insensitive if you ask me. The main guy was horrid at having an Irish accent and if he did have one, you couldn't understand him half the time anyway. The main lady was just boring and didn't really do much. 

Score

I have to give this movie a 1 out of 10. The lamb named Lambchop was really the only good thing about this movie. I can't think of anything else to say to describe how boring and pointless this movie was. Not a very strong start to the new year of Christmas movies.

Side Note: The main guy character is actually Irish. This was not immediately evident and that is my fault for not doing a little bit of research.

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Enchanting Christmas

 

Why?

I was casually just looking for something to watch when this movie popped up. I read the synopsis and it was just one of the craziest things I have read in a while so I decided to watch it.

What in the world?

A single ice sculptor is broke and wants to give his daughter a Christmas present. She wants a princess ice sculpture and makes a Christmas wish on it. The ice sculpture comes to life and would you guess that's where it turns into a Hallmark movie.

Personal thoughts

The start of the movie was so much better than the rest of it. Of course she would come to life and not know anything, but it was just so hard to watch. She also had a lot of traits that the kid gave her so that kind of made her just annoying. I mean she was good at math and artistic which are very basic things and they didn't do much with either of those things. The main conflict was that he didn't believe in her. That was crazy. I mean once he found out that his daughter was advocating for some random person claiming to be her teacher to stay at their place it was so valid. The man had every right to be concerned and not believe that she was previously an ice sculpture. He also didn't really care about his daughter too much, but that's neither here nor there. 

Score

I have to give this movie a 2 out of 10. I mean the beginning and some other parts were good, but not enough to carry this movie. I mean Santa was in it and he was a janitor so that was cool. He also did magic to a truck. It was like a magic shockwave and nobody noticed. I mean that's crazy. But he was there. He didn't really do much to try and help people honestly he was just there. There was a weird antagonist for a bit who tried to sabotage the ice sculptor because of the main lady. He just thought she was pretty and got jealous. He tried to ruin his main sculpture by turning up the heat. HE COMMISSIONED THAT FOR HIS IMAGE!!! It was a sleigh for the insurance company he worked for. Who hates someone that much that they'd ruin their own reputation. It was a very crazy movie.

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The Most Colorful Time of the Year

 

Why?

When thinking of something to do with my friends, I really wanted to introduce them to Hallmark Bingo. I mean Hallmark is intolerable, but to make it bearable we do bingo. When looking up this movie to get a picture, I did find out that the most colorful time of the year is fall foliage season. So there is that information for you.

What in the world?

While a single mother is giving eye exams to her child's school, she meets her teacher. She finds out through subtle hints that he is colorblind and works to try and fix him. And then we encounter our typical Hallmark movie plots.

Personal thoughts

This movie was freaking awful. The main lady was a villain in disguise and I will not hear anything else on the matter. She is literally trying to cure him of color blindness the entire movie like it's an incurable disease. I mean at one point in the movie, the daughter asks if her mom can cure him. To make matters worse, to cure him, she signs him up for a trial of corrective lenses without his consent. They do not talk about how wrong this is as much as they should have. I mean she does cure his black and white color blindness though with the glasses, but still. They should not have ended up together. I can't even tell you when they realized they liked each other. It just seemed like it sort of happened. Oh, the ex-boyfriend in this movie was super creepy. He would just show up at her house and they would act like it is okay. That was super weird. I think my main personal thought of this movie is the fact that she cured color blindness. I can't get over that. 

Score

I have to give this movie a 2 out of 10. I hated almost everything about it. I did like how the main guy actor was when his character got color sight or whatever you want to call it. He acted like most people do when they get glasses for the first time and I feel like that was very realistic. One thing that worries me is that the director of this movie has another Christmas movie related to sight, but this time they are completely blind. I am worried about that one because this one was just so weird. We'll just have to see what happens. 

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The Dark Past

 

Why?

This movie came recommended from my mom and it has a lot to do with psychology and I thought it would be interesting.

What in the world?

A psychologist and friends are held hostage by an escaped convict and have to survive the night.

Personal thoughts

I thought this movie was really interesting. The way that the psychologist would talk to the criminal was interesting and it was nice to see the symbolism in the dream. The whole wall conscious thing was cool too and I thought that was interesting because I don't remember learning about it. I did think it was strange that the criminal didn't kill the psychologist because if I were a criminal I wouldn't want to hear what he had to say about my brain and would want to spend my night in silence.

Score

I have to give this movie a 7 out of 10. Sometimes the movie was just really boring and it didn't seem all too interesting. I mean the whole thing was cool and how they slowly worked the way to the root of the problem. The ending was really neat. I liked the way it wrapped everything up and the way that the dad's head appeared on the police faces. My sister did walk in at the end and needless to say she was very confused. Oh! The psychologist had a son and he tried to escape but it didn't work too well. SPOILER!! I thought the kid was a goner, but they don't kill him because he's a kid. Thank goodness!

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Time for You to Come Home for Christmas

Why?

I was home for a little bit and we just had to play some Hallmark Bingo.

What in the world?

A single mom goes back home for Christmas and meets a man that is replacing her dead husband as the guitarist for the Veteran's Snow Ball.

Personal thoughts

This movie was pretty boring but it had some good parts. Her kid hit puberty so many times during this movie. His voice changed constantly. First it was high pitched and then it sounded like he was 30 smoking 20 a day. Or maybe just 30. It was very funny. Nothing really happened. The plot of the movie was so small that we almost all missed what the guy was doing. He was just crossing names off a list and we were all really confused. 

Score

I have to give this movie a 5 out of 10. For being what it is it wasn't that bad. The main romance was pretty interesting. We all thought that she was going to be mad at him for replacing her husband, but she didn't seem to care. She was fine with it. She also took over her mom's bakery because her mom was selling it. Hooray! She moved back to her hometown at the end. Nobody really cares but good for fictional lady. 

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