Sunday, October 27, 2019

Yule Logged: The Road Home for Christmas, Christmas Bells Are Ringing, Christmas Twister, A Very Country Christmas






The Road Home for Christmas (2019)

Above average Christmas road movie. Stars have decent chemistry, script does just enough. Really well made, for the genre. Best of the year, so far.

Is it Hallmark? Nope, Lifetime

Any special guest stars? Ladies and Gentlemen, Ms. Marie Osmond!

Is it Christmastime? Yes

Does it look like Christmas? Yes

Does it sound like Christmas? Yes

Does it feel like Christmas? Yeah it does.

Did it make me cry? Well, no.

Did it make me laugh? Well, yes, a couple of times.

Did I finish it? Yes, and I pretty much paid attention the whole time.

Is it a good movie? It's OK

Is it a good Christmas Movie?  It's OK+.







Christmas Bells Are Ringing (2018)

Rekindled romance set on that part of Cape Cod that's in British Columbia.

Is it Hallmark? Yes.

Going back home for the holidays? For sure.

Dead Parent? Mom.

Unexpected re-connection with old flame? Hey, you've been here before.

From the director of...? Dead Rising: End Game and Deep Evil.

Is it Christmastime? Yes.

Does it look like Christmas? Sure.

Does it sound like Christmas? Mostly.

Does it feel like Christmas? A bit.

Did it make me cry? Nope.

Did it make me laugh? Sadly, no.

Did I finish it? No but the wife did, does that count.

Is it a good movie? It's not a bad movie.

Is it a good Christmas Movie? It's not a bad Christmas movie.





Christmas Twister (2012)

Mega twister threatens Texas around Christmas.  Casper Van Dien stars and is the best part of this SyFy channel level disaster flick.

Is it Hallmark? I wish.

Directed by? Peter Sullivan who's neck deep in cheesy TV movies with 16 2019 co-prod. credits alone! Is it Christmastime? Yep. Does it look like Christmas? Halfheartedly. Does it sound like Christmas? Nope. Does it feel like Christmas? Nope. Did it make me cry? Nope.

Did it make me laugh? No, it's not a so bad it's good kinda bad movie. Did I finish it? No. Is it a good movie? Not at all. Is it a good Christmas Movie? Even less so.





A Very Country Christmas (2017)

Country music star Zane goes AWOL from his career and finds Christmas love with a single mom. Fairly benign, fairly boring.

Is it Hallmark? Nope. Harlequin.

Is it Christmastime? Yep.

Does it look like Christmas? Pretty much.

Does it sound like Christmas? Not as much as you'd expect until a Christmas concert at the end.

Does it feel like Christmas? Superficially.

Did it make me cry?  No.

Did I finish it?  Yep.

Is it a good movie?  Meh.


Is it a good Christmas Movie?  Meh and a half.