I know lots of people enjoy Hallmark movies. They're like McDonald's, always reliable, comforting. I've never seen one, even though the TiVo seems to think I would really enjoy them. I just shudder and press delete.
Gary roped me into watching one because it was in a subset of Hallmark movies based on the Aurora Teagarden mystery stories that he enjoys.
I was struck by how damn pretty it was. Every scene is set in a gazebo or an autumn forest and somehow only the tops of the trees are red and gold and then the color ombrés down to spring green. Even the parking lot scene included only new freshly-waxed cars.
The people are of course pretty, though Gary complained they aren't as diverse as they are in the books. I would say the main character is pretty, but I was distracted by her messy/perfect braid. See? It's clearly a fake braid woven into her real hair.
And the very first scene is set with a camera trick of her braiding "her" hair. With that distraction I could not suspend my disbelief for more than half an hour and I stopped watching.
Still, I watched part of a Hallmark movie, so that's a new thing I did this week.
I've seen most all of the Hallmark movies because they are mindless background noise. Something to put on while I work that's not distracting because the movies are always the same. But every once in a while... one of them comes along that's better than many romcom films released in theaters (seriously, I'd put any of the movies in my Top Ten up against the majority of theatrical rom-coms: https://blogography.com/hallmark). And while I've never been taken out of a movie for a hair mistake(!) I am regularly taken out by other nonsense. Usually technical things... like taking wide-angle photos with a telephoto lens. And... oh yeah... the entire reason I'm commenting here on this post is because THIS: https://blogography.com/archives/2019/08/suspension-of-belief.html
Posted by: Dave2 | April 23, 2022 at 09:41 AM
Dave2 - I thought of you while watching the movie and while writing this, just not enough to realize I have again been subliminally influenced by one of your posts. Have you seen the Aurora Teagarden movies, then? I would have to say that a Hallmark movie would be better than using the war in Ukraine as background noise, as it is here.
Posted by: TheQueen | April 23, 2022 at 03:26 PM
Oh yes. I watch all of them. Aurora Teagarden, Crossword Mysteries, Curious Caterer, the Martha's Vineyard Mysteries, Gourmet Detective, Hailey Dean, Murder She Baked... sure! I don't review them though. I have a hard enough time keeping up with the "regular" movies!
Posted by: Dave2 | April 27, 2022 at 09:10 AM
Dave2 - thank you for reviewing the superhero movies in particular.
Posted by: TheQueen | April 28, 2022 at 05:40 PM