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In reply to the discussion: Just How Formulaic Are Hallmark and Lifetime Holiday Movies? We (Over)analyzed 424 of Them. [View all]LeftInTX
(26,152 posts)47. People watch them because they're good "background" movies
Most of the people I know who watch them have them on while they're working at home. Or they come home from work all grouchy and watch them to unwind.
I don't watch them, because I watch TV more intensely. I think they're better than real housewives, which is another common "unwind" form of TV.
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Just How Formulaic Are Hallmark and Lifetime Holiday Movies? We (Over)analyzed 424 of Them. [View all]
dalton99a
Dec 2023
OP
Jeez, you'd think after all that stress somebody would at least score some sex...
Wounded Bear
Dec 2023
#1
What do you expect.. It's hallmark..Closest you can get is the "after one year" shot and she is pregnant. nt
mitch96
Dec 2023
#49
I loathe romantic movies in general but I loved the "Home for Christmas" tv series,
Ocelot II
Dec 2023
#19
+1. Just fast forward to the end. All is well. Nobody died. Nobody got shot. Nobody got nekkid.
dalton99a
Dec 2023
#10
I'm not sure how I could explain to Mrs. Aristus why I was watching all of those holiday movies.
Aristus
Dec 2023
#46
It's in Norwegian, so just turn off the subtitles and she won't know what's going on
Ocelot II
Dec 2023
#53
If you are too drunk or otherwise incompetent to write a passable Christmas romance...
hunter
Dec 2023
#11
My 71 year old husband plops down on the couch and watches that crap every single day!!!
Talitha
Dec 2023
#17
I call it "Sap." My Lady Friend watches these and some home building shows. I watch along while surfing net.
Silent Type
Dec 2023
#18
And also that you have to live in a small town with *real* Americans to have a good life.
Ocelot II
Dec 2023
#54
Where is the Christmas Tree Farm that is threatened by greedy developers?
Midnight Writer
Dec 2023
#27
I had to suffer thru one the other nite and guess what!! NO HALLMARK FORMULA!! Most talk about
mitch96
Dec 2023
#50
They forgot the part where someone/thing/ event/ misunderstanding breaks them up
LakeArenal
Dec 2023
#55