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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I love these movies, I think part of it is that holiday movies are some of the only light-hearted movies around that aren't for kids. I don't care that they suck in real terms or are all the same (something about xmas brings enhances my tolerance for terrible music and movies), I do wish they Hallmark knew about POC and LGBTQIA.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

My husband absolutely adored these because they were wholesome with no gratuitous sex or violence. He was a conservative Christian and these were some of the few shows he could really enjoy unreservedly. (I doubt he would have been pleased to see a gay story, though. He's not around to ask, unfortunately.)

I find them predictable and banal. But to each his own. He would watch a Hallmark movie in one room and I'd be in the other room watching Criminal Minds or something LOL

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We used to call it Schlock not sure if that term is still used

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's usually used to describe movies like Ghost Rider, Tremors, Con Air

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Tremors isn't schlock. Some of the sequels, maybe, but Tremors is a classic.

[–] solidsnake2085@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

That's not in Hallmark's demo.