michelleishappy

Usually these Hallmark Christmas movies are cheesy, but this one was so so BAD! The male lead we've seen in other movies and he's a pro. The female lead stressed me out!!!! She overplayed the part and always seemed panicked and hi-strung. Maybe her character was supposed to have some anxiety but goodness, this was stressful. I am from KC,MO (lived there for almost 43 years) and thus a Chiefs fan. The stadium shots of the crowd were dull. I mean this is CHIEFS STADIUM! THE LOUDEST STADIUM and the fans shown seemed on downers or something. It was nice to see some other familiar actors (Mr. Begley and Mr. Bader), and I REALLY enjoyed the performance of the actor who played Santa. Hello to K. C. Wolf and Andy Reid. But not even any of these were enough to pull this production out of the tank. The plot or dialog was just not good. Perhaps that left the actors with not much to work with. It's not like Hallmark movies are that great. That's why I stopped watching them as they were always YAWN predictable. But I tuned into this because of the Chiefs theme. I really hoped that Hallmark would do this right, but once again was disappointed. It's a hard PASS.

I had a crush on Tad (Michael E. Knight). Probably still do, and loved Nina's hair lol. I stopped watching after it got RIDICULOUS with Erica's "aborted" baby being removed and transplanted into the doctor's wife. The doctor and his wife raised the boy, who came back as a very handsome adult (played by Colin Egglesworth) seeking to know Erica. There are just some social issues that were utterly mishandled by this soap, and even WORSE--"One Life to Live." 🙄 The talents of good actors and actresses were so wasted on drivel-laden soap operas. At least Egglesworth went on to star in "Rizzoli and Isles," a pretty good show.

Where do I begin? Not even the beautiful scenery can rescue this dud. I think it needs new writers, as the storyline is so ridiculous! We tuned in for the first time tonight and my Aunt finally asked me if I was liking the show and my answer was that it's stupid, but I thought she was enjoying it so I said nothing. She thought it was stupid but thought I was enjoying it. Goodness NO! We had a good bit of laughter about that. So the channel was quickly changed. Sometimes when you watch a show it doesn't seem so dumb, but 20 years later you watch a rerun and wonder how in the world you ever watched such a dumb, cheesy show (Cue Buck Rogers in the 23rd century here). Well this episode didn't need 20 years. Maybe the actors are good but they had to OVERact to cover the many incredulous plot holes. I've watched the original NCIS two or three times. It's not that great either (and I can't stand Mark Harmon), but it was more or less stomachable. I prefer these actors than the original, but seriously, fix the writing!