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After her father is hurt in a timber accident, Katie Jolly must enter a lumberjack competition to save her family's business. But when the paramedic who saved her dad's life also joins the c... Read allAfter her father is hurt in a timber accident, Katie Jolly must enter a lumberjack competition to save her family's business. But when the paramedic who saved her dad's life also joins the contest, a romance sparks just in time for Christmas.After her father is hurt in a timber accident, Katie Jolly must enter a lumberjack competition to save her family's business. But when the paramedic who saved her dad's life also joins the contest, a romance sparks just in time for Christmas.
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Main chick born in 85
Dad born in 87
Boyfriend dude born in 84
Why???? Why isn't the dad in his 60s?!
I'm not paying a bit of attention to the story at all, so can't really say if it's good or not, but the age thing really threw me through a loop. It's yet another Christmas moving with the same music as the rest.
I have to come up with filler words because the required characters are 600 and I don't understand why. I see many other reviews much shorter than this and now you're stuck reading this blabber.
Jingle bells, jingle bells 63 to go.
Santa, reindeer, snow balls, elfs, Christmas tree.
Why???? Why isn't the dad in his 60s?!
I'm not paying a bit of attention to the story at all, so can't really say if it's good or not, but the age thing really threw me through a loop. It's yet another Christmas moving with the same music as the rest.
I have to come up with filler words because the required characters are 600 and I don't understand why. I see many other reviews much shorter than this and now you're stuck reading this blabber.
Jingle bells, jingle bells 63 to go.
Santa, reindeer, snow balls, elfs, Christmas tree.
Is the guy playing her father really old enough to be her father? And is Trish Stratus supposed to be the same age as him, and therefore 20ish years older than her?
I enjoyed this movie, for once the main female lead wasn't an event planner, baker or some such female job. Ok some of her close ups were obviously not her but she was a really refreshing actor and to see one out of the usual high heels was great, she was also refreshingly natural, healthy looking and free of the overdone makeup (unlike dad's girlfriend). More could have been made with the relationship with grandfather and the obvious green backdrop pictures at the viewing point were iffy but all in all, after the dire Hallmark movies and others of this genre over the last couple of years, what a refreshing change. May we have more, strong female roles please?
'Christmas in the Rockies' (2020)
Opening thoughts: 2020 was a variable year for Christmas films, there were quite a large number that were average or less but there was also a good number that were above average and more. So much better than expected considering the circumstances, even if rushed production tended to show more so than usual. Will admit to having seen my fair share of above average and more Christmas films recently, but 'Christmas in the Rockies' is not one of them. Am not always keen on anything focused on competitions in this type of film and 'Christmas in the Rockies' does little to change my mind.
Good things: It does look nice, especially the scenery, and at least looks professional.
Did think also that the two leads were pretty good. Kimberly-Sue Murray and Stephen Huszar are very charming and give their roles heart and light-hearted-ness. Their characters aren't too perfect or over-flawed.
Bad things: The rest of the acting is another story. Most of it is going through the motions-like and most look too young or out of place. Mike Shara is more older brother than father figure and the lumberjack competitors are the wrong build and too neat to pass for lumberjacks. The characters on the whole are dull and can grate. Murray and Huszar's chemistry could have done with a good deal more spark, and it would have helped if the romantic relationship was more fleshed out and less rushed. There is too much focus on the competition, and the events surrounding it lack tension, don't go very far most of the time and are too contrived and formulaic.
Furthermore, the story drags quite a lot and the lack of tension and charm makes it feel really bland. The ending is very easily foreseeable early on and is too neat. The script has a very awkward flow and has too much cheese and corn, with the more dramatic parts being too sentimental. The music is forgettable at best and has little distinction. The direction is routine.
Concluding thoughts: Overall, very weak.
3/10.
Opening thoughts: 2020 was a variable year for Christmas films, there were quite a large number that were average or less but there was also a good number that were above average and more. So much better than expected considering the circumstances, even if rushed production tended to show more so than usual. Will admit to having seen my fair share of above average and more Christmas films recently, but 'Christmas in the Rockies' is not one of them. Am not always keen on anything focused on competitions in this type of film and 'Christmas in the Rockies' does little to change my mind.
Good things: It does look nice, especially the scenery, and at least looks professional.
Did think also that the two leads were pretty good. Kimberly-Sue Murray and Stephen Huszar are very charming and give their roles heart and light-hearted-ness. Their characters aren't too perfect or over-flawed.
Bad things: The rest of the acting is another story. Most of it is going through the motions-like and most look too young or out of place. Mike Shara is more older brother than father figure and the lumberjack competitors are the wrong build and too neat to pass for lumberjacks. The characters on the whole are dull and can grate. Murray and Huszar's chemistry could have done with a good deal more spark, and it would have helped if the romantic relationship was more fleshed out and less rushed. There is too much focus on the competition, and the events surrounding it lack tension, don't go very far most of the time and are too contrived and formulaic.
Furthermore, the story drags quite a lot and the lack of tension and charm makes it feel really bland. The ending is very easily foreseeable early on and is too neat. The script has a very awkward flow and has too much cheese and corn, with the more dramatic parts being too sentimental. The music is forgettable at best and has little distinction. The direction is routine.
Concluding thoughts: Overall, very weak.
3/10.
So apparently there is a shortage of actors in the 50 to 70 year old range. Well I know that's not true so I am guessing that Mike Shara was originally cast as the love interest but got demoted to playing the father when Stephen Huszar, more well known to TV romance fans became available. The father and daughter were played by actors who were the same age. It was creepy. And I don't think "ick" is what you go for in a Christmas movie. Couldn't they have made him her brother?
Did you know
- GoofsThe orange splint was on the supposedly broken leg upside down.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Cinema Snob: Christmas in the Rockies (2020)
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