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A Royal Setting · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark review podcast. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Megan and I'm a longtime Hallmark fan.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Wendy. I'm a former Hamewark hater.
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  Speaker 1: On today's episode, we are discussing a royal setting, which
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  Speaker 1: originally premiered on the Hallmark Channel on Saturday, March twenty
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  Speaker 1: eighth and is currently available to stream on Hallmark Plus.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, all right.
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  Speaker 1: Let's kick off our discussion of a royal setting with
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  Speaker 1: a synopsis. Ruby, a world renowned gemologist, is hired by
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  Speaker 1: Prince Luca to restore the crown jewels and design his crown,
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  Speaker 1: challenging tradition and complicating his relationship with his mother, the Queen.
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  Speaker 1: A royal setting is directed by Bradley Walsh, a Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: regular with more than fifty directing credits, including Twas the
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  Speaker 1: Date Before Christmas and Catch Me a Few Claws. Ainsley,
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  Speaker 1: Gordon and w. Stewart share writing credit. Ainsley brings twenty
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  Speaker 1: three previous writing credits, including Last Christmas's Melt My Heart
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  Speaker 1: This Christmas. W Stewart has nine credits, including two unwrapping
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  Speaker 1: Christmas titles, Lily's Destiny and MIA's Prince Jen. Lily starts
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  Speaker 1: as Ruby, marking her long awaited return. To Hallmark for
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  Speaker 1: the first time since twenty twenty two. Fans will remember
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  Speaker 1: her from favorites like.
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  Speaker 2: Mingle All the Way, A Little daytime Drama, and the
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  Speaker 2: cult classic The Spirit of Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: I love how The Spirit of Christmas always comes up
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  Speaker 1: for a gin Lily movie.
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  Speaker 2: It's because it's one of the best. It's entertaining, it
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  Speaker 2: is entertaining.
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  Speaker 1: Dan Janotte co stars as Prince Luca, reuniting with gin
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  Speaker 1: Lily after Paris, Wine and Romance. He was most recently
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  Speaker 1: seen in Love on the Danube Royal Getaway. Sarah Ornstein
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  Speaker 1: plays Queen Ivy. Sarah has thirty one previous acting credits
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  Speaker 1: and recently appeared in When Hope Calls Ed. Pinker plays Xander.
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  Speaker 1: This marks his seventeenth acting credit and previously appeared in
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  Speaker 1: The Love Club from twenty twenty five. Sarah with THEIONG
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  Speaker 1: appears as Jory. This is her thirty fourth acting credit,
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  Speaker 1: with recent roles in Heartland and the movie called Daddy's
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  Speaker 1: Deadly Secret.
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  Speaker 2: That's My Vibe.
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  Speaker 1: Tim macan appears as guard Fred. This and a movie
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  Speaker 1: called Christmas with a Prince The Royal Baby from twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one are his only acting credits, We'll be right
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  Speaker 1: back with our first impressions. Before we share our first impressions,
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  Speaker 1: I opened up Instagram because I wanted to pull some
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  Speaker 1: of the comments from the first impression post.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and the very.
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  Speaker 1: First thing is a host from Hallmark Channel saying, oh,
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  Speaker 1: I love on Deck starring Daniel Listening and Ryann and
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  Speaker 1: Fish is officially in production in.
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  Speaker 2: Beautiful Queensland, Australia. First of all, this is.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of unusual for Hallmark to announce a movie like that,
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  Speaker 1: like in production.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But second of all, Daniel Listening hopefully getting to speak
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  Speaker 1: in his native Australian accent, is something to look forward to.
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  Speaker 1: I can guess your thoughts on the rest of that movie, though.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel Listing is enough for me to tune in for sure.
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  Speaker 1: But it's this, This is where my thought is. It's
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  Speaker 1: a travel movie also starring Ryann and Fish, who is
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  Speaker 1: like the queen of travel movies? Is it directed by
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  Speaker 1: that same guy that always directs travel movies starring Ryann
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  Speaker 1: and Fish?
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  Speaker 2: Quite possibly, But let's share our first impressions of a
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  Speaker 2: royal setting minus guess who's back back ache and the.
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  Speaker 1: Marketer uh oh, mine is clearly we're operating on Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: standard time, as a number of permanent life decisions made
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  Speaker 1: in a single week on the behalf of Prince Luca
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  Speaker 1: is truly staggering. I have a question for you, okay,
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  Speaker 1: and I may have asked this already. Was this an acquisition?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I saw some Facebook comments from somebody we know actually
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  Speaker 1: who was commenting on Hallmark's like official instagram, like that
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  Speaker 1: was promoting the movie, and they were like, Nope, not
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  Speaker 1: going to watch another terrible acquisition. And I was like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: is this an acquisit? Is this confirmed an acquisition?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that information.
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  Speaker 1: I don't either, But let's talk about what we did. Like, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: why don't you jump in? Because Megan liked this movie.
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  Speaker 2: I did not. Guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's funny because I have so many complaints about this movie.
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  Speaker 1: I really enjoy the process of watching it. I can't
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  Speaker 1: explain it. I really can't explain it. Here's what I liked.
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  Speaker 1: My absolute star of the movie is Fred slash George.
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  Speaker 1: Why because what's not to love about our Guard George?
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  Speaker 2: That's what you liked about this movie?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, fine, fine, fine, Here's what else I.
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  Speaker 2: Liked Luca's wardrobe. I had some issues with the wardrobe
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  Speaker 2: in this movie.
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  Speaker 1: But Luca, he wears pink ties, he wears floral shirts.
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  Speaker 1: It's like, I'm the model of a modern major general,
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  Speaker 1: Like I am like bringing the monarchy forward. He's challenging tradition. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: with the power of a look. Also, this isn't a like,
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  Speaker 1: this is just a comment. I was watching this entire
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  Speaker 1: movie and I was trying to figure it out. Jen
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  Speaker 1: Lily has Disney princess face. Yeah, definitely like big eyes,
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  Speaker 1: rosy cheeks, perfectly proportioned and symmetrical, big hair. She's got
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  Speaker 1: Disney princess face. I think that's her hair too, maybe
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  Speaker 1: some extensions, but I.
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  Speaker 2: Don't think it's a wig.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I'm gonna stop you there. There's a lot to
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  Speaker 1: unpack right here. First of all, you did text me.
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  Speaker 1: You said Dan Jannot is wearing sweat shorts. He was
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  Speaker 1: Was this a like or was this just like a
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  Speaker 1: what is happening?
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  Speaker 2: Hair?
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  Speaker 1: Because I didn't love Dan's hair in this movie and
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  Speaker 1: didn't even clock it.
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  Speaker 2: It was too big. It was giving something about the nineties.
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  Speaker 2: It was like tall, the nineties are back, baby.
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  Speaker 1: It was Jason Priestley tall, Brandon Walsh tall taller Megan
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  Speaker 1: has her fears in her hair right now and she's
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  Speaker 1: lifting it sky high like Dange and I is such
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  Speaker 1: a handsome man. I was like, Oh, I think his
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  Speaker 1: hair is too long for this movie. And then like
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  Speaker 1: in the opening scene he is in gray sweatshirts. No,
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't a like I was because they were going
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  Speaker 1: for a run, and I get it, but I was like,
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  Speaker 1: some theme are the I know, like gray sweatpants. Like
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  Speaker 1: I'm very familiar with the vibe there, and maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: what they.
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  Speaker 2: Were going for. It just didn't That wasn't landing for me.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: What also didn't land for me in that scene is
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  Speaker 1: they were not wearing like running shoes.
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  Speaker 2: Oh what kind of shoes were they wearing that? I
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  Speaker 2: don't know.
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  Speaker 1: They look like a pair of like Sambas Adidas. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: uh huh, technically those are probably, but you know, not
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  Speaker 1: like a They weren't in a hookah.
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  Speaker 2: They weren't headed out in like a new balance like
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  Speaker 2: we're going for a run, yeah, exercise.
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  Speaker 1: It was like they were wearing a casual, sporty shoe,
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  Speaker 1: not a running shoe.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, my next thing I want to talk about is.
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  Speaker 2: One of my biggest likes is Jim. Lily is as
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  Speaker 2: cute as a button. She really is.
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  Speaker 1: And I did see a comment that said her hair
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  Speaker 1: like was terrible, and I disagree. I thought her hair
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  Speaker 1: and makeup I thought were very pretty. And you're right,
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  Speaker 1: she does like her face is Disney princess.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I liked her hair too, and because it was it
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  Speaker 1: was voluminous, and I was like, people are gonna say
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  Speaker 1: this is a way because it was voluminous and it
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  Speaker 1: stayed in place.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you noticed, but.
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  Speaker 1: I think she maybe had extensions in what doesn't in
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  Speaker 1: these names Totally.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not knocking it.
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  Speaker 1: I was just trying to figure it out because I
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  Speaker 1: was looking at an interview with her and I was like,
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  Speaker 1: that's her hair. I just think she had more of it,
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  Speaker 1: which yeah, great. Also, I kind of liked the monochromatic
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  Speaker 1: look they gave her in almost every single scene, Like
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  Speaker 1: she was like the monochromatic pantsuit queen.
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  Speaker 2: I thought she looked good. It's my number one. Like
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  Speaker 2: I loved Ruby's wardrobe.
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  Speaker 1: I thought polished, flattering, bright, like she must have had
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  Speaker 1: a hand in picking out the wardrobe, I think maybe, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, who knows that pink that pink dress.
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  Speaker 2: She loved it. Yeah, the festival loved it.
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  Speaker 1: I wrote in my notes, it looks like she belongs
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  Speaker 1: on the cover of Gemologist weekly, which and she was.
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  Speaker 1: It was some sort of magazine that she was on
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  Speaker 1: at the beginning. But like I thought, outfits, hair make
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  Speaker 1: a all on point.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and you're right, she is so cute in this movie.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's what I liked.
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  Speaker 1: She's really watchable in this movie, like in those scenes
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  Speaker 1: where she's just chatting to George and pulling off both
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  Speaker 1: sides of the conversations herself. I found that endlessly enjoyable. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't hate it. I didn't hate it. I do
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  Speaker 1: want to add here, if you guys know us or
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  Speaker 1: have listened to us, you know I had my reservations.
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  Speaker 2: But I truly went into this.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, all right, because you and I said,
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  Speaker 1: let's go into it with an open mind, like let's
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  Speaker 1: just see what Hama presents to us.
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  Speaker 2: Uh huh.
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  Speaker 1: So I did not go in like with a hater
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  Speaker 1: chip on my shoulder right by any means. But you
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  Speaker 1: kind of touched on this already. But I did really
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  Speaker 1: appreciate the modern royal angle.
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  Speaker 2: I will always root for like a royal who wants
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  Speaker 2: to shake up. I love that. I love when Hallmark
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  Speaker 2: kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Like explores that trope. So that worked for me. The
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  Speaker 1: idea of this story worked for me. I just don't
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  Speaker 1: know if like it fully got there for me though.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I hear you.
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  Speaker 1: We have the Jory Xander subplot, and I am so
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  Speaker 1: glad that right off the bat we know that Jory
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  Speaker 1: is not hoping for a future with the Prince because
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  Speaker 1: that leads us on a path that I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to go down where the Prince is like, sure, I'll
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  Speaker 1: take you to this event. He's having to work between
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  Speaker 1: like what his mom wants and what he wants.
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  Speaker 2: He and Jory are on the same page. Neither of
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  Speaker 2: them want this.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'm glad that it's immediately established like it's
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  Speaker 1: Jory and Xander forever.
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  Speaker 2: Also, look call me cheesy, I don't know what it was.
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  Speaker 1: I liked the paper gems, the little achievement marker paper
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  Speaker 1: gems look sweet and when she gives them to George
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  Speaker 1: and writes steadfast on it, give me a break his
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  Speaker 1: heart when he hates it, I don't know what to
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  Speaker 1: tell you.
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  Speaker 2: It's him.
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  Speaker 1: Why did you see that? I'm going to talk about
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  Speaker 1: it in a minute.
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  Speaker 2: I want to fold a paper, Jym, somebody give me a.
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  Speaker 1: Paper, jam Look, words of affirmation are absolutely my love language.
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  Speaker 2: So it's working for me.
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  Speaker 1: That is not true.
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  Speaker 2: Tied with gifts, there it is.
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  Speaker 1: But but I really I do need words of affirmation.
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  Speaker 1: I need to be told you're doing a good job.
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  Speaker 2: Me too. I'm ready to move on to wishes. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I wish this movie had some sense of momentum. I
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  Speaker 1: thought it felt incredibly slow the entire time. It just
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  Speaker 1: never quite took off from me.
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  Speaker 2: You do, do you disagree? Look when I look at
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  Speaker 2: the plot, I'm like, oh, nothing happens. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: what it is. I did not feel that in watching them,
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  Speaker 2: really didn't. I don't know. Maybe I was just I
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  Speaker 2: don't Maybe I had a.
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  Speaker 1: Good night's sleep and I was just ready to settle in.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe I didn't have other things to do, and just
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  Speaker 1: for chillin' in the mood for a Hallmark I must
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: have been traditional movie. Right, It's happy, you know, Like
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  Speaker 1: I always love the vibe of the TV show Superstore
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  Speaker 1: because it's so bright.
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  Speaker 2: I think maybe I just needed that joy in my life.
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  Speaker 1: I will agree that it does have that, but it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't enough. I also needed sharper dialogue. I needed witty, playful,
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  Speaker 1: something memorable.
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  Speaker 2: Mmm.
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  Speaker 1: I thought there was lots of explaining of things, but
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  Speaker 1: it lacked like charm.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, lots of exposition. Yeah, yeah. You know.
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: One of my favorite podcasts, The West Wing Weekly, would
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: call scenes like that tell a Donnas, where Josh would
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  Speaker 1: tell his assistant Donna, like he would explain something. She'd
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  Speaker 1: be like, oh, I don't understand that trade agreement, and
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  Speaker 1: then he would explain it to her so that the
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  Speaker 1: viewers would understand it.
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  Speaker 2: It's exactly that look.
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  Speaker 1: I wish Ruby had googled the Prince once. The fact
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  Speaker 1: that she traveled internationally and had no idea what this
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  Speaker 1: man looks like. It's giving Megan Markle. I didn't understand
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  Speaker 1: the royal family. I like Megan Markle, but I do
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  Speaker 1: not believe her. I had no idea who he was
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  Speaker 1: or what he was about before.
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  Speaker 2: Give me a break.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, can I talk about this specific scene at the
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  Speaker 1: top of the movie where you know she's like working,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know she's working on some sort of jewels
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  Speaker 1: or whatever. And then the mom presents like, oh, you
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  Speaker 1: have this assignment assignment invitation whenever to go do and
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  Speaker 1: and the mom was like talking her up, like you're
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  Speaker 1: this and you're that, and they want you to do this.
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  Speaker 1: And her reaction was like hmm really him. And I
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  Speaker 1: was like, why are you responding and such like an
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  Speaker 1: inquisitive like you are so surprised that you're wanted for
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  Speaker 1: this job, Like she.
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  Speaker 2: Was like, oh, I had never thought about that, Like
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  Speaker 2: it just was so off putting to me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, you are She's on the cover of a magazine, right,
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  Speaker 1: like people think like she is one of the best
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  Speaker 1: at her job, so why wouldn't she be pursued as such?
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  Speaker 2: It was just was weird to me. So this whole
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  Speaker 2: like section is like the.
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  Speaker 1: Mom explained to us the audience of like what a
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  Speaker 1: great opportunity this is, and who this person, the prince is,
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  Speaker 1: and their family and their history and whatever, blah blah
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  Speaker 1: blah blah. Again, it's just like it's so much telling
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  Speaker 1: us Yeah, yeah, I hear you, I hear that. My
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  Speaker 1: other big wish is I didn't think that Ruby and
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  Speaker 1: Prince Luca had any chemistry.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what people are saying.
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  Speaker 1: I thought they seemed they were very polite with each other. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't see it, and I was honestly kind of
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  Speaker 1: price because this is that fine line of like characters
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  Speaker 1: versus actors, right, these two actors have worked together in
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  Speaker 1: a movie that people love, Like I thought that they
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  Speaker 1: were so great in together. I've never seen that movie,
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  Speaker 1: but I didn't see it here, And I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if it was because their characters are like that or
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  Speaker 1: just because like the vibes weren't happening between our two actors.
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 1: Also, I mentioned the timeline in my first impression. We
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  Speaker 1: make a huge leap here. The man puts a ruby
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  Speaker 1: in his crown for like a woman who is he's
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  Speaker 1: on it for five days, and he puts the ruby
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  Speaker 1: in his ground and doubles down by choosing a ruby
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  Speaker 1: for his special gem that's going to be put on
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  Speaker 1: the display, which, by the way, the display in the
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  Speaker 1: lobby that you.
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  Speaker 2: Can just lift the lid off of. Explain that to me, like,
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  Speaker 2: I need a little more security there. But we make
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  Speaker 2: such a leap.
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  Speaker 1: Fine, and bte her to be your date of the
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  Speaker 1: coronation and buy her to stick around, spend some time,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm falling for you. They use the word love.
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  Speaker 1: He permanently cements her into his reign as a king
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  Speaker 1: in a week. That's an enormous leap as opposed to,
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  Speaker 1: Oh maybe I'd like to go on a.
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  Speaker 2: Date with this woman. I just had a thought. Did
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  Speaker 2: they ever check?
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  Speaker 1: Did they ever catch those thieves who broke into the
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  Speaker 1: louver and stole those crown jewels? I don't remember. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, like it only happened like a few months ago,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't think they caught anybody.
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  Speaker 2: Several suspects were arrested, but the stolen treasures have not
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  Speaker 2: been recovered. Do you have any more wishes? I have
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  Speaker 2: two more.
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  Speaker 1: One. I wish Ruby's mom hadn't jumped to the immediate
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  Speaker 1: you're in.
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  Speaker 2: Love with the prince, go for it.
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  Speaker 1: I was just a shop girl who I'm like, First
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: of all, the mom does even know the prince. She's
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: on the other side of the world, and she's like
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: telling her daughter, like, go for it.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: You just met this, I go for it. That feels
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: ikey to me. Yes, I'd like, don't get love bombed,
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: like open.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: Your totally totally and my last thought is just an opinion,
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: and why I asked if this was an acquisition, because
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: if this is supposed to be gen Lily's big return
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: to Hallmark, this was not the vehicle for it.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't do her the service she was hoping for.
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Probably in my notes I say that I wish Jory's
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: wardrobe had gotten the same memo that Luca's got. But
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: now that I think about it, I wonder if it
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: was intentional, because I found Jory's wardrobe to be very
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: traditional and almost a little bit juvenile.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: It's appearance and very.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Classic, and I wonder if that's an intentional nod to
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: the fact that she was the one who was supposed
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: to be upholding tradition. Oh maybe, and her mom, the Countess,
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: was so firm in her beliefs.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: So maybe I'm going to give that wardrobe.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: Choice the benefit of the doubt and assume that it
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: was intentional to make her look that way. Interesting.
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: Okay, are you ready for did you see that? I am? Okay,
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: I got a bunch. I have a few. Ohay, go ahead.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: One is kind of a joke.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: My I was watching this my husband walk by, and
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: they were saying something back crown jewels, and of course
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: my husband's twelve, and it was like, I'll give you
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: these crown jewels. And I was just like, it was like,
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: take a drink every time we say crown turls. I
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: laughed every single time we are twelve. Also apparently yes, yes, yes,
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: because you.
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: Touched on it.
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: The diy Jim shaped encouragement notes.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: What did you call them? You had a better name
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: for them, achievement markers?
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: Okay, Q in theory, I just the execution was real
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: middle school?
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: Sure?
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: And are you making one for your daughter? You're an
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: adult daughter, not eighteen, more like forty. It's a nod
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: to her childhood. I think that's what becomes cute if
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: you started in her adulthood. It's weird, but it's kind
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: of like the dad who writes a note to their
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: daughter and their lunch box every day and then like
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: later on slips like a napkin note to their daughter
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: as a sweet moment. I can I got you there
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: a little bit. You did get me there a little bit,
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: but I just okay, a little cheesy.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: I have two more? Did you see?
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: That's but I'm curious to hear yours.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: Okay, some of them.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: When Dan puts Jen back in the Mercedes, like when
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: the driver comes back and.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: The tire is fixed.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: He's hiding who he is and he uses this like
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: fake accent and he's like, oh, thank you very much.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: Just made me laugh out loud.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: The Queen gives a speech to Ruby in which she
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: is savage and says newer gemstones may catch the eye,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: but we can't ignore history. And I'm like, oh, She's like,
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: get out of here, you interloper. Luca uses the phrase
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: the royal Instagram, and we rarely hear real social media
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: platforms coming out in a Hallmark movie. This is not
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: in the movie, but I saw a clip of an
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: interview with Jen talking about the crown that Luca wears.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: First of all, she says that originally.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: They had spent a ton of money and commissioned a
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: crown to we made, and it arrived and it was
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: basically three.
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: D printed and made of plastic.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: She's like, she said, She's like, I joked, we called
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: it the Marvel crown. She like it looked like a
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: Halloween costume, so they had to scramble to get something made.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: And she even comments, like the dialogue they say about
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: the crown doesn't match what the actual crown looks like
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: because the jeweler that they got was on such like
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: a time crunch, Like she was like, he did, you know,
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: a great job with what he had.
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: I just like that little behind the scenes peak.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: Oh interesting, I like that too. I didn't see that interview.
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: And finally, another line from his mother when she says
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: heart is never something I considered what it came to
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: your hand in marriage was like, ouch, it's twenty twenty six, people,
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: we're seeing the same thing in the foresight, right, yeah,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: just like Gimma, which.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: Is not set in twenty six.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: My two other wishes are One is a question does
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Dan do not have an accent or not? I genuinely
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: don't know anymore. Is he an American?
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: I think so? Or is he English?
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: I don't know, Like he plays so many roles where
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: he's like of British descent or whatever or European.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: Descent, like I don't know.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: My other did you see that is based off of
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: because our first impressions post the fans were commentine, and
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: then when I fired this movie up, I couldn't it
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: could not be ignored. The makeup on Prince Luca and Xander.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: They look like straight out of Twilight. They were so
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: pasty and then they had like these red lips.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: I don't know what.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: I don't know if it was makeup or if it
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: was lighting. Yeah, I agree. Dan Jannott is a Canadian actor.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: He speaks both English and French fluently. Oh, here, here's
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: an interview.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: I'm really excited to Harris.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: So, no, he does not have a British accent, but
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: it is so wild to put him in a role
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: with one. Quite frequently make him a Parisian. I want
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: to hear him speak French.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Also, this is my biggest complaint. Why does every fake
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: Royal have a British accent? There are other accents?
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Oh, I have another? Did you see that?
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: I just remembered. Okay, I don't know where this, like
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: Royal Land, was supposed to be. Yeah, but when Ruby
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: is being driven by a driver, they're in like an America.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: It's like on the left side of the driver is
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: on the left side, just like it is here. They
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: only drive on the right in a few countries really, Yeah,
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: the UK, Australia. Okay, but this is supposed to be
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: taking place in the UK, is it not?
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: No, maybe no, where they're in Gallium? Where the f
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: it's I know?
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Okay, UK is four countries, Okay, fine, fine, so stay listen.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Most of Europe does not drive correct hmm okay. End
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• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Are you ready to read this bad boy? Yeah?
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: I gave it three and a half stars. I'm not sorry.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: I have a good time watching this movie.
• 24:22
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