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The Groomsmen First Look · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: a Hallmark review podcast. I'm Megan and I'm a longtime
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark fan. I'm Windy. I'm a former homework hater. Today
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  Speaker 1: we're reviewing The Groomsmen First Look, which aired on Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: Channel on Saturday, September sixth. However, the Groomsman trilogy did
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  Speaker 1: originally air on Hallmark Plus in fall twenty twenty four. No,
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  Speaker 1: new review. We did review this movie back in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty four when it originally aired, and we decided to
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  Speaker 1: give it another look and a fresh review this time around.
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  Speaker 1: our show notes. So we are talking The Groomsman First
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  Speaker 1: Look today. Let's start with a synopsis. A cautious pediatrician
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  Speaker 1: and an overseas doctor meet at a wedding in Philadelphia,
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  Speaker 1: but the long distance family and their friends may hinder
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  Speaker 1: their budding romance. The Groomsman First Look was directed by
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  Speaker 1: Ron Oliver. Ron has eighty nine directing credits, including Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: favorites like The Wedding, Veil, Journey, Love at the Thanksgiving
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  Speaker 1: Day Parade, A Timeless Christmas, and Christmas at the Plaza.
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  Speaker 1: He will direct all three of the Groomsmen movies. The
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  Speaker 1: story for The grooms Men is from Greg Baldwin and
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan Bennett. Greg Baldwin has three previous writing credits, including
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  Speaker 1: The Holiday Sitter and Wedding of a Lifetime. Jonathan Bennett
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  Speaker 1: was previously credited for the story idea of the Holiday Sitter.
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  Speaker 1: The telepay was written by Rick Garman and Ron Oliver.
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  Speaker 1: Rick Garman has thirty one writing credits, including Falling Together.
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  Speaker 1: Other Hallmark projects include Christmas on Cherry Lane, Notes of Autumn,
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  Speaker 1: A Shoe attex Christmas, and Valentine in the Vineyard. Ron
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  Speaker 1: Oliver is not only a director but also a prolific writer.
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  Speaker 1: He's penscripts for Falling for Christmas on Netflix, Jolly Good Christmas,
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  Speaker 1: Taking the Reins, and Christmas at the Plaza. BJ Britt
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  Speaker 1: stars as pediatrician Pete. BJ has fifty one acting credits.
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  Speaker 1: We last saw him on Hallmark and twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 1: in The Holiday Stocking. Outside of Hallmark, BJ has appeared
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  Speaker 1: in One Tree, Hill Bones, Son of Anarchy, Agents of Shield,
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  Speaker 1: and ten episodes of Unreal. BJ will return in the
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  Speaker 1: next two Groomsman movies. Heather Heman's plays Chelsea. According to IMDb,
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  Speaker 1: Heather is best known for her role on the CW
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  Speaker 1: series Hellcat, but for Hallmark, we've seen her in Come
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  Speaker 1: Fly with Me, A Pinch of Portugal and Caribbean summer.
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  Speaker 1: She also starred opposite Marco Grozini in The Christmas Under
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  Speaker 1: the Lights. Jonathan Bennett plays Danny. He has eighty four
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  Speaker 1: acting credits, including last year's Cherry Lane Movies, which aired
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  Speaker 1: on Hallmark Plus. He will return as host and judge
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  Speaker 1: on Finding Mister Christmas, which will air on Hallmark Channel
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  Speaker 1: this year. Jonathan will be the featured lead in The
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  Speaker 1: Groomsman's Second Chances movie. Tyler Hines plays Jack. Tyler is
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  Speaker 1: once again set to be very busy this holiday season.
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  Speaker 1: He will star in the third installment in the Wise
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  Speaker 1: Men trilogy, The Wisest Men, as well as in Christmas
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  Speaker 1: Above the Clouds with Aaron Craikow. Elizabeth watt Lett plays Hannah.
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  Speaker 1: She has just nine acting credits and most are voice
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  Speaker 1: work and a couple of short films. This is her
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  Speaker 1: first appearance for Homework. Alexander Lincoln plays Danny's friend and manager, Zach.
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  Speaker 1: Alexander is an English actor and has thirty previous acting credits,
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  Speaker 1: including Geek Girl on Netflix and a BBC series called Doctors.
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  Speaker 1: He will return for the next The Groomsman Second Chances.
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  Speaker 1: Wendy may Brown plays Pete's mom, She's both a stage
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  Speaker 1: and movie actress. She has also appeared in the BBC
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  Speaker 1: series Doctors. Chloe Raphael plays Betty Jackson's daughter. She has
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  Speaker 1: appeared in the Netflix series called Bodies, and has voiced
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  Speaker 1: the character Conna in the cartoon Thomas and Friends. Lily
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  Speaker 1: Doddsworth Evans plays the unnamed girl at the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: the movie, the one who is telling the story. Lily
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  Speaker 1: has fifteen acting credits, including the mini series Dracula, a
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  Speaker 1: movie called The Good Lawyer and a movie, and the
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  Speaker 1: movie The Art of Racing in the Rain. Let's take
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  Speaker 1: a quick break and we'll come right back with our
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  Speaker 1: first impressions. Hey, Wendy, what was your first impression of
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  Speaker 1: the Groomsman? First look came for the romance, staying for
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  Speaker 1: the romance. Plus ps Tyler's got his golden delicious tan
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  Speaker 1: that I like very much. You know, the first time around,
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  Speaker 1: my first impression was Jonathan Bennett is me and I
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  Speaker 1: am Jonathan Bennett, and I stand by it. Let's talk
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  Speaker 1: what we liked about this movie. Well, like you said,
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  Speaker 1: this is our second watch of it. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: my likes remain the same as the first time around.
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  Speaker 1: That episode doesn't exist anymore. I did delete it off
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  Speaker 1: of the internet. It's still complimentary. I really liked this movie.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was an overall great start to the trilogy.
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  Speaker 1: I know a lot of people were a little bit
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  Speaker 1: disappointed because Hallmark is re airing these movies that were
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  Speaker 1: on Hallmark Plus already and have been for a year.
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  Speaker 1: And still newsflash, all three of them are on Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: Plus right now. You can watch all three of them
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  Speaker 1: right now if you have Hallmark Plus. But it's a
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  Speaker 1: nice little set of movies, very funny, very funny. You know.
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  Speaker 1: My number one is the humor in these movies. And
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  Speaker 1: I did rewatch this for our review and laughed out
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  Speaker 1: loud in a couple of moments. Same look, I think
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  Speaker 1: there are some mixed opinions. Can we start with some
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  Speaker 1: of the humorous moments in this movie? Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: there's some mixed opinions about the wedding dance in the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Oh h, I love it. I know I loved it
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  Speaker 1: the first time. I remember you felt like it was well,
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  Speaker 1: I'll let you say what you thought it was. But
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  Speaker 1: I watching Tyler mid conversation be drawn into this dance,
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  Speaker 1: as if against his will, I think it's the perfect
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  Speaker 1: way to show This movie does a really great job
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  Speaker 1: of setting up the three personalities of the guys. Jonathan
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  Speaker 1: is goofy, he's fun loving, he's so excited to do
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  Speaker 1: the dance. Jackson is kind of like a little bit reluctant,
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  Speaker 1: too cool, but shows up for his friends anyway. He's like,
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  Speaker 1: here we go again, just that moment watching him almost
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  Speaker 1: be dragged as if by an invisible force into the
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  Speaker 1: DAT and BJ two. I think they're really great. This
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  Speaker 1: is the unpopular part. I think sometimes when we have
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  Speaker 1: these bits, they then take on a life of their
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  Speaker 1: own outside of the movie, and then people lean really
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  Speaker 1: hard on that bit to be like, let's recreate this
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  Speaker 1: over and over and over again. Yeah, that's what I
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  Speaker 1: don't like. And so while I think there are people
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  Speaker 1: for whom that really works for me, I'm like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was funny in the moment, but like this and
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  Speaker 1: the Wise Men dances that get recreated, it maxes out
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  Speaker 1: for me. I agree. Those are my thoughts exactly. I
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  Speaker 1: agree with you. Like when we see the dance first
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  Speaker 1: happening for the first time in the movie, it's very funny.
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  Speaker 1: The way that it's executed. I liked all of that.
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  Speaker 1: But with that said, we have also seen all three movies,
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  Speaker 1: plus we have lived a year since this has come out.
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  Speaker 1: We see we're on the cruise with these three guys,
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  Speaker 1: and these guys are doing like we look, I get it.
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  Speaker 1: I just don't like bits. I think that's what it is.
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  Speaker 1: I think you and I are like a real bit
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  Speaker 1: free zone. Hashtag no fun, hashtag wet blanket. I just
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  Speaker 1: think that's who we are. Hold on putting it on
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  Speaker 1: a shirt. Bit free zone coming to a girl's gone
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  Speaker 1: homework shop near you? No? No, yes? Would you buy
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  Speaker 1: that email as girls go on homework at gmail dot com?
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  Speaker 1: I think that's what it comes down to you. I
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  Speaker 1: admit I'm not that funny, and so I don't necessarily
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  Speaker 1: find the humor in those moments all the time. But
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  Speaker 1: the smiles on the guys, look, let me just tell you,
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  Speaker 1: bj Brett has got a smile that could literally light
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  Speaker 1: all of New York City. Yes, so it's hard not
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  Speaker 1: to enjoy that moment. Yes, I agree, I do. I
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  Speaker 1: do love that scene, though, you're right the whole one,
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  Speaker 1: like Jackson's like, oh oh, it's happening, It's happening. It's
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  Speaker 1: like trying to continue the conversation. It's well plaid, it's
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  Speaker 1: well played. You're right piggybacking off that. I do love
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  Speaker 1: the playful dynamic between these three guys. Sure, I had
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  Speaker 1: forgotten how much like there is an energy between all
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  Speaker 1: three of them that I enjoy very much. The banter
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  Speaker 1: gives me buddy comedy vibes. Yeah, friend, chemistry is off
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  Speaker 1: the charts. I love it so much. With that said,
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  Speaker 1: it's not quite the same exact lightning in the bottle
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  Speaker 1: as like Three Wise Men and a Baby Like I
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  Speaker 1: feel like those three are great together. It's weird because
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  Speaker 1: like Tyler is the common denominator between both of these groups. Right,
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious to see what that would how they would
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  Speaker 1: compare if Tyler wasn't in at least one of them.
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  Speaker 1: I actually, yeah, I am not sure. I totally agree
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  Speaker 1: with you that the chemistry isn't the same. You think
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  Speaker 1: it's better. I think it's funnier. Oh interesting. I like
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  Speaker 1: the Three Wise Men, Don't get me wrong. When we
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  Speaker 1: saw that first movie, I was like, this movie is
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  Speaker 1: a love love and a Hallmark fans. I think the
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  Speaker 1: Groomsman operates in much the same way pairing these people together.
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  Speaker 1: We're here for the dudes. I think I'm gonna be honest,
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  Speaker 1: and maybe this is women on women crime. I think
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  Speaker 1: it functions better than the Wedding Veil trilogy does in
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  Speaker 1: some ways. Go ahead, I'm listening, but I just I
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  Speaker 1: think they do a better job of focusing on the
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  Speaker 1: friendship in the Groomsmen trilogy than they did in the
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  Speaker 1: Wedding Veil. Is the difference. I think the Wedding Veil
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  Speaker 1: is heavier on the relationships, and I think maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: what women want when they're watching those movies. Nah, I
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  Speaker 1: don't want that, I know. I like the friendship vibe.
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  Speaker 1: I like the funny. I like the moments in the
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  Speaker 1: Wedding Veil when they're all together and Tracy as dry
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  Speaker 1: as hell, yeah, bringing that level of humor. I like
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  Speaker 1: all of that. I think it's a different vibe. I
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  Speaker 1: think Griomsmen versus Three Wiser Men is a different vibe.
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  Speaker 1: I think Griomsmen's goofyer. I don't find it to be
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  Speaker 1: less than though. Okay, there's not a wrong answer. There's no,
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  Speaker 1: there's not. I like both of them, and then I
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  Speaker 1: hear your argument to you, my brain can't stop thinking
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  Speaker 1: about The Wedding Veil. You're right, I do wish it
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  Speaker 1: was more focused on the friendships. And I'm trying to think, like,
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  Speaker 1: could a movie trilogy like that be replicated again with
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  Speaker 1: three women? It plays more funny. I think it absolutely could,
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  Speaker 1: especially picture someone like Ashley raining, Oh my, Amy Greeny
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  Speaker 1: would be so good. Yeah, stap it right now. You know,
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  Speaker 1: here's what I think happened. This is my I don't
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  Speaker 1: know anything about anything. I feel like the Wedding Veil
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  Speaker 1: was made. Then we get the first three Wiseman movie
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  Speaker 1: and they're like, oh, look, people like to laugh. People
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  Speaker 1: like to laugh. We don't necessarily need the romance to
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  Speaker 1: be the forefront. There is a romance in Three Wise Men,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not the forefront of the movie. It's not
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  Speaker 1: why people come, it's not how people stay, it's not
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  Speaker 1: people return to that movie. And so I think, my
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  Speaker 1: guess is they saw that and they were like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: we can have this series like the Wedding Veil, but
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  Speaker 1: we can swap the focus a little bit. Now. Again,
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  Speaker 1: of course we got three romances here, but I would
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  Speaker 1: argue that the romances are not the central point of
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  Speaker 1: any of the movies. Yeah, like the Romance Ties the
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  Speaker 1: movies together. Yeah. The Groomsman is about these three friends,
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  Speaker 1: the groomsmen of the mystery bride's wedding. I want a
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  Speaker 1: movie trilogy with three Ashley Williams. Can we get that made?
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  Speaker 1: I think Ashley Williams should make it and direct it,
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  Speaker 1: and then Julie Sherman Wolf should write it. Yeah. I
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  Speaker 1: would love maybe Graininess and Kimberly sas dad. Oh oh,
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  Speaker 1: she's so funny. She's so good and funny. Yeah, okay,
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  Speaker 1: we've done the hard work for you. Some other humorous moments,
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  Speaker 1: if I may look, The video call remains very funny.
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  Speaker 1: The setup of it, him swapping out all of his
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  Speaker 1: like sporty pieces for more sophisticated art pieces, the makeover
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  Speaker 1: montage of it all. I'll mention there is a failure
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  Speaker 1: in that moment, but I like how they counteract that
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  Speaker 1: with Like the eventual actual video call is very relaxed.
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  Speaker 1: He's just woken up. It's very more true to life.
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  Speaker 1: One of my favorite running bits, even for a bit
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  Speaker 1: free zone kind of lady, is Tyler slash Jackson always
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  Speaker 1: kind of half passing it at the gym. He's always
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  Speaker 1: got a snack in his hand. He's either sitting or
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  Speaker 1: barely moving. Slides off the back of the treadmill. He
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  Speaker 1: brings a plus comedy game to the gym. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's so interesting because I when I think of Tyler Hines,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think of him as a comedic actor. But
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  Speaker 1: he is though, right, yes, because it's he's so dry,
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  Speaker 1: like he throws a line away. He and Jonathan Benna
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  Speaker 1: have very different comedy styles, right, But yes, I think
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  Speaker 1: of Tyler Hines as like the Jennifer Aniston of comedic actors.
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  Speaker 1: Oh look at that. Like they can both throw a
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  Speaker 1: line away and it just lands love it? Can I
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  Speaker 1: talk quickly? I have a whole list of likes me too,
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  Speaker 1: and I have we barely touched on them the same
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  Speaker 1: the first, not even first. For me, The thing that
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  Speaker 1: tops my list is the representation in this movie. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: To me, this movie doesn't just check boxes. We have
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  Speaker 1: a story that looks like real life. We have blended families,
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  Speaker 1: same sex couples, divorced parents. It is all handled authentically.
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  Speaker 1: I just love it so much. This is like a
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  Speaker 1: more than a like, It's a love. There's a scene
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  Speaker 1: that I didn't really remember for the first time, but
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  Speaker 1: I caught it on the second one when Jackson, Danny,
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  Speaker 1: and daughter Betty get to the wedding rehearsal and the
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  Speaker 1: like minister or whoever's performing the ceremony says, oh, you
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  Speaker 1: must be the flower girl, and she corrects him with
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  Speaker 1: flower persons and Jackson and Danny snap their fingers. I
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  Speaker 1: missed that do the first time. I was like, I
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  Speaker 1: love this so much. Yeah, so so much. I just
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  Speaker 1: loved it, Mike Job, love it. Love it. Look Jonathan
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  Speaker 1: Bennett running away from bugs screaming at the bugs. That
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  Speaker 1: is me one hundred percent. If it feels over the top,
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  Speaker 1: just trust that there are people out there in the world.
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  Speaker 1: I will recreate that scene and my children they'll be
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  Speaker 1: like I can attest as well. Hold still, mom, and
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  Speaker 1: I will forurreak out at that one statement. So I
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  Speaker 1: appreciated that. To me, the funniest moment in the movie
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  Speaker 1: is Pete falling down the hill and Tyler Jackson going
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  Speaker 1: I think he's slowing down. It is a laugh out
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  Speaker 1: loud moment for me, and Pete is screaming like he's
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  Speaker 1: Marvin home alone. If that's a line that lands for you,
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  Speaker 1: I see you just all the way down the hill.
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  Speaker 1: The physical comedy slays me, slays you in a way, uh,
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  Speaker 1: in a way it doesn't usually honestly, it's too bitty sometimes. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I know, just like that. I like the people are
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  Speaker 1: getting hurt comedy. Oh yeah, yeah, So you don't love
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: like America's Funny's home videos when like people are getting
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  Speaker 1: knocked in the nuts and whatever. I love an America's
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  Speaker 1: Funniest Home video. I'm not gonna lie, but like Jackass
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  Speaker 1: takes it a little bit too far. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I hear you. Let's talk about bj Britt for a second. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's so incredibly likable. While watching this, I'm like, damn,
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  Speaker 1: this dude is not on Hallmark and f Look, I'm
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: super excited he's going to be leading that movie, Tonight's Story.
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  Speaker 1: That's the working title. I don't know if that's gonna
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  Speaker 1: stick or not, but that's gonna be in countdown to Christmas. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it seems like they got to add something holiday e
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  Speaker 1: in there, but maybe not. What do I know? I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, but I'm really looking forward to that me too.
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  Speaker 1: I really enjoy him. He has charisma, he has an
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  Speaker 1: ease about him. He has a great smile. Like you said,
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: more freakin' b J Britt more b Jay Britt. Indeed,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: when the makeover montage leading into his date look is
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: so Ralph Lauren, I can't even stand it. With the
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: final look, oh oh my god, oh my god. Okay,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: can we talk about this scene for a second, because
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: he shows up and Danny's like, I don't know what's
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: going on with that. Excuse me. The man looks like
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: a snack. He's in this like, he looks so good.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: It is white shirt, he looks great. Yeah, what does
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: Danny say to him? You look like a guidance counselor.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: I mean that works for some people. I was like,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: I don't hate it. Great. Then he does like all
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: these like silly, these silly things that he tries on
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: or whatever. But then you're right, and he even looks
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: even better it is. We talked about it in Snowbride.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: I have this real aesthetic love for this Ralph Lauren
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: type J crew. What's not a sport coat? Yes, thank
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: you very much. Indeed, here's one thing I love. They
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: do not treat Betty like a nuisance. They do not
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: treat her like our friend's daughter. Who's a tad along.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: She's just one of the crew. Yep. They're all real
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: cool with her. Danny has a great vibe with her.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: They talk to her like an adult. I just love
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: the way she fits into their friend group so much.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: I agree. I was so happy that they made Jackson
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: a parent of a teenager and it just it just works.
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: And I agree with you. I like that she's not
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: seen as a nuisance. She just rolls with them like
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: they there's a mutual respect there. Yeah, yep, yep, yep, yeap.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: Two more little things. I really enjoyed Pete and Chelsea's
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: meet cute. I think that feels very realistic that, like
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: you come across somebody out in the hallway of a wedding,
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: you're on the phone or whatever. It like felt very realistic.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: I loved it. I thought they were dynamic together, great casting.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: One more scene that I really really loved, and it
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: goes back to the camping scene. I just love this
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: scene so much. When Jonathan Bennett's character Danny tells the
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: guys like, thank you for letting me like be who
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: I am, thank you for being there when I came out,
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: Like I love, love, loved all that emotional like heartbeat
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: of that they're friendship. Yeah, good stuff. Well let's talk wishes.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: I don't have many. I have a few, Okay. I
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: don't understand why Chelsea and her family live in Bulgaria.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: It's never explained. Like I could see like Chelsea being
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: there as like maybe like a doctor without borders or
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: I don't know wherever, you know, she's working abroad or whatever,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: But why does her family live there? Are they from Bulgaria?
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I didn't understand any of that. I
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: guess it doesn't need to be explained, but like a
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: single throwaway line right would have been like, oh, okay,
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: got it. Moving on the other thing that I there.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: It pains me to say this, but you know, I
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: don't like hijinks, and so there's like a little bit
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: of like the hyjinks goes a little bit too far
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: from me. And I know that Spider scene is very funny,
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: but sometimes I'm like, is it too far? Is it
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: too far? It works, the chasing of the cab multiple times,
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: the yeah, the carousel, Yeah, I think you know, I
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: was watching this through different eyes this time, and I
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: think what that speaks to is Pete tries to keep
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: his life if the Spider scene aside, Pete tries to
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: keep his life so in control, like yeah, you grow
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: up with this super free spirited mom and so as
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: a result, he's like, I like my life controlled and
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: predictable and within reach, right, And then he has all
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: of these moments in this relationship that push him out
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: coatrol and so I think those big, over the top
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: physical moments are trying to portray that Yeah, got it,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: But yeah, it is a lot on the carousel I have.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: I'm like, you're gonna get arrested. Well, the carousel scene
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: bothered me because I was like, bro, you are taking
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: the path of most resistance through the carousel, like go
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: around these people. He's like trying to stay close to
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: the carousel. So he's like, I'm like, just go around
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: the outside or do you freak out and be like
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: somebody grab that I mean, or jump on earlier, jump
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: on earlier. Yeah, before it goes behind that square mystery,
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: you know, and you get arrested, get arrested. Yeah. One
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: last thing I wished for is Pete and Chelsea's romance.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: It's a little too accelerated for me. Sure, I feel
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: like they had initial great chemistry and then but then
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: like they rushed into marriage, like it just it feels
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: like super fast. But what to counter that? I love
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: that at one point Chelsea's like, whoa, let's like she
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: starts to question, like what their future is going to be, right,
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: And I just like that She was like, we just
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: need like a second to like step back and figure
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: this out. So I appreciated that because I felt like
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: that felt realistic as well. Yeah, my I have a
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: real issue with the fact that they didn't seem to
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: have real conversations about their future. They keep coming up
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: with these roadblocks like, oh, I don't where are we
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: going to live? How are we going to do this?
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: And when he tells the guys that he's going to propose,
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: they both balk and I'm like, yo, it's been four
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: months and you spent all of seventy two hours together,
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: and he says a few I'm going to do it anyway,
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: And they show up at the airport they've upgraded his ticket.
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: This whole business. And I understand stand from the friend perspective,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: if your friend is going to do something that you
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: don't necessarily agree with, you have a choice. You can
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: stand firm and make a statement or you can be
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: there for them, and they've made the decision to be
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: there for them, but I do wish they had said, like,
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: we were here for you, but if you're going to
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: do this, maybe think about having a few conversations right.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Because they move forward with planning this wedding and finding
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: this perfect location that's beach adjacent, but they didn't take
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: the next step right, so that was frustrating. Yes, I agree,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: this is something I said last year, and I feel
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: like it's important to point out. And I hope that
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: the upcoming countdown to Christmas announcements are a pleasant surprise.
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: I do feel like Hallmark leans really hard on Jonathan
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: Bennett to be their king of representation. Yeah, and I
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: love Jonathan Bennett, and I love the pride he takes
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: in that role. The outfits that he wore in the
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Christmas House were in the Smith's for being the first
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: same sex kiss on Hallmark. Great. I love that he
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: really takes pride in playing these roles and it's important
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: to him. And I wish that the powers it be
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: at a Hallmark. What feels to me they have rested
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: on their laurels and be like, look we've got Jonathan Bennett.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: Everybody loves Jonathan Bennett. We're good. Don't just sit back
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: and relax on them. Just tick that box correct. Yeah,
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: I hear you. I absolutely hear you. I have the
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: digit see that to end all digit see that's do
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: you go ahead? This is from Ron Oliver himself. Oh,
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: at the wedding, Chelsea's phone has died with her speech
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: on it. Shortly thereafter, she's in the hall on her
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: phone with a patient. Oh and this was called out
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: on the Hallmark Channel Facebook page, and Ron Oliver himself says,
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: as a matter of fact, we filmed a scene with
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: her like rapid fire, charging her phone and standing there
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: waiting for it to charge. And he thought, this is boring.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: Nobody wants to see it, and they cut it. Hmmm,
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: so we have an explanation, continuity explained. Yeah, I love that.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: You didn't that wasn't shared last year? Was it? No?
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: I just thought yesterday, great, my only did you see
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: that is the same that I had from last year.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Pete and Chelsea are supposed to be eating a Philly
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: cheese steak and it is nothing like a Philly cheese steak.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: So I rewatched that scene, and Pete says to her,
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: there are two main staples in Philly, a hogy and
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: a cheese steak covered in cheese whiz. Are they eating hogies?
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: They're eating hogies? Oh well, damn it. It is unclear
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: because he says, a hogy and a cheese steak gotta
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: be covered in cheese whiz. But they're eating hogies. Well,
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: the cheese steak is superior to a hogy. In my opinion,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: a hoky is like a sub sandwich with a different branding.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: I know, a cheesesteak is delicious with the peppers and
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: the yes, yes, yes, so good. Another continuity moment, BJ
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: is speaking, Pete is speaking in FaceTime with Jackson, Danny
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: and phones, which is back and forth between landscape and
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: portraits throughout the entire scene, and like sometimes they're on
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: top of each other. Sometimes there's like the same like yeah.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Going back to the video call, I would just like
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: to tell b J Britt in future video calls, you
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: are one of the most attractive and on the planet,
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: but you do need to raise the camera up. Do
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: not have the camera blow your jawline. Even for you,
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: you look great, but in the future raise it up.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: You think he had any saying that. No, but I'm
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: just surprised that nobody. I mean, what are they gonna
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: do that. It's not esthetically pleasing to pull out a
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: stack of books. But it was on his coffee table. Yeah, uh,
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: I noticed it again. I actually wondered if they were
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: gonna eight r this last? Did you see that? Pete
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: is on the phone talking about a procedure with a
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: teenager and he says lap trolls and it's lap Coli'S
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: coally systectomy. I've watched a lot of medical drama. The
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: frame is phrases lap Coli'S laptroll because it's it's spelled
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: c h ol e. Yah. Yeah yeah, yeah, So I
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: actually wondered if they were going to eighty or that
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: in the second round. They did not. They're still there not. Yeah,
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: they didn't have like a medical person on the staff
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: to be like that's the wrong terminology. Yeah. Interesting. Would
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