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As Luck Would Have It · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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Speaker 1: Hey, every beddy, Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, a bonus
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Speaker 1: episode of Long Story short the podcast. I'm Megan, I'm Wendy,
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Speaker 1: and today we are talking about, as luck would have it,
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Speaker 1: the fourth movie in Hallmarks Spring Fling lineup, and I
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Speaker 1: think you're in for some good news. Friends. Before we
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Speaker 1: get into that, let's talk about where else you can
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Speaker 1: This week we talked about tips and tricks to make
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Speaker 1: And we've heard from several of you that you listen
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Speaker 1: to these Hallmark episodes in spite of not watching Hallmark movies.
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Speaker 1: So if that's you, thank you so much for being
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Speaker 1: here just for us. We have an email to read
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Speaker 1: and it is a response to our episode on Kid ninety,
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Speaker 1: which was the soleat Moonfry documentary that we did as
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Speaker 1: a bonus bonus episode when Hallmark had a bye week.
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Speaker 1: And it's from Karen who says, Hi, ladies, I love
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Speaker 1: your show and just had to stop in the middle
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Speaker 1: of the Kid ninety episode to write you with my
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Speaker 1: memories of how Punky Brewster started. I was a big
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Speaker 1: fan of Punky growing up and was about the same
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Speaker 1: age as her. I definitely watched all the episodes, including
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Speaker 1: rewatching in syndication. I haven't seen the show in over
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Speaker 1: thirty years, but I'm planning to watch the original soon
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Speaker 1: with my ten year old daughter. Anyway, my recollection is
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Speaker 1: that Punkin's weather abandoned her in a supermarket. I don't
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Speaker 1: remember her carrying people's groceries for tips. Reader's note that
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Speaker 1: did happen. Back to the email, however, she was not
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Speaker 1: living in an orphanage, but rather sneaking into an empty
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Speaker 1: apartment by climbing through the window. She was discovered there,
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Speaker 1: which eventually led to her adoption by Henry Warnemont, who
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Speaker 1: also lived in the apartment building. I guess i'm the specifics,
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Speaker 1: but I do remember those details. Now, if you do
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Speaker 1: not want to go back and watch the origins of
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Speaker 1: Punky Brewster, but you are curious about all the details
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Speaker 1: about how the first few episodes started in Punky and
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Speaker 1: Henry's origin story, we would recommend the podcast that is
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Speaker 1: run by our friends that is called the untitled gen
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Speaker 1: X Podcast, and they do a recap of those first
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Speaker 1: three episodes in addition to talking about the reboot, so
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Speaker 1: they have done the work for you.
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Speaker 2: Have you watched the reboot of that show?
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Speaker 1: I have not because it is on Peacock Premium or
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Speaker 1: whatever the paid version of Peacock is. And I am
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Speaker 1: a crabby old man when it comes to the fact
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Speaker 1: that there are too many streaming services.
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Speaker 2: All Right, well, I have it, so maybe I will
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Speaker 2: give it a watch. I'm just curious, right, And I
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Speaker 2: also want to see the Saved by the Bell reboo,
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Speaker 2: which is also under the same Peacock banner. That I'm
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Speaker 2: not that excited. I know you're a big Saved by
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Speaker 2: the bell fan.
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Speaker 1: So it was once upon a time. So let's jump
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Speaker 1: into one perfect wedding. Wendy, do you have a No,
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Speaker 1: that's all we're doing. Let's jump into as luck would
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Speaker 1: have it, Wendy, do you have a synopsis?
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Speaker 2: I do. Yes. Lindsay travels to Ireland to acquire land
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Speaker 2: that is perfect for a resort. She decides to enter
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Speaker 2: the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment and win
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Speaker 2: over a handsome local. Starring Joanna Garcia Swisher and Alan Leech.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's do news and notes.
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Speaker 2: Okay, news and notes the only one. I have two. Actually,
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Speaker 2: this was filmed in early twenty twenty one, and the
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Speaker 2: other is they filmed at Howth Castle, not far from Dublin.
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Speaker 2: So I don't know anything about Ireland or Ireland's castle situation. Nothing,
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Speaker 2: So I don't. I'm curious to know if you know
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Speaker 2: these places because spoiler alert, Meghan has been to Ireland.
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Speaker 1: I have been to Ireland. I've been there twice. There
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Speaker 1: are castles everywhere. I'm not familiar with this one. This
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Speaker 1: was Joanna garcias Wisher's first Hallmark movie, and she said
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Speaker 1: that her grandmother is a big fan and she had
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Speaker 1: always said I really want to see you in one
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Speaker 1: of these, and according to Joanna, she was like, I'll
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Speaker 1: do it for you, grandma. And then like two weeks
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Speaker 1: later she was sent a script for review and she
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Speaker 1: took the job. So she was cast first, and then
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Speaker 1: Alan was cast after that, and according to her, she
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Speaker 1: was asked who she saw as the perfect Brennan and
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Speaker 1: he was already kind of in the mix because he
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Speaker 1: is Irish and they are real life friends Juanna and Allen.
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Speaker 1: Oh so yeah, So that was fun. And did you
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Speaker 1: watch any of the little interview moments that happened at
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Speaker 1: the commercial breaks?
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Speaker 2: Yes? I did. I loved those. I wish they would
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Speaker 2: do them for every movie.
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Speaker 1: I agree. I really loved those two and I think
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Speaker 1: you could feel their friendship come through in those moments.
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Speaker 1: Even if they hadn't been friends before that, you could
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Speaker 1: tell that they were on the set, but they were
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Speaker 1: close friends prior to the filming of this movie. So
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Speaker 1: I liked that little bit of information.
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Speaker 2: Is Alan Leitch has he done Hallmark movies before? Do
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Speaker 2: you know?
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Speaker 1: I don't believe. So. He's best known for playing Tom
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Speaker 1: Branson in Downton Abbey, The Chauffeur who scandalously fallen falls
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Speaker 1: in love with one of the sisters. Crap, he was
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Speaker 1: in something else and it's escaping me. But no, he
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Speaker 1: has not done homework before, and neither huts Joanna.
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Speaker 2: Well, let me tell you something. I've got a huge
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Speaker 2: girl crush now on Joanna Garcia Swisher. I love her.
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Speaker 1: I've always been a big fan of her. She's Friba days,
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Speaker 1: so I.
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Speaker 2: Remember her from Riba. I was not like an avid
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Speaker 2: Riba watcher, but I do remember her from Riba and
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Speaker 2: she was at that time just Joanna Garcia correct, And
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Speaker 2: then I know she was in it. I don't know
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Speaker 2: if it's a Netflix show or a Hulu show or
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Speaker 2: what it is. Is it Sweet Magnolia's that came out
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Speaker 2: last year show? Yes, okay, and I didn't. I think
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Speaker 2: I watched like one or two episodes and wasn't really
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Speaker 2: into it. But now I think I'm going to revisit
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Speaker 2: because I find her so I don't care put my
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Speaker 2: finger on it. Likable like easy chart, I.
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Speaker 1: Just yeah, she was in Once upon a Time?
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Speaker 2: Oh my god, was she really? She was?
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Speaker 1: She played Ariel. But I just enjoy her. I agree
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Speaker 1: that she's very likable and pleasant to watch. And Sweet
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Speaker 1: Magnolia is now that you're like kind of in the
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Speaker 1: Hallmark movie world. It kind of has that Hallmark feel
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Speaker 1: to it. It's based on a series of books. But
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Speaker 1: it's perhaps a little bit grittier.
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Speaker 2: Oh okay, I like gritty, so yeah.
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Speaker 1: It's not it's not dark, but it is definitely like Hallmark.
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Speaker 2: Plus, I will give you an update because if there
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Speaker 2: was only one season of the Sweet Magnolia's I'm sure
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Speaker 2: I could knock it out by the weekend. So next week.
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Speaker 1: There was also one, and there's another one coming back,
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Speaker 1: and god love interest in Sweet Magnolia's is. I would
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Speaker 1: suggest you watch it.
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Speaker 2: Okay, it's great, all right, all right, I'm gonna I'll
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Speaker 2: turn it on today.
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Speaker 1: That is it for news and notes for me. So
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Speaker 1: let's go to first impressions. I want to hear yours first.
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Speaker 2: This is the best movie of twenty twenty one.
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Speaker 1: Agree.
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Speaker 2: I love this movie so much. Now let me tell
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Speaker 2: you for me. I usually record these movies Saturday Saturday
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Speaker 2: night when they premiere, and then I'll watch it on Sunday,
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Speaker 2: sometimes Monday morning. Before we record this particular Saturday night,
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Speaker 2: I was like, okay, I'm going to turn it on
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Speaker 2: and watch it because I have been looking forward to
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Speaker 2: this one all of Spring Fleeing and I watched the
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Speaker 2: entire movie Saturday night after ten o'clock. Mind you, I
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Speaker 2: didn't fall asleep, which I typically do, and I like
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Speaker 2: fast forward through every commercial because I was so excited
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Speaker 2: to see what was going to happen next. I loved
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Speaker 2: this movie top to bottom.
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Speaker 1: I agree, I also loved it. I loved everything about it,
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Speaker 1: and I think you'll see in some of the comments
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Speaker 1: I have to make that this really stood apart from
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Speaker 1: the other movies for me in so many ways. I
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Speaker 1: loved it. Yeah, me too, Whendy, and I even speculated
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Speaker 1: that maybe this movie wasn't originally supposed to be a
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Speaker 1: Hallmark movie the Hallmark bought it. I don't know, guys,
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Speaker 1: but it's it's a standout.
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Speaker 2: Who can give us that information? Like who would where
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Speaker 2: would that information be? Like I was wondering if IMDb
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Speaker 2: would have that, but maybe not. And this is why
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Speaker 2: I say this, because it features two very well known actors, right,
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Speaker 2: people who are outside of the Hallmark sphere. It's shot
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Speaker 2: on location, not in Canada, and I don't it didn't
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Speaker 2: fall into the you know, the Hallmark template, So it
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Speaker 2: just felt like a different production movie. I don't know.
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Speaker 2: So you may.
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Speaker 1: Recall during our interview with Drew Lee Sherman Wolf that
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Speaker 1: she mentioned we were talking about her hockey movie, which
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Speaker 1: the name escapes me right now.
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Speaker 2: What was that called taking a Shot at Love?
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Speaker 1: Yes, we were talking about Taking a Shot at Love
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Speaker 1: with Julie Sherman Wolf, and she talked about a different
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Speaker 1: movie that she had also written that was premiered during
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Speaker 1: countdown to Christmas, and she mentioned that the cast in
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Speaker 1: that movie was so good and they would never get
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Speaker 1: them outside of COVID, and they were able to get
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Speaker 1: these people because they weren't working as much. Broadway was
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Speaker 1: shut down, a lot of production was shut down, so
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Speaker 1: they were able to get actors that they might not
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Speaker 1: normally have been able to get for the filming of
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Speaker 1: a Hallmark movie. And so perhaps we got a little
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Speaker 1: bit of that happening here as well.
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Speaker 2: That's very fair. I think that could definitely be a reason.
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Speaker 2: But then explain to me Ireland, like I didn't I
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Speaker 2: with COVID and everything, I would think that, like, oh,
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Speaker 2: let's go shoot in Ireland.
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Speaker 1: That seems really We also had what were the love
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Speaker 1: movies called Love ever After? Yes, we had a movie
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Speaker 1: in the Love ever After series that was filmed in
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Speaker 1: Europe as well. So perhaps right, Ireland does have quarantine requirements.
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Speaker 1: But my understanding so they have come and gone, but
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Speaker 1: you can. My understanding is Ireland was one of the
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Speaker 1: few places you could actually go assuming you do quarantine.
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Speaker 1: And my understanding also, and the reason I know this
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Speaker 1: is because my parents are huge fans of Ireland, so
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Speaker 1: they've kept close eyes on the Ireland travel requirements. Not
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Speaker 1: that they were ready to travel at that point, but Ireland,
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Speaker 1: in spite of having quarantine requirements, they weren't strongly enforcing
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Speaker 1: them all the time because they rely so heavily on tourism.
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Speaker 1: But I do I know that Ireland was one of
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Speaker 1: the few places you could go with a quarantine. Some
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Speaker 1: places you couldn't go at all, whether you're quarantined or not,
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Speaker 1: but Ireland you could. So I interesting, that's the answer
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Speaker 1: to that question.
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Speaker 2: It's just very interesting.
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Speaker 1: Okay, what did you like about this movie?
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Speaker 2: I was while I was preparing for this podcast, I
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Speaker 2: was writing down like the things I liked about it,
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Speaker 2: and it's hard to pinpoint, like, yes, I loved that
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Speaker 2: it was filmed in Ireland and it was so beautiful,
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Speaker 2: And there has been very few movies with the exception
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Speaker 2: of the ones that were filmed in bamp Bamp. I
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Speaker 2: have the hardest time saying that word. But this one
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Speaker 2: like made me want to go there, like may like
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Speaker 2: it like churned some sort of like feelings in me.
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Speaker 2: That was, like, I this has to be one of
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Speaker 2: my like bucket list travel locations. It has to be.
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Speaker 1: It's such a special place.
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Speaker 2: It's so beautiful. But like when I think about like Ireland,
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Speaker 2: I go, what's there to do there? Like I don't,
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Speaker 2: I have no idea, Like I mean, it's just beautiful.
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Speaker 1: It's a lot of sight seeing, you know. I mean
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Speaker 1: it's it's sight seeing, it's historical, so kind of I
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Speaker 1: think that's a lot of Europe, right, It's a lot
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Speaker 1: of historical sight seeing. There's a lot to see in Dublin,
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Speaker 1: but once you get down to the country, it's just like,
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Speaker 1: look at how beautiful this is. And a lot of
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Speaker 1: these places you're kind of just going and enjoying, like
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Speaker 1: the little town and the people, and it's definitely not
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Speaker 1: I think there's not definitely places like Dublin have night life,
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Speaker 1: but it's not like going to New York, although again
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Speaker 1: Dublin has shows and Dublin has sports. Oh oh yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 1: we were there. There was a huge rugby I need
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Speaker 1: to ask my husband. We got there and our driver
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Speaker 1: from the airport to the hotel was talking about how
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Speaker 1: the next night there was this huge ice think it
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Speaker 1: was rugby like, and it was New Zealand versus Dublin,
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Speaker 1: and it was apparently a big rivalry. And we actually
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Speaker 1: tried to get tickets because we were like, well that
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Speaker 1: sounds like fun, like if we're Cary, might as well
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Speaker 1: like and we could it. But yeah, but we did. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: there were definitely big buses of people going over to
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Speaker 1: the stadium. So places like Dublin, there's a lot going on.
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Speaker 1: And then you get out into the countryside and it's like,
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Speaker 1: let's just enjoy. My parents like a place called Sheen
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Speaker 1: Falls and they just like it because it's beautiful and
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Speaker 1: quiet and you can go for a walk, or you
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Speaker 1: can go for a horseback ride, or you can.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that sounds amazing. It sounds there's dreamy, dreamy.
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Speaker 2: It is sounds like, yeah.
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Speaker 1: It is, it is dreamy.
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Speaker 2: I have one couple questions, because Megan, you've been there
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Speaker 2: a couple times. Are the people friendly there?
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Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's the nicest people in the world, honestly,
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Speaker 1: and not every country in the world is big fans
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Speaker 1: of Americans, right.
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Speaker 2: That was my second question. Do they like Americans?
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Speaker 1: They certainly act like they do. Okay, Now, tourism is
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Speaker 1: their biggest industry, so they're big fans of tourists. But
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Speaker 1: my feeling there is that they enjoy Americans. Obviously, Americans
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Speaker 1: have kind of made a mess of ourselves lately, and
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Speaker 1: they're real clear about how they feel about, you know,
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Speaker 1: our former president. But by and large, they enjoys. They
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Speaker 1: call themselves the fifty first date.
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Speaker 2: Oh that's funny. That's really funny. Tell me some things
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Speaker 2: you liked about this movie.
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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, the first thing I wrote was everything like
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Speaker 1: you said, like I did. Overall, Yeah, it was a
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Speaker 1: beautiful I loved watching it. I love the accents. I
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Speaker 1: love the Irish accent. But I loved Lindsay's green dress
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Speaker 1: at the find at the final party at.
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Speaker 2: The whole wasn't that part so pretty? It was so pretty?
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Speaker 2: And I think I hear, yes, I think that's why
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Speaker 2: you love it because you're a redhead as well, and
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Speaker 2: so you're like, I can see myself wearing that dress,
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Speaker 2: right right.
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Speaker 1: I did enjoy seeing Alan Leach. I'm a huge Downton
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Speaker 1: Abbey fan, and I enjoyed his character in Downton. I
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Speaker 1: have rewatched the season a couple series a couple of times.
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Speaker 1: I've only seen the movie once, but it kind of
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Speaker 1: made me want to go back and rewatch the movie again.
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Speaker 1: It just kind of felt like coming home like these
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Speaker 1: old characters. And like you said, I feel like I
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Speaker 1: could have watched this movie on mute and enjoyed it
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Speaker 1: simply because the scenery was so beautiful, and that is
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Speaker 1: what Ireland looks like. It's kind of like you don't
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Speaker 1: believe it until you get there. Yeah, gosh, it was
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Speaker 1: so beautiful. I'm so excited.
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Speaker 2: Okay. I have a note here too that I loved
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Speaker 2: Lindsay's clothes. That's exactly what I would want to wear
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Speaker 2: if I were to go to Ireland. She just always
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Speaker 2: looked so cute. I loved it. She looked so pretty
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Speaker 2: and romantic and I don't know, give it to me all.
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Speaker 2: What I really liked in this movie too, is I
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Speaker 2: liked the different activities that were a part of the
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Speaker 2: you know, matchmaking festival, which is just you know, like
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Speaker 2: they that sport that they were doing. It was kind
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Speaker 2: of I don't even know what that sport was called.
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Speaker 2: Do you remember? It was like a cross between like
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Speaker 2: soccer and football and cross.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, wasn't that rugby they were playing?
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Speaker 2: Oh god, I don't know. I have no idea. I
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Speaker 2: don't was it rugby? I might have to I might
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Speaker 2: have to go back and watch. I don't know. I
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Speaker 2: thought they were calling it something else, like something. I
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Speaker 2: don't know. I just thought that whole scene was so
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Speaker 2: funny and where she was like trying to do it
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Speaker 2: and then she was like frustrated. I just it felt
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Speaker 2: it made me feel like she's a great actress because
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Speaker 2: that could have gone like so cheesy with the wrong actress.
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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they have the knitting scenes and the baking scenes.
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Speaker 2: When he puts all that salt in her thing. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: that was so cute. It was cute. The only thing
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Speaker 2: I was wondering though, like those are supposed to be
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Speaker 2: like matchmaking, but she was like there was no other dudes,
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Speaker 2: Like when she was knitting or when she was baking.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is interesting. I don't have an explanation for that.
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Speaker 2: I mean, this is I'm now nitpicking what I thought
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Speaker 2: was a perfect movie.
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Speaker 1: So well, and also like that suggests that, like women
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Speaker 1: are all there to meet men, and maybe perhaps or not,
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Speaker 1: maybe they're just a variety of activities. So they have
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Speaker 1: sports where you're maybe gonna have a co ed audience,
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Speaker 1: and then they have m knitting where maybe women would
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Speaker 1: meet other women.
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Speaker 2: And well, see, that's what I think they've could have changed.
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Speaker 2: They could have totally taken out the match making element
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Speaker 2: of this movie and it still would have stood. She
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Speaker 2: could have just been doing activities that the town offered,
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Speaker 2: because if they're going to put a resort there, right,
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Speaker 2: m hm, you want to go someplace that that offers
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Speaker 2: like authentic whatever sports and activities and experiences.
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Speaker 1: So I think they Mark loves a festival.
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Speaker 2: I get it. I love it. I want to go
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Speaker 2: to a Hallmark festival. But I think they could have
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Speaker 2: like taken the match making part out of it. I
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Speaker 2: hear you, It still would have worked in my opinion.
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Speaker 1: Did you like anything else about this movie?
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Speaker 2: I did. I like the pace. I thought it moved nicely,
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Speaker 2: like I told you, like, I was never bored once
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Speaker 2: I fast forward through all the commercials so I could
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Speaker 2: see what would happen next. I really liked Brennan's like
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Speaker 2: Whiskey venture. I thought that was like a interesting, like
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Speaker 2: side story. I liked andistic, realistic. And the other thing
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Speaker 2: too that I thought was funny because you know, in
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Speaker 2: all the Christmas movies, it's always hot cocoa or cider
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Speaker 2: or whatever. Sometimes we get some wine. Here we are
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Speaker 2: drinking some straight up whiskey, and I was like, oh right,
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Speaker 2: I not that like. I just I don't know. I
19:46
Speaker 2: just liked it as like a story element. I thought
19:49
Speaker 2: it was like a fun I don't know, I just
19:51
Speaker 2: thought it was a fun story.
19:52
Speaker 1: I liked that there was a three month break between
19:54
Speaker 1: when she leaves and when they kind of come back together,
19:57
Speaker 1: because I think that is realistic. Ye you know, sometimes
20:01
Speaker 1: we see the Okay, I'm just going to forsake my
20:02
Speaker 1: job and I'm going to stay here for you, but
20:04
Speaker 1: the reality was she wasn't ready to make that choice,
20:07
Speaker 1: and she needed to go back to her job and
20:08
Speaker 1: figure out what was and wasn't working. And of course
20:12
Speaker 1: we do get the miraculous, I find a job that's
20:15
Speaker 1: going to put me in Ireland. But yeah, I did
20:18
Speaker 1: like that it was not an immediate jump to that solution.
20:22
Speaker 2: Well see, so I like that too. I like that
20:24
Speaker 2: they slowly developed feelings for each other and still at
20:28
Speaker 2: the very end it was like, okay, yeah, we had
20:30
Speaker 2: a kiss, But it wasn't like set and stone of
20:32
Speaker 2: like I'm going to live here with you or we're
20:34
Speaker 2: going to get married or whatever. It was like, Okay,
20:37
Speaker 2: I'm I'm into you, You're into me. Let's figure this out,
20:41
Speaker 2: you know, right. And and on the flip side, it
20:44
Speaker 2: wasn't like he was this total jerk off at first
20:47
Speaker 2: and she hated him, you know. It was kind of like, oh,
20:51
Speaker 2: you know, we I don't know. There was there was
20:54
Speaker 2: enough like friendly tension between the two of them that
20:57
Speaker 2: didn't feel like typical Hallmark movie for me.
21:02
Speaker 1: Right, they were able to create conflict without one of
21:04
Speaker 1: them being mean or rude.
21:06
Speaker 2: To the other.
21:06
Speaker 1: They just kind of built their friendship over time exactly.
21:11
Speaker 2: Okay, So one last thing that I really liked about
21:14
Speaker 2: this movie, and this is what what stands out for me,
21:18
Speaker 2: is that this movie to me as a year was
21:21
Speaker 2: more than a like love story between these two, and
21:27
Speaker 2: it was more about she really cared for like the
21:31
Speaker 2: people and the and the town after being there and
21:37
Speaker 2: and you know, and thought about like the ramifications of
21:41
Speaker 2: like putting a resort in this kind of place and
21:43
Speaker 2: what it would do to the people, and and and
21:46
Speaker 2: then on the flip side of losing that resort because
21:48
Speaker 2: the town needed the money, like how how that was
21:51
Speaker 2: going to affect these people? And I just I really
21:53
Speaker 2: enjoyed it. I just enjoyed it so much.
21:56
Speaker 1: Yeah, they Brennan had growth in coming to you know,
22:00
Speaker 1: decide to grow his business, and she kind of discovered
22:03
Speaker 1: what she wanted in a job. She wanted the ability
22:06
Speaker 1: to build these relationships as opposed to like going in
22:08
Speaker 1: making the deal and moving on to the next thing.
22:10
Speaker 1: I feel like there was growth across the board for
22:13
Speaker 1: all of these people. Yeah, and the stories all made sense.
22:17
Speaker 2: I agree. I absolutely agree.
22:19
Speaker 1: So let's talk, oh roadblocks placed in the way of
22:22
Speaker 1: our movie couple.
22:24
Speaker 2: The first one I have is that Lindsay's boss suddenly
22:29
Speaker 2: starts looking at Dublin as a second option for this resort.
22:34
Speaker 2: I got so mad.
22:35
Speaker 1: I was like, no, you can't dude, that I was like,
22:38
Speaker 1: what are you doing, dude?
22:40
Speaker 2: Yeah, Like you wouldn't you know that before? Like, wouldn't
22:44
Speaker 2: you have vetted out all these other places before you
22:47
Speaker 2: try to acquire this property?
22:50
Speaker 1: Right, You've gone in and you've kind of made these
22:51
Speaker 1: promises and then you're going to back out. I just
22:54
Speaker 1: I could feel like the churning anxiety for her when
23:00
Speaker 1: that happened, because if I were in that position, I'd
23:02
Speaker 1: be like, I've made all of these promises to these people,
23:04
Speaker 1: and now he's going to come in and pull out
23:05
Speaker 1: of the deal. And even though it wasn't her choice personally,
23:10
Speaker 1: I could I was thinking how guilty I would feel.
23:13
Speaker 2: In Oh my gosh, yes, because she's like personally invested
23:16
Speaker 2: in these people's lives, right right, you know she cares
23:21
Speaker 2: about them or I don't. I don't know. I mean
23:23
Speaker 2: I guess as much as you can care about somebody.
23:26
Speaker 2: Was she there like a week or whatever? Right right?
23:29
Speaker 2: But still you know it's like maybe she like fell
23:32
Speaker 2: in love with the place and the people there, and
23:35
Speaker 2: now she was going to feel really guilty if like
23:37
Speaker 2: the deal fell apart.
23:38
Speaker 1: Yeah I have uh. Oh, Ellen doesn't trust Lindsay's intentions.
23:42
Speaker 1: She has to earn his trust that she's in it
23:46
Speaker 1: for the good of the town, and I'm not sure
23:48
Speaker 1: that when she arrives she necessarily is in it for
23:50
Speaker 1: the good of the town, right, right, She needed to
23:52
Speaker 1: make the deal, and then she kind of grows to
23:55
Speaker 1: love the people in the town and to want to
23:57
Speaker 1: make choices that are gonna be mutually beneficial exactly.
24:02
Speaker 2: I have Oh, Lindsay takes upon herself to do something
24:05
Speaker 2: about the distillery. But was that ever explained? I don't remember.
24:10
Speaker 1: Why he was so hesitant. Yeah, I never got maybe
24:14
Speaker 1: I missed it, but I didn't he just other than
24:16
Speaker 1: like he I don't know, maybe he didn't believe in
24:18
Speaker 1: it enough. I don't know what was holding him back.
24:21
Speaker 2: Yeah, because she was kind of like pushing him to
24:23
Speaker 2: do it. And then I just don't remember them having
24:26
Speaker 2: a talk about it. But it doesn't matter.
24:28
Speaker 1: But he was still like set with her when he
24:30
Speaker 1: found out when she was like, there's this space, and
24:32
Speaker 1: he was like, you need to stay out of it,
24:34
Speaker 1: And I was like, but why why?
24:37
Speaker 2: But why? She's a businesswoman and she sees the potential here, so.
24:40
Speaker 1: All right, but she kind of apologizes for it in
24:44
Speaker 1: the end, and I was like, well, maybe you don't
24:45
Speaker 1: apologize for that. I don't know.
24:47
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I hear, I hear.
24:49
Speaker 1: What did you wish for?
24:51
Speaker 2: One very small thing?
24:53
Speaker 1: Okay?
24:54
Speaker 2: At times I had a very hard time understanding what
24:56
Speaker 2: they were saying, so yes, yeah, yeah, I should have
25:01
Speaker 2: put on, you know, the close caption so I can read.
25:06
Speaker 2: But there was it was either like they spoke too
25:10
Speaker 2: fast and I couldn't understand, or the sound levels were
25:15
Speaker 2: a little bit weird but but not enough for me.
25:19
Speaker 1: As they do use Irish slang or Irish words.
25:23
Speaker 2: Right would you wish for? All?
25:26
Speaker 1: I wrote was more I watch a series starring these two.
25:32
Speaker 1: I think it could totally make a series and I
25:36
Speaker 1: would watch it, and they could build out the relationships
25:38
Speaker 1: in the town and those three women from Australia. I
25:42
Speaker 1: could have a recurring role, and I just think that
25:46
Speaker 1: this I would I would watch more of this.
25:48
Speaker 2: I mean, this could be the next Wind Calls the
25:51
Speaker 2: Heart right, right? Did you think it could be like
25:53
Speaker 2: a series? Each I love it, I love it.
25:59
Speaker 1: Just call it Klabby and then you're set there you go,
26:01
Speaker 1: that's right?
26:02
Speaker 2: Okay, So I want to talk about quickly the castle situation. Megan.
26:09
Speaker 2: You've been to Ireland several times and have you stayed
26:13
Speaker 2: in a castle resort type place before?
26:17
Speaker 1: So I've been there twice. The first time was on
26:20
Speaker 1: a cruise in my early twenties with my mother's we
26:22
Speaker 1: didn't stay anywhere, and then the second time was two
26:25
Speaker 1: years ago. We went with my family and my parents
26:28
Speaker 1: and we part of the time we stayed in a
26:32
Speaker 1: Dare manor, which is a manor house that looks like
26:35
Speaker 1: a castle. And I looked up the difference because I
26:39
Speaker 1: was like, what's the difference, And the only difference between
26:41
Speaker 1: a manor house and a castle is that a castle
26:43
Speaker 1: is built for defense, but an otherwise they're essentially the
26:48
Speaker 1: same concept. So a Dare manor, it's in County Limerick
26:53
Speaker 1: and it is was once the home of a former
26:57
Speaker 1: earl and is now a very nice hotel. And from
27:00
Speaker 1: the outside it looks like a beautiful castle, and on
27:03
Speaker 1: the inside it feels like a luxury hotel. So the rooms,
27:08
Speaker 1: you're not like, I'm in a tiny room with a
27:10
Speaker 1: little like tiny U shaped window, right like you're in
27:14
Speaker 1: a beautiful hotel room. But from the outside it looks
27:17
Speaker 1: like a castle, and there are parts of it you're
27:19
Speaker 1: walking through the outdoor spaces and you feel like you're
27:21
Speaker 1: in a castle. So I think she was on the
27:24
Speaker 1: right track here trying to create this combination castle hotel situation.
27:29
Speaker 2: Right. That's that's why I wanted to ask you about that,
27:32
Speaker 2: because I thought this is not a totally foreign concept,
27:35
Speaker 2: like that would totally draw tourism to stay in like
27:39
Speaker 2: what was once a castle, but now it has the
27:44
Speaker 2: luxuries of like great travel, you know, great hotel, great resort.
27:50
Speaker 2: I would go there. I would absolutely go there.
27:53
Speaker 1: One hundred percent. I mean a dear manner at one
27:55
Speaker 1: point was voted like the nicest hotel in the world.
28:00
Speaker 1: And look, four seasons is great, right, But if you're
28:04
Speaker 1: going to be in the middle of this huge, rolling
28:07
Speaker 1: green space, do you just want another attractive hotel building
28:12
Speaker 1: or do you want something that speaks to the history
28:14
Speaker 1: of the place that you're in. I feel like it's
28:16
Speaker 1: kind of an obvious cell. I do think his choice
28:21
Speaker 1: of Dublin for the kind of hotel that they wanted
28:23
Speaker 1: to build makes sense because Dublin's a city it has
28:26
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, it mixes kind of like
28:29
Speaker 1: the modern and a lot of the history. So you
28:32
Speaker 1: could build a brand new structure in Dublin and be successful.
28:36
Speaker 1: But in the fake town of Callabbe in County Limerick,
28:41
Speaker 1: we'll post pictures of a dare Manor. You kind of
28:43
Speaker 1: want to build on the history?
28:45
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree? So would you watching this movie? I'm
28:50
Speaker 2: going to go to IMDb real quick. One of the
28:52
Speaker 2: quotes said. One of the reviews said, this movie is
28:55
Speaker 2: not for an old building lover. So if you're like
29:01
Speaker 2: really into castles, are you going to be super devastated
29:04
Speaker 2: if like this hotel company knocked the castle down and
29:08
Speaker 2: built a resort there.
29:09
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I don't think it fits, like it doesn't
29:11
Speaker 1: fit the town like a brand modern building doesn't fit.
29:14
Speaker 1: And yeah I would, especially as you know someone who
29:17
Speaker 1: lives in the town doesn't want this. Do you want
29:20
Speaker 1: to go there? I can't get a Marriotte anywhere? Make
29:26
Speaker 1: it special?
29:27
Speaker 2: Did you guys tour any other castles while you were
29:30
Speaker 2: in Ireland?
29:31
Speaker 1: No? The only like old old castle I've been in
29:35
Speaker 1: is in other than a dear Manor is in Scotland,
29:39
Speaker 1: Castle care Nifon, which we will a link to. And
29:41
Speaker 1: that's like kind of like crumbling, looks like the kind
29:45
Speaker 1: of castle that was fortified against like defense, like you'd
29:50
Speaker 1: have cannons. They actually probably didn't have canon's like arrow
29:53
Speaker 1: spaces at the top. I don't think we went into
29:56
Speaker 1: other castles in Ireland.
30:00
Speaker 2: So it's funny because like that doesn't really like appeal
30:04
Speaker 2: to me much, Like maybe one castle would be fine
30:08
Speaker 2: and like great, but like I don't have any like
30:12
Speaker 2: desire to like go toar a bunch of castles, right,
30:16
Speaker 2: But I feel like that's like what you do when
30:19
Speaker 2: you go to Ireland or Scotland or wherever, like you
30:23
Speaker 2: have to go see that stuff.
30:25
Speaker 1: Well, I mean you should see one. Yeah, what's funny about,
30:28
Speaker 1: dear Manor is there are some like kind of old
30:31
Speaker 1: crumbly castle buildings scattered throughout?
30:34
Speaker 2: Oh?
30:35
Speaker 1: I know we have pictures somewhere. I find it interesting,
30:38
Speaker 1: But again I wouldn't necessarily want to spend a whole
30:41
Speaker 1: trip looking at castles.
30:43
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you've seen one. You see them all?
30:45
Speaker 2: Maybe I don't know, I'm a jerk. Sorry, All right,
30:49
Speaker 2: let's move on to to did just see that? Do
30:52
Speaker 2: you have any I have a couple.
30:53
Speaker 1: Okay, So this was the area in which my notes
30:57
Speaker 1: are a little bit different than typical movies, because here
31:00
Speaker 1: kind of where we get into the goofiness of Hallmark
31:02
Speaker 1: movies where we get into those like okay, that was
31:05
Speaker 1: a little silly, right. We didn't have those call outs
31:10
Speaker 1: that made it like, oh, this is kind of a
31:12
Speaker 1: silly movie. Moments, so my did you see that's are
31:17
Speaker 1: a little bit different. One is the moment when Lindsay
31:21
Speaker 1: is on the steps of the castle where she's just
31:23
Speaker 1: gotten the bad news from her boss and Brendan kind
31:25
Speaker 1: of walks away and leaves her alone, and the camera
31:27
Speaker 1: pulls back and the fireworks are behind her, and I
31:29
Speaker 1: was like, this is a whole moment I loved, Like
31:33
Speaker 1: I got emotional in.
31:35
Speaker 2: Oh God, really do you did?
31:38
Speaker 1: I didn't cry, but I was like, I I like
31:41
Speaker 1: this big moment where, of course I know the fireworks
31:44
Speaker 1: are you know, sake, but I enployed that moment for her.
31:47
Speaker 2: That's my note. I was like, what's with the digital fireworks?
31:51
Speaker 2: It was totally unnecessary to the story.
31:54
Speaker 1: I think it, yeah, the other than they had talked
31:56
Speaker 1: about that they were going to have them, and I
31:58
Speaker 1: think it was kind of like it was supposed to
32:00
Speaker 1: be a big celebration and the fireworks are happening and
32:04
Speaker 1: she is not celebrating, So I think it's kind of
32:06
Speaker 1: the counterpoint to her mood.
32:09
Speaker 2: Okay, there, but I think that they were not necessary,
32:13
Speaker 2: but go ahead.
32:14
Speaker 1: I only had one more, and that is there's a
32:16
Speaker 1: moment when Brennan comes to Lindsay's room and she's not
32:19
Speaker 1: expecting it to be him. She's like, I don't need
32:21
Speaker 1: another cookie. I don't remember what she says, and she
32:23
Speaker 1: opens it and he's there and he looks at her,
32:25
Speaker 1: and I was like, he loves her. Like in that moment,
32:29
Speaker 1: it was a total swoonworthy moment. I was like, they're
32:32
Speaker 1: gonna kiss right now.
32:34
Speaker 2: So that's funny that you mentioned this, because you know me,
32:37
Speaker 2: I always want like hot chemistry between the two, and
32:40
Speaker 2: I thought there was a lot of chemistry between these two,
32:45
Speaker 2: Like it just felt natural though it wasn't like a
32:48
Speaker 2: forced I don't know if it was just because they
32:51
Speaker 2: have a personal friendship outside of movie making, or they
32:56
Speaker 2: are great actors or what, but I've very much spot
33:00
Speaker 2: into their their like feelings for each other. I agree,
33:05
Speaker 2: you never saw the O'Brien sign on the Oh my gosh.
33:10
Speaker 1: Yes, how it looked a brand freaking new.
33:12
Speaker 2: It looked digital digital.
33:16
Speaker 1: I agree.
33:16
Speaker 2: I thought it looked like somebody made that photoshop or so.
33:20
Speaker 2: I don't what was going on with that. Why couldn't
33:23
Speaker 2: they just use whatever sign was there unless it said, like,
33:27
Speaker 2: you know, I don't cleaning. Yeah, exactly exactly.
33:33
Speaker 1: You did notice it? It stood out, yes, yeah, we
33:36
Speaker 1: have anything else from this?
33:38
Speaker 2: I do the scene when they're about to kiss kind
33:43
Speaker 2: of mid movie. Uh, I thought it was different. It
33:49
Speaker 2: just looked different than like other Hallmark movies. I don't
33:52
Speaker 2: know what it was. Did you see this? Do you
33:56
Speaker 2: remember it?
33:57
Speaker 1: I remember the scene and then they're interrupted?
34:00
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. It was just like the way
34:01
Speaker 2: that it was shot or something. It was just kind
34:04
Speaker 2: of weird. I don't know. It was weird, but that
34:07
Speaker 2: was maybe just me. One last thing. I don't know
34:10
Speaker 2: if you noticed it. The last couple of Spring Playing movies,
34:13
Speaker 2: I've been real hyped because they have a popular song included.
34:18
Speaker 2: Did not notice at the very top of this movie
34:21
Speaker 2: featured Gwen Stefani's new song slow Clap, Slow Clap.
34:26
Speaker 1: Didn't notice that?
34:27
Speaker 2: That's yeah, I knew it was a Gwen Stefani song.
34:30
Speaker 2: I had to a shazama this morning because like, you
34:33
Speaker 2: can't put the name of it, but I was like, uh, hey,
34:37
Speaker 2: look at that budget. I don't know, they've been stepping
34:40
Speaker 2: up the music budget lately.
34:42
Speaker 1: I agree, Yeah, it's not just like stock music. Yeah yeah, okay, friend,
34:49
Speaker 1: what did you rate this movie?
34:53
Speaker 2: Four stars?
34:54
Speaker 1: Yes? Me too.
34:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is one that I would absolutely watch again
35:00
Speaker 2: with throw it on. It was just I loved it,
35:02
Speaker 2: loved it, loved it, and I like that it doesn't
35:05
Speaker 2: fit in a specific box of like, uh, holiday or
35:10
Speaker 2: a certain time of year, because I feel like this
35:12
Speaker 2: is one that they could show over and over and over.
35:14
Speaker 1: Yes, I agree, it could be replayed anytime, which I
35:17
Speaker 1: think will be to its advantage. Also, it's great, so
35:21
Speaker 1: that's also to its advantage. Okay, yes. Next week is
35:24
Speaker 1: the final Sprinkling movie, Right in front of Me, which
35:27
Speaker 1: was written by Julie Sherman Wolf, who is an absolute
35:29
Speaker 1: delight and if you haven't heard our interview with her,
35:32
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35:34
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35:38
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