I really like the Hallmark Movies, the sappier the better.

[mysteryowl]

NOT!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They're awful. Watched a few some years ago, couldn't believe how dumb they were

and still can't figure out why they have an audience at all. Formulaic, predictable, unimaginative and sentimental. Yuk.

[Laffy Kat]

2. We are all entitled to our guilty pleasures!

For me, it's "murder shows" i.e. "Forensic Files", etc. Your shows are a lot healthier than mine, LOL.

[Dream Girl]

13. I do enjoy those murder shows. Sometimes I wonder about me...

Can’t be healthy, right?

[Midnight Writer]

18. Yep, I love cheesy horror movies and over the top martial arts films.

It's all good, even when it's bad.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Some day, I will compile a list

of all the ways I loathe the Hallmark movie formula.

[jimfields33]

4. They are positive movies.

I know many in the United States like the shoot em up, violent movies. But hallmark allows a break from reality. There awesome and even brought a lot of diversity into them.

[mysteryowl]

5. I bought a 10-movie DVD for my mom and I ended up

watching some of them when I was sick and couldn't handle anything jarring.
They are good for that.

[jimfields33]

6. Awesome and a nice gift for mom.

[Rorey]

10. I was banned from watching the Hallmark channel when I was married

Well, only when my husband was home. He didn't actually ban them, but he sucked all of the joy out of watching a lot of programs that I wanted to watch, so I was basically only allowed to watch something he didn't like when he was gone.

So now I can watch whatever I want. I prefer action and suspense, but sometimes I enjoy the ones that some here are ridiculing. I'm not going to allow anyone to make me feel "less than" for watching something I feel like watching.

[jimfields33]

17. Yep! No need for negativity from anybody. I like that

and you are right.

[Rorey]

19. Thank you!

I just finished watching one of those "sappy" shows.

[Skittles]

22. ain't it grand?

not having to consider the opinion of anyone else when choosing what to watch or binge on?

[Rorey]

23. It is!

When the last season of Ozark came out, I watched it in two days.

I couldn't watch a lot of the sitcoms I liked whenever he was around. The only thing I complained about him watching was FauxNews. I finally decided one day that I had enough, and considering that I was the one who was paying the cable bill, and I couldn't watch what I wanted, I cut it all off except for the basic package. He was LIVID when his precious FauxNews was gone. I could hardly keep from laughing at the way he was acting.

We should never have been married to each other. I LOVE living alone.

[Skittles]

25. yup

I was in a clothing store when I saw a teenage girl excitedly asking her boyfriend what he thought of a blouse - he glanced at it and said I HATE IT.....she looked crushed and put it back.....i went to her and said YOU WOULD LOOK GREAT IN THAT....she said she really liked it...I said girl, you can ask a guy his opinion but DON'T LET HIM MAKE YOUR DECISIONS FOR YOU. BUY IT! And she did.

oh and by the way, him watching Fox News would have been enough for me to kick his ass to the curb, yes INDEED

[Rorey]

26. He turned full-on repuke

He didn't change his voter registration, but he bought everything he heard on Fox. Hook, line and sinker.

He called me out of the blue last weekend, and I stupidly answered. First he asked me a question about a legal matter, and then, about the third thing he said was, "What do you think about our country going to socialism?" I told him I don't watch right-wing propaganda.

Then he started in on wanting the family back. It was hilarious.

[Skittles]

28. if there is a next time tell him BETTER A BLEEDING HEART THAN NO HEART AT ALL

then hang up!!!

[Rorey]

29. That's funny. He did once accuse me of being a bleeding heart liberal.

I don't consider it to be an insult, so I just laughed.

[Rorey]

27. Oh, and good for you for talking to the teenager

I hope she learns early that the guy is a jerk.

[targetpractice]

7. Like these?

[mysteryowl]

8. SNL gets it!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Nailed it!

But the actual Hallmark movies are just that schlocky and trite, so they are almost as difficult to satirize as Trump's insanity.

[Skittles]

21. LOL

that pretty much nails it

[Polly Hennessey]

9. I am amazed at all the baking.

Perfect trees, perfect cookies, perfectly wrapped presents, perfectly falling snow, perfect ice skating, perfect caroling, what’s not to like. So much perfection. Like being in a Stepford Wives holiday world.

[Warpy]

11. Hallmark are amateurs. To OD on glurge, try Catherine Cookson

Some of her stuff is over on You Tube and ye gods, it's appalling. I have never made it through a whole one, no matter how bored I've been. I lack an insulin pump.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Want some Christmas charm without Hallmark's cliches and sentimental goo?

Check out Netflix' "Home for Christmas" (watch the first series before watching Part 2 so you get the back-story). It's a romantic-ish comedy with unexpected and often very bawdy twists and some really goofy characters.

[NNadir]

15. You made me miss my mother-in-law.

Whenever we went to see her in her assisted living apartment, she had one of them on.

She passed away last year, and in spite of our contentious relationship (at times) I miss her. I'd put up with one of them to spend an afternoon with her.

It's funny. I didn't think I'd miss her, but I do.

[mysteryowl]

16. Sweet

[frogmarch]

20. I've tried to watch them sometimes

but I just can't.

This is good though.

[Rorey]

24. Hilarious!

I almost want to buy some, but I've already wasted enough money on natural deodorants that don't work all that well.