Folks I had an idea about hallmark movies that I wanted to explore. I started writing up a short essay.

But everytime I thought I was coming to a close I’d get more and more ideas. I now have an 8k word essay about goddamn hallmark movies. Once I complete it I’m gonna post it here. But until then, I wanna hear everyone’s opinions of the ‘genre’.

  • What are your favourite hallmark films?
  • Do you like the genre?
  • What tropes do you enjoy?
  • Anything you find problematic?
  • Do you think they are feminist movies?
  • What are the most important features of a hallmark movie.
  • What to you is the core concept of the genre?
  • What are its defining philosophies?
  • Any plot points you like or dislike?
  • Any story beats you like or dislike?

Or any other addition you’d like to make here, I’d love to hear.

I’m genuinely excited to finish and share this. For the first time in my life am I excited to share smth I wrote.

Edit. I am at 30000 words and trying to cut as much as I can. Luckily I know I’ve been repetitive as I blabber and can cut down around 5k I think.

Can’t believe I’m writing 25k fucking words on hallmark movies. And this is me being concise.

  • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    10 days ago

    Because Hallmark came up this morning on my ride to work, I couldn’t stop thinking about this post I saw. I wanted to answer the questions honestly, but it seems like you might have a positive view of these films and I didn’t want to be the person to tear that down. Haha.

    TBH, I have a highly critical view of the films and genre. I know people that adore these films and I know why they love them. I’ve been subjected to numerous. 😵‍💫 And the demographic seems to be pretty consistent in my experience, although I would love to see actual data on that.

    And so… I don’t want to rain on your parade if you see value in them not do I want to minimize the time you’ve taken. Best of luck.

    This is honestly one of the most surprising posts I ever thought I would see in the Lemmyverse. Haha. 😅

    • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      3·
      10 days ago

      Oh I actually don’t like them either. But I found their cultural penetration interesting and had a theory about the genre and why it resonates with people.

      I can’t watch them unless its in passing when someone else is

      I just think everything is worthy of thought and analysis

      • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        10 days ago

        I get it. I’d honestly be interested in a psychological analysis of the target audience. I would also like to disprove some of my biases with a much larger sample set of people, if possible. I know that I have some presumptions that have to be, or at least I hope to be, wrong. 😅

        Anyway, there are genuinely some desirable ideals presented in these movies, so the attraction by the target audiences makes sense.