May 14, 2025 • 35 mins
In this sky-high episode of Pour the Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time, Garry & Amy float above the breathtaking New Mexico desert to review Love in the Clouds! Set against the colorful backdrop of the world’s largest hot air balloon festival, this film follows Brooklyn, a driven Seattle media producer, as she touches down in Albuquerque for a career-making assignment. When she crosses paths with Jared, a third-generation balloon pilot with sky-deep passion, things start to drift off course. Will this rom-com soar—or is it just full of hot air? Tune in to find out!
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Amy (00:08):
Welcome to Pour the Wine.
It's rom-com time where we'llsip some wine and review all
things rom-com on the Hallmarkchannel.
I'm Amy.
Garry (00:14):
And I'm Gary.
Amy (00:15):
And it's time to pour the wine.
Garry (00:19):
All right, you're going to pour it.
I'm on it.
Amy (00:21):
Yes, You're on it.
What are you pouring tonight?
Garry (00:23):
We are pouring a Orson.
Amy (00:26):
Like Orson Welles.
Garry (00:27):
Ooh, I don't know, maybe it's a Cab Sav 2023 from
California.
Amy (00:33):
There you go.
It's our first time trying thisone.
Garry (00:35):
Yes, it is.
Amy (00:36):
It's a new one.
Today we're going to bereviewing Love in the Clouds
that aired on Saturday, may 10th2025.
If you missed it, you can catchit now on Hallmark Plus.
Yes, you can, and I'm surethey'll have some encore airings
of it.
Garry (00:50):
Well, let me hand you your glass of wine.
Thank you, my glass.
Amy (00:53):
I think I'm going to need it for this one.
Garry (00:55):
Well, let's have a little cheer before we get started on
this one Cheers.
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Garry (01:25):
Name them, name them Right.
And now on with the show.
On with the show.
Amy (01:29):
time to drop that synopsis no, first aren't we going to
talk about who's oh yes, theactors and actresses who's it do
we want to talk about who's init first?
Garry (01:38):
yes, drop the synopsis.
Okay, we'll talk about who's init.
Who's in this one.
I'm's in this one.
I'm waiting.
Amy (01:42):
Love in the Clouds stars Paul Green.
He plays Jared, the hot airballoon pilot.
Garry (01:50):
Yes, are they called pilots?
Yes, I guess I don't know hewas wearing a pilot jacket.
Amy (01:54):
Oh, true, true.
He's been in a lot of Hallmarkproductions.
He was in 2021's Christmas CEO.
He also played Dr CarsonShepard for 49 episodes on when
Calls the Heart between 2017 and2021.
He was in Christmas inEvergreen Tidings of Joy in 2019
.
He was in three Hallmark moviesin 2017, and his first Hallmark
(02:16):
movie was in 2015 calledPerfect Match.
Okay.
He's been in several TV series,including Girlfriend's Guide to
Divorce Ooh that's a good one.
Garry (02:25):
He was in two episodes in 2014.
Amy (02:28):
A show called Bitten he was in 13 episodes in 2014 and an
episode of CSI in 2014.
Garry (02:35):
CSI.
Amy (02:37):
Mackenzie Westmore plays Brooklyn.
This is her first Hallmarkproduction.
Okay, prior to this film, shewas last in the movie Ice Storm
in 2023.
She was actually the hostessfor the TV show Face Off.
Garry (02:51):
Oh really.
Amy (02:52):
Yeah, I think you watched a few of those, didn't you?
Garry (02:55):
I might have.
Amy (02:56):
It ran from 2011 to 2018, and that's the special effects
makeup artist.
Garry (03:01):
Oh yes, yeah, I knew it didn't ring a bell.
Amy (03:03):
Yes, when they compete in challenges and things.
So she was the hostess for thatshow during its run.
Garry (03:09):
Go back and take a look at that.
Amy (03:11):
She played Sheridan crane for nine years.
That would be 1,111 episodes onthe soap opera passions.
And then and then she hadmultiple last names due to
getting married a lot.
Garry (03:25):
You know how.
So I getting married a lot.
You know how soaps are?
Yeah, you get married a lot.
You get divorced.
Amy (03:28):
Just like Erica Cain.
Wow wow, do you know who EricaCain is?
Garry (03:32):
No, tell me.
Amy (03:32):
She was played by the fabulous Susan Lucci on my
favorite soap opera, All myChildren.
Garry (03:38):
Oh, okay.
Amy (03:39):
So Passions aired from 1999 to 2008.
So Passions aired from 1999 to2008.
And, speaking of All myChildren, mackenzie was also on
All my Children for 25 episodesbetween 2008 and 2009.
And her first acting gig was inRaging Bull.
Garry (03:54):
Oh, wow.
Amy (03:55):
With Robert De Niro Raging.
Garry (03:56):
Bull, that's not too shabby of a first acting gig
that was a while ago.
Amy (04:01):
Lorenzo Lamas plays Brad, which is.
Jared's dad, Brad Brad, Jared'sdad.
This is his Hallmark debut, Ibelieve.
Now he has a ton of actingcredits.
They go back to 1969.
So he's done a lot, a lot ofwork.
His recent work includes themovies Team of Two in 2024 and
(04:21):
Bleach in 2022.
Garry (04:23):
Okay.
Amy (04:23):
He was Hector Ramirez and 191 episodes of the bold and
beautiful another soap operafrom 2004 to 2006.
And he's largely known, though,for his roles as Reno rains and
renegade.
He was in 110 episodes of thatfrom 1992 to 1997.
And, of course, as Lance comesin, in two in 228 episodes of
(04:45):
Falconcon crest falcon, falconcrest, yes and I don't have the
years, but I believe that was80s, wasn't it?
Garry (04:52):
I believe, so yes, so yeah, there you go, all right
gail o'grady plays jane, jared'smom.
Amy (04:59):
Okay, so she's married to brad um.
Her hallmark credits includeheart of the Matter in 2022,
love on Ice in 2017, the MysteryCruise in 2013.
She has a ton of work datingback to 1987.
She was in the movie Boneyardin 2024.
(05:20):
She was in seven episodes ofCriminal Minds from 2018 to 2023
.
She was in revenge we love thatshow from 2014 to 2015.
She was 11 episodes and she wasin american dreams 61 episodes.
Did you ever watch that?
Garry (05:36):
no, that was from 2002 to 2005.
Amy (05:38):
It took place in the 60s.
There it was like a um tookplace in the 60s and they played
the 60s music and there was ashow like American Bandstand or
maybe it was.
American Bandstand and, likeher daughter, gets on the show.
You know kind of reminded me ofHairspray a little bit.
In the 90s she was in anepisode of in like one episode
of shows like Designing Women.
(05:59):
Let me try that again.
Garry (06:01):
That's a super line.
Amy (06:04):
She was in an episode of shows like Designing Women
Murder.
She Wrote Cheers Silk Stockings, but she's probably best known
for her role as Donna in NYPDBlue.
Garry (06:15):
Oh, okay, where she was in 58 episodes from 1993 to 1999
.
Amy (06:19):
And boy did I love that show All right.
Alexis Zollicoffer plays Elise,brooklyn's camera woman.
This is her Hallmark debut andshe has nine acting credits,
including the movie Winter,spring, summer or Fall in 2024.
And one episode of Quantum Leapin 2023.
Ooh, quantum.
Garry (06:38):
Leap.
Amy (06:39):
Kopany, Pistazi or Pistay.
Sorry, I pronounced his lastname.
I'm so sorry.
He plays Carlos Jared's cousin.
This is his Hallmark debut aswell.
He has eight acting credits,including one episode of the
series Obliterated in 2023, andone episode of Roswell, New
Mexico, in 2021.
Garry (07:00):
What a coincidence.
Yeah, because this was filmedin New Mexico, I know.
Amy (07:03):
Catherine Copplestone plays Mary Brooklyn's boss.
This is her homework debut.
She has 13 acting credits,including, funny enough, one
episode of Obliterated in 2023.
I wonder if it was the sameepisode and one episode of
Sleepy Hollow in 2015.
Wow, and that wraps up theleads.
Garry (07:23):
Oh, my goodness.
And now it's time to drop thesynopsis.
Amy (07:28):
All right, here we go.
Romantic comedy between aballoon pilot and a media
personnel in Seattle during thehot air balloon fiesta.
Very brief, that was thesynopsis on IMDb.
Garry (07:40):
On IMDb.
That was it, huh.
Amy (07:41):
I think one of the working titles was Love in the Air.
Garry (07:44):
I know they kept saying that throughout the whole movie.
Well, his company, wasn't thatthe name of the hot?
Amy (07:49):
air balloon company.
Yeah, it was filmed inAlbuquerque, new Mexico, but not
during the Balloon Festival.
It was actually filmed inDecember of 2024, but they did
get shots of the BalloonFestival that they used.
Garry (08:03):
Wow.
Amy (08:05):
During the filming.
I believe it was of that filmor balloon festival.
Garry (08:08):
Okay.
Amy (08:08):
The writer, lisa Hepner, is from New Mexico and this is her
first Hallmark movie.
Oh, well, congratulations there, you go and the Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta isa real event.
Yeah, and it is going to.
It's nine days, and this yearit is October 4th through
October 12th of 2025.
Garry (08:27):
Yeah, want to go.
They have over like 500ballooners or whatever you call
them, isn't?
Amy (08:32):
that crazy.
Yeah, it's pretty cool.
I wonder if they have a name.
I didn't look up that.
Do they have a name?
We'll call them ballooners,ballooners, I don't know, maybe
that's it, I that's it, I don'tknow.
Garry (08:42):
Well, I do have a couple trivia questions Trivia
questions.
Amy (08:45):
See, you're doing the same thing.
I know we haven't even had that.
Garry (08:47):
We've had a couple sips, but Okay, go the first flight of
a balloon with animals was backin September 19, 1783.
Amy (08:59):
You're not going to give me a chance to guess.
Garry (09:01):
You're not going to guess this one, oh, 17.
Amy (09:02):
It You're not going to give me a chance to guess.
Garry (09:03):
You're not going to guess this one.
I would have known it was 1783.
By the Montgolfa brothers theylaunched a sheep duck and a
rooster A sheep, a duck and arooster.
Amy (09:15):
Did they come home or did they?
Garry (09:17):
They didn't say Okay.
But, however, that was inSeptember of 1783.
But in November of 1783, a mannamed.
Jean François, pilote de Rosier.
Amy (09:38):
Look at you Okay.
Garry (09:39):
French, françois Léon de Arlens, were the first people to
fly in the balloon that theMontgolf brothers created.
Amy (09:50):
Created.
Oh, so they were the firsthumans.
Garry (09:53):
First humans.
Amy (09:54):
On there, so they sent the pets up first, or the animals up
first.
They're like bye.
Garry (10:00):
And I think Jared mentioned this in the movie that
hot air balloon crashes arerare.
Amy (10:07):
Oh, he did.
Maybe he did.
Garry (10:08):
Yeah, he said ballooning is statistically one of the
safest forms of aviation, due inpart to low speeds and very
strict rules.
Amy (10:19):
Oh well, that's kind of cool.
Well, I was wondering, becauseI do remember Jared during the
movie says you can only go up ordown, right, and I'm like how
does that work?
And then the wind takes you.
Garry (10:31):
That's scarce, scarce, and you just fill the balloon up
with propane air and then youpull the strings to let it out
and that goes up and down.
Amy (10:40):
Well, I think there's more a little more probably than that
, but you know, that was just abrief.
Garry (10:45):
Yeah, yeah yeah, okay.
So what did you think?
Amy (10:49):
All right, I'll give you the positives first.
Garry (10:51):
Okay, give me the positives.
Amy (10:53):
These location shoots rock they really do.
Garry (10:56):
I'm loving location shoots.
Amy (10:59):
They're just great.
There were gorgeous shots atthe beginning and then
throughout the movie, of course,of the hot air balloons in new
mexico.
I don't I don't think I've everactually seen a hot air balloon
in person me either a few nopeyeah, so it was really cool to
see just how massive they are,like when they were on the
ground yeah the, the area thatthey take up.
(11:21):
I mean, that was.
That was a little crazy to meand it reminded me of elementary
school.
Did you ever do the parachutething?
Garry (11:27):
Yes.
Amy (11:27):
So when we were in elementary school they would do
this big circular, hugeparachute thing that would take
up practically the whole gym andthe kids would circle around it
and you would shake it.
They'd put like tennis balls onit and it was just so fun, and
then you got to run underneathof it.
Run underneath of it, it wasreally, really fun.
Garry (11:44):
Yes, I remember that.
Amy (11:47):
So that just kind of reminded me of that and I
thought that was kind of coolOutside of that and a few other
scenes.
This movie just really feltsort of it fell flat for me.
Garry (11:59):
Yeah, I think I'm with you on that one, especially the
first half.
Amy (12:03):
Yes, the second half was better.
Garry (12:05):
Yeah, much better.
Amy (12:05):
I just I didn't think the chemistry really hit the mark
between anyone, except maybeElise and Carlos.
Garry (12:12):
Yes.
Amy (12:12):
And they really did.
I think they kind of theirchemistry worked and I really
liked Jane actually, because Ilove Gallo grading and I was
more invested in the balloonsthan the characters I know,
isn't that?
Did I mention how much I lovethe location shoot yes, the
(12:33):
location so that you know and Ihate to say it, um, but there
you go what about you?
Garry (12:38):
what were?
Amy (12:39):
your.
What were your thoughts?
Garry (12:40):
I don't even know what to say.
I don't even know what to say.
I don't even know where tobegin.
Like you, your overall, Ithought the opening scene of all
the balloons going up and downthe various colors, shapes and
sizes.
Amy (12:53):
it was beautiful, Whoever took those shots kudos to you
because that was a really goodjob.
Yes, like you, I didn't feellike the characters.
It wasn't natural.
Yes, it wasn't natural.
Garry (13:10):
Yes, especially, I had unnatural in some of my notes
yes, unnatural, and I felt likein some scenes brooklyn I don't
know if she jumped the linebefore the other character
finished it felt like in some ofthe scenes maybe yeah, I don't
know it just they just felt thesame.
Amy (13:25):
And this is one movie I'll say and you know we've mentioned
this before we watch them andwe might laugh and kind of you
know if there's a funny part orbe like oh or something, but we
don't talk about it, we try notto.
And this is one where we werejust dying to be like.
Garry (13:38):
I know you kept telling me to save it for the podcast.
Save it for the podcast, Saveit save it.
Amy (13:42):
Save it because I don't want to, I didn't want to ruin
our genuine reaction to oneanother's reactions, but this
was one where we were just dyingto, I think, say, oh, I know, I
know so.
And the green screens sceneswe're going to get to that.
We'll get to that.
We're going to get to that.
Garry (14:01):
My first take on that was yeah.
Amy (14:04):
We're going to get to that.
That is definitely yeah.
Oof man.
What were some of your favoritescenes?
Do you have any written down?
Garry (14:13):
Yes.
Amy (14:14):
No.
Garry (14:15):
I did say, like we said, the opening scene.
Amy (14:18):
I have that also.
Garry (14:19):
That was probably my favorite scene, with the
balloons going up and down andlanding.
I mean to not run into eachother, or bounce around off of
each other was crazy.
Amy (14:30):
Would you ever go up in one ?
Garry (14:34):
If it was tethered, maybe I'm a pass, but it can't go
more than 20 feet.
It looks cool, but I am notinterested in doing that at all.
Yes, I just have nightmares ofthat basket just.
Amy (14:44):
Yeah, no In the landing where sometimes you just tip
over.
Garry (14:48):
I don't know if I could handle that either I'm too old
for that but that was one of myfavorite scenes.
And another one Do you rememberwhen Jarrett took Brooklyn to
the Bloom Museum?
Yes, and there were some vendorbooths.
Amy (15:08):
Yes, yes, yes.
Garry (15:11):
One of them was called Viva Vino Wine Glasses.
Amy (15:14):
Yep, you noticed that.
Yeah, yeah, one of them was thewine glasses.
Garry (15:18):
Yeah, cheers to that.
Amy (15:19):
Cheers to that For sure.
Garry (15:22):
What about you?
Did you have?
Amy (15:24):
I mean I did, like you said , the opening aerial shot.
I was saying, I thought thenight scenes were cool too, and
they lit up the balloons.
I thought those shots weresuper cool.
I really enjoyed the sceneswith Elise.
I liked her character, I likedthe actress who played her.
Yes, and I just I thought hercharacter was light and bubbly
and it it really worked and Ihope that she gets a chance to
(15:47):
be in a you know anotherhomework movie I think
production, because I reallyliked her yeah, I liked it and I
think she you know haspotential there that she could
explore outside of this.
You know this movie so I likedher.
There were a few scenes with um, with jane, and, like I said
(16:08):
earlier, I love gail o'grady andshe really did everything she
could to bring it in this film.
I just really she had asoftness to her that I really
liked.
You know in her character, likewhen she says you have to be
happy and fulfilled in yourselfbefore you can be happy in a
relationship right and that'svery, very true.
what do I always say?
You have to be happy andfulfilled in yourself before you
can be happy in a relationship.
Right, and that's very, verytrue.
What do?
Garry (16:28):
I always say you have to feed your own soul before you
can feed someone else's.
You won't be able to feedanybody else.
Amy (16:31):
I appreciated that.
I also like the scene whereBrad is teaching everybody
taekwondo in the family and he'sbeen depressed the whole movie
right.
I know Moping around but thereDepressed the whole movie, right
, I know, but she there's thepart where you see her and she's
just genuinely happy, right,because he's finally happy, he's
back out, and it just was a.
It was a cool.
I just I just thought thatscene was cool Because he had
retired For her Right.
Garry (16:53):
From ballooning and he just did not like that.
He didn't know what to do withhimself Right which A lot of
people that retire.
You know, when you worksomewhere for 20, 30, 40 years
and you retire from that placeand you no longer have that
routine, people go into adepression.
Amy (17:09):
You lose your purpose and you feel like you don't Although
I don't know, I have somethingto say about that.
In a little bit, too A littlebit later.
Did you have any other scenesthat you?
Garry (17:21):
Yeah, I liked the drone scene.
Amy (17:23):
Yes, that was very cool, that was so cool when it made
the shape of the balloon.
Garry (17:26):
It was very cool, yes, and then they had the fire
propane drones going on and off.
Amy (17:32):
Yeah, I thought that was so cool.
I meant to look that up.
I wonder if that is part of thefiesta, the balloon fiesta.
Garry (17:37):
It probably is.
Now it probably is.
I thought that was cool.
The drone thing is like reallybig now.
No, I know, I know, I justwondered if they.
Amy (17:45):
Yeah, I thought that was really cool the fire pit scene,
when they talk about theirbiggest fears.
I thought that scene actuallyone of very few between them
really worked.
Garry (17:56):
Yes.
Amy (17:57):
Because the chemistry really don't work.
But you know, but I thoughtthat that you know, he says he's
afraid of dying with regretsand I just I thought that that
you know, he says he's afraid ofdying with regrets and I just I
thought that scene reallyworked.
Garry (18:07):
So that was.
Yeah, you know that was.
Amy (18:08):
that was it for me for favorite scenes Did you have any
others?
Garry (18:11):
No, that was it.
Yeah.
Amy (18:14):
Well now, what about your biggest cheer?
Garry (18:16):
My biggest cheer.
I have to say that balloon glow.
I think that's what they calledit when it's.
Amy (18:24):
They say that balloon glow.
I think that's what they calledit.
Yeah, I think so.
Where the sun is getting ready.
Garry (18:25):
Yes, the balloon glow, the sun is setting, and they all
fire up the propanes and theyjust blast the fire up into the
balloon.
Amy (18:32):
Yes, I thought that was pretty cool.
Yeah, that was really cool.
Yeah, that was one of my, Iagree.
Garry (18:36):
Very neat concept.
I thought what about you?
Amy (18:40):
Shouldn't be surprised the location shoot.
Garry (18:42):
I know We've mentioned that and the balloons themselves
.
Amy (18:44):
Yeah, thought that was cool .
Yeah, it was.
I did learn a lot more aboutballoons than I ever thought I
would know, or hot airballooning anyway, like the mass
ascension.
Garry (18:52):
Yes, when they all go up.
Amy (18:53):
I thought it was cool, you just talked about it.
The balloon glow.
Garry (18:56):
Yep.
Amy (18:56):
I didn't know.
They had yellow and green flags, which makes total sense to fly
or not.
You know when the conditionsyou shouldn't be flying.
Garry (19:04):
Right.
Amy (19:04):
And when you get the green flag, you get all excited, so I
thought that really worked.
Did you have any?
Garry (19:09):
other cheers.
I also liked when Brooklyn andElise put together Brooklyn's
little audition reel where shetalked about Jared and the
actual made it about herself butI thought that was probably one
of the better scenes in thewhole.
Amy (19:27):
One of the more genuine, where it felt like it flowed.
Yes, right, yes, I forgot aboutthat.
Garry (19:33):
Is that when?
She's standing in front of theballoons and she does like the
interview.
Yes, I thought that was anotherone of my cheers.
Your cheers, your cheers.
Amy (19:42):
Elise.
I mentioned her earlier.
I thought she was kind of abright spot in the movie.
Garry (19:47):
She was.
Amy (19:48):
And Jared's sunglasses Remind you of anything?
Garry (19:52):
Yeah, Mission Impossible, oh not.
Amy (19:54):
Mission Impossible.
Well, Top Gun Top.
Garry (19:56):
Gun Tom Cruise.
Amy (19:57):
Oh, you know, Top Gun Sorry not Mission Impossible, I know
Well, we got Mission Impossibleon our brain because we bought
tickets recently to the latestand greatest, because we love
the Mission Impossible movies.
We sure do, but it reminded meso much of.
Garry (20:12):
Tom Cruise's sunglasses and Top Gun.
I was waiting for the song tostart playing.
Yeah, it was so funny.
The opening scene that we love,I know.
Amy (20:19):
And like you said, he wore the pilot's jacket on, so that
was pretty cool.
Garry (20:23):
And kudos to him, man, because he wore it.
I'm telling you.
Amy (20:26):
Oh yeah, he did a good job.
Yeah, he did a good job.
Garry (20:30):
So did you have any other shirts?
Amy (20:31):
No, that was it for me.
Garry (20:33):
Now I will say this the cinematography in this.
Yeah, Like you know, when theywent up in that tram, Mm-hmm.
Like, and she was scared todeath.
Amy (20:41):
Mm-hmm.
Garry (20:42):
Those shots from that man .
Amy (20:44):
They were gorgeous Were really gorgeous.
Garry (20:46):
Really gorgeous, that's what I mean, like the landscape
in New Mexico, and then she'slike do we have to take this
thing back down?
Amy (20:53):
And it's like, and that's really a tram, yeah, what's it
called?
Garry (20:57):
A tram, I don't know.
Amy (21:05):
I'm not sure what else you would call it.
Garry (21:06):
No, I mean, it's got an official, the CN.
Oh, you're talking about thewhole, the name of the place.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I don'tremember what it was.
Amy (21:11):
It's called the Sandia Peak Tramway.
Garry (21:15):
Yeah.
Amy (21:15):
And that's a real tramway which is pretty cool.
Garry (21:19):
They look pretty high up.
Amy (21:21):
It's one of the longest passenger aerial tramways in the
world.
Garry (21:23):
I was going to say I wonder how long it takes them to
get up there.
Amy (21:26):
It's one of the longest.
Yeah, I'd be scared I might dothat instead of high air balloon
, but I'd still be a little bitscared.
Garry (21:32):
When they came back down, she ran out, ran out and kissed
the ground, kissed the ground.
Amy (21:36):
That was kind of a funny scene.
Garry (21:38):
Yeah, that was that would be me.
I know Well what about jeers?
Did you have any jeers?
Amy (21:43):
Oh man Okay.
I'm going to try to you know,be kind.
You mentioned it earlier thegreen screen.
Garry (21:53):
It was so bad.
Amy (21:55):
It was terrible, it was so bad.
Oh my gosh it just.
I'm glad they didn't really dothat until the end, right?
Or was it when they?
Garry (22:05):
went up.
Well, when she went up thefirst time, the first time, and
then A year later, when heproposed to her.
Amy (22:12):
It just was, so you may as well have been on the ground.
Do the weird voiceover withshowing the balloon, which I
thought was really weird too,which they did a couple times.
They did that a couple times.
They did a couple of times.
They did that a couple of times.
I did not like that.
No, but that would have been somuch better than the green
screen, because it was terrible,it was just.
Oh, I didn't like it no.
Garry (22:31):
I didn't like it no.
Amy (22:33):
I mean, I hate to say that.
Garry (22:35):
Do you want me to give my take on that green screen?
Amy (22:38):
I don't know, I'm a little scared.
Maybe Go ahead.
Garry (22:42):
To me that was some chitty-chitty, bang-bang special
effects from 1968.
And, to be honest, back thenI'm sorry and that was good for
back then, but back then it wasbetter than what they gave us,
especially after all thosebeautiful opening scenes I know
you give us.
(23:02):
Why not tether one of them?
Well, logistically I don't knowhow that would work.
I don't know how that wouldwork logistically, I know but
that green screen, I mean, Iwill give them the benefit of
the doubt for that.
But CGI, that thing yes Dosomething Because it was crazy,
but that's how I felt that is.
Amy (23:24):
Some Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stuff right there.
That's so funny, chitty, chittyBang Bang.
Garry (23:26):
Sorry, I would say, but I haven't watched it since 1968,
but I wasn't born yet, yeah well, well, one of us wasn't born
yet, well it depends on when itwas released.
I was born, but I was too youngI didn't watch Chitty.
Amy (23:35):
Chitty Bang Bang until you know, I think.
Garry (23:37):
I was around 10 years old .
Amy (23:39):
Oh my gosh, that's funny.
All right, Jane in Brooklyn, soJared's mom in Brooklyn.
The love interest looked verysimilar in age.
Garry (23:50):
Didn't they?
They almost looked like sisters.
Amy (23:52):
And that's a compliment to Gail O'Grady.
By the way, that's not aninsult to Mackenzie.
Garry (23:58):
Right.
Amy (23:58):
Because I'm not saying Mackenzie looks old.
I'm saying that Gail O'Gradylooks younger than her age.
That's what I'm not sayingMackenzie looks old, I'm saying
that Gail O'Grady looks youngerthan her age.
That's what I'm saying.
So that bothered me in ways andthey look similar.
So I was like, well, jaredlikes someone who's like his mom
.
I just thought I don't know.
Garry (24:14):
I just yeah, they really could have been sisters.
Amy (24:16):
So yes, yes.
Garry (24:18):
You know, what bothered me was the black streaking her
head.
Yes, okay, it was the blackstreak in her head.
Yes, okay.
Amy (24:23):
I just I'm glad you brought it up, not me, because as a
woman, okay, I have to say I wasdreading.
I had this that I was going tosay as a G or two I don't know
if that's the in thing now,because I'm not always hip to
all of the styles the latesttrends.
But it didn't look right.
Garry (24:44):
No, it did not.
Amy (24:46):
It didn't read well on the screen.
No, that's probably the bestway I can put it without you
know Well, my eyes just keptbeing drawn to it.
Garry (24:53):
I don't like to.
Amy (24:55):
you know, talk about our looks.
I mean, mackenzie is abeautiful woman, but the hair
that streak down the middlethere were a couple scenes in
her hair looked different colorsdepending on the light that
bothered hair, that streak downthe middle.
There were a couple scenes inher hair look different colors
depending on the light.
That bothered me too and itjust and I know that's.
You know that happens naturallysometimes, but it was so
drastic sometimes and that darkstreak down the middle just
bothered me throughout the wholefilm, like I almost couldn't
(25:17):
not look at it.
It's like one of those thingswhere it's like if somebody has
a mole on their face orsomething, you're trying not to
look at it, but it's all you canlook at.
You know it's like, oh,somebody has a mole on their
face or something.
You try not to look at it, butit's all you can look at.
You know it's like, oh, so yeah, yeah, I was going to bring
that up, so All right, so whatabout that?
Garry (25:33):
So when they first get there, Elise and Brooklyn to
Jared's house yes, and you know,Elise goes to her bedroom and
Brooklyn and Jared are talking.
And when she goes to bed, shegoes into Elise's room and Elise
has these headphones on.
Amy (25:51):
Yeah.
Garry (25:52):
She's jamming to some music, but if you look at the
window outside, the window is afake plastic tree.
Amy (25:58):
Oh yeah, you say Really you couldn't get it.
I didn't notice that.
Go to.
Garry (26:03):
Home Depot or Lowe's or something and get you a real
tree and just plant it outside,you know what I mean, and a pot
Did not look good I mean, it wasjust a little branch leaf, but
it was plastic.
And I was like come on.
Amy (26:17):
And I'm really not sure about two women staying with a
man like that.
Garry (26:21):
Right.
Amy (26:25):
Who they don't know.
I I've that was another jeer ofmine that I just felt like I
don't know.
That just didn't seem like thatwould fly, unless, unless they
were trying to phrase, you know,like he was supposed to be a
friend of mary's or somethingright, I mean she talked to him,
I thought as a um editor orwhatever she was you know, but
um, I just thought that that wasa little odd.
Like you're gonna be in a housein your pajamas with some man
(26:48):
you don't know and know anythingabout.
Garry (26:50):
I mean, I think it was a friend of the guy that was
supposed to go and shoot theballoon festival okay, so they
trusted him at that.
Amy (26:58):
Oh, the other reporter the other reporter.
Garry (27:00):
Oh, okay, okay, I think couldn't go.
Amy (27:01):
Oh, okay, okay.
I think, Well, no, because Marysays you know, we can't find a,
or did they?
Garry (27:08):
maybe I'm misunderstanding she said you
can't find a hotel, because Marysaid you can't find a hotel.
Amy (27:11):
Oh, so meaning you have to stay with him?
Okay, okay, maybe I glossedover that.
I was probably too busy.
Looking at the black streak inthe hair, I didn't think Mary
worked the character, not theactor.
Garry (27:25):
No.
Amy (27:29):
But that was a little.
Garry (27:29):
I just, yeah, that was my thing, I mean, when she first
told Brooklyn she was going.
She's like we're not going totalk every day.
I don't want you Right.
You're going to report to me atthe end, but yet she called
every day.
Amy (27:39):
Every day.
Garry (27:40):
Sometimes a couple of times a day.
Amy (27:42):
Yeah.
Garry (27:45):
To where Jarrett was like wow, it didn't add up.
Yeah, I just didn't like theacting and brad brad's hole.
Amy (27:50):
You brought it up earlier how people you know they retire
and they don't know what to dowith themselves.
But I just felt like his doomand gloom was just so overacted
and so you know, it just didn't,it just didn't work for me.
And then when he was upset atthe at the fiesta for a while I
was like what you're at the, youknow, and he's like walking
(28:11):
around, like he's you know all I, I just I didn't buy it, I
didn't what about the scene whenhe was polishing the silver?
Garry (28:18):
oh, and he what?
What show was coming on?
Amy (28:20):
I don't know, I don't know, it, just, it just didn't.
And what show was coming on?
I don't know.
I don't know, come on, it justdidn't, yeah.
And then when okay, it'ssupposed to be a very emotional
moment when Jared and Brad hug.
Garry (28:32):
Oh yeah.
Amy (28:34):
It just didn't.
Again, I was like it justdidn't.
It was supposed to be this big,powerful moment and it was like
literally nothing to me, so youknow, know, and I appreciate
the actors, but yeah, that justdidn't work.
So, yeah, any, any other jeersfrom you?
Garry (28:50):
okay, yes, I got a couple more okay, the whole, after the
whole cut from early morningdarkness to what seemed like
late in the afternoon sunlightscenes oh, I didn.
I didn't even notice, yeahthey're like at the Bloom
Festival it was dark, and thenthey're at some kind of
marketplace and it looks likeit's noon.
Yeah, I just didn't like thecut between those scenes.
Amy (29:13):
You didn't like the cut between oh okay, I get it.
I love the Spanish guitar.
Garry (29:17):
I didn't notice, but yeah , I like the music.
Amy (29:19):
Yeah, music, yeah you know, I thought that was pretty cool
and I like the christmas tree uh, peppers thing, the christmas
oh yes, I'll have a red one anda green one christmas tree.
Garry (29:30):
Yeah, that was kind of a shout out to christmas yeah, hey
, so I don't know you said youhad a couple more, you have
another one, the whole scenelike okay, so when they, when um
jared walks in on brooklyntalking Uh-oh, you're gritting
your teeth he just hears alittle bit of it and then he
(29:59):
walks away.
Mad, yeah, right.
Yeah, and then so they fightand I'm like you didn't even try
to save that.
Amy (30:07):
It was much ado about nothing Like they.
Is that what you mean?
Yeah?
Garry (30:13):
And then Elise treats Carlos like dirt.
Amy (30:16):
Yeah, that was the very next morning right.
So that was another one of myjeers and I loved, you know, the
Elise character.
I didn't understand why she wasso mad, like she was acting kind
of pissed off at Carlos and Ididn't understand and he didn't
even do anything Like I was like, okay, I could understand if
she was kind of like sad, likeoh man, you know, I don't want
to go Like if she looked, shelooked mad at him and I'm like
(30:39):
what?
Yeah, so was she mad at himbecause he didn't ask her to
stay or was she mad at him onbehalf of I have no idea
brooklyn I, I didn't get it Ididn't get it either.
Garry (30:52):
I didn't get it either.
Amy (30:54):
Oh, you got any more jeers no, that was it yeah, I have a.
You know I have more in mynotes, but I'm gonna leave it at
.
Garry (31:02):
Although I do like there was one scene when Jared I don't
know if they were in theballoon up in the air for the
first time or what, but theywere talking about love and he
said love, that's like trying tocontrol a hot air balloon in a
windstorm.
Amy (31:17):
Who said that?
Jared, jared.
Oh, that was like, was thattowards the beginning?
Garry (31:21):
Yes.
Amy (31:21):
I think that was like.
It was that towards thebeginning.
Yeah, I think that was it.
Garry (31:23):
Yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right.
Amy (31:23):
Yeah, that was kind of funny, that was kind of cool
yeah, I mean at least they didthe year later, because we're
always talking about how the?
Movies, just sort of end butthey're either like I love you
or they, you know, or they havethat kiss or whatever.
Well, yeah, it was the greenscreen, but they at least did
like a year later and then theygot engaged.
So that was.
(31:44):
It was a good idea and thestory was good.
I don't think, I don't know, Idon't think they've ever done a
hot air balloon type of story.
Garry (31:52):
So I liked that, I liked the New.
Amy (31:54):
Mexico of it all.
Garry (31:56):
Yes, the Albuquerque part of it all, yes.
Amy (31:59):
Makes me kind of want.
I don't think I've ever I thinkI've driven through New Mexico
but I've never actually, youknow, stayed or stopped yeah.
Yeah, but it makes me kind ofwant to.
I love the hot.
I would go watch the hot airballoon festival Fiesta.
Garry (32:13):
So would I.
Amy (32:13):
But I would not go up in one, but I would love to see it.
It's probably beautiful.
I'm sure it's beautiful.
Yes, you know day and night, soit kind of intrigued me that
way.
So there were positives.
Garry (32:24):
There were some good positives.
So Well, you know, yeah, didyou have anything else?
Amy (32:30):
No, I'm fresh out, all right.
Garry (32:34):
So out of five, how many corks do you give this one?
Be honest, oh gosh, do you givethis one Be?
Amy (32:40):
honest.
Oh gosh, I would say, probablydebating.
Do you know yours for sure?
What's yours?
Garry (32:50):
Three.
Really yeah that high Well onlybecause I would have to go at
two, I'd have to go at two Onlybecause Two corks for me.
Amy (32:59):
Yeah, I mean I almost did like one and a half, but I mean
in two.
I'm gonna say two corks yeah,what were you gonna say for you
three?
Garry (33:08):
yeah, three, only because I did.
You know, what saved this moviewas those scenes, the balloon
scene yes, not enough for me togive it a three, though acting
on the back end of the movie gota lot better.
Amy (33:20):
I think it was better.
The second half, yes, and thechemistry got a little bit
better but it's kind of like.
Garry (33:27):
But it was tough.
New series starts, the firstcouple episodes they just don't
jive yeah, they don't.
That's a good when you come inand when to you know yeah, back
off.
Amy (33:36):
That's a good analogy sometimes you got to get a
series, a couple more.
Like I said, I think the actorsand actresses you know if they
find different projects in thereand they've been in many other
projects obviously it's not likeyou know I mean the younger
ones that's their first few.
But you know, and it's workedin other places, Maybe it was
(33:58):
just this particular cast.
It could have been the director.
Garry (34:02):
Sometimes the director's got to pull that out of people.
Amy (34:04):
Yeah, I mean it could have been the director and it's not
the right.
The story was there right in myopinion it.
It had everything.
There were moments that weretoo rushed and you know what I
mean, and it was like she quither job and then she gets she
literally gets a phone call likethe next minute.
I was like okay, you could havewaited like five minutes you
know, it was just a little therewere little things like that,
but so the story was was there,it just wasn't executed.
(34:27):
Well, okay, I don't think well,hey so I'm going going with my
two all right, that's the lowestone I've ever given yeah, me
too three.
Garry (34:36):
So is that a wrap?
That's a wrap okay, guys,thanks for listening.
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Yes, if you wouldn't mind, we'd really really appreciate a
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That would really help.
Yeah, it would.
Sure, that would really helpyeah it would.
Sure, Join us next Wednesdayfor our review of Love Song, the
first of three Love on theDanube movies.
It originally aired on HallmarkPlus in September of 2024, but
makes its premiere Saturdaynight, May 17th 2025, on the
(35:16):
Hallmark Channel.
It is streaming now on HallmarkPlus so you could technically
catch it early.
Garry (35:22):
Yes, you can.
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Until then, fill up yourglasses and push play.
Thanks for listening, cheers.
Welcome to Pour the Wine.
It's rom-com time where we'llsip some wine and review all
things rom-com on the Hallmarkchannel.
I'm Amy.
Garry (00:14):
And I'm Gary.
Amy (00:15):
And it's time to pour the wine.
Garry (00:19):
All right, you're going to pour it.
I'm on it.
Amy (00:21):
Yes, You're on it.
What are you pouring tonight?
Garry (00:23):
We are pouring a Orson.
Amy (00:26):
Like Orson Welles.
Garry (00:27):
Ooh, I don't know, maybe it's a Cab Sav 2023 from
California.
Amy (00:33):
There you go.
It's our first time trying thisone.
Garry (00:35):
Yes, it is.
Amy (00:36):
It's a new one.
Today we're going to bereviewing Love in the Clouds
that aired on Saturday, may 10th2025.
If you missed it, you can catchit now on Hallmark Plus.
Yes, you can, and I'm surethey'll have some encore airings
of it.
Garry (00:50):
Well, let me hand you your glass of wine.
Thank you, my glass.
Amy (00:53):
I think I'm going to need it for this one.
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this one Cheers.
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Name them, name them Right.
And now on with the show.
On with the show.
Amy (01:29):
time to drop that synopsis no, first aren't we going to
talk about who's oh yes, theactors and actresses who's it do
we want to talk about who's init first?
Garry (01:38):
yes, drop the synopsis.
Okay, we'll talk about who's init.
Who's in this one.
I'm's in this one.
I'm waiting.
Amy (01:42):
Love in the Clouds stars Paul Green.
He plays Jared, the hot airballoon pilot.
Garry (01:50):
Yes, are they called pilots?
Yes, I guess I don't know hewas wearing a pilot jacket.
Amy (01:54):
Oh, true, true.
He's been in a lot of Hallmarkproductions.
He was in 2021's Christmas CEO.
He also played Dr CarsonShepard for 49 episodes on when
Calls the Heart between 2017 and2021.
He was in Christmas inEvergreen Tidings of Joy in 2019
.
He was in three Hallmark moviesin 2017, and his first Hallmark
(02:16):
movie was in 2015 calledPerfect Match.
Okay.
He's been in several TV series,including Girlfriend's Guide to
Divorce Ooh that's a good one.
Garry (02:25):
He was in two episodes in 2014.
Amy (02:28):
A show called Bitten he was in 13 episodes in 2014 and an
episode of CSI in 2014.
Garry (02:35):
CSI.
Amy (02:37):
Mackenzie Westmore plays Brooklyn.
This is her first Hallmarkproduction.
Okay, prior to this film, shewas last in the movie Ice Storm
in 2023.
She was actually the hostessfor the TV show Face Off.
Garry (02:51):
Oh really.
Amy (02:52):
Yeah, I think you watched a few of those, didn't you?
Garry (02:55):
I might have.
Amy (02:56):
It ran from 2011 to 2018, and that's the special effects
makeup artist.
Garry (03:01):
Oh yes, yeah, I knew it didn't ring a bell.
Amy (03:03):
Yes, when they compete in challenges and things.
So she was the hostess for thatshow during its run.
Garry (03:09):
Go back and take a look at that.
Amy (03:11):
She played Sheridan crane for nine years.
That would be 1,111 episodes onthe soap opera passions.
And then and then she hadmultiple last names due to
getting married a lot.
Garry (03:25):
You know how.
So I getting married a lot.
You know how soaps are?
Yeah, you get married a lot.
You get divorced.
Amy (03:28):
Just like Erica Cain.
Wow wow, do you know who EricaCain is?
Garry (03:32):
No, tell me.
Amy (03:32):
She was played by the fabulous Susan Lucci on my
favorite soap opera, All myChildren.
Garry (03:38):
Oh, okay.
Amy (03:39):
So Passions aired from 1999 to 2008.
So Passions aired from 1999 to2008.
And, speaking of All myChildren, mackenzie was also on
All my Children for 25 episodesbetween 2008 and 2009.
And her first acting gig was inRaging Bull.
Garry (03:54):
Oh, wow.
Amy (03:55):
With Robert De Niro Raging.
Garry (03:56):
Bull, that's not too shabby of a first acting gig
that was a while ago.
Amy (04:01):
Lorenzo Lamas plays Brad, which is.
Jared's dad, Brad Brad, Jared'sdad.
This is his Hallmark debut, Ibelieve.
Now he has a ton of actingcredits.
They go back to 1969.
So he's done a lot, a lot ofwork.
His recent work includes themovies Team of Two in 2024 and
(04:21):
Bleach in 2022.
Garry (04:23):
Okay.
Amy (04:23):
He was Hector Ramirez and 191 episodes of the bold and
beautiful another soap operafrom 2004 to 2006.
And he's largely known, though,for his roles as Reno rains and
renegade.
He was in 110 episodes of thatfrom 1992 to 1997.
And, of course, as Lance comesin, in two in 228 episodes of
(04:45):
Falconcon crest falcon, falconcrest, yes and I don't have the
years, but I believe that was80s, wasn't it?
Garry (04:52):
I believe, so yes, so yeah, there you go, all right
gail o'grady plays jane, jared'smom.
Amy (04:59):
Okay, so she's married to brad um.
Her hallmark credits includeheart of the Matter in 2022,
love on Ice in 2017, the MysteryCruise in 2013.
She has a ton of work datingback to 1987.
She was in the movie Boneyardin 2024.
(05:20):
She was in seven episodes ofCriminal Minds from 2018 to 2023
.
She was in revenge we love thatshow from 2014 to 2015.
She was 11 episodes and she wasin american dreams 61 episodes.
Did you ever watch that?
Garry (05:36):
no, that was from 2002 to 2005.
Amy (05:38):
It took place in the 60s.
There it was like a um tookplace in the 60s and they played
the 60s music and there was ashow like American Bandstand or
maybe it was.
American Bandstand and, likeher daughter, gets on the show.
You know kind of reminded me ofHairspray a little bit.
In the 90s she was in anepisode of in like one episode
of shows like Designing Women.
(05:59):
Let me try that again.
Garry (06:01):
That's a super line.
Amy (06:04):
She was in an episode of shows like Designing Women
Murder.
She Wrote Cheers Silk Stockings, but she's probably best known
for her role as Donna in NYPDBlue.
Garry (06:15):
Oh, okay, where she was in 58 episodes from 1993 to 1999
.
Amy (06:19):
And boy did I love that show All right.
Alexis Zollicoffer plays Elise,brooklyn's camera woman.
This is her Hallmark debut andshe has nine acting credits,
including the movie Winter,spring, summer or Fall in 2024.
And one episode of Quantum Leapin 2023.
Ooh, quantum.
Garry (06:38):
Leap.
Amy (06:39):
Kopany, Pistazi or Pistay.
Sorry, I pronounced his lastname.
I'm so sorry.
He plays Carlos Jared's cousin.
This is his Hallmark debut aswell.
He has eight acting credits,including one episode of the
series Obliterated in 2023, andone episode of Roswell, New
Mexico, in 2021.
Garry (07:00):
What a coincidence.
Yeah, because this was filmedin New Mexico, I know.
Amy (07:03):
Catherine Copplestone plays Mary Brooklyn's boss.
This is her homework debut.
She has 13 acting credits,including, funny enough, one
episode of Obliterated in 2023.
I wonder if it was the sameepisode and one episode of
Sleepy Hollow in 2015.
Wow, and that wraps up theleads.
Garry (07:23):
Oh, my goodness.
And now it's time to drop thesynopsis.
Amy (07:28):
All right, here we go.
Romantic comedy between aballoon pilot and a media
personnel in Seattle during thehot air balloon fiesta.
Very brief, that was thesynopsis on IMDb.
Garry (07:40):
On IMDb.
That was it, huh.
Amy (07:41):
I think one of the working titles was Love in the Air.
Garry (07:44):
I know they kept saying that throughout the whole movie.
Well, his company, wasn't thatthe name of the hot?
Amy (07:49):
air balloon company.
Yeah, it was filmed inAlbuquerque, new Mexico, but not
during the Balloon Festival.
It was actually filmed inDecember of 2024, but they did
get shots of the BalloonFestival that they used.
Garry (08:03):
Wow.
Amy (08:05):
During the filming.
I believe it was of that filmor balloon festival.
Garry (08:08):
Okay.
Amy (08:08):
The writer, lisa Hepner, is from New Mexico and this is her
first Hallmark movie.
Oh, well, congratulations there, you go and the Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta isa real event.
Yeah, and it is going to.
It's nine days, and this yearit is October 4th through
October 12th of 2025.
Garry (08:27):
Yeah, want to go.
They have over like 500ballooners or whatever you call
them, isn't?
Amy (08:32):
that crazy.
Yeah, it's pretty cool.
I wonder if they have a name.
I didn't look up that.
Do they have a name?
We'll call them ballooners,ballooners, I don't know, maybe
that's it, I that's it, I don'tknow.
Garry (08:42):
Well, I do have a couple trivia questions Trivia
questions.
Amy (08:45):
See, you're doing the same thing.
I know we haven't even had that.
Garry (08:47):
We've had a couple sips, but Okay, go the first flight of
a balloon with animals was backin September 19, 1783.
Amy (08:59):
You're not going to give me a chance to guess.
Garry (09:01):
You're not going to guess this one, oh, 17.
Amy (09:02):
It You're not going to give me a chance to guess.
Garry (09:03):
You're not going to guess this one.
I would have known it was 1783.
By the Montgolfa brothers theylaunched a sheep duck and a
rooster A sheep, a duck and arooster.
Amy (09:15):
Did they come home or did they?
Garry (09:17):
They didn't say Okay.
But, however, that was inSeptember of 1783.
But in November of 1783, a mannamed.
Jean François, pilote de Rosier.
Amy (09:38):
Look at you Okay.
Garry (09:39):
French, françois Léon de Arlens, were the first people to
fly in the balloon that theMontgolf brothers created.
Amy (09:50):
Created.
Oh, so they were the firsthumans.
Garry (09:53):
First humans.
Amy (09:54):
On there, so they sent the pets up first, or the animals up
first.
They're like bye.
Garry (10:00):
And I think Jared mentioned this in the movie that
hot air balloon crashes arerare.
Amy (10:07):
Oh, he did.
Maybe he did.
Garry (10:08):
Yeah, he said ballooning is statistically one of the
safest forms of aviation, due inpart to low speeds and very
strict rules.
Amy (10:19):
Oh well, that's kind of cool.
Well, I was wondering, becauseI do remember Jared during the
movie says you can only go up ordown, right, and I'm like how
does that work?
And then the wind takes you.
Garry (10:31):
That's scarce, scarce, and you just fill the balloon up
with propane air and then youpull the strings to let it out
and that goes up and down.
Amy (10:40):
Well, I think there's more a little more probably than that
, but you know, that was just abrief.
Garry (10:45):
Yeah, yeah yeah, okay.
So what did you think?
Amy (10:49):
All right, I'll give you the positives first.
Garry (10:51):
Okay, give me the positives.
Amy (10:53):
These location shoots rock they really do.
Garry (10:56):
I'm loving location shoots.
Amy (10:59):
They're just great.
There were gorgeous shots atthe beginning and then
throughout the movie, of course,of the hot air balloons in new
mexico.
I don't I don't think I've everactually seen a hot air balloon
in person me either a few nopeyeah, so it was really cool to
see just how massive they are,like when they were on the
ground yeah the, the area thatthey take up.
(11:21):
I mean, that was.
That was a little crazy to meand it reminded me of elementary
school.
Did you ever do the parachutething?
Garry (11:27):
Yes.
Amy (11:27):
So when we were in elementary school they would do
this big circular, hugeparachute thing that would take
up practically the whole gym andthe kids would circle around it
and you would shake it.
They'd put like tennis balls onit and it was just so fun, and
then you got to run underneathof it.
Run underneath of it, it wasreally, really fun.
Garry (11:44):
Yes, I remember that.
Amy (11:47):
So that just kind of reminded me of that and I
thought that was kind of coolOutside of that and a few other
scenes.
This movie just really feltsort of it fell flat for me.
Garry (11:59):
Yeah, I think I'm with you on that one, especially the
first half.
Amy (12:03):
Yes, the second half was better.
Garry (12:05):
Yeah, much better.
Amy (12:05):
I just I didn't think the chemistry really hit the mark
between anyone, except maybeElise and Carlos.
Garry (12:12):
Yes.
Amy (12:12):
And they really did.
I think they kind of theirchemistry worked and I really
liked Jane actually, because Ilove Gallo grading and I was
more invested in the balloonsthan the characters I know,
isn't that?
Did I mention how much I lovethe location shoot yes, the
(12:33):
location so that you know and Ihate to say it, um, but there
you go what about you?
Garry (12:38):
what were?
Amy (12:39):
your.
What were your thoughts?
Garry (12:40):
I don't even know what to say.
I don't even know what to say.
I don't even know where tobegin.
Like you, your overall, Ithought the opening scene of all
the balloons going up and downthe various colors, shapes and
sizes.
Amy (12:53):
it was beautiful, Whoever took those shots kudos to you
because that was a really goodjob.
Yes, like you, I didn't feellike the characters.
It wasn't natural.
Yes, it wasn't natural.
Garry (13:10):
Yes, especially, I had unnatural in some of my notes
yes, unnatural, and I felt likein some scenes brooklyn I don't
know if she jumped the linebefore the other character
finished it felt like in some ofthe scenes maybe yeah, I don't
know it just they just felt thesame.
Amy (13:25):
And this is one movie I'll say and you know we've mentioned
this before we watch them andwe might laugh and kind of you
know if there's a funny part orbe like oh or something, but we
don't talk about it, we try notto.
And this is one where we werejust dying to be like.
Garry (13:38):
I know you kept telling me to save it for the podcast.
Save it for the podcast, Saveit save it.
Amy (13:42):
Save it because I don't want to, I didn't want to ruin
our genuine reaction to oneanother's reactions, but this
was one where we were just dyingto, I think, say, oh, I know, I
know so.
And the green screens sceneswe're going to get to that.
We'll get to that.
We're going to get to that.
Garry (14:01):
My first take on that was yeah.
Amy (14:04):
We're going to get to that.
That is definitely yeah.
Oof man.
What were some of your favoritescenes?
Do you have any written down?
Garry (14:13):
Yes.
Amy (14:14):
No.
Garry (14:15):
I did say, like we said, the opening scene.
Amy (14:18):
I have that also.
Garry (14:19):
That was probably my favorite scene, with the
balloons going up and down andlanding.
I mean to not run into eachother, or bounce around off of
each other was crazy.
Amy (14:30):
Would you ever go up in one ?
Garry (14:34):
If it was tethered, maybe I'm a pass, but it can't go
more than 20 feet.
It looks cool, but I am notinterested in doing that at all.
Yes, I just have nightmares ofthat basket just.
Amy (14:44):
Yeah, no In the landing where sometimes you just tip
over.
Garry (14:48):
I don't know if I could handle that either I'm too old
for that but that was one of myfavorite scenes.
And another one Do you rememberwhen Jarrett took Brooklyn to
the Bloom Museum?
Yes, and there were some vendorbooths.
Amy (15:08):
Yes, yes, yes.
Garry (15:11):
One of them was called Viva Vino Wine Glasses.
Amy (15:14):
Yep, you noticed that.
Yeah, yeah, one of them was thewine glasses.
Garry (15:18):
Yeah, cheers to that.
Amy (15:19):
Cheers to that For sure.
Garry (15:22):
What about you?
Did you have?
Amy (15:24):
I mean I did, like you said , the opening aerial shot.
I was saying, I thought thenight scenes were cool too, and
they lit up the balloons.
I thought those shots weresuper cool.
I really enjoyed the sceneswith Elise.
I liked her character, I likedthe actress who played her.
Yes, and I just I thought hercharacter was light and bubbly
and it it really worked and Ihope that she gets a chance to
(15:47):
be in a you know anotherhomework movie I think
production, because I reallyliked her yeah, I liked it and I
think she you know haspotential there that she could
explore outside of this.
You know this movie so I likedher.
There were a few scenes with um, with jane, and, like I said
(16:08):
earlier, I love gail o'grady andshe really did everything she
could to bring it in this film.
I just really she had asoftness to her that I really
liked.
You know in her character, likewhen she says you have to be
happy and fulfilled in yourselfbefore you can be happy in a
relationship right and that'svery, very true.
what do I always say?
You have to be happy andfulfilled in yourself before you
can be happy in a relationship.
Right, and that's very, verytrue.
What do?
Garry (16:28):
I always say you have to feed your own soul before you
can feed someone else's.
You won't be able to feedanybody else.
Amy (16:31):
I appreciated that.
I also like the scene whereBrad is teaching everybody
taekwondo in the family and he'sbeen depressed the whole movie
right.
I know Moping around but thereDepressed the whole movie, right
, I know, but she there's thepart where you see her and she's
just genuinely happy, right,because he's finally happy, he's
back out, and it just was a.
It was a cool.
I just I just thought thatscene was cool Because he had
retired For her Right.
Garry (16:53):
From ballooning and he just did not like that.
He didn't know what to do withhimself Right which A lot of
people that retire.
You know, when you worksomewhere for 20, 30, 40 years
and you retire from that placeand you no longer have that
routine, people go into adepression.
Amy (17:09):
You lose your purpose and you feel like you don't Although
I don't know, I have somethingto say about that.
In a little bit, too A littlebit later.
Did you have any other scenesthat you?
Garry (17:21):
Yeah, I liked the drone scene.
Amy (17:23):
Yes, that was very cool, that was so cool when it made
the shape of the balloon.
Garry (17:26):
It was very cool, yes, and then they had the fire
propane drones going on and off.
Amy (17:32):
Yeah, I thought that was so cool.
I meant to look that up.
I wonder if that is part of thefiesta, the balloon fiesta.
Garry (17:37):
It probably is.
Now it probably is.
I thought that was cool.
The drone thing is like reallybig now.
No, I know, I know, I justwondered if they.
Amy (17:45):
Yeah, I thought that was really cool the fire pit scene,
when they talk about theirbiggest fears.
I thought that scene actuallyone of very few between them
really worked.
Garry (17:56):
Yes.
Amy (17:57):
Because the chemistry really don't work.
But you know, but I thoughtthat that you know, he says he's
afraid of dying with regretsand I just I thought that that
you know, he says he's afraid ofdying with regrets and I just I
thought that scene reallyworked.
Garry (18:07):
So that was.
Yeah, you know that was.
Amy (18:08):
that was it for me for favorite scenes Did you have any
others?
Garry (18:11):
No, that was it.
Yeah.
Amy (18:14):
Well now, what about your biggest cheer?
Garry (18:16):
My biggest cheer.
I have to say that balloon glow.
I think that's what they calledit when it's.
Amy (18:24):
They say that balloon glow.
I think that's what they calledit.
Yeah, I think so.
Where the sun is getting ready.
Garry (18:25):
Yes, the balloon glow, the sun is setting, and they all
fire up the propanes and theyjust blast the fire up into the
balloon.
Amy (18:32):
Yes, I thought that was pretty cool.
Yeah, that was really cool.
Yeah, that was one of my, Iagree.
Garry (18:36):
Very neat concept.
I thought what about you?
Amy (18:40):
Shouldn't be surprised the location shoot.
Garry (18:42):
I know We've mentioned that and the balloons themselves
.
Amy (18:44):
Yeah, thought that was cool .
Yeah, it was.
I did learn a lot more aboutballoons than I ever thought I
would know, or hot airballooning anyway, like the mass
ascension.
Garry (18:52):
Yes, when they all go up.
Amy (18:53):
I thought it was cool, you just talked about it.
The balloon glow.
Garry (18:56):
Yep.
Amy (18:56):
I didn't know.
They had yellow and green flags, which makes total sense to fly
or not.
You know when the conditionsyou shouldn't be flying.
Garry (19:04):
Right.
Amy (19:04):
And when you get the green flag, you get all excited, so I
thought that really worked.
Did you have any?
Garry (19:09):
other cheers.
I also liked when Brooklyn andElise put together Brooklyn's
little audition reel where shetalked about Jared and the
actual made it about herself butI thought that was probably one
of the better scenes in thewhole.
Amy (19:27):
One of the more genuine, where it felt like it flowed.
Yes, right, yes, I forgot aboutthat.
Garry (19:33):
Is that when?
She's standing in front of theballoons and she does like the
interview.
Yes, I thought that was anotherone of my cheers.
Your cheers, your cheers.
Amy (19:42):
Elise.
I mentioned her earlier.
I thought she was kind of abright spot in the movie.
Garry (19:47):
She was.
Amy (19:48):
And Jared's sunglasses Remind you of anything?
Garry (19:52):
Yeah, Mission Impossible, oh not.
Amy (19:54):
Mission Impossible.
Well, Top Gun Top.
Garry (19:56):
Gun Tom Cruise.
Amy (19:57):
Oh, you know, Top Gun Sorry not Mission Impossible, I know
Well, we got Mission Impossibleon our brain because we bought
tickets recently to the latestand greatest, because we love
the Mission Impossible movies.
We sure do, but it reminded meso much of.
Garry (20:12):
Tom Cruise's sunglasses and Top Gun.
I was waiting for the song tostart playing.
Yeah, it was so funny.
The opening scene that we love,I know.
Amy (20:19):
And like you said, he wore the pilot's jacket on, so that
was pretty cool.
Garry (20:23):
And kudos to him, man, because he wore it.
I'm telling you.
Amy (20:26):
Oh yeah, he did a good job.
Yeah, he did a good job.
Garry (20:30):
So did you have any other shirts?
Amy (20:31):
No, that was it for me.
Garry (20:33):
Now I will say this the cinematography in this.
Yeah, Like you know, when theywent up in that tram, Mm-hmm.
Like, and she was scared todeath.
Amy (20:41):
Mm-hmm.
Garry (20:42):
Those shots from that man .
Amy (20:44):
They were gorgeous Were really gorgeous.
Garry (20:46):
Really gorgeous, that's what I mean, like the landscape
in New Mexico, and then she'slike do we have to take this
thing back down?
Amy (20:53):
And it's like, and that's really a tram, yeah, what's it
called?
Garry (20:57):
A tram, I don't know.
Amy (21:05):
I'm not sure what else you would call it.
Garry (21:06):
No, I mean, it's got an official, the CN.
Oh, you're talking about thewhole, the name of the place.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I don'tremember what it was.
Amy (21:11):
It's called the Sandia Peak Tramway.
Garry (21:15):
Yeah.
Amy (21:15):
And that's a real tramway which is pretty cool.
Garry (21:19):
They look pretty high up.
Amy (21:21):
It's one of the longest passenger aerial tramways in the
world.
Garry (21:23):
I was going to say I wonder how long it takes them to
get up there.
Amy (21:26):
It's one of the longest.
Yeah, I'd be scared I might dothat instead of high air balloon
, but I'd still be a little bitscared.
Garry (21:32):
When they came back down, she ran out, ran out and kissed
the ground, kissed the ground.
Amy (21:36):
That was kind of a funny scene.
Garry (21:38):
Yeah, that was that would be me.
I know Well what about jeers?
Did you have any jeers?
Amy (21:43):
Oh man Okay.
I'm going to try to you know,be kind.
You mentioned it earlier thegreen screen.
Garry (21:53):
It was so bad.
Amy (21:55):
It was terrible, it was so bad.
Oh my gosh it just.
I'm glad they didn't really dothat until the end, right?
Or was it when they?
Garry (22:05):
went up.
Well, when she went up thefirst time, the first time, and
then A year later, when heproposed to her.
Amy (22:12):
It just was, so you may as well have been on the ground.
Do the weird voiceover withshowing the balloon, which I
thought was really weird too,which they did a couple times.
They did that a couple times.
They did a couple of times.
They did that a couple of times.
I did not like that.
No, but that would have been somuch better than the green
screen, because it was terrible,it was just.
Oh, I didn't like it no.
Garry (22:31):
I didn't like it no.
Amy (22:33):
I mean, I hate to say that.
Garry (22:35):
Do you want me to give my take on that green screen?
Amy (22:38):
I don't know, I'm a little scared.
Maybe Go ahead.
Garry (22:42):
To me that was some chitty-chitty, bang-bang special
effects from 1968.
And, to be honest, back thenI'm sorry and that was good for
back then, but back then it wasbetter than what they gave us,
especially after all thosebeautiful opening scenes I know
you give us.
(23:02):
Why not tether one of them?
Well, logistically I don't knowhow that would work.
I don't know how that wouldwork logistically, I know but
that green screen, I mean, Iwill give them the benefit of
the doubt for that.
But CGI, that thing yes Dosomething Because it was crazy,
but that's how I felt that is.
Amy (23:24):
Some Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stuff right there.
That's so funny, chitty, chittyBang Bang.
Garry (23:26):
Sorry, I would say, but I haven't watched it since 1968,
but I wasn't born yet, yeah well, well, one of us wasn't born
yet, well it depends on when itwas released.
I was born, but I was too youngI didn't watch Chitty.
Amy (23:35):
Chitty Bang Bang until you know, I think.
Garry (23:37):
I was around 10 years old .
Amy (23:39):
Oh my gosh, that's funny.
All right, Jane in Brooklyn, soJared's mom in Brooklyn.
The love interest looked verysimilar in age.
Garry (23:50):
Didn't they?
They almost looked like sisters.
Amy (23:52):
And that's a compliment to Gail O'Grady.
By the way, that's not aninsult to Mackenzie.
Garry (23:58):
Right.
Amy (23:58):
Because I'm not saying Mackenzie looks old.
I'm saying that Gail O'Gradylooks younger than her age.
That's what I'm not sayingMackenzie looks old, I'm saying
that Gail O'Grady looks youngerthan her age.
That's what I'm saying.
So that bothered me in ways andthey look similar.
So I was like, well, jaredlikes someone who's like his mom
.
I just thought I don't know.
Garry (24:14):
I just yeah, they really could have been sisters.
Amy (24:16):
So yes, yes.
Garry (24:18):
You know, what bothered me was the black streaking her
head.
Yes, okay, it was the blackstreak in her head.
Yes, okay.
Amy (24:23):
I just I'm glad you brought it up, not me, because as a
woman, okay, I have to say I wasdreading.
I had this that I was going tosay as a G or two I don't know
if that's the in thing now,because I'm not always hip to
all of the styles the latesttrends.
But it didn't look right.
Garry (24:44):
No, it did not.
Amy (24:46):
It didn't read well on the screen.
No, that's probably the bestway I can put it without you
know Well, my eyes just keptbeing drawn to it.
Garry (24:53):
I don't like to.
Amy (24:55):
you know, talk about our looks.
I mean, mackenzie is abeautiful woman, but the hair
that streak down the middlethere were a couple scenes in
her hair looked different colorsdepending on the light that
bothered hair, that streak downthe middle.
There were a couple scenes inher hair look different colors
depending on the light.
That bothered me too and itjust and I know that's.
You know that happens naturallysometimes, but it was so
drastic sometimes and that darkstreak down the middle just
bothered me throughout the wholefilm, like I almost couldn't
(25:17):
not look at it.
It's like one of those thingswhere it's like if somebody has
a mole on their face orsomething, you're trying not to
look at it, but it's all you canlook at.
You know it's like, oh,somebody has a mole on their
face or something.
You try not to look at it, butit's all you can look at.
You know it's like, oh, so yeah, yeah, I was going to bring
that up, so All right, so whatabout that?
Garry (25:33):
So when they first get there, Elise and Brooklyn to
Jared's house yes, and you know,Elise goes to her bedroom and
Brooklyn and Jared are talking.
And when she goes to bed, shegoes into Elise's room and Elise
has these headphones on.
Amy (25:51):
Yeah.
Garry (25:52):
She's jamming to some music, but if you look at the
window outside, the window is afake plastic tree.
Amy (25:58):
Oh yeah, you say Really you couldn't get it.
I didn't notice that.
Go to.
Garry (26:03):
Home Depot or Lowe's or something and get you a real
tree and just plant it outside,you know what I mean, and a pot
Did not look good I mean, it wasjust a little branch leaf, but
it was plastic.
And I was like come on.
Amy (26:17):
And I'm really not sure about two women staying with a
man like that.
Garry (26:21):
Right.
Amy (26:25):
Who they don't know.
I I've that was another jeer ofmine that I just felt like I
don't know.
That just didn't seem like thatwould fly, unless, unless they
were trying to phrase, you know,like he was supposed to be a
friend of mary's or somethingright, I mean she talked to him,
I thought as a um editor orwhatever she was you know, but
um, I just thought that that wasa little odd.
Like you're gonna be in a housein your pajamas with some man
(26:48):
you don't know and know anythingabout.
Garry (26:50):
I mean, I think it was a friend of the guy that was
supposed to go and shoot theballoon festival okay, so they
trusted him at that.
Amy (26:58):
Oh, the other reporter the other reporter.
Garry (27:00):
Oh, okay, okay, I think couldn't go.
Amy (27:01):
Oh, okay, okay.
I think, Well, no, because Marysays you know, we can't find a,
or did they?
Garry (27:08):
maybe I'm misunderstanding she said you
can't find a hotel, because Marysaid you can't find a hotel.
Amy (27:11):
Oh, so meaning you have to stay with him?
Okay, okay, maybe I glossedover that.
I was probably too busy.
Looking at the black streak inthe hair, I didn't think Mary
worked the character, not theactor.
Garry (27:25):
No.
Amy (27:29):
But that was a little.
Garry (27:29):
I just, yeah, that was my thing, I mean, when she first
told Brooklyn she was going.
She's like we're not going totalk every day.
I don't want you Right.
You're going to report to me atthe end, but yet she called
every day.
Amy (27:39):
Every day.
Garry (27:40):
Sometimes a couple of times a day.
Amy (27:42):
Yeah.
Garry (27:45):
To where Jarrett was like wow, it didn't add up.
Yeah, I just didn't like theacting and brad brad's hole.
Amy (27:50):
You brought it up earlier how people you know they retire
and they don't know what to dowith themselves.
But I just felt like his doomand gloom was just so overacted
and so you know, it just didn't,it just didn't work for me.
And then when he was upset atthe at the fiesta for a while I
was like what you're at the, youknow, and he's like walking
(28:11):
around, like he's you know all I, I just I didn't buy it, I
didn't what about the scene whenhe was polishing the silver?
Garry (28:18):
oh, and he what?
What show was coming on?
Amy (28:20):
I don't know, I don't know, it, just, it just didn't.
And what show was coming on?
I don't know.
I don't know, come on, it justdidn't, yeah.
And then when okay, it'ssupposed to be a very emotional
moment when Jared and Brad hug.
Garry (28:32):
Oh yeah.
Amy (28:34):
It just didn't.
Again, I was like it justdidn't.
It was supposed to be this big,powerful moment and it was like
literally nothing to me, so youknow, know, and I appreciate
the actors, but yeah, that justdidn't work.
So, yeah, any, any other jeersfrom you?
Garry (28:50):
okay, yes, I got a couple more okay, the whole, after the
whole cut from early morningdarkness to what seemed like
late in the afternoon sunlightscenes oh, I didn.
I didn't even notice, yeahthey're like at the Bloom
Festival it was dark, and thenthey're at some kind of
marketplace and it looks likeit's noon.
Yeah, I just didn't like thecut between those scenes.
Amy (29:13):
You didn't like the cut between oh okay, I get it.
I love the Spanish guitar.
Garry (29:17):
I didn't notice, but yeah , I like the music.
Amy (29:19):
Yeah, music, yeah you know, I thought that was pretty cool
and I like the christmas tree uh, peppers thing, the christmas
oh yes, I'll have a red one anda green one christmas tree.
Garry (29:30):
Yeah, that was kind of a shout out to christmas yeah, hey
, so I don't know you said youhad a couple more, you have
another one, the whole scenelike okay, so when they, when um
jared walks in on brooklyntalking Uh-oh, you're gritting
your teeth he just hears alittle bit of it and then he
(29:59):
walks away.
Mad, yeah, right.
Yeah, and then so they fightand I'm like you didn't even try
to save that.
Amy (30:07):
It was much ado about nothing Like they.
Is that what you mean?
Yeah?
Garry (30:13):
And then Elise treats Carlos like dirt.
Amy (30:16):
Yeah, that was the very next morning right.
So that was another one of myjeers and I loved, you know, the
Elise character.
I didn't understand why she wasso mad, like she was acting kind
of pissed off at Carlos and Ididn't understand and he didn't
even do anything Like I was like, okay, I could understand if
she was kind of like sad, likeoh man, you know, I don't want
to go Like if she looked, shelooked mad at him and I'm like
(30:39):
what?
Yeah, so was she mad at himbecause he didn't ask her to
stay or was she mad at him onbehalf of I have no idea
brooklyn I, I didn't get it Ididn't get it either.
Garry (30:52):
I didn't get it either.
Amy (30:54):
Oh, you got any more jeers no, that was it yeah, I have a.
You know I have more in mynotes, but I'm gonna leave it at
.
Garry (31:02):
Although I do like there was one scene when Jared I don't
know if they were in theballoon up in the air for the
first time or what, but theywere talking about love and he
said love, that's like trying tocontrol a hot air balloon in a
windstorm.
Amy (31:17):
Who said that?
Jared, jared.
Oh, that was like, was thattowards the beginning?
Garry (31:21):
Yes.
Amy (31:21):
I think that was like.
It was that towards thebeginning.
Yeah, I think that was it.
Garry (31:23):
Yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right.
Amy (31:23):
Yeah, that was kind of funny, that was kind of cool
yeah, I mean at least they didthe year later, because we're
always talking about how the?
Movies, just sort of end butthey're either like I love you
or they, you know, or they havethat kiss or whatever.
Well, yeah, it was the greenscreen, but they at least did
like a year later and then theygot engaged.
So that was.
(31:44):
It was a good idea and thestory was good.
I don't think, I don't know, Idon't think they've ever done a
hot air balloon type of story.
Garry (31:52):
So I liked that, I liked the New.
Amy (31:54):
Mexico of it all.
Garry (31:56):
Yes, the Albuquerque part of it all, yes.
Amy (31:59):
Makes me kind of want.
I don't think I've ever I thinkI've driven through New Mexico
but I've never actually, youknow, stayed or stopped yeah.
Yeah, but it makes me kind ofwant to.
I love the hot.
I would go watch the hot airballoon festival Fiesta.
Garry (32:13):
So would I.
Amy (32:13):
But I would not go up in one, but I would love to see it.
It's probably beautiful.
I'm sure it's beautiful.
Yes, you know day and night, soit kind of intrigued me that
way.
So there were positives.
Garry (32:24):
There were some good positives.
So Well, you know, yeah, didyou have anything else?
Amy (32:30):
No, I'm fresh out, all right.
Garry (32:34):
So out of five, how many corks do you give this one?
Be honest, oh gosh, do you givethis one Be?
Amy (32:40):
honest.
Oh gosh, I would say, probablydebating.
Do you know yours for sure?
What's yours?
Garry (32:50):
Three.
Really yeah that high Well onlybecause I would have to go at
two, I'd have to go at two Onlybecause Two corks for me.
Amy (32:59):
Yeah, I mean I almost did like one and a half, but I mean
in two.
I'm gonna say two corks yeah,what were you gonna say for you
three?
Garry (33:08):
yeah, three, only because I did.
You know, what saved this moviewas those scenes, the balloon
scene yes, not enough for me togive it a three, though acting
on the back end of the movie gota lot better.
Amy (33:20):
I think it was better.
The second half, yes, and thechemistry got a little bit
better but it's kind of like.
Garry (33:27):
But it was tough.
New series starts, the firstcouple episodes they just don't
jive yeah, they don't.
That's a good when you come inand when to you know yeah, back
off.
Amy (33:36):
That's a good analogy sometimes you got to get a
series, a couple more.
Like I said, I think the actorsand actresses you know if they
find different projects in thereand they've been in many other
projects obviously it's not likeyou know I mean the younger
ones that's their first few.
But you know, and it's workedin other places, Maybe it was
(33:58):
just this particular cast.
It could have been the director.
Garry (34:02):
Sometimes the director's got to pull that out of people.
Amy (34:04):
Yeah, I mean it could have been the director and it's not
the right.
The story was there right in myopinion it.
It had everything.
There were moments that weretoo rushed and you know what I
mean, and it was like she quither job and then she gets she
literally gets a phone call likethe next minute.
I was like okay, you could havewaited like five minutes you
know, it was just a little therewere little things like that,
but so the story was was there,it just wasn't executed.
(34:27):
Well, okay, I don't think well,hey so I'm going going with my
two all right, that's the lowestone I've ever given yeah, me
too three.
Garry (34:36):
So is that a wrap?
That's a wrap okay, guys,thanks for listening.
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Amy (34:53):
Yes, if you wouldn't mind, we'd really really appreciate a
review.
That would really help.
Yeah, it would.
Sure, that would really helpyeah it would.
Sure, Join us next Wednesdayfor our review of Love Song, the
first of three Love on theDanube movies.
It originally aired on HallmarkPlus in September of 2024, but
makes its premiere Saturdaynight, May 17th 2025, on the
(35:16):
Hallmark Channel.
It is streaming now on HallmarkPlus so you could technically
catch it early.
Garry (35:22):
Yes, you can.
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