Watching - November 2023

The Christmas Ball (2021)

Maybe it's too early to be watching crappy Hallmark Christmas films, and perhaps they start the season with the really poor ones - you know, for the saddoes who can't wait until December at least. But whatever, this was really quite bad. The only amusement was in laughing at the outdoor locations that are supposedly "England" but are clearly eastern European (like a lot of these films, it was produced in Serbia), and spotting when the heroine's accent slipped from "American" to the actress's actual native Irish. Passed the time but only just. I still love these kind of films for a weekend afternoon though (and I have to put yet another link to the wonderful Caroline Siede, who completely nailed the appeal)

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)

With the advent of the new Netflix animated series, I was minded to watch the original film again, and what a joy it is. Haven't seen the animation yet.