Two for the Win

It was a movie that was very well done. I loved the story and the editing and the music. The characters and their relationships were quite deep, and as a guy, I loved that the storytelling of this leaned more on the guy's side. The roles were a bit reversed from the typical Hallmark formula and I loved it.

It was a nice winter movie, but girl, what was that a bad make up of Charlotte Sullivan. Even her hair, it had even orange bits and pieces in it. I think Hallmark you can do better than that.

Justin is going home for a championship, it's his "comeback" after an injury which kept him out of the slopes for a year. Kayla, his childhood best friend, is there. She finds herself agreeing to be his coach for this race.

I don't know. It was hard at first to get into it, which maybe had to do with Charlotte Sullivan, I kept thinking where I knew her from and then her face: is it make up? is it her face? If so, she could use a little bit of tan. It was so distracting. I haven't seen Trevor Donovan in much movies but I apparently like him. I enjoyed his performance and apparently he can skii? Anyway, these two had a good dynamic, they told us they were childhood friends and I believe it.

I was pleasantly surprised at minute 43. I did not see that coming so soon. We always expect the big revelation in the final minutes, not half an hour before the ending, I was caught off guard, so points for that.

Fun fact: Around minute 53 we can see a man with a mask standing in the middle of the snow. If you ask me, he was part of the crew. I jut found it funny.

To sum up: we have friends-to-lovers combined with sports. It's a good combination, it worked. It didn't make me smile like other movies had, and I kept being distracted but it's not a bad movie. I'm also satisfied with the ending. I thought they might go in the same direction as always (you know which one) but they managed to avoid it. So, good.

Clearly the costume designer has no clue what real skiers or anyone on or near a ski resort wears. I could barely stand to watch this film with characters who are supposed to be world class skiers wearing cheap outdoor (not ski) clothing with cheesy, low quality details. People in the lodge are all wearing cheap acrylic sweaters and Walmart necktubes. Then there is the disconnect between the ski scenes filmed on the little hill in Ottawa, cut to the character looking off in the distance and suddenly it's freaking Switzerland. Major Helly Hansen product placement. Hilarious.

I love Trevor Donovan, I watched quite a few of his movies, even his parts as Teddy Montgomery. I have to say he had the least amount of chemistry with Charlotte Sullivan. To be honest I don't know how good actor he is in reality as his characters don't really have a lot of depth, it's enough that he looks dashing, but Charlotte is just so wooden in this one This movie felt like they were not really there, just kinda "let's do another Hallmark movie". Their "romance" was not believable, no sparks, nothing. I frequently found myself checking my phone as it was boring. I'm sorry Trevor but I want to see you playing something else now. 4 stars for the scenery.