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The Spirit of Christmas (2015)
Just go with it and enjoy!
This isn't your ordinary Xmas movie, but it touches several of the key requirements. First, there is real snow, and lots of it!! 2nd, there is the tree-decorating which is accompanied by plot-related dialogue. 3rd, there is the Xmas party, which is also thematically connected to the plot. Now, to the "just go with it" material. If the premise of the film is unreal, there can't be a logical ending. If you think he should have gone with his fiancé, remember she is married to his brother and unavailable. Questions about how a ghost becomes human are silly because ghosts don't exist. So, go with it! Otherwise, we get tied up with varied religious ideas which will satisfy one person but not another. This is a good film, far above other holiday fare.
The Dare Project (2018)
A waste of time, money, and talent
The sequel, which is tagged onto the original Dare Project video, is so poorly conceived that it left me feeling cheated and angry. We waited 15 years to see the lives/stories of the main characters advance about 15 minutes. Unlike the original video, the sequel has no compelling storyline and, instead of focusing on the characters we've waited 15 years to see again, new characters are introduced who only serve as annoying distractions. If the writers had nothing more to say about the original characters, why didn't they simply scrap the sequel? So, what we conclude with is a kiss and the guys promising to get in touch soon. Okay, so are we going to wait 15 more years for another 15 minutes of meandering talk? Or is this sequel simply a failure - the very disappointing conclusion of a project that originally held such promise?