Penelope C

The last episode broke me. The acting was some of the best I have ever seen. That said, I think the series fell short. It tried to make this an individual problem, that the boy was somehow a bad seed, born from good parents. And I suspect many women wanted it to get beyond this story line because this kind of behavior is not a bug in the system, it's a feature. Ask any woman what happens when she rebuffs a man. Ask any woman what the threat of violence from someone she loves does to her psyche. We can't deny the fact that the number one cause of death of pregnant women is homicide. Or that 20% of girls experience s3z harassment BEFORE the age of 13. Male anger and entitlement are not a trope; both are used to keep women in their place and this series did a bang up job reinforcing these ideas.

I felt like I ended up in bed with a poor lover; felt unsatisfied and couldn’t admit that I didn’t come. I wanted more and it seemed the end of the movie was better for him than me. I think many moms get it.

We LOVED Christmas Chronicles I; it was magical and endearing and easy to watch, kind of funny too. It even bumped out Polar Express as our traditional family Christmas movie. But this? Ugh. Almost painful to watch. Goldie was stiff, like she was stuck in a tube, and there was no plot. Coupled with the predictable vanilla character development and not-so-subtle messages/stereotypes about family, religion, fat kids, and elves. I could have turned it off during the airport scene. And really? Did the ancient elf in Turkey have to be your typical wise CHINESE guy? And what is with the nerf gun scene? And cookie hand-grenades? A little kid casted to act like Rambo, in the name of "courage"? As I said, ugh.