chiguy17

I liked Young Sheldon, so decided to give this a try, and I wanted to like It it's just not good. They've changed way too much. Right from the opening credits - they do a tango that is completely unrelated to any part of their story and they use the same tired music throughout the show.

It could be a lot better if they included the original characters from Young Sheldon more often. So far the only decent episodes have had Meemaw, Mary, Dale, and Missy. If they can include at least one of them on a weekly basis, lose the ridiculous laugh track and ditch the tacky opening, that's a start.

One of the few characters introduced in Young Sheldon who is a regular is Mandy's brother, but they changed him from a Smith's loving painter to a really WEIRD accordion loving musician.

They basically got rid of everything that worked with Young Sheldon. It's a spinoff in name only.

What they really need is at least one of the writers from Young Sheldon. They got the formula right with that (I still prefer Young Sheldon to Big Bang). They've left the heart and quickly intelligence that set Young Sheldon apart for tired sitcom tropes, unfunny jokes, and they're not giving any of their characters anything to do or a story to develop

If they can tune It closer to the formula of Young Sheldon, It might have hope. Right now It won't last past the first season.

These movies are so banal, cheesy, and low budget I normally never pay any attention to them, but this came on while i was looking for the remote, and the opening was so dumb (and wrong) it actually made me mad, lol. Of course, being a Hallmark movie, it starts out with a woman being dumped and/or putting work ahead of her personal life, or moving back home for some contrived reason. This starts with a woman upset that Valentine's Day isn't a big deal to her boyfriend, so she writes to an advice columnist (the protagonist), who tells her to dump him. She made the connection that somehow, him not liking Valentine's Day (conveniently one of Hallmark's biggest days - and more or less invited by them) he's insensitive and the wrong guy.

First of all, I don't know ANY guy to whom Valentine's Day is a big deal. Secondly, he didn't just ignore her, he has to work that night. It's not like Christmas or even her birthday, it's Valentine's Day. You're seriously going to base an entire relationship on one Hallmark holiday?! I get Hallmark is just trying to reinforce the myth that if you're not swept off your feet on Valentines Day you're somehow unloved, but maybe she should have suggested the woman just TELL her boyfriend that it's a big deal to her. He's not forgetting it, he's not forcing to do anything for it, he has to work, and she KNOWS it's not a big deal to him. So instead of actually talking to her boyfriend, she follows some stranger's advice and dump the guy. If she's going to be that fickle and reactionary, dude dodged a bullet!

I'm probably a but biased as I took part in the making of this film and know how much went into it and so much that wound up on the cutting room floor, but if you can go in with an open mind and set aside the idea that a modern film should consist of green screen and CGI. Very few films these days take the time to actually delve into characters and development and story telling. Jennifer Morrison is wonderful, and if she'd been cast as Black Widow for this, it would have been a much bigger picture. I'm not saying anything negative about the very talented Scarlet Johansson, only that the movie really didn't get its due because it is an independent feature and fueled by artists dedicated to their crafts and not product placement or an extended cinematic universe.

Take a chance on an independent venture and put aside popcorn movie thinking. Especially considering it's a Chicago based production by Chicago artists, it deserves more acclaim than it received. There are no Michael Bay explosions or fancy special effects - just a filmmaker telling a story because he has something to say and everyone involved cares about the material.