The Hero’s Journey — Hallmark Holiday Movie Edition
If Bridget Jones and Joseph Campbell had a baby, that baby would be a Hallmark holiday movie. And the DNA of each movie is easily cloned. Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and intrepid internet-er John Markowski’s guide to Hallmark holiday movie tropes are the double helix intertwined around the axis of each movie. And there is no shortage to choose from.
In fact the only thing more popular this season than Hallmark movies and Hallmark holiday movie drinking games is writing snarky but kind of converted reviews of these movies. From husband-and-wife duos and dads to cranky journalists and bots, everyone has reviewed the Hallmark formula.
These holiday movies, peppermint-flavored two-hour puns, are only getting more popular.
Now if you’re worried you missed out on all the Christmas magic, don’t worry. You’ve still got tonight! If you’re on the west coast you’ve got three hours left — that’s enough time to bake cookies and let one last holiday movie cast its predictable snow-covered spell on you for New Year’s Eve. You’re just in time for a royal wedding. Wink-face emoji. (I can’t stomach using it but I’ll spell it out.)
So skip the moshpit crowds, cover charges and drunk drivers tonight. Stay in and watch Netflix. You know you want to.
