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Christmas at Dollywood (2019)
Not really Christmas at Dollywood
If you are like us and are big fans of Dollywood Smoky Mountain Christmas and the surrounding character of Pigeon Forge, you will find this movie disappointing. Other than a few scenes filmed at Dollywood, and the movie bearing the name, it really doesn't do this area of Tennessee it Dollywood justice. Hallmark movies are rather predictable and most are similar, but this is our least favorite new movie this year.
I mean, come on, how can you have a movie about Dollywood and not even mention their famous cinnamon bread. It should be 2/10 for that egregious omission.
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014)
Decent Holllywood war movie
You should note that this is like a vast majority of Hollywood movies - it is a work of fiction designed to provide entertainment to the masses.
As a Marine combat veteran, I have yet to see many fictional war movies that are realistic. I'm not so sure that many members of the general public could handle a realistic war movie. While it has its share of inaccurate flaws, I am quick to overlook those, opting to enjoy this as entertainment.
And it does provide entertainment. The writers and producers do a reasonably decent job of portraying Marines in a combat environment, despite any specific attention to details that most people will not notice. People watch war movies to see action and effects and to this extent the movie does not disappoint, however inaccurate and unrealistic (like most movies) some of the effects are.
The dialogue is a watered down version of many dialogs I encountered while in the Marine Corps so I appreciate them taking the watered down route.
While there is not a deep storyline, you will gradually connect with many of the characters. Unfortunately the movie is ruined by the writers killing off most of the people you are pulling for, which is the primary downfall of the movie. The other big downfall to the movie is calling it Jarhead 2, assuming that it is a spin off of the original Jarhead. The only two ways it connects to the original movie is that it focuses on the Marine Corps and it uses Jarhead in the title. Other than that, it is a completely different movie.
All in all, if you overlook the inaccuracies, like you should in most movies, and view it as purely entertainment, you will find yourself on the edge of your seat at numerous times.