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[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

The military movie theme is one where it works sometimes and other times it doesn't. I mean this also outside of the holiday line up.

Sometimes they seem to just throw the military theme out there but either just do it so the lead is in a uniform or they don't really do much actual integration of the military aspect so then it's just the theme for the theme trying to grab people's attention.

My absolute fav is The Lost Valentine (2011), a tearjerker but just so good.

I also enjoyed A Soldier's Love Story (also called Meet My Mom, from 2010)

A much older film of A Christmas Visitor (2002)

Operation Christmas (2016). One of Marc Blucus's other military films was Holiday for Heroes (2019) which I didn't like quite as much as Operation Christmas.

Home for Christmas Day (2017) is another one that I really like

USS Christmas(2020) was pretty good too

Not strictly military but has that as part of the character is Journey to Christmas (Candance Cameron Bure plays a WWII-era nurse, from 2022)

With exception to Holiday for Heroes (which I rated a 7) all of the above were either an 8 or a 9 rating to me based on a 1-10 (10 being the best) scale.

I must admit I didn't quite connect with Bringing Christmas Home that was mentioned, I only rated that a 6.

 

[Imzadi]

Operation Christmas (2016). One of Marc Blucus's other military films was Holiday for Heroes (2019) which I didn't like quite as much as Operation Christmas.

Operation Christmas is one of my favorite movies. Marc Blucas & Tricia Helfer make such a great team together. They've acted together in quite a few projects over the decades. It's clear they are really comfortable working with each other.

Holiday for Heroes didn't quite jell for me. The story created an awkwardness because she never got the letter telling her he was on his way to visit her. Plus the actress, herself, seemed to be kind of remote.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Operation Christmas is one of my favorite movies. Marc Blucas & Tricia Helfer make such a great team together. They've acted together in quite a few projects over the decades. It's clear they are really comfortable working with each other.

Holiday for Heroes didn't quite jell for me. The story created an awkwardness because she never got the letter telling her he was on his way to visit her. Plus the actress, herself, seemed to be kind of remote.

Agreed, looking it up the main actress in Holiday for Heroes has mostly done two soap operas (All My Children and The Young and the Restless both of which she has done countless episodes) with other random stuff as well. Maybe it didn't work out for her like it has for Alison Sweeny to make the good transition from that type of acting.