Mormon movie

[truthman]

Anyone seen or going to see this Mormon film, entitled "The Best Two Years"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377038/

truthman

p.s. Do you have comment on other Mormon films?

[Esther]

I think I've seen that one. Was it the one where the guy went to Tonga? Someone rented it and wanted me to see it because "it's a great movie about a missionary." It was a good movie but it was sad when I realized it was about a Mormon missionary.

[Trout]

I have in my posession a movie titled, "Brigham Young" . Shot in 1940, and starring Vincent Price as Joseph Smith, and academy award winner Dean Jagger as Brigham Young.

The story unfolds about the journey to the Salt Lake valley, and the many challenges found along the way, including a scene involving "Mormon Crickets" that was quite good.


Vincent Price as Joseph Smith. . .I couldn't have cast it any better myself. :wink:

[Esther]

Vincent Price as Joseph Smith. . .I couldn't have cast it any better myself. :wink:

LOL Gotcha! :wink:

[C. D. Ward]

Hey! My avatar says, "watch it!" :hehe:

I think that the Joseph Smith story in itself would make an excellent picture. I know that there's a documentary, American Prophet (made in 2000), but what about a dramatic flick? Even without going into whether or not Smith actually saw what he said he saw, the story would still be quite a dramatic one!

Edit to add: just found out that there's apparently one in the works, directed by Richard Dutcher (?). Although the website (http://www.zionfilms.com/prophet.html) says that filming began in 2001, I've heard nothing about it recently...

[Trout]

Hey! My avatar says, "watch it!" :hehe:

I think that the Joseph Smith story in itself would make an excellent picture. I know that there's a documentary, American Prophet (made in 2000), but what about a dramatic flick? Even without going into whether or not Smith actually saw what he said he saw, the story would still be quite a dramatic one!

Edit to add: just found out that there's apparently one in the works, directed by Richard Dutcher (?). Although the website (http://www.zionfilms.com/prophet.html) says that filming began in 2001, I've heard nothing about it recently...
I think Mr. Gibson has proven that in fact there is a lucrative market for such films. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see many films made along those lines.

(Vincent Price is a dearly missed star of Hollywood's greatest hour. The Pit and The Pendulum is my favorite of his many great performances.)

[I'm LDS]

Thought I would comment:

Nice to see that so many of you have taken an interest in the LDS Church. The movie of the LDS missionary who went on a mission in the Pacific is "Other Side of Heaven", and a Disney movie no less. I enjoyed it, although my mission experience in Mexico was a little different. Lots of beans, tacos, Mexicans, and pollution.

Perhaps you should all try not to be so skeptical of differences between your churches and ours, if you think about what it takes to get into heaven by your standards, and what it takes by our standards, I think we have the edge.:blush:

[Trout]

Thought I would comment:

Nice to see that so many of you have taken an interest in the LDS Church. The movie of the LDS missionary who went on a mission in the Pacific is "Other Side of Heaven", and a Disney movie no less. I enjoyed it, although my mission experience in Mexico was a little different. Lots of beans, tacos, Mexicans, and pollution.

Perhaps you should all try not to be so skeptical of differences between your churches and ours, if you think about what it takes to get into heaven by your standards, and what it takes by our standards, I think we have the edge.:blush:

Hello there I'm LDS :hi: nice to have you here!

[truthman]

...if you think about what it takes to get into heaven by your standards, and what it takes by our standards, I think we have the edge.:blush:What edge would that be?

truthman

p.s. I was out of the house yesterday, but two missionaries came by while my wife was home and she got one of the new Jesus trading cards.

[master_mormon]

I think I've seen that one. Was it the one where the guy went to Tonga? Someone rented it and wanted me to see it because "it's a great movie about a missionary." It was a good movie but it was sad when I realized it was about a Mormon missionary.
Lets not be too shallow. A good movie is a good movie no matter what. If I saw a good movie about a missionary and it turned out to be a JW missionary, it would not be sad to me. Does it bother you that any movie that portrays and LDS missionary in a good light has to be a negative?

[SteveF]

Low are Mormons and one of the finest bands of the last 10 years.

[Ric]

Anyone seen or going to see this Mormon film, entitled "The Best Two Years"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377038/

truthman

p.s. Do you have comment on other Mormon films?

No thank you very much!

[just Johnna]

Low are Mormons and one of the finest bands of the last 10 years.Not all members of the band are members of the church.

But if they're the finest band in the last 10 year I guess I'd better check them out.

Low (http://www.chairkickers.com)
http://www.chairkickers.com

just J

[SteveF]

Not all members of the band are members of the church.

But if they're the finest band in the last 10 year I guess I'd better check them out.

Low (http://www.chairkickers.com/)
http://www.chairkickers.com (http://www.chairkickers.com/)

just J
Yes, I should have made that clear. Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and his wife Mimi Parker (drums and vocals) are mormons, Zac Sally who plays the bass isn't.

I think they are one of the finest bands of the last 10 years, they have a very loyal and dedicated fanbase and they are massively critically acclaimed.

However, they are something of an aquired taste. They play music that is very slow, very quiet and would probably be considered by many people to be rather sad and depressing (I don't think so - wouldn't listen to them if I did). So I'd say try before buy just in case. Their most accessible album is 'Things We Lost in the Fire' and Sunflower the most 'poppy' kind of song:

A couple of reviews on Amazon sum p how one might view them:

<"Pah-rum-a-pum-pum!" Yes, that was Low that provided the soundtrack for a Christmas Gap commercial. With a slowed-down version of "The Little Drummer Boy," the stark-sounding Minnesota trio subtly marched into the aural lexicon of pop culture. Low's fifth full-length release, Things We Lost in the Fire, is an appropriate follow-up to their auspicious television debut. The Minnesota trio's stark sound has evolved--ever so slightly--since their 1994 debut, I Could Live in Hope (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000A3K/103-5035536-6795838). Tracking their career is like surveying the changes in a river's course--progress is perceptible, but just barely. Still, while modesty and restraint are key fundamentals for Low, Fire is full of grace and revelations. While earlier efforts lacked in contrast, "Dinosaur Act" and "Like a Forest" build and swell like thunderstorms coming over the horizon. Drummer Mimi Parker's vocals on "Embrace" are particularly evocative of the trio's evolution; achingly vulnerable, she lulls the listener with a promise of sanctuary before "crushing your skull with my warming embrace." What a glorious way to go.>

but on the other hand:

<I LOVE feeling sorry for myself! Low rules, so does Red House Painters and all the other totally emasculated Slow-core/Sad-core bands out there. Repeating the same dissonant chord structure at 30 beats-per-minute over and over and over again while droning on lyrically in a whiny voice is the future of rock n' roll!>

The last review misses the point kind of spectacularly but you get the picture about what some people think.

Hope you enjoy!