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MikeWaters · 01-27-2006, 12:28 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...012502320.html

ute4ever · 01-27-2006, 12:32 AM

The Work and the Glory would have been 10x better had they cast Chuck Norris as Joseph Smith.
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SeattleUte · 01-28-2006, 03:31 AM

is terrible.

SteelBlue · 01-28-2006, 06:49 AM

This seems to be the formula for Mormon cinema:

Hire Kirby: 30,000 bucks
Write Crappy Script: Free
Film the thing: 150,000 bucks

Release the film to a Utah theater audience: Make $500,000
Release to dvd: Make another $100,000

As long as people keep going to see the things there's no reason to expect the films will ever get better. They don't need to, as plenty of profit is being made. I personally haven't seen one since "The Home Teacher". That was the single worst piece of cinema I've ever watched.

il Padrino Ute · 01-28-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

I personally haven't seen one since "The Home Teacher". That was the single worst piece of cinema I've ever watched.

Have you not seen Somewhere in Time? Titanic? Pearl Harbor? While You Were Sleeping?

Blech!

Sleeping in EQ · 02-05-2006, 04:46 PM

The first God's Army gets by on cultural stereotypes, but he does show that he knows how to give characters some depth.

Even with its faults, Brigham City was a move in the right direction.

I haven't seen his latest one yet, but people who actually know film say its good so I'll check it out.

Hale-Storm has put out some real garbage. I can sort of like the Singles Ward in that one kitschy, making-fun-of-the-Mormon-culture movie might actually evidence that Mormons can laugh at themselves, but all subsequent attempts at the formula have been a total waste.

Other Mormon films are beneath mention.

Surfah · 02-05-2006, 08:41 PM

The chick who played Charly is smoking hot. A bit skinny for my taste but beautiful nonetheless.

SteelBlue · 02-06-2006, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

Hale-Storm has put out some real garbage. I can sort of like the Singles Ward in that one kitschy, making-fun-of-the-Mormon-culture movie might actually evidence that Mormons can laugh at themselves, but all subsequent attempts at the formula have been a total waste.

That's a perfect explanation of the state of Mormon cinema.

01-27-2006, 12:28 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Mormon cinema... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...012502320.html

01-28-2006, 03:31 AM	#3
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Re: Mormon cinema... is terrible. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

02-05-2006, 04:46 PM	#6
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Dutcher may be a singular talent The first God's Army gets by on cultural stereotypes, but he does show that he knows how to give characters some depth. Even with its faults, Brigham City was a move in the right direction. I haven't seen his latest one yet, but people who actually know film say its good so I'll check it out. Hale-Storm has put out some real garbage. I can sort of like the Singles Ward in that one kitschy, making-fun-of-the-Mormon-culture movie might actually evidence that Mormons can laugh at themselves, but all subsequent attempts at the formula have been a total waste. Other Mormon films are beneath mention. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

02-05-2006, 08:41 PM	#7
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	The chick who played Charly is smoking hot. A bit skinny for my taste but beautiful nonetheless. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

01-27-2006, 12:32 AM	#2
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	The Work and the Glory would have been 10x better had they cast Chuck Norris as Joseph Smith. [/i]

01-28-2006, 06:49 AM	#4
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	This seems to be the formula for Mormon cinema: Hire Kirby: 30,000 bucks Write Crappy Script: Free Film the thing: 150,000 bucks Release the film to a Utah theater audience: Make $500,000 Release to dvd: Make another $100,000 As long as people keep going to see the things there's no reason to expect the films will ever get better. They don't need to, as plenty of profit is being made. I personally haven't seen one since "The Home Teacher". That was the single worst piece of cinema I've ever watched.