Comments on: Best Mormon-themed movies

By: R Biddulph

R Biddulph — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:37:53 +0000

Our votes are for “Emma” and the first in the “Work and the Glory” series.

By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:39:08 +0000

Of course it was a stage production long before it was a movie…

By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:30:14 +0000

Anon, I agree that most of Napoleon Dynamite is very much in character. The glaring exception I mentioned would have been much more accurate if replaced with vitamins, homeopathic remedies, health/fitness gadgets, or some other quasi-respectable MLM scheme. Marketing of the material that was chosen would cause a young person to lose his respectability in a small town overnight.

I don’t doubt that there are such people in small Idaho towns, but they would now doubt be older and be of the same sort that would consider a position in the pornography industry an attractive career move.

I agree that Saturday’s Warrior should rank among the top (if not the top) truly LDS themed movies ever made.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:55:12 +0000

Anyone who hasn’t seen New York Dolls shouldn’t vote. It is by far the best but I think it hasn’t been seen enough. It was on the free movies on Comcast On Demand a few months ago, not sure if it now.

Mark D- I must disagree with your statement that Napoleon D is out of character. My best friend grew up in that small Idaho town and says it is right on.

And what about Saturdays Warriors? Or would that be considered a play on DVD? My husband who is a recent convert has never seen it and gives me a hard time when I break out into song. However, I tell him he will never be a really indoctrinated until he sees it. It’s not good but worth mentioning!

By: RickLDS

RickLDS — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:49:56 +0000

My non-member bride (a Baptist) and I liked Baptists at Our Barbeque. They hired actors for that movie but I think it was based on our ward. My bride thinks the Baptists in it are those in HER church as well. Humor is most effective when there’s some truth to it.

Since everyone is voting New York Dolls, I guess I’ll have to put that on my “to see” list.

By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:29:23 +0000

Northern Utah / Southeast Idaho, same difference.

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:18:06 +0000

How come I don’t see Cypher in the Snow there? 70′s film at its finest.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:28:56 +0000

Methinks I still have a comment in moderation. Geoff left out a bunch of other Mormon-themed movies, including the very first one that I know of, that preceeded God’s Army by over 50 years.

Anyone know what happened to http://www.HolyMovies.com ? I bought several from them. Where’s the next best place to buy mormon-themed-movie DVD’s?

By the way, I stocked up on “Book of Mormon Movie.” As I’m sure it’s going to be a cult classic, like Rocky Horror.

I still think BOMM can be mashed-up, re-done ala MST-3000, dubbing in new dialogue and commentary, into something worth spending $10 on for a DVD.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:04:25 +0000

Haven’t seen “New York Doll.”

So I’m forced to vote for “Napoleon Dynamite” — though there’s nothing explicitly Mormon about it (except that we fair better in flirting with the absolutely ridiculous than with getting in the ring and duking it out with solid story telling).

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:35:35 +0000

Ah, but remember. I wasn’t discussing Bill Murray. I was discussing Phil Connors.