Brigham Young
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Movie Reviews of Brigham Young
Movie Review: What a propaganda piece!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this DVD because I remember seeing the movie on TV when I was a kid back in the '60s. I wanted to see if it was what I remembered. And yes, it was...a great piece of propaganda for the Mormon (LDS) church.
I was a member of that cult in the 1970s. So I know what I'm talking about.
I have an Australian friend whose mother-in-law points to the seagulls "saving" the crops as a miracle, since Utah is nowhere near the coast. Well, I live in Idaho. We're nowhere near the coast, either. But seagulls are here scavanging newly turned fields every year. It's no miracle. These birds adapted to an inland environment after the "Salt Lake Sea" receded.
Buy this if you want. But remember that it is just propaganda.
Movie Review: Even Atheist Can Enjoy
Summary: 3 Stars
Okay, Im an atheist. A fire breathing Objectivist. And I loved this movie. Its so well done that a tiny bit of me converts, I swear to god, at least for the duration of the flick. Explains a lot about what I like about Mormons!
Its also a great adventurous tale of pioneering in the olden days when men were men.... The special effects are quite good. Tyrone Power, great as always, and the the woman who plays Zina is hard to forget and very convincing. But maybe I just go in for this sort of somewhat cheesy American individualist against the elements, Oregon Trail, thing.
Terrific for late night drinking and rainy afternoons and to inspire that long lost American Pioneer in you. I'm serious!
Enjoy.
Movie Review: tyrone powell as brigham young
Summary: 4 Stars
the story is a testimony to the latter day saints and the flight to salt lake city utah. how they struggled , but persued on to their goal
A+++++
Movie Review: Definitely worth watching, but not all true to the facts
Summary: 4 Stars
Considering that this movie was made in 1939 and 1940 it is an amazing achievement. The special effects are quite impressive for the time: The birds-eye view of the wagons leaving Nauvoo with the temple in center screen, Crossing the Missouri frozen river, Nauvoo homes and temple burning in the background across the river, all of the wagons and oxen crossing plains, rivers, climbing mountains, etc. But especially the near-final scene of the locusts and the seagulls (which were mostly all real).
Dean Jagger does a remarkable job as Brigham Young. He resembles him closely and even has a similar voice, according to a crew-member who was hired for coaching because he knew Brigham personally, and was around 16 when Brigham died in 1877 (50 years before filming this picture). Interesting trivia note: Dean Jagger was not LDS when he made this film but later married a Mormon woman and subsequently joined the church.
Vincent Price respected Joseph Smith greatly and had great reverence and admiration for him while playing the role of the prophet. His screentime is minimal but he does a fine job (in spite of being 10 years older than the man he was portraying).
The LDS first presidency approved the script, even though it veered from the truth on many points. They did this because they agreed that it helped make the picture more dramatic and exciting. Personally, I would prefer historical accuracy over romance or excitement, but that's how it was back then. Successful movies had a sort of recipe, and they wanted this one to follow that recipe as close as it could.
But all-in-all it paints an accurate picture of America in the 1840's and 50's and the trek of the early Mormon pioneers.
I recommend it, but if you can, watch the excellent commentary afterwards. It clears up fact from fiction and is very enlightening.
Film: 3 stars
DVD extras: 4 stars
Weighted average score: 4 stars
Movie Review: go read the book of mormon
Summary: 5 Stars
i am mormon and im sorry Jmark2001 but i feel i know more about my church and how it was formed than u do. we are righteous people. WE have high morals which are not seen in many other people theses days. I am not saying we are perfect or that everyone in the church is righeous but just that what we teach is morally right. if you knew history correctlly you would know these murders you speak of have never been proven to have been committed by mornmons, but it has been proven many many mormons {im sorry i should say lds(latter day saints) since that is what we are really called not mormons} were killed and yes it was "just because they were mormons" if u still dont believe me i invite all of you to go get a book of mormon which u can get form any member,one of the churchs, or a missionary for free many even the website but i am not sure (www.lds.org) and read it. you are also invited to go to the church of jesus christ of latter day staints and investigate the church.you might like it if not you will still get a since of the sprit in the church and a respect for the teachings