Meet the Mormons

[Uncle Ted]

I will not be seeing this, no desire at all. I've met all the Mormons. Very interesting that people that believe in no afterlife would waste 2 hours of thier only life watching a propaganda movie about something they do not wish to be a part of. Life is precious, people.

What if fast offering funds paid for your ticket?

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http://www.nearingkolob.com/lds-chur...-meet-mormons/

I would go on someone else's dime... If the movie was boring then I would just slip out to a different show.

[beefytee]

The theater by our house looked packed last night. My wife said we'll watch it when they send the DVD with the ensign.

[FMCoug]

same. perhaps he made the switch, FMCoug/Ute style?

Where the eff did that come from?

[SCcoug]

Where the eff did that come from?

Check out the week 5 thread in the stadium.

[LiveCoug]

Where the eff did that come from?

Oh, I dunno. You?

[CardiacCoug]

Lying for the Lord:

The Church has the goal of getting this documentary distributed to Netflix.... To accomplish this, the film needs to be well attended...

Wonder where that argument originated.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Lying for the Lord:

Wonder where that argument originated.

That's what we've been told here. The message has been consistent from our pulpit that it has nothing to do with getting it to stay in theaters longer but that ticket sales have an influence on Netflix.

[Uncle Ted]

That's what we've been told here. The message has been consistent from our pulpit that it has nothing to do with getting it to stay in theaters longer but that ticket sales have an influence on Netflix.

So has netflix "raised the bar" on the movies they distribute? I guess I need to try it again.

[Applejack]

Thanks for all of the great reviews! So far, it sounds like everyone has loved the film (Niku excluded - but his wife loved it!). For those of you who have been blessed with the opportunity to view the silver screen of the new dispensation, don't forget that this is the M$NEY weekend that determines things like (a) netflix distribution, (b) new showings across the U.S., and (c) Oscar buzz. So, feel free to attend an additional showing if your circumstances allow.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

My biggest question in all of this is, what kinds of previews are they showing in front of it?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Where the eff did that come from?

You.

[Moliere]

What if fast offering funds paid for your ticket?

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http://www.nearingkolob.com/lds-chur...-meet-mormons/

I would go on someone else's dime... If the movie was boring then I would just slip out to a different show.

We are a cult....a nice cult...but a cult nonetheless.

[Walter Sobchak]

My biggest question in all of this is, what kinds of previews are they showing in front of it?

I missed most of them (buying popcorn), but this one: Freetown

[Pheidippides]

I missed most of them (buying popcorn), but this one: Freetown

That one seems like the Book of Mormon musical IRL.

[Pelado]

Speaking of the "what were they thinking" issue:

A few weeks ago at a journalists’ conference I had the opportunity to sit down with the movie’s director, Blair Treu, and two of its “stars,” Atlanta bishop (now stake president) Jermaine Sullivan and “the Candy Bomber” Gail Halvorsen, the 1940s pilot famous for airlifting sweets to German children after WWII.

I found the director to be pretty up-front about exactly the kinds of criticisms that are starting to come in about the movie, especially the one about it being intended only for Mormons. “The bottom line is that we just want to look for opportunities to find common ground [with people of other religions],” Treu told me. “It’s not so much about the details of our beliefs as the details of who we are in trying to live those beliefs.”

And the president of Excel Entertainment, which is distributing the film, said that “If nothing else, if members of the Mormon Church walk out of this film feeling that they ought to be better Mormons, then . . . [that’s enough].”

http://janariess.religionnews.com/20....bMoWVWJy.dpuf