Comments on: what mormon movies and queer cinema have in common

By: Clint

Clint — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:27:25 +0000

Meh. It just means he can now make awful movies in two genres.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:10:09 +0000

UPDATE: Will Swenson, star of “The Singles Ward,” is gay. http://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/willswenson-theater-2011-3/

It makes your post that much more interesting, doesn’t it?

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:28:33 +0000

I actually liked “The Singles Ward.” I think it’s the best of the mormon movies. For me, it never really pretended to be a movie everyone could or would love. It even made fun of itself in a few scenes. I can deal with that. It wasn’t excellent, of course, but as far as mormon movies go, I thought it was good. (But I guess that’s a problem in itself, though, huh? We should be judging movies on a movie basis, not a “mormon movie” basis.)

As for “The RM” and “The Best Two Years” and a host of other mormon movies — well, those are pretty bad.

I do wish mormons would just make movies everyone could relate to, whether they’re mormon or not.

By: bh

bh — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:18:10 +0000

well, i just watched the trailer for The Orphanage & it reaffirmed my desire to never watch it… also, having seen both The Singles Ward and Queer as Folk, i agree that they both are not very good