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The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (2003)
bad mormon film!
The Book of Mormon Movie is a bad attempt to show religious values. This is a low budget film with unrealistic costumes and sets.
The biggest problem faced by this movie is that the writers put in too much information, "beating a dead horse" with a strongly didactic message. By trying too hard, I left the film rooting for Laman, instead of the protagonist because Nephi was an arrogant man who made zero mistakes.
I was completely removed during the dialogue because characters would randomly jump from modern colloquial language to scriptural language. PICK ONE and stick with it. The acting and/or writing was horrible because the characters were not "real", but were a fictitious rendering of iconic people. I hope that any future endeavors will learn from the many mistakes in this film.
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Fantasy classic!
I remember watching this movie as a child and wearing out the old VHS tape. The music provided by the 70s music group, America, provides a wonderful folk mood to the piece. I recently discovered this movie on DVD and immediately bought the movie. I watched the movie and read the book. I love how the animators were able to bring forward the essence of Peter Beagle's masterpiece of fantasy fiction.
The Last Unicorn is story about friendship and love. The Unicorn discovers that she is the last unicorn in the world. Searching for a sense of identity, she starts a quest to find the other unicorns. That quest introduces her to Schmendrick and Molly Grue. The Unicorn, Schmendrick and Molly are each searching to fill a void, and as an audience member, I vicariously find a way to fill my void through their experiences.