Comments about ‘'One Good Man' looks professional but has no sense of drama’

sounds boring!

I can't wait to see a movie about a man who always chooses the right and is strong enough to not be even tempted by a drink in a bar, but real enough to not want to be the Bishop.
Sounds like the kind of man I want to be. I'll gladly pay a few bucks to watch the training film.

LDS movies are hammy!

that hollywood has so programmed some of you that unless there are people sleeping around or things blowing up that it's "boring" or "hammy". Just hilarious.

I was able to see the movie last night and it was very well done. It is a refreshing and uplifting movie. Tim Threlfall played his character perfectly and I left with the desire to be a better man. Most LDS dads who have had to sacrifice for family and church will thorougly enjoy the film. They will leave with a sense that being your best self and serving others is by far the most rewarding way to live life, even with all the trials that may be placed in front of you along the way.

To: boring | 3:27 p.m. and
To; LDS Movies | 3:37 p.m.

I just have one thought - DON'T GO!

It is nice to have movies about nice guys rather than the usual Hollywood junk. So to "boring" and "LDS Movies" - you go to your movies and I'll go to mine.

What's "Hilarious" is that Funny is so deep in denial and so out of touch with reality that he/she can read a review that clearly and eloquently state that a film is boring because it's lacking in human drama, and then sanctimoniously spout off inane drivel about people disliking it because it has no explosions. This is exactly what's wrong with LDS cinema. Oh, wait. It's not "Hilaroious", it's sad.It's why LDS cinema doesn't get any better when it's perfectly capable of doing so.

There must be pressure for film critics not to give wholesome movies a fair shake, because whenever Jeff Vice reviews LDS-centered film, you can count on him not liking it.

That's not to say he won't praise some aspects, but without fail, Jeff ultimately disses them. Interestingly, he faults them for things he doesn't see as a problem with in the non-LDS films.

So the story doesn't follow Hollywood's formulaic tension directive: the story is still compelling. No one I could see what dozing, and when it concluded, the theater I was at applauded.

There are plenty of studio films that do follow the screenwriter bible formula, like "Duplicity" for instance, that are just ROTTEN. There's obviously more than one recipe to make a cake.

If you are a real person and not a professional critic, and you are looking for a worthwhile movie for your family to see, this film certainly qualifies.

Remember the movie, Parenthood? This film is along those lines.

It is just fine, and not cheesy. Go into it without biases and you'll probably like it.

Everyone loves different things and LDS movies are for everyone that wants to walk out with a feeling of I want to be a better person. If you like that fine if you don't then don't go. One Movie that was a little off the beaten "LDS" Movie path was "Brigham City" Wow that was a great Movie and it just showed that bad things can happen to good people and bad people can fool good people and that everyone has trials in life but how we handle them makes all the difference. But ya know to each their own and don't tell me what is good and I won't tell you what is bad!

It's sad to see the people involved in the production of these LDS-themed movies hovering like vultures ready to trash anyone who questions their films.

Truth be told, a lot of the films they've produced have not been good.

Return with Honor has to be one of the worst films I've ever seen. That was painful.

Errand of Angels was a slight improvement, but still was too sappy to cling to. We rolled our eyes a lot while watching it and laughed at moments the producers didn't intend.

Pride and Prejudice was probably their best.

This movie interests me and I'm thinking of seeing it.

But, believe me, there are so many "feel good" movies that have been made over the years, I don't feel I have to support Excel Entertainment each time they produce a movie or DVD.

They're in the business to make a profit and should reap the rewards of their labors--make money for good productions and lose money on the bad.

"This is a movie for people who are so concerned that there be nothing bad in a movie that they don't care if there's anything good in it."

-Roger Ebert (while writing about a different film)

Sadly, most of the people posting here seem to fall into this category.

"Funny that hollywood has so programmed some of you that unless there are people sleeping around or things blowing up that it's "boring" or "hammy". Just hilarious."

Funny that a certain segment of the population has been programmed into thinking that a film's quality can be judged by whether or not it contains sex, language, or violence (or simply by looking at its MPAA rating.)

Yes, there are R-rated films that are more intelligent, mature, moral, spiritual, and artistic than this one. Yes a film can be very bad (artistically, intellectually, and even morally) even if it contains no explosions or sex or language.

With all that said, I'll now go back to watching the explosion- and sex-filled films of such spiritually aware artists as Robert Bresson, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Carl Dreyer, Mike Leigh, and Andrei Tarkovsky.

"There must be pressure for film critics not to give wholesome movies a fair shake, because whenever Jeff Vice reviews LDS-centered film, you can count on him not liking it."

You know, there may be a reason that most critics give most LDS films negative reviews. And it's not necessarily because there's a vast-critical conspiracy against wholesome movies. I'll even give you a hint: It's actually because no matter how clean they may be, most LDS movies really are just bad. A certain portion of the audience - mainly those who mistakenly believe cleanliness and a nice, uplifting lesson are all that is necessary for worthwhile entertainment or art - may eat them up, but that doesn't make them good.

"If you are a real person and not a professional critic, and you are looking for a worthwhile movie for your family to see, this film certainly qualifies."

I'm not sure how to tell you this... But even anti-Mormon, anti-wholesome critics like Jeff Vice are still real people. Mind-blowing, I know.

If some of you paid any attention instead of just griping you would remember that there have been a few LDS movies Jeff liked. Army of God 2 and Brigham City for example. Many of us enjoy feel good movies but it is through our overcoming us our frailties that we grow and it is more realistic as well as fulfilling to see someone have to overcome their weakness and not just someone that everything goes right for. Watching Rocky or Cinderella Man illustrate this well.

I saw this movie and really enjoyed that it was clean. I liked that the father always chose the right. The character is a good example to us. I walked away from that movie feeling good. Some movies I think will be good and wholesome are not and I walk away feeling bad that I watched it. But this movie is worth your time. It will make you ponder your own life and think of your problems in a different way.

I am LDS and I enjoy wholesome entertainment. But I will agree that a majority of the "LDS" films I've seen are ones I have no desire to see again. In fact, I usually disregard the genre entirely because I think they misrepresent the gospel, people, the church, or Utah, AND may of them are boring.

So the movie lacks Hollywood things like an "interesting plot" and "drama" or "tension". It is morally clean and uplifting, therefore the only very of entertainment we should be seeing, even if boring. I can't wait! You heathen can have crude Hollywood films to yourselves.

To Old Koot @ 5:50 PM: Okay, I wont. To Screen Age: Hey dog, they're asking us to pay the same admission price as any other movie so it's only fair that it be reviewed the same way as any other movie. In this tough economy, you have to choose your movies wisely and I'm making my decision that they aren't going to come between me and my hard earned dollars and you can too.

Boycott these films. Let Excel know that we won't stand for such mediocre quality. It makes Utah look like a joke. these movies don't even make for good TV viewing let alone in a theatre. Don't these script writers view any good films and learn about the craft of screenwriting. Don't they see any films and learn about the craft of suspense and conflict. Or must we be content with films that look like they were produced for and by the church missionary department for seminary students.

its a bad film. don't go see it.