The Mountain of the Lord: The Forty Year History of the...

Buy This Item The Mountain of the Lord: The Forty Year History of the... by The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Sts.  Available from Amazon  $9.95  on 8-25-2008     I am not LDS, but enjoy reading history. After reading M.R.Werner's biography of Brigham Young I was eager to find material that presented the Saints (as they call themselves, and as I believe many of them must be!) as rational people with will and vision, i.e. people the rest of us might identify with and admire. This film does. B.Y. was by any measure a man of history, and would have been singled out for mention in any age. It offers no apologies and is truthful to the openness and genuine love of the Saints towards each other. The "outsider", a young reporter interviewing B.Y., by the end of the story is shown as beginning to question his own beliefs and begin, however tentatively, to dare consider that the Mormon religion just might have some answers for him. He is never shown as a slavish follower (no one in the film is) nor is there a hint that he will suddenly convert, in satisfying contrast to religious stories that show a man's spiritual growth to have no more substance than the turn of the page of a comic book. <br />This is one neat movie. The direction, art, and acting are all top notch, and the scenery is of course fabulous. I am very glad I put away some of my childish things to buy it and watch it. Reader Reviews I thought this movie lacked substance. The members of the Latter Day Saints wanted to build a Temple -- and they did. It was never explained why the LDS members were rejected by their neighbors. I thought the movie was too superficial. I wanted to see more of Brigham Young's life and ministry. I suppose the movie seems so contrived because it was produced by the LDS Church. After viewing this movie I still don't understand why it was made.

The Mountain of the Lord: The Forty Year History of the... Available from Amazon Price: $9.95 Updated on 8-25-2008.

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