Just added 24 new caps from The Work and the Glory, Part 1. As I
feared, some critics were rigth: This movie is part a Mormon
infomercial, part an overlong Little House on the Prairie episode.
The (bi-dimensional) characters and the (boring and trite) plot are
secondary to the message. And said message is one of tolerance, but
tolerance for Mormons only, because the rest of us are a bunch of
biggots who don't believe in Joseph Smith (unless you are married or
engaged to someone who does believe in the Prophet, of course). I
guess I may be biassed against this movie because I grew up as a
Catholic, but I don't even believe in Jesus Christ's divinity.
However, as a guy who loves movies, I can never enjoy one where the
more a character sinks into evil, the longer his beard grows. And
that's what passes for character development here. Brenda is as good
as ever, but she doesn't have too much to do (sounds familiar?). But
the worst part is that the producers are planning to make 4 to 5
sequels (parts 2 and 3 are filming right now, as you can check in
earlier messages), so I'm afraid Brenda is going to be stuck for a
while in this crap, just as she is stuck in her hardly seen role of
Mary Alice Young.
By the way, don't miss the DH season finale this sunday. Looks like
Brenda may actually show up in a several scenes (at last).