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The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection

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This period movie set is about living in a time when conditions were tougher, but yet romance, love, achievement, and faith still existed--perhaps stronger than for most people of today. It is a series of exceptional stories sure to inspire as well as entertain. Hardships are felt and you will empathize with family losses, as well as feel the exuberance of success when a character achieves. It is a family oriented set true to it's name, "Love Comes Softly."

Of course, a series based on books cannot add all that can be placed into a book. If you want more quantity to these stories, pick up the book set. You will find them quite similar, but no film version can include all that an author can place in pages. Even so, this set of film stories ranks high among the family/romance/historical viewers from almost any generation. It is for Grandparents to Jr. Hi. and men or women. Of course the underlying characteristic of this series is the Christian spirit of many of the characters, and how that changes or guides the lives of the people you will meet in the stories, but the DVDs do not get preachy.

An excellent period film with a wholesome story throughout. Good FAMILY viewing, with action, suspense, drama, and some romance. The series is based on the books of Janette Oke. OK they are all Oke stories, so we all know they will each end deliciously heartwarming and acceptable. But not till we have some heroics, suspense, and fist-o-cuffs. It can't all be sweet out west.

This collection offers the complete set and a lower price and well worth the retail. DVD has English and Spanish Subtitles & captioning for the hearing impaired, or for those like us who like to catch all the names correctly.

"YES I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING," and that comes from a man. My wife liked them too. A fantastic set to watch together.

The books by Janette Oke were/are great reading and the films were excellently done. Why not? Michael Landon Jr. Need I say more? We watch these over and over and never fail to be entertained. Could use more movies like these. Real life and sincerity at its best.
RoseLove Comes Softly [VHS]Janette Oke the Love Comes Softly Series: (Set of 6 DVDs) Love Comes Softly; Love's Enduring Promise; Love's Long Journey; Love's Abiding Joy; Love's Unending Legacy; Love's Unfolding Dream

This is a beautiful collection telling the stories of women in the pioneer days, the trials and tribulations that they experience. The stories center around one particular family, from one generation to the next. Great winter day video watching for the whole family.

I bought this set for my wife for Christmas, the kids (ages 6, 11,13) and I all enjoy them.

I am very happy that the movies are finished and that now I can view all the DVDS and not worry about what happens next! From the beginning of the series the movies where capturing and a nice family movie to watch. And till the end of the series they have stuck to their morals and are still that capturing! If you buy this you will not be disappointed! Its worth the money!

I'm honestly not sure why all these other reviews (up to this point) have been stating that the movies follow the books so closely. Hallmark is running a marathon of the LCS movies today, so I'm watching them as I type this. Let's be honest here - they don't follow the books, at least, not after the first one. That doesn't mean the video series doesn't have merit (see my more positive comments, below), it just means that a LOT of stuff is different. When I say a LOT, I mean stuff like this (watch out for spoilers, here):
- Missy is 9 when the video series starts off, while in Love Comes Softly, she is much younger. I think they had to do this in order to keep from having to age Katherine Heigl in the next movie.
- Though they at least attempted to stay true to Love Comes Softly (the first book), the movie ending is completely wrong, and is an obvious attempt to add excitement to what was originally a peaceful (love coming SOFTLY) resolution to the book.
- The second book is still largely about the lives of Clark & Marty and their children. However, the MOVIE focuses entirely on the relationship of Missy and Willie (Willie had left town at a young age due to a tragedy in his family, and came back claiming to be a guy named "Nate" - again, NOT true to the book at all).
- In total, FIVE LCS movies (that's right, FIVE) are entirely about Missy and her "family". Her family being made up of mostly randomly adopted children. After Willie is killed in the line of duty (because he was the sheriff of their town...what???), Missy moves back (with her only child- a son???) to live near Clark and Marty. There, she falls in love with Zach Taylor, who, I'm sorry, ISN'T ANYWHERE IN THE BOOKS, let alone as Missy's love interest.
- Belinda, who was originally Clark and Marty's surprise youngest child, is - in this series - an orphan who arrived on an orphan train with her brother, and is promptly adopted by Missy, thus becoming Missy's daughter. Belinda's story from then on seems to be a mish-mash of her's and the younger Melissa's storylines. However, here I sit watching Belinda and Drew get married at the end of Love's Unfolding Dream.
- Names and story lines are turned upside-down all over the place. Clark and Marty's other children are barely given a thought, though the books are peppered with events of their lives. (For instance, so far there is no Luke - Belind'a older brother doctor, part of her inspiration - anywhere in the films.)
Ok, now Love Takes Wing is starting...and did Belinda just say she "couldn't save Drew"??? We now find Belinda sharing the spotlight with her friend Annie and opening a clinic in a frontier town. Skipped Boston completely. From what I understand, "Annie", played by Haylie Duff, will be the main character in the final film. And here is a depressed Belinda completely rejecting her faith (in anger - I'm sure this will be resolved by the end of the series) and claiming that God doesn't exist.

Now for the positive comments...
So far (I am now well into the seventh movie) conservative values are upheld fairly well. It is mostly family-friendly, though I wouldn't let my own preschoolers watch it, due to some of the themes of death (we see this come up at least once in each film) and occasional mild, very brief violence. I do cringe a little at lines like "if you're doing the right thing, everything will work out", but over all, the themes of love, faith, and compassion come through in at least the first six films. No harsh language, sexual situations, or overtly graphic scenes. Though I have only noticed scenes directly involving prayer or scripture in the first two or three films, it does seem as though there is an attempt being made to at least keep some of the focus on Christian values. Hence, the two stars.

As my kids get older, I will definitely consider adding this to our video collection as a good option that will appeal to us as well as our kids, but again, not sure how ANYBODY could think these films follow the books. A lovely little series, but if you're really interested in Janette Oke's works, read them before watching.

the whole family loved this series. it better then a lot of movies out where kids don't need to watch.

I read the whole book series and was very excited for the movies. As in most cases the movies didn't follow the books totally but are still very good. My daughter and I enjoyed them very much!

Over many years I watched so many many great movies. Movies that changed my view on life. And after time I began to collect DVD's of movies. Not just any movies but very special once. It always take some time to find something great to watch. Few month ago I come across this movie collection ,,The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection'' on the Amazon. At first I read many reviews of other peoples. And I decide to buy it. When It arrived, and I watched it. I was very very impressed. And its not easy to impressed me. I always liked only special in life.

At the age of 3, I was given into the orphanage by my family. Life sense was never so easy. So many years I live lonely and in sadness. I was needed comport of people, but never got one. But I din't gave up on my life. I continued to live my life. And I always did appreciated everything that life offers to me. And by watching this film I found huge resemblance, between my life and this movie. As if it was my life's diary. People who lived tough life, and made it works will definitely will like this movie.

The movie story like no other. It shows great life of ordinary people. How they live together, going trough bad and good moments as one family. I believe that after watching this collection many people will began to appreciate life even more. I know that this film will not satisfy everyone. People who like horror or sci-fi, will probably say it (rubbish) But I think this collection was made for those people, who appreciate life. And I bet, it will not disappoint you. Person don't need to aspect anything special from it. But just watch and enjoy it. And result will be remarkable. In fact this collection can enjoy the all family. I hope I was right, and I hope you will enjoy ,, The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection''.

Since I have received these DVD's I've seen them almost daily.
I have a hearing problem and can only look at DVD's with subtitles.
Wel, these ones have. I'm enjoying them every day.
Thanks, Amazon.com.