Liebe löst den Schmerz (2006)

Liebe löst den Schmerz: Directed by Michael Landon Jr.. With Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff, Logan Bartholomew, Frank McRae. Willie and Missie LaHaye continue their westward journey. Their roots now firmly planted as they set up homestead in the far West, Missie realizes her passion for teaching as Willie cares for the couple’s young daughter Kathy while expanding the family ranch with help from sons Jeff and Matthew. When the frontier railroad comes to town, the pleasure of a long-promised visit from Missie’s father Clark is suddenly offset by young Kathy’s tragic death. As the untimely demise of their beloved daughter begins to drive an emotional wedge between Missie and Willie, the devastated father unexpectedly accepts an offer made by the powerful Samuel Doros to assume the role of town sheriff. Their faith shaken and their once close-knit bond suddenly torn asunder, Missie and Willie desperately attempt to bring their crumbling family back together as son Jeff faces a series of dangers while hopelessly falling for Doros’ beautiful daughter Colette.

“Iu0026#39;m concerned that the morality of the film series is gradually slipping away. In Love Comes Softly, the wedding ring was frequently displayed, and there was an incredible sweetness to the presentation of sound values. In this movie, when the evil Doros takes a neighbor for everything he has, the victim replies that he used to be a good preacher, but he isnu0026#39;t anymore. As in, heu0026#39;s gonna deal with Doros violently if necessary. And thereu0026#39;s the overwhelming sense that weu0026#39;re supposed to cheer at that. Weu0026#39;re supposed to cheer that heu0026#39;s not the good preacher. And that he plans on using violence to solve his problems. Moreoever, the young unmarried couple (Sonnyu0026#39;s younger brother and Dorosu0026#39;s daughter) take off into the darkness together. That kind of thing wasnu0026#39;t in the first movie. The low-cut dresses on her. This movie uses the fact that the father was evil to encourage us to cheer when his daughter defies him and tells her young forbidden lover that sheu0026#39;s been driving her father nuts since she was old enough to tell him what dress she wanted to wear. And itu0026#39;s the *evil* father that wants to send his daughter to a Christian boarding school. The context of his character is supposed to make us ashamed for thinking thatu0026#39;s wise. So here, Christian values are couched in an incredibly evil man, and so by association weu0026#39;re against the conservative side of him and weu0026#39;re supposed to think itu0026#39;s okay when she wears low-cut dresses and takes off into the night with the neighbor boy. And of course, thereu0026#39;s never any implication that weu0026#39;re supposed to be concerned about any of this. I hope this isnu0026#39;t another subtle, gradual departure from values by throwing us a moral bone in the first movie, and then after gaining our trust, leading us where Hollywood wants the Christian community to go. Unless thereu0026#39;s a serious return to Christian values in the next movie, Iu0026#39;m done.”