One thing about the amish that Michael Landon JR , missed that was very important was that the Amish , do not wear weeding rings they thought to be vain and jewelry for that matter.
Why would he make it where kaite's parents where them, that makes me so angry , because also he had Katie, wearing eye make up in the movie as well.
Anyone who knows the ways of the Amish and see this movie , does this make you angry ?
I thought the make up was ridiculous! She wore a lot! I have seen othe rshows about Amish and they did not wear make up.
sharethat was one other thing thought that was werid yes i know i have seen movies about the amish and the women did not wear make-up if they make the other 2 books in to a movie i hope they do not have the amish women wearing make-up
shareThere were several things that bothered me about this movie. The makeup being one of the bigger ones. It doesn't really make me angry, but I'd say just annoyed.
shareI was wondering about the refrigerator and the electric lights in their house.
There were several inconsistencies with the Amish. For example, I don't think Rebecca would have had the right to overrule her husband ("Samuel, time has come!"). In the book she would not have contradicted him, esp. in front of others.
I also didn't find it believable that the Amish would not have helped the biological mother find Rebecca. Although they try to keep apart from the world, they are usually cooperative when the world asks for their help. This was also handled differently in the book.
I find that Michael Landon Jr. takes wonderful material and waters it down to barely good enough. I don't hate his movies, but I never think they are up to potential. I don't expect replicas of the books, but I would like to see stronger scripts and more research into the times and customs. Sometimes better performances, though in this case I didn't think most actors did too badly, given the material.
I won't even watch any of the Love Comes Softly series of movies done by him. The books are fantastic but the movies are pretty much just using the names of the characters and that's it. The stories are NOTHING like in the books. Incredibly disappointing.
shareTrue. I only saw two of them, and was also disappointed. Maybe that's the price of having read the books first, and loving them.
Plus, in the second one Clark seemed kind of creepy, following one of Missie's boyfriends around with his cane and lame leg, preaching at the poor guy all the time. So inconsistent with the book character. I know they have to change things to fit a movie format, but degrading them to this extent? Ugh.
I think I'll see the next one before reading the book, in case I just suffer from a book bias.