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Fast forward to today. How does your faith inform your filmmaking?

Landon: I refuse to do anything that I feel would go against it. I don't just try to make movies that deal with faith, but I won't do anything that would jeopardize my faith.

I also hear you're very passionate about what your children are exposed to in entertainment.

Landon: Yes.

With TV? What's right about TV, and what's wrong with it?

Landon: I think one of the biggest mistakes we've ever made is putting the rating system on TV, because it's opened up the doors to whatever they want to do—they just have to warn the viewers beforehand. So now it's a joke. All the stations can act as if they were HBO. There's this thing of going to the lowest common denominator of human nature. It's very rare with you find something uplifting or inspiring. The commercials are almost more offensive now than the actual shows. It doesn't matter what you're watching. You could be watching football, and you're scrambling to grab the remote control because some commercial is so salacious.

OK, what's right about TV—besides your Love Comes Softly movies, of course!

Landon: There are some shows that are OK, but it's pretty limited. There isn't anything we watch regularly. The kids love SpongeBob, but there isn't really one show we can't wait to sit down and watch.

What are some good examples of recent movies that you're applauding?

Landon: Anything the Pixar boys do. They're my heroes. They are just amazing storytellers that captivate, grab the imagination of adults and children.

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