Post by Toasted Cheese on Nov 28, 2020 7:00:56 GMT
Recently binged watched these 3 seasons. Am a big fan of Kevin Sullivan's exquisite and delightful Anne Of Green Gables - 85' and Anne Of Green Gables: The Sequel - 87' (aka Anne Of Avonlea). Have read the first book only. When its my time, please bury me with Sullivan's films.
Anne with an E, in typical Netflix fashion has made a millennial "woke" rendition of character and themes, adding its own plot points by fleshing out characters and situations and giving the books plot points a grittier edge as to what these characters would have more realistically experienced or have been like. The charm of L.M. Montgomery's original stories is still intact and the show still manages to maintain a decent amount of magic, much of it provided by the on location filming on PEI and Ontario with stunning cinematography.
I found the actors who played Marilla and Matthew wonderfully cast, as was Diana Barry, Gilbert Blythe and Rachel Lynde. I did struggle a bit at first with the actress who played Anne, Amybeth McNulty, as Megan Follows to me is the quintessential impulsive, spontaneous and feisty Anne Shirley, and McNulty is like a millennial just plonked into 1900 milieu and so way ahead of her time, she doesn't quite ring true as natural free forward female idealist thinker for her era. Also, compared to the lovely and radiant Follows and at the risk of sounding mean, she does tend to put a bit of the ugg in ugly.
That said, I can highly recommend this quality series, (apparently despite protests, Netflix is not continuing on with the show) and I really enjoyed the subplot with Gilbert Blythe's best buddy the charismatic Bash, a Trinidadian, and his wife Mary.
Anne with an E, in typical Netflix fashion has made a millennial "woke" rendition of character and themes, adding its own plot points by fleshing out characters and situations and giving the books plot points a grittier edge as to what these characters would have more realistically experienced or have been like. The charm of L.M. Montgomery's original stories is still intact and the show still manages to maintain a decent amount of magic, much of it provided by the on location filming on PEI and Ontario with stunning cinematography.
I found the actors who played Marilla and Matthew wonderfully cast, as was Diana Barry, Gilbert Blythe and Rachel Lynde. I did struggle a bit at first with the actress who played Anne, Amybeth McNulty, as Megan Follows to me is the quintessential impulsive, spontaneous and feisty Anne Shirley, and McNulty is like a millennial just plonked into 1900 milieu and so way ahead of her time, she doesn't quite ring true as natural free forward female idealist thinker for her era. Also, compared to the lovely and radiant Follows and at the risk of sounding mean, she does tend to put a bit of the ugg in ugly.
That said, I can highly recommend this quality series, (apparently despite protests, Netflix is not continuing on with the show) and I really enjoyed the subplot with Gilbert Blythe's best buddy the charismatic Bash, a Trinidadian, and his wife Mary.
