Gilbert Blythe was an early imaginary boyfriend of mine (especially after seeing the miniseries). I always enjoy watching that slate go crack over his head. :)
I like Anne of the Island and Anne of Windy Poplars partly because they take her out of her comfort element a little. And I LOVE the end of Anne of the Island because of how the end is so perfectly touchingly romantic and true to the couple.
The first miniseries is wonderful, a good lesson in adapting a book, and the casting is So Very Good, across the board. So many of the characters are exactly what I pictured in my head.
The second one I was kind of not-so-impressed with, but it's a massive pet peeve of mine when they play Frankenstein with different books in a series (take character from book 2 and put in situation from book 3, etc...) so that was pretty much not going to make me happy. The ending is good, though.
The third one (Anne in WWI) just had me making the sad and surprised face at the TV when I saw the preview. WWI isn't Anne and Gilbert's story, it belongs to their children. I would love to see a good movie version of Rilla of Ingleside.
One that I do like is the 1940 Anne of Windy Poplars starring the actress Anne Shirely. It's a black and white, with some continuity issues, but rather entertaining.
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Gilbert Blythe was an early imaginary boyfriend of mine (especially after seeing the miniseries). I always enjoy watching that slate go crack over his head. :)
I like Anne of the Island and Anne of Windy Poplars partly because they take her out of her comfort element a little. And I LOVE the end of Anne of the Island because of how the end is so perfectly touchingly romantic and true to the couple.
The first miniseries is wonderful, a good lesson in adapting a book, and the casting is So Very Good, across the board. So many of the characters are exactly what I pictured in my head.
The second one I was kind of not-so-impressed with, but it's a massive pet peeve of mine when they play Frankenstein with different books in a series (take character from book 2 and put in situation from book 3, etc...) so that was pretty much not going to make me happy. The ending is good, though.
The third one (Anne in WWI) just had me making the sad and surprised face at the TV when I saw the preview. WWI isn't Anne and Gilbert's story, it belongs to their children. I would love to see a good movie version of Rilla of Ingleside.
One that I do like is the 1940 Anne of Windy Poplars starring the actress Anne Shirely. It's a black and white, with some continuity issues, but rather entertaining.