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Post by Skellinton on Nov 9, 2016 20:23:36 GMT
Good Lordy heavens, I saw the first few minutes of a 10 minute sneak and couldn't make it all the way through. I am a fan beyond fan of the books (all of LM's works, in fact) and I really loved the first Ken Sullivan movie. I was never a fan of the idea of Martin Sheen being Matthew, but was willing to give the casting the benefit of the doubt. That all went out the window after the sneak. Mathew is seen chasing a pig around like a buffoon and then falling face first into a mud or manure pile. What the heck??? Matthew was dignified, quiet, shy, and gentle. I can't imagine the Matthew LM wrote ever chasing an animal around the farm. Anne of Grren Gables is not Home Alone or Laurel and Hardy or any other slapstick nonsense. Gaaahg.
I understand they can't be 100% faithful to the source material, but good grief, at least keep the original tone of the book. If you can't do that just make your own damn movie without saying it is Anne of Green Gables.
Anyone else seen the sneak? Anyone going to watch?
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conchita
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Post by conchita on Nov 9, 2016 22:24:16 GMT
Oh. Um...I'm trying to remain hopeful but even the young actress playing Anne is missing that spark. Anne is feisty and passionate and I didn't see that in the preview I watched. I may be too biased but from the little snippet I saw the actors don't really embody the characters. Not Gilbert. Not Diane. Not Marilla. Not Matthew. And while the young actress has all the appearance of Anne...sigh. I think this remake is going to be a disappointment. It does look beautiful and will hopefully spark new interest in Ms. Montgomery's work for this next generation. But I think the original cast was a once in a lifetime work of perfection that just can't be recaptured.
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Post by Zee on Nov 9, 2016 22:27:36 GMT
I'm very much looking forward to it, though I'm glad you warned me about the manure pile. Ugghh
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 9, 2016 22:59:02 GMT
I think watching it would be like meeting one of my heroes and find out they aren't so great. I poured over those books even as an adult. I had almost every book she had written. It is one of two movies I have watched more than twice. Sad.
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Post by snowsilver on Nov 9, 2016 23:37:43 GMT
I saw the preview too and was very disappointed. I thought Rachel was "ok" and could live with the actress doing Marilla. But Matthew was all wrong and Anne--oh my goodness! She was a cute little girl, but she wasn't Anne! Not in any way, shape or form.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 23:51:57 GMT
I love the story so much, but have no desire to see the movie. I adored the 1985 version with Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla (can't think of the other actors names) and to my mind that was the perfect version and no remake could ever measure up. I feel the same way about Pride and Prejudice. You can remake that till the cows come home and every version will be dumb and unnecessary (I'm looking at you, Keira Knightly) compared to the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth version, which was a masterpiece IMHO.
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Post by shamrock on Nov 10, 2016 0:01:25 GMT
Oh, this is so disappointing to read! I haven't seen any sneak peeks. I'm a huge fan of the series, LM & all her works & the original movies. This new one does not sound like a faithful reproduction of the story. If it is all as you've shared, I think true LM & Anne fans will be sad.
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Post by Skellinton on Nov 10, 2016 0:42:43 GMT
I agree that the Ken Sullivan film was perfect, much like Pride and Prejudice, and I just don't understand why people want to try to recreate that when they can't. LM wrote such vivid characters and Megan Followes, Colleen Dewhurst, Jonathan Crombie, Richard Farnsworth and the rest were so perfect, it was like they lept out of the book. No one would dare try to remake Gone With the Wind or Casablanca, why do they keep trying to remake this? I wish someone that really cared about her work would make some of her other stories into films and just leave Anne alone. Emily would be great if it could be faithfully adapted, same with Kilmeny, Jane of Lantern Hill, etc.
I was so mad yesterday with the sniblet I saw, it was almost as maddening as the the third Ken Sullivan film.
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milocat
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Post by milocat on Nov 10, 2016 15:56:01 GMT
It came out last year. I have had it sitting in my pvr for a year now. I haven't watched it for 2 reasons. One that it is pushed to the bottom of the list of my pvr recordings so I never see and have forgotten about it. But when it was fresh in my memory I wasn't excited to watch Megan Follows is Anne and all the other characters Kevin Sullivan created.
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