So I wanted to talk about this series I was watching a few weeks ago.
Or should I say binging.
It's three seasons long
(and unfortantly stopped at three ), but I went through them all within a week, which is highly unusual for me, but I just couldn't help myself.
This is sort of the reason why I came to revisit this lovely site, I'll get back to that.
It's called
Anne with an E, and is a retelling of the classic world famous novels about Anne of the Green Gables, in which you probably might know.
It's quite darker and grittier than the original litterature and all other film/tv-adaptations over the years, as I understand
(never read them nor have I seen any other versions myself), but it's got heaps of heart and emotion to balance it out.
If you don't know the story
(which I didn't prior watching it) it's about an adorable young orphan girl who comes from an abusive childhood at the orphanige and various of not so good familys, to be adopted by two aging siblings from a farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada, in the 1890s.
She suffer much hardship trying to get accepted in the small
(and, at times, smallminded) community. She's sort of on the bottom of the class hirarki, being an redhead orphan with freackles, but gradually wins them over with her charming and inocent ways.
I love how everyone's life and perspective seems to change, over time, by her entry.
She is free thinking and outspoken
(not very appreciated for a child in a narrow minded time) with an incredible imagination, probobly developed from years of isolation and hiding in her previous harsh childhood, and she's also quite the scatterbrain.
And God, I just love the relationship she has with her new adoptive parents, the three of them are suburbly casted, all actors simply nails it. I've been moved to tears more often than I care to admit by their loving interactions.
They're both unmarried without children, brother and sister, and just now learning the notion of life that's more than routine and farming.
The cinematography is nothing but breathtaking.
The production was based mostly in Ontario, but scenery shots were made in Prince Edward Island, as appropriated, with wonderful panoramic views of the vast fields, cliffs and beautiful nature.
Like I said, I watched all of it, 27 episodes, within a week, and when i was done I could't stop thinking about it. Like it really struck a nerve in me, I didn't know what to do.
So a couple of days later I came to the only conclution i could: I'll just simply watch it again.
Starting from episode 1, I watched the entire thing over again, but still I couldn't rid myself of thinking about this show.
It gives me this gitty feeling, like when you were a child visiting the countryside, walking through a field and letting your fingers run through the tall grass, getting facinated by a ladybug or butterfly landing in your hand.
Yes, it basicly gives me butterflies.
A real feelgood series I'd say, but with much excellent written drama that'll keep you on the edge of your seat.
So I realised, this was pretty much the same feeling I had when I saw FÅ 8 or 9 years ago. I still remember the mix between butterflies and despair, roaming the internet and eventually landing on this site, giving me some theraputic company from likeminded people.
I thought it might help coming back and unburden my feelings a bit.
Anyway, I don't know if I'm selling this any good, feel I'm a bit all over the place trying to explain how deep this got to me.
I can't imagine anyone here not truley enjoing this show though.
Maybe as much as I did, or maybe to a lesser extent.
I highly recomend giving it a try, It's on netflix, but can of course also be bought on dvd.