Since I've come down with a gross cold and spent the day on the couch, I rediscovered my elementary school go-to. I love that Anne girl with all her awkward, embarrassing mishaps that make me feel like I have to run out of the room, and her fierce loyalty to those she loves.
The sets and costumes in the movie have such a clean, fresh aesthetic that I hadn't noticed until today. Probably because I was too young to care much about anything beyond the puffed sleeves which of course were the height of fashion to me when I was 6. Cotton dresses in light check patterns, straw hats and suspenders will likely be cropping up in my wardrobe soon though.
I did exactly the same thing when I was little, and whenever I discover someone else that watched Anne of Green Gables and loved it the way I do, I get so very excited. I love this story,
ReplyDeleteand to this day my mom teases me about puffed sleeves.
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It's awesome you like old films like this. I just started a blog, please take a look when you get the chance. We both live in NY, so I find that pretty cool too. Tomorrow I'm gonna make a post about my favorite 2011 films. The Artist is one of them, maybe you've seen it. :) Hope you take a look (lol since I don't really have followers..) Take care. xo
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I watched Anne of Green Gables all the time when I was younger! I'm pretty sure my first crush was on Gilbert, I even wrote "Gilbert Blythe" over and over again in my notebooks and tried to recreate the "Lady of Shallot" scene! Good times!
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I rewatched Anne a year or two ago, and it was just as good as I remembered. And the costumes are lovely... I'm still kind of partial to the odd puffed sleeve, but the simpler stuff is definitely the best. I even bought a sort of carpet-bag one time, thinking of Anne. : )
ReplyDeleteI loveeeeee these movies. I watched them over and over and over when I was younger. Now I really need to watch them again!
ReplyDeleteOMFG WE SHOULD ROAD TRIP TO P.E.I AND NERD OUT!
ReplyDeleteAHhh! You know that vintage purse I sometimes carry with the velvet flowers? I can't find a pic...but I basically stole it from my mom because I had to have a bag like Anne's carpetbag!
ReplyDeleteHaha, THIS! I loved Gilbert. Every time the scene of him with scarlet fever comes on I freak out like he might not pull through. Every. Time.
ReplyDeleteI used to watch this show sometimes when I was younger. I wish I had better memories of it. I don't think I knew what i was watching at the time, I think I called this something like "that old fashioned show on TV." This is making me want to re-visit it though.
ReplyDeleteAww... I haven't seen/read these stories since I was really little. All the nostalgia.
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ReplyDeleteAw, these movies were such a huge part of my childhood, too! I love them so much...they get funnier and more endearing every time I watch them. The characters are the best...Anne, Diana, Marilla, Matthew, Mrs. Lynde...
ReplyDeleteHahaha, when me and my sister Wendy were little we'd dress up and re-enact the scene where Anne invites Diana over for tea and gets her drunk on currant wine that they thought was raspberry cordial. I know, it's a weird thing for 5 year olds to play, haha, but it was really fun! We'd fight over who would get to be Diana and "get drunk". (We used apple juice in wine glasses! Ahaha!)
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oh my gosh Gilbert is still cute! My nine year old self and 25yo self have the same taste!
ReplyDeleteI can remember cringing back when I first watched it. These days I might need to fast forward through those patches.
OMG, I love these movies so much and the T.V. show Road to Avonlea. I used to write Avonlea fanfic when I was a teenager. The series is so sweet and funny, too, and the costumes and set design are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI've missed out on Anne of Green Gables for some reason, I'm sure I would have LOVED it as a kid though. I have always been crazy about children's fiction like that, I've seen so many movies and read so many books... And the time setting and the clothes are just what I would have loved!
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