
But he’s a sweet, captivating Olly, so I’ve no complaints there.

Nick Robinson was a trip for me, as I didn’t know he was playing Olly, and he’s so firmly Simon from Love, Simon in my mind. Much has been said over the years about Shailene Woodley’s performance, but I also found Hazel’s parents to be a surprising treat. While I was drawn towards the more diverse cast of Everything, Everything -in particular, both Amandla Stenberg and Anika Noni Rose are so fantastic, and I’m a huge fan of them-I also think Fault was cast perfectly.

I can’t really fault either film for their casting choices.

So how was I going to determine which of these was the “better” adaptation? They feel so very much like the words on the page. That made this task daunting both films are incredibly faithful adaptations of their source material, so that wasn’t really a standard I could judge these films by. It wasn’t until I watched these back-to-back that it became clear how similar they are to one another. As the number of fans for the 2017 remake of the story continue to grow as well, we examine even more of what the different adaptations did right.I’d read both Everything, Everything and The Fault In Our Stars, but that was years apart from one another. Updated By Amanda Bruce On June 29, 2020: The story of Anne of Green Gables still proves timeless as fans rediscover Anne Shirley and Avonlea thanks to streaming platforms. We take a look at just what each adaptation got right.

There are, however, some points better executed in the 2017 series - and some better executed in 1985. RELATED: Anne With An E: Anne’s Friends, Rankedīoth adaptations of Montgomery’s novel (as they were both primarily based on the Anne Of Green Gables book) have some serious merit, and there’s certainly room for both to be favorites. With 2017’s premiere of Anne With An E (or Anne in Canada), a new generation had another version of the story to love. Many different adaptations have come and gone since, but for many, Megan Follows and Jonathan Crombie as Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe were iconic in the classic roles. For over 30 years 1985’s Anne Of Green Gables has been the definitive adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s original story.
