Web of Dreams

Web of Dreams basically stuck to storyline with the usual exceptions for time Tony, Jillian were cast well. Leigh and Troy seemed too old to me. Luke Casteel was way to clean cut. I don't remember Tony's obsession with Leigh starting until after the disaster of a honeymoon. I also remember the prenup being in Jillian 's favor, explaining why Tony couldn't divorce her. Leigh's time at school was never addressed and her boyfriend's was changed from Joshua to some guy named James. All and all, I wish they made Jillian, Leigh, Heaven and Annie look alike except for their hair. This was an important plot point that was missed.

I think this goes for all of the movies in the series. I wonder if when Lifetime casts these movies they get pretty decent actors, but make sure to say, "Just remember, though, this is a Lifetime movie, so let's not go overboard. Make sure you're not too good."

But seriously, how could things that were of such importance in the books be completely changed? Heaven was supposed to have dark, dark hair (thus the name of the second movie, Dark Angel) and her mother was supposed to be an angelic girl with silvery blonde hair. This Leigh is dark and just does not fit my description of "angelic." She's far too . . . Sturdy. Honestly, she looks like she could kick Tony's ass.

This prequel is actually quite good. It is interesting to see what happened before the first book. You know the bare outlines. Filling in the gaps is fun.

Cindy Busby is a pretty good wacko. Her character was played by Kelly Rutherford in the earlier movies.

Worth a watch.

Along with the other numerous inconsistencies with the novels, they BARELY touched upon Jillian's maniacal obsession with her looks, which was a huge and important part of her character.

Dear lifetime please stop making movies, over the years your movies have gone from bad to worse. My favorite books since I was sixteen have been the casteel series by VC Andrews. I have always imagined what it would be like if this series was made into a movie.. I was so excited when I heard that my dream was coming true but hesitant because of course it was coming from lifetime. I gave up watching the series after dark angel they really screwed up that one and let's not begin to talk about heaven.. those two movies didn't even follow the book, come on lifetime you had a script why change it to some mediocre teenage adaptation the real heaven and dark angel was much deeper than portrayed in the films. Oh how I wish someone else would redo this series.. on to web of dreams: I can say that they followed the book more with this adaptation I was surprised.. however I still didn't like how the characters looked. Leigh looked nothing like Leigh she was suppose to be beautiful the young lady in the movie wasn't even average. Tony was too short but was good looking. Jillian was casted well she owned her part well. I had my 16 and 14 year old daughters watch the series because they have never read the books and both of my girls said that the series was boring and they were often confused.. this series has no depth please don't waste your time reread the series