Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 4.0
On its own merits...
Not having read the books but only having seen the two movies made by the same producer, I must admit that this movie is a great divergence from the other two. I found that Anne held her tongue when she should have given someone a lashing. I also found that she did not find the good in situations where she had done so in the previous two installments. However, given the nature of this movie, she did not have time to reminisce at all.Megan Follows was 30 when this was filmed... so the idea that a few years has passed was not that believeable. Her voice did not have the youthful exuberance it did in the first two films. And the script didn't give this much of a chance.I fully agree with other reviews that this movie was an action movie. From my standpoint, it was written for financial reasons more than anything. The idea that it was to bring "closure" was simply not convincing.Finally, being a great fan of Megan Follows, I thought the film did stand on its own. It was riveting and the character of Anne was a bulwark. She was believeable as a grown up Anne Shirley who would let nothing stand in the way of what she knew to be her duty. Anne was unwilling to compromise her principles no matter what... which is what drew me to these films in the first place. The world is lacking in heroes (and heroines) such as this... everything has become relative to the situation.I enjoyed the film. Not so much as the first two, but it was enjoyable just the same. I'm sorry Anne "purists"... but this is all fiction anyhow... so just enjoy it.