Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 4.0
I never read the Books!!
First, I am a guy and I loved the story of Anne, and I liked the first two movies. My girlfriend fainted when I said I wanted to watch them with her, because she has never seen the two movies. I didn't even know they had a third, and when I found out I bought it as fast as I could.I didn't read the books, but being a fan of the first two movies; I thought I couldn't go wrong to see the ending of the show. This story is the end of the Mini Series and not the books. So once you understand that, you can enjoy the movie a little more.First - Megan Follows was older in this movie, but damn she still looked good. :-p I had to throw my manliness in this review somewhere. lol.Second - It wasn't really Anne from the first two movies, she is more serious and while I appreciate the fact they made her grow up, I would have wished to see some of Anne enduring traits as what made her so popular in the first two movies. She had no imagination in this movie, and it was a War story that made almost no since. She just didn't feel like Anne anymore, in some area's there is a hint of her in that older lady, but just gone. Also, she was around 17 or 18 in the last movie. In this movie she would have been in her early 20's when married to Gill, and their characters looked so much older than they should have. It was nice to see both actors back thou, and I do applaud Sullivan Entertainment for doing so. It's just they should have made this movie sooner, than they did.Third - What was going on? I felt stupid for not really getting the plot of the movie. At one point she is holding a child, the next in a conspiracy that made no since. Dumb one liners thought-out the whole movie, to the point she looked like she was about to kill a Nun for not telling her where her husband was. :-p it's all good, but could have been better.If you're like me, and never read the books, this show at least ends the Mini Series, and leaves no questions asked about Anne's relationship with Gill, or anything else. Personally I wouldn't mind a reboot of the series with different actors. Megan Follows was very good in the role, and I don't think there will hardly be anyone better, but the show could use an update, that way the third movie can be more like the book. I gave this movie 4 stars only because it was not a bad movie, just not Anne in a way we knew her in the past movies. If you didn't read the books, then you won't be vastly disappointed in the ending.