Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 1.0
No scope and no imagination
An utter disgrace. This movie is an abysmal conclusion to the brilliant Anne saga. The warm and unfolding love story between Anne and Gil that kept viewers captivated during the first two movies, is abandoned in order to thoughtlessly pump out an Americanized, trashy, and nonsensical piece of soap opera, which bears no resemblance to the gentle and timeless Anne 1 and 2.The wedding we had waited 10 years for was rushed and emotionless. Many scenes, including the wedding night fell victim to the cutting room floor. What remains of this movie is a betrayal not only to the characters, but to the scores of fans who have dared to dream about what was to be.I could feel Megan's angst at portraying a character that was so terribly unfamiliar. Bitter, foul, unfaithful and totally lacking the graceful fortitude known to us, the new Anne goes about systematically destroying the image we all knew and loved. Gil? Non-existant. With the exception of a few token scenes at the start, he is not seen until the end of the movie. He is gaunt and bereft of the love and devotion that previously made all of us wish we were Anne.Yes, this movie is a total departure from the original books. One could argue creative license. But what truly makes it a catostrophic failure is that there is no attempt at all to give the viewers -who have waited 10 years- what we so desperately wanted. Anne and Gil.If this weren't meant to be an Anne of Green Gables movie, perhaps it would be classed as a feeble attempt at a war-time love story, overshadowed by an even more feeble spy story. In a word- GARBAGE.