Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 5.0
I Must Disagree With Several Other Reviews...
I must disagree with other reviews I just read. I will admit that I've only read the first of LMM's "Anne of Green Gables" books, so I don't have the profound understanding of the characters and Avonlea world that some of the other reviewers possess. However, if the movie is viewed strictly as a stand-alone work, I would say it is really quite excellent. The character development is excellent; the plot - strong; the story - riveting; even the special effects such as created scenes in Europe, while the whole movie was actually filmed in Canada are amazing! If you enjoyed the other two "Anne..." movies and the main characters, and haven't read the books, I'll bet you'll really like this movie too.To be fair, it is a movie and I believe it should be rated like any other movie one might watch. I always hear people bemoaning the fact that movies don't follow books. A good example is the "Lord of the Rings" movies. I have read that novel a couple times and will admit that the movies take liberties with the story and change the general flavor of Middle Earth. There is so much singing in the various cultures in the LOTR books that the most accurate representation may very well have been movie musicals. However, I think the overall effort was quite noble, and the movies were outstanding in their own right.