Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 2.0
Love the original actors, but the movie was AWFUL
All the wonderful actors come back for this movie, and it's a terrible shame they were given this script and story line. It's just awful. If you were going to put the actors together, and have a budget for a movie of this size, why would you waste their time and your money to produce this sad thing? It doesn't follow a hint of the Anne story line, the dialog is really bad, and the story completely breaks apart in the second half of the film with spy plots, kidnapping threats, Anne almost choosing to make a life with another man, and back-stage WWI intrigue as the armistice was signed. I sat there going "WHAT??? Where did THAT come from?"The first half of the movie isn't horrible, and if you're a huge fan of the first movies, or the original actors, or the books...then it's probably worth it to see it, if only for the happy feelings of seeing Anne and Gilbert again. Yes, they're a lot older than they should be, but it's still great to see them. Just make sure you can sit down and suspect any expectations you have of what this movie "should" be like...because in the second half, it's all downhill.Mr. Sullivan, this movie is just sad. How awful that you wasted the chance to put these wonderful actors together again....and why would you choose to skip over the original storyline of Anne and Gilbert's first years together as a married couple? That story line, especially in "Anne's House of Dreams" has more genuine intrigue and emotion in one chapter than your screenplay did in the entire 3+ hours.