Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 3.0
Good movie, horrible representation of the book
I heard that this movie completely slaughtered the true story of Anne and Gil in their new home in Glen St. Mary, and pretty much it's true. This movie completely diverts from the storyline, completely skipping important characters and monumental events, like Marilla's death. Instead of Anne and Gilbert getting happily married and having a family, they rush through a wedding in about fifteen minutes that almost all Anne fans have been anticipating in the past 7 hours or so of this series. On top of that, some RANDOM kid shows up in their lives instead of the six amusing ones she has in the book. Heheh, like all the other complaints about this movie, it just didn't go with the storyline all of us were expecting...On a lighter note, the acting, cinematography, music, scenery, etc. etc. was spectacular...nothing less could be expected from an Anne movie :0) I was even moved to tears in some scenes (but then again, I cried in Disney's Tarzan) I have to admit that some tears were those of frustration when I so deeply disapproved of their short-lived wedding celebration. And, I was a little amused by the fact that all the actors that returned looked MUCH too old...even if Gilbert is as good looking as ever :0P Not to mention that it's the completely WRONG TIME PERIOD! Anne's two SONS go to the war in the novels so obviously a little time-warp went on between Anne of Avonlea (aka Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel) and Anne the Continuing Story.Overall, if you're not an avid Anne READER but you do enjoy the previous movies, this movie will not disappoint you. However, if you read the Anne novels and loved Anne's House of Dreams onward....this movie would NOT be in your best interest. Stick to the previous two...those definitely reflect L.M. Montgomery's storyline the best.