Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 1.0
Awful...
In a time when wars, poverty, AIDS, 9/11 and murders dominate the headlines, I have always turned to Anne of Green Gables as a sweet escape reminiscent of of simpler times and honest romance. I loved that Anne and Gilbert didn't fly into each other's arms without a struggle and that their love was based on faithful friendship and years of becoming "kindred spirits"...the third installment of these movie series smashed all feelings of endearment for me...I could barely watch it! I'm not a prude, but I couldn't help but cringe when Anne became almost TOO close with Diana's husband in Europe and seemed ready to hop into bed with an obvious cad. I didn't believe for a minute that she was happy Gilbert was alive at the end - I almost thought she wished he would just disappear into the dust of WWI. There was so much terrific material from the books - why depart from them so severely? I was sorely let down by the wedding scene too - she seemed almost depressed to be marrying Gilbert. I had to watch the first two all over again to feel reunited with the characters and Anne's spunky sense of awe...YUCK...DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY...just use your imagination to envision a third movie.