Wonderful character development!

best movie i've ever seen.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I'm an avid Anne lover and adore the first two movies....I've attempted watching the Continuing Story in the past but could never get past the first 10, sickening, minutes.Since it's been years since my last crack at it, I thought I'd give it another try tonight - but oh, how I'm regretting it. Seeing an additional 30 minutes into the movie has only polluted Anne & Gil & Green Gables further!Everything is off in this movie. Familiar and beloved characters are rendered complete strangers. Anne's voice is unnervingly different & gravelly, and both Anne and Gil look...awful (especially Megan, I hate to say it...she's a natural beauty but it looks like she had botched plastic surgery before this movie or something...her mouth and chin are so tight and strained looking)...sorry, but it's true :(As other reviewers have pointed out the time-line is all wrong. But worse than that, it all feels so thin and empty.Bottom line: It's disturbing for Anne lovers to even catch a glimpse of. Steer clear - don't let your curiosity get the better of you!

I know many people have disliked this movie because it is so jarringly different from the previous two, but this one is my favorite and I think it's the best of the three. What I love about the first two Anne of Green Gables movies are their beautiful simplicity. They really do take you back to a simpler time. All the pastoral beauty and innocence. But the third movie portrays how it really was for people of this generation. In their youths things were lovely and simple but the world changed around them very fast. Also consider all the adventure that takes place in this movie. Anne has little need for all her imagination here because everything going on around her is so dramatic. (Anne even gets to dress like a Nun, something she's always imagined) It's like she's living out everything she'd imagined though perhaps not in the ways she would like. But the very, very best thing about this movie is the love that has matured between Anne and Gilbert and their constant devotion to each other. This movie is most definitely the most romantic of the three and I love it!

I have never read the books, but I was excited to watch the mini-series. I must say that the first two movies are excellent, but his last one was terrible. First of all, how do you justify making the last installment in 2000, when the previous movie was made in 1987. Megan Follows was bound to grow up, and cannot possibly pull a mid-twenties Anne Shirley after 13 years. The other thing that bothers me is the change in Diana. How does someone change like that in just a few years? She's far too old to be portraying someone of Anne's character and loses some of her spunk that she had in the previous movies. She isn't enthusiastic and certainly does not extend from the previous movie. Gilbert is a decent character in this final movie, but all in all it wasn't the greatest. It is hard to continue a mini-series without doing the sequels immediately. I compare this poor rendition to the 3rd installment of North and South when they change the characters and bring in others that didn't exist in the first two installments. Kevin Sullivan... better luck next time.On a more positive note, the costumes are quite accurate and the clothes were very pretty. I do give credit for the scenery and costumes all around.

From a writers point of view I must say I can understand a few of the things depicted in Anne of Green Gables - the continuing story. First of all - it is called Anne, and not Rilla. The perspective and focus would have been way off and not as interesting. I think, this is just my own philosophies here - that Mr Sullivan has chosen to focus more on historic correctness, Romance and this with a touch of biographical material of L.M Montgomery. It is said that L.M Montgomery actually was active within the Red Cross. Witch Anne is too, as we've all seen. Following the history books on that. When it comes to Gilbert there's a soldier, who bares a liking with him - history wise. I don't remember his name now. But it was the one who wrote the poem "In Flanderns fields". This soldier won the gold medal at collage, studied medicine and enlisted as medical personal. He was injured though, and was placed at a field hospital. Vimy Ridge spoken about in the series, was in fact one of the biggest battles won for the "good guys", and for Canada.When it comes to the actual story - I must say I don't think it's that far of a leap in the sense that it would be something that Anne could do. Dianas "You do what the rest of us only dream of doing, Anne" is a perfect head on the nail. Now, I have only read three out of eight books, granted, but I'm familiar with the rest. It kind of would have been fun seeing Anne and Gilbert with their house and their kids - but I think all and all it was a good story and it managed too keep a bit of Annes edge and Gilberts charm. And at the same time, it managed to make the circle round... Anne experience the exact same scene from the very beginning. Of course only then, she was in Dominics position and Matthew was in hers.