Review of Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

I couldn't even get through the first hour of this disaster. I don't even know where to begin. First of all their choice for the part of the older Anne was horrendous. She looked nothing like her and didn't have the same feel to her as the original actress did. And as for the girl who played young Anne, for the most part she was alright until she got excited, then her voice almost gave me a migraine. The original actress had a sweet and refreshing bubbliness to her personality, but this girl was trying too hard to achieve what came naturally to the original actress. I was also very disappointed that they killed Gilbert off. After everything Anne went through in The Continuing Story to find him in the war, they just go and kill him off in another one? It just seems like a cruel joke. If the original actor refused to come back they could have at least cast someone else in his place. They couldn't have possibly picked anyone worse than their choice for Anne. I'm sure I'm not the only fan of the books and the first 2 movies who waited so long to see Anne and Gilbert get together only to be left hanging after the climatic moment at the end of the first sequel. I found that the Continuing Story was exciting enough with all the action but it was lacking the romance I longed for between Anne and Gilbert. I was hoping that this movie would show them finally together and happy for a change, let us see the romantic side of their relationship for more than 2 minutes. Overall, I was extremely disappointed. They had the opportunity to finally give the fans what they had been waiting years to see. A chance to see Anne and Gilbert build a family together and live happily ever after but we were cheated out of that.