Gone With the Wind is an excellent film. I think some of the charm is that the movie is nearly 70 years old. Most movies do not withstand time as this film has. Scarlet is, for me, the character one loves to hate. I also sense that in Rhett. When war hits the South, Scarlet's life changes faster than she could have ever thought possible, and she has to be a strong women instead of a timid Southern Belle.
Gone With the Wind is a 1939 film directed by Victor Fleming. The movie, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, focuses on the life of Scarlett O'Hara, the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner in Civil War era Georgia. The movie follows Scarlet through the Civil War and the South's Reconstruction. Also, it shows how a different personality in a main character than that of the average movie.
Scarlet, portrayed by Vivien Leigh, was a complex person. She was focused only on her personal gain and keeping her land, the Tara Plantation. She is often sickeningly cold and greedy. And, of course, she wanted the one thing that she couldn't have, the one thing her father's money and her looks couldn't buy: Ashley Wilkes (played by Leslie Howard). Scarlet confessed her love to Ashley in her theatrical way. Unfortunately for Scarlett, he, already in love with and engaged to his cousin Melanie, didn't love Scarlet enough to give up Melanie, portrayed by Olivia de Havilland. The confession was not only witnessed by Ashley, however, but also by a dashing, rich blockade runner. Rhett Butler, played by Clark Gable, was impressed by Scarlet's fire and becomes crucial to Scarlet's survival throughout the movie.
When the men are to be sent into war, Scarlet marries Charles Hamilton, brother to Melanie, in attempts to make Ashley jealous. Charles later dies in a war. Scarlett also marries Frank Kennedy, her sister's beau, to save Tara financially when the taxes reach $300. He dies when attempting to get revenge after Scarlet is attacked.
Scarlet learns to be stronger than the meek Southern Belle that she was raised to be. When she goes home to Tara after months in now Yankee-filled Atlanta, she finds her mother dead, her father crazy with grief, and the entire plantation run-down. After the Yankees pillaged Tara, the was not enough money or food to keep the residents from starving. Scarlet had to step up and take control. She swore, after working harder than she ever had in her life, that she "would never go hungry again."
Finally, Scarlet marries Rhett. He gives her everything she dreamt of in hopes that she would show him the same love that he had showed her since the first moment he saw her. Scarlet, however, continues to show her obsessive affection to Ashley. Despite this, she and Rhett live happily for a while with their daughter Bonnie. When Bonnie dies in a tragic horse-riding accident, however, a rift forms between Scarlet and Rhett that cannot be bridged.
When poor, sweet Melanie dies, leaving behind a young son, Ashley confesses to Scarlet that he doesn't love her. He will forever love Melanie and has no idea how he can live without her. In that moment, Scarlet realizes that she doesn't care if Ashley loves her because she loves Rhett. When she rushes home to tell Rhett, he doesn't care. He decides that he doesn't want to be the focus of Scarlet's obsessive love and leaves, uttering his immortal parting line: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
My scale is set up thusly:
10-Best movie I've ever seen
9-Amazingly good
8-Definitely recommended
7-Decent
6-Worth watching
5-Average
4-Fine
3-Boring or uninteresting
2-idea is overdone, too common
1-Terrible, don't waste your time
On my rating scale, I give this movie an 8/10.
This movie is definitely worth watching. I truly enjoyed the plot. The characters of Scarlet and Rhett were so complex and improper that I was constantly wondering what would happen next. They were so completely unpredictable that my guesses were never right. All-in-all it was a great film and one that everyone should watch sometime in his/her lifetime.
This film's genres: war, romance, and drama.
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Gone With the Wind is a 1939 film directed by Victor Fleming. The movie, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, focuses on the life of Scarlett O'Hara, the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner in Civil War era Georgia. The movie follows Scarlet through the Civil War and the South's Reconstruction. Also, it shows how a different personality in a main character than that of the average movie.
Scarlet, portrayed by Vivien Leigh, was a complex person. She was focused only on her personal gain and keeping her land, the Tara Plantation. She is often sickeningly cold and greedy. And, of course, she wanted the one thing that she couldn't have, the one thing her father's money and her looks couldn't buy: Ashley Wilkes (played by Leslie Howard). Scarlet confessed her love to Ashley in her theatrical way. Unfortunately for Scarlett, he, already in love with and engaged to his cousin Melanie, didn't love Scarlet enough to give up Melanie, portrayed by Olivia de Havilland. The confession was not only witnessed by Ashley, however, but also by a dashing, rich blockade runner. Rhett Butler, played by Clark Gable, was impressed by Scarlet's fire and becomes crucial to Scarlet's survival throughout the movie.
When the men are to be sent into war, Scarlet marries Charles Hamilton, brother to Melanie, in attempts to make Ashley jealous. Charles later dies in a war. Scarlett also marries Frank Kennedy, her sister's beau, to save Tara financially when the taxes reach $300. He dies when attempting to get revenge after Scarlet is attacked.
Scarlet learns to be stronger than the meek Southern Belle that she was raised to be. When she goes home to Tara after months in now Yankee-filled Atlanta, she finds her mother dead, her father crazy with grief, and the entire plantation run-down. After the Yankees pillaged Tara, the was not enough money or food to keep the residents from starving. Scarlet had to step up and take control. She swore, after working harder than she ever had in her life, that she "would never go hungry again."
Finally, Scarlet marries Rhett. He gives her everything she dreamt of in hopes that she would show him the same love that he had showed her since the first moment he saw her. Scarlet, however, continues to show her obsessive affection to Ashley. Despite this, she and Rhett live happily for a while with their daughter Bonnie. When Bonnie dies in a tragic horse-riding accident, however, a rift forms between Scarlet and Rhett that cannot be bridged.
When poor, sweet Melanie dies, leaving behind a young son, Ashley confesses to Scarlet that he doesn't love her. He will forever love Melanie and has no idea how he can live without her. In that moment, Scarlet realizes that she doesn't care if Ashley loves her because she loves Rhett. When she rushes home to tell Rhett, he doesn't care. He decides that he doesn't want to be the focus of Scarlet's obsessive love and leaves, uttering his immortal parting line: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
My scale is set up thusly:
10-Best movie I've ever seen
9-Amazingly good
8-Definitely recommended
7-Decent
6-Worth watching
5-Average
4-Fine
3-Boring or uninteresting
2-idea is overdone, too common
1-Terrible, don't waste your time
On my rating scale, I give this movie an 8/10.
This movie is definitely worth watching. I truly enjoyed the plot. The characters of Scarlet and Rhett were so complex and improper that I was constantly wondering what would happen next. They were so completely unpredictable that my guesses were never right. All-in-all it was a great film and one that everyone should watch sometime in his/her lifetime.
This film's genres: war, romance, and drama.
wikipedia.com
6 comments:
Wow! Excellent work. Great use of adjectives. Very interesting and detailed. Thanks for offering in-depth details.
Thanks...SWM
OMG christina, that was freakin amazing. you definitly have a way with words. That was soo good. keep up the amazing reviews.
Shawna
I kind of disagree with you that Rhett is a person one loves to hate but I do agree that this is a movie worth watching.
I totally agree that some of Gone With the Wind's charm is that it is old. Your writing is very descriptive. Nicely done!
Very nice work! Great word choice and good detail!
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