Still as powerful as 10, 20, 50 years ago

Rating: 10/10 (27 April 2003)

Unarguably, one of cinema's finest achievements and , arguably, the most popular film of all time. Get your favorite snack and drink, pop in the dvd and just enjoy. At almost 4 hours long, rarely does this classic drag. It is an engrossing antebellum soap opera that exceeds the novel in drama and scope and excellence (a rarity). So much has been said of this movie that accolades from me would just be piling on. Suffice to say, the production values are beyond top notch. You actually are viewing 1860's Carolina and Georgia. The acting is so good, the actors were type cast for years after. Specifically, Vivian Leigh never ever got past the Scarlett O'hara character with the possible exception of Streetcar. The film won 10 Oscars and rightly so. This in what had to be the toughest competitive year ever -- 1939. For those Widescreen buffs (me included), note the dvd is only in fullscreen simply because that is the original format. This was before Panavision and Cinemascope. Definitely a 10 out of 10.