One of the greatest films of all time

Rating: 10/10 (4 September 2004)

Gone With the Wind is a magnificent Civil War picture that deserved all the Academy Awards it got and it deserved more (Clark Gable should've won Best Actor, why he didn't is one of the greatest mysteries in the history of cinema). The film starts off with Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, a selfish, hot-tempered Southern lady, who becomes exceedingly depressed when Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), the man she loves, is getting married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland). Scarlett then meets a man, Rhett Butler (Clark Gable, in a superlative performance) who falls in love with her. Scarlett feels vague love for him, but she can't take her mind off of Ashley. Scarlett feels her life it tearing apart, when the Yankees come to attack and Ashley is fighting in the war, and what happens at the end is a lesson Scarlett should've learned from the advice that people taught her. It is a powerful, heart-breaking story that will leave you weeping. I believe it deserves to be much higher on the top 250 list. This film is among the greatest films I have seen in my life, and it is the greatest love film I have seen in my life. I recommend it to anyone who wants to see excellent cinema with a non-outdated story.