Definitely NOT the greatest Hollywood film of all time

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2003)

There are many things I liked about Gone With the Wind: Vivien Leigh's defiant petulance and perseverance as she ran riches to rags to riches again, Clark Gable's roguish gentleman frustrated by Scarlett's unrequited devotion to Ashley. And of course there is Mammy. The cinematography and vibrant colors are also breathtaking to behold. I can also appreciate the ambition and the scope of the picture and how it holds up perfectly today. I haven't read Margret Mithcell's book but I think I read somewhere that there is at least one major difference between the film and the book. In the film a black laborer saves Scarlett from being raped by a white hoodlum but in the book the ethnicity of assailant and savior are reversed. I don't know if this change was made for political reasons. I rate this movie 8/10. In my humble opinion it is not superior to Casablanca or Citizen Kane. In fact I think there are dozens of movies I think are better than GWTW.