An almost perfect movie

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2005)

I gave 9 out of 10 for some reasons: The greatnesses: (1) I have the unlimited appreciation to Margaret Mitchell for providing us with this masterpiece. The original novel is too good to be surpassed. I cannot deny this movie showed most great parts of the movie within 4 hours, that's quite difficult.
(2) Vivien Leigh should be credited for the success of this movie. Scarlett is no doubt the shining part in this movie, and Vivien is no doubt be perfect, both the looking and the performances.
The regrets: (3) I think the only regret in this movie is: sometimes, this movie made some characters be too perfect to be true. For example, Melanie. Melanie is of course a wonderful lady, perfect personalities, strong (although weak with health). Well, in the novel, Melanie is more like a human. In this movie, she became a "godness". She is a woman growing up in the south of Ameria, with good family education. In the movie, she became a "brave" lady that felt not shy when talking with a prostitute. While in the movie, she is very scared after encountering with that prostitute. I prefer the novel since that's more realistic.