A very modern old classic

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2011)

Gone with the Wind is one of those few movies in which you don't have to offer a synopsis, as it has one of the most famous stories and some of the most iconic images and acting in Hollywood history.
The script is a little bit soapy, that's the truth, but wonderfully portraits female resilience and friendship, the complexity of love relationships, the hardships of life and what it takes to overcome them.
All actors are great, playing with empathy their respective roles, all well tuned and directed. They played the roles of their lives in this movie, some of their best performances in the movie. You believe them as the characters they play, they fuse in one and take you on an emotional ride.
The colors are just wonderful, eye candy, they don't make them as beautiful these days! The dressed, sets and interiors are glorious, and even the fake sunsets are artistically done.
Even if you don't like the story, the film has an overall quality and craftsmanship that goes beyond what most blockbusters have nowadays despite their extraordinary budgets and special effects.
The movie was shot in the 1930s, but it has a more modern feeling than many movies made in the 1940s or 1950s. I never thought I was watching a movie made at the beginning of the 20th century! The movie is still engaging, mermerizing, entertaining despite the long footage. Old Glamor, the best kind.
An unforgettable movie for all the right reasons.