The mother of soap operas

Rating: 6/10 (24 November 2004)

It's extremely rare that I'm such that bored of a movie that's that respected and popular (popular in a positive way). So I'm surprised by myself that this movie was so terrible for me. I expected to see a quite good movie (minimum).
I think if I had seen it about 2 or 3 years ago it would have been quite entertaining for me. But I have enough of love stories yet. And especially love stories that are told like this. I know this is probably the mother of great love stories and that's why I respect it. But there was NOTHING that I haven't seen yet in other movies. Of course 'Gone with the Wind' inspired a lot of them. But I really have enough of it and that's why I couldn't enjoy the movie.
But except of the innovative style it really had a stupid story. It's about 230 minutes long and it didn't happen that much. I hate that Scarlett turns from a hoity-toity Lady into a hard working person WITHOUT A SINGLE COMPLAINT. Suddenly she is leading the family. That wasn't convincing at all. She is in love with Ashley without any reason given. It's just a constant in this movie that you have to accept. She never thinks of NOT loving him. What's so special about this guy? Not convincing at all. You don't get any case history, nothing.
Clark Gable's character was SO stereotype. They all were completely stereotype. There was not a single surprising action of any character. You can say that's because this movie was "copied" so often. That's half of the truth. It was really boring for me. It wasn't suspenseful, very less action, boring comedy, stereotyped and predictable drama. Romance? - Maybe, but I'm not naive enough to swallow that.
Probably an enjoyable and entertaining movie for me as kid, but I'm too old for it now. So also if I didn't feel the greatness of the movie I can accept its greatness. And the visuals are top.
6/10 for a non-convincing movie with some admirable aspects.