Surprisingly, a great film

Rating: Null/10 (18 March 2002)

I never really wanted to see "Gone With The Wind"- being a guy, four hour Civil War soap operas are not on my must-see list. Yet when I finally sat down to watch it, I was overwhelmed by the sheer scope of events and emotion. It is truly amazing that the film maintains interest for its entire running time. The production-design and cinematography knocked me off my feet.
Some people have accused this movie of being racist but that is highly inaccurate. The movie totally ignores the issue of slavery but that doesn't make it racist. What's more, Mammy (Hattie MacDaniel, who won as Oscar for this role) constantly tells Scarlett to stop acting like "poor white trash". How great is that?