The greatest achievement in movie history. Possible spoilers.

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2003)

No movie in history caused as much a stir when it came out as Gone With the
Wind, and no movie since has come close to it's massive success. For my
money, it's the best movie ever made. I won't go into the story or film making or anything since you no doubt know everything about Gone With the Wind by
now. But one thing I can't resist mentioning is the brilliant performance by Vivien Leigh. I never fail to be blown away by it. Ironically, it is this performance that is cause for it's unforgivable 8.0 rating on IMDB. I mean that it's far too low. Many people can't stand the character of Scarlett O'Hara and vote the movie lower
because of that, since the movie lives and dies with her. However, I think those people get it wrong. They seem to think that you're SUPPOSED to like Scarlett. I never really liked Scarlett O'Hara. She's incredibly selfish, spoiled, and naive. That's sort of the purpose of Mellie's character, to highlight all that's wrong with Scarlett. But I can't help but admire her tenacity, her absolute desire to survive and to make it. It takes the death of her best friend and the only man she truly loved, Rhett Butler, leaving her in the end for her to realize her flaws, and it is the ending that is best of all. She finally grew up. Many view the ending as
tragic, but it fills me with hope. You know that once Scarlett puts her mind to something, she'll get it.