Finally, I've seen this classic, too.

Rating: 7/10 (15 July 2015)

It's always fun to find out where The Simpsons get their inspiration. Here, it's the iconic image of Scarlet O'Hara standing underneath the giant tree (saying "There's always tomorrow.") that was used in 'Principal Charming'. The Technicolor look of 'Gone with the wind' is pretty amazing, for instance in the aforementioned scene, and otherwise mostly in similar grand scenes and images. During the film I had guessed the film was from the fifties, so discovering that it was made in 1939 rather blew my mind.
I loved this movie, but only up until just after the ending of the Civil War. Then it became much more like a soap opera (though still better than your average soap series), focusing mostly on Scarlet and Rhett Butler and their turbulent 'romantic' times. I can't say I got bored with it, nor was it really bad, but their characters went all over the place without really convincing me of their sincerity. Still, it's not hard to see how this is a classic, and I'm very likely to give it another chance some other time. Scarlet O'Hara is in any case a terrific movie character that will stick with me for a good while - great balls of fire!
Until then, a big 7 out of 10.