One of the greatest historical films of all time...

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2017)

This is quite simply one of the greatest films of all time. Surprisingly accurate to the book, it follows the story of Scarlett O'Hara, the daughter of a plantation owner. She cares nothing about the important things in life, and revolves entirely on her whimsical desires and crushes. A complete and utter flirt, Scarlett literally throws herself upon the man that she believes herself to be in love with - Ashley Wilkes. Ashley isn't man enough to tell her that he doesn't love her, and her wild passion for him carries on as the South plunges into war against the Yankees. To spite Ashley marrying Melanie Hamilton, Scarlett marries Melanie's brother who dies at war. Her next marriage is also unsuccessful, and finally she ends up with the lovable rogue that is Rhett Butler. But it is only at the end when Scarlett's lifelong nightmare of running through a dark mist becomes reality, that she realizes that Ashley does not love her, and that it doesn't matter to her that he doesn't. The realization that she does indeed love her husband, Rhett, comes too late, as he has come to the decision to leave her. She asks him what she will do without him, to which he famously replies: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Eventually she realizes that until Rhett returns to her, the only thing she has left is her home - the plantation Tara. As she looks out over the land, she finds a reason to hope - passing that hope onto the viewers that Scarlett's life might finally have some real happiness in it. The hope is verbalized in her well known saying, "Tomorrow is another day!"