Gone with the times

Rating: Null/10 (1 February 2004)

I have seen this film many times. I own it on DVD. So I guess I could say that I enjoy it, but I don't feel it is anywhere near the greatest film of all time that many people have said it was. I have never liked Scarlett, and to me the film is a great film in spite of Scarlet, who is nothing but a spoiled brat that never appears to grow up through out the entire film. GWTW was the first of the really great color films that was ever made, and at the time there were still many people who were alive during the Civil War. The only other film from its day that is nearly as epic is "All Quiet On The Western Front."
When I lived in Georgia, GWTW was shown almost every summer, and I can remember seeing it at a drive-in movie in the Atlanta area. The little speaker did not do it justice. The soundtrack is extrodinary and the sweep of the film from its opening is something that takes you along on the wind. Some of the scenes from the picture you cannot ever get out of your mind. I just wish I could get over Scarlett O'hara being such a complete bitch. I really hate her.
It would appear to me that its place in great films is slipping more than a bit. I think this is justified. I saw the film first when I was a wee child and I was more than a bit reserved about it and I saw Scarlett as a zilch then. As my mother used to tell me when I started dating girs: "Beauty is what beauty does." A lot of the southern character was captured by the film and it is a shame to me that it has became not politically correct to appreciate anything about the south from the Civil War era. Beautifully made film that was ahead of its time. 1939 was possibly the most landmark year in the history of film making; The Wizzard of Oz, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and Gunga Din are just some of the spectacular films released that year.