Reviews of Gone with the Wind

Gone With the Wind

Posted : 1 week, 4 days ago on 27 July 2008 12:58 (A review of Gone with the Wind)

The epic saga about one woman’s ability to survive war, several husbands, scandal, children, and her own pride. Scarlett O’Hara is one of the great fictional characters – a complicated woman who is part demure southern belle, part steely determined bitch. She will claw her way up from poverty, from the ravages of war, and she will be successful. Not only that, but she will outlive as many husbands and heartaches as life can throw at her. I admire her in a way. But I’ve never for the life of me understood why she was so stuck up on Ashley. He’s so painfully dull. Rhett on the other hand, now that’s a man! It’s definitely a product of its era with the totally inaccurate representation of history – it’s all so colorful, vibrant, opulent, and over-the-top – and racist depictions of black characters – granted, for the time period, this was really progressive and PC. Mammy to me isn’t that racist of a character, it’s Prissy that’s the problem. Mammy is the only character who will standup to Scarlett and not get slapped, she’s the only one that Scarlett listens to throughout the entire film. Not saying it’s not racist, just saying that it’s not as bad as Prissy’s child-like melodrama.

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one of the best

Posted : 3 months, 1 week ago on 27 April 2008 11:56 (A review of Gone with the Wind)

It became the benchmark for popular epic cinema for decades. The film is monumental enough to be beyond criticism.

It tidies up a lot of complex history… Dressed up with 1939 Technicolor, pastel-pretty for the dresses and blazing red for the passions, and a thunderous Max Steiner score, this still has a fair claim to be considered one of the best pictures of Hollywood filmmaking.


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