Gone With the Wind

In 1939, Victor Fleming filmed a movie starring Clark Gable and 1939's Academy Award winner for best actress Vivien Leigh based off a 1936 novel. That film would soon become one of the most famous pictures of all time, and that movie was known as Gone With the Wind. This war slash romance movie had a great plot with just as great effects, acting, quotes, and actors. This movie is excellent at showing its work on researching the history and the technology they had back in the 1860's to the 1870's. The Technicolor did it's job in making the color intensely vivid adding a nice bright touch to the movie.

            This movie takes place during the infamous Civil War. Vivien Leigh stars as the young pampered Scarlet O'Hara who is deeply in love with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). Soon Ashley joins the Confederate Army along with all the other able men. Later Scarlett leaves Atlanta burning to the ground with Melaine and Prissy to go to her hometown Tara guided by Rhett Butler. Later she marries Rhett and have her first daughter Bonnie. Sadly, Bonnie later dies the same way as her grandfather, falling off a horse. with nothing left worth while, Rhett leaves the city Tara alone, when Scarlett tries to stop him he says on of the greatest quotes in cinematic history "Frankly my dear, I don't give damn."

As much as I like this movie I have to say that this film excedes it's limit in drama. Scarlett's character shows a bright young woman, but she is such a pampered spoiled brat. She constantly whines and she marries men for their money and also to make Ashley jealous. Secondly I think this movie could have been shorter than it is. Now for the rating, in all I will give it a 4 out of 5 stars. This movie is a classic and it will be for years to come.