Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1939: Gone With The Wind

[chezmax]

1939: Gone With The Wind

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I really don't knwo what to say about this film, other than it's fantastic. Apparently the winner of 10 Academy Awards in 1939, and depending on the calculation, the highest-grossing film to date.

This movie is seriously epic, and is just short of four hours long. It took us three nights to watch it, due to not having that much time all in one go. Surprisingly, up to this point, I had not seen the movie, and was only vaguely aware what it was about (I probbaly could have told you it involved Scarlett O'Hara, the South, and 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" and that's about it).

Generally, the story is just about the life of Scarlett O'Hara and her friends and family, starting just before the American Civil War as a young southern belle with quite the charisma, and her experiences before, during, and after the war, and how her ambition and deviousness helps carry her through, but also the consequences of her manipulation.

The acting is fantastic, despite the style of speech they use in the movie. By the end of the movie, I was completely engrossed in the characters, and felt their joy, sorrow, and heartbreak.

Despite the movie being as old as my grandparents, the cinematography is excellent. The film comes across as grainy and the colors are somewhat mute, being an early color film, but I think this helps just to add to the charm.

All in all, a great film, and it holds up well after 70 years.

Comments

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never seen Gone With the Wind. I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing.

[brokenmellcifer.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I love that movie so much! It's absolutely one of my favourites. But have you ever tried to read the book? DON'T. It's one of the few times in history where the movie is actually better than the book.

[chezmax]

It, uh, might have made me cry, a bit, towards the end. :(

[chezmax]

And I'll not read the book, then. Thanks. :)

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

Margaret Mitchell's grave:

(http://www.zooomr.com/photos/csmcdonald/3052435/)
Margaret Mitchell (http://www.zooomr.com/photos/csmcdonald/3052435/) by csmcdonald on Zooomr (http://www.zooomr.com/csmcdonald/)

[chezmax]

I think it's worth seeing next time you've got 4 hours :P

[chezmax]

Heh! Neat. :)

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

Come to ATl I'll take you to the Gone With The Wind Museum :)

the colours

[(Anonymous)]

The colours were a bit mute! Were you watching the libraries VHS tape from the 80's? They shot it in technicolour and saturated the hell out of it so it looks like some garishly coloured woman who thinks makeup can take off 50 years!

Well, I'm coming back to Ontario in like a month or two and I have the remastered version on DVD (yeah, love the movie).

When you get to Lawrence of Arabia, maybe you will have a good theory about how he managed that much eyeliner in the desert.

Re: the colours

[chezmax]

No, I was watching zip.ca's decluxe edition.

Who is this?

Re: the colours

[(Anonymous)]

Oops, yeah forgot about the ID. It's Carly from rainy Van.

Re: the colours

[chezmax]

Ah, you're missing out on most of the entries cause they're friends-only. :(

But nice to see you :)