Gone With the Wind

"Quite frankly, I don't give a damn," about this movie! It never completely got me into the movie. Even though this movie is #1 box office in sales with inflation, it still does not live up to expectations. Do not get over excited about seeing this movie. It is nothing more than 6/10 movie. Sure it was made many years ago, but the slow paced cinematography does not compare to modern day viewing. Because of the slow pace, the movie fails to grab and keep your attention.

Due to Scarlett's ongoing love for Ashley, she is never satisfied with anyone she marries. I feel Scarlett is the antagonist just because of her spoiled rotten attitude. There are more people cheering against
her her than there are cheering for her. When she can't find love, she wants money. She uses hissy-fits to get her way when something doesn't go her way. Rhett being the truthful southern man knows and accepts what is happening around him. I believe his role in the movie is to show Scarlett what true love is, but what happens when she finds true love? As much struggle as it may take to turn Scarlett into a loving person may be too dangerous and exhausting for the human body to endure. She is not an easy person to handle and be around. At one point Rhett tells her, "Heaven help a man who truly loves you." I find it funny because it is 100% true. No man in their right mind would want to be with Scarlett for the rest of his life. For instance, when Ashley marries Melanie, Scarlett immediately marries just to try and make Ashley jealous. Scarlett feels she is the only one who should be with him. She never faces the fact that Ashley loves Melanie and is not going to leave her. Since Scarlett is so persistent on getting Ashley, Ashley tends to give in a little and then quickly realizes he does not want Scarlett. Rhett all the while plays his role of  unintentionally teaching Scarlett of Maslov's Hierarchy of needs.

If you are more of an action, thriller, or comedy type person, this is most definitely not a movie to watch. Sure it is #1 in Box Office all time, but you will never keep with the plot. I often found myself dazing off thinking about other things rather than watching the movie. It's not a creative, exciting movie like you see now-a-days. It won't be a movie you would bring up in conversation with a friend or at the dinner table. It falls short of providing an entertaining plot to keep an audience's attention.

One symbol portrayed in, "Gone With the Wind" is the horse. You will find the significance of the horse when you come across the death of Scarlett's father. A horse is an archetypal of symbol of the carrier of death. In the movie, Scarlett's father dies while being carried on a horse. Hence death being carried by a horse. Scarlett's father's death was pretty unlikely and unusual. When you see him die, you are more likely to laugh at the acting of the death rather than feel the mourn of his death.

Since this is the #1 Box Office movie of all time with inflation, it is obviously one you would want to see just to see how good it really is. I'm sorry to say that you will probably be very disappointed in watching this movie. This is 222 minutes of your life that you will wish you had back.