Gone With The Wind
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Originally posted a long time ago on Paul’s Reviews Page
I’ll be rating movies on a three zone, 5-star scale. Each movie will be rated
on “Visual Appeal”, “Audio Appeal” and “Story Appeal”. Each of these three
zones can be rated up to 5 stars (or asterisks…. they load faster than
.GIFs)
Gone With The Wind
V: ***
A: **
S: ***
Synopsis: A young Southern Belle searches for happiness and security
during and following the Civil War / War Between The States.
Thoughts: OK… I admit, this is a film from a different time, when, for
example, it was not uncommon for the orchestra to roll on and on under dialogue
through the whole movie. Certainly, at the time GWTW was filmed/produced, Color
was an exciting thing in the cinema and the enormity of all the sweeping shots
seemed a little bragadocious…. a bit over-done… over the top. Add to this
the “Overture”, “Intermission” and “Exit Music”, which… are … fine for a
theatrical viewing of such a long film, but for those of us watching on home
video… It would be nice to be able to just skip right over that stuff. At
nearly four hours long, GWTW is difficult to bear, expecially for someone who
doesn’t have a great deal of patience for soap-opera-esque stories (such as
yours truly).