Gone with the Wind (1939)DVD

"Gone With the Wind is one of the best books about the Civil War or the mid 1800's. Margaret Mitchell does not fail to tell a story about an era she grew up hearing about while capturing you into an epic novel and placing you into the scenes throughout the book and making you feel as if you were there while chaos occurs in almost every family in the South. Unlike most stories where the protagonist is flawless in both character and profile, you can hear and feel everything that is wrong with Scarlett O-Hara in both her actions and her thoughts while loving her all the same with her boldness and her determination to make things go back to the old ways. Though things might get rough in the story, Scarlett faces the challenges with her head held high and goes on to fix her problems (or at least tries to) without a complaint. The characters in Gone With the Wind are believable, with each one having an own personality and thought process, and it makes the plot thicker and more grabbing than it would be otherwise. I recommend anyone who willing to try to read this epic story about love, strength, determination, and loss."

"This was a birthday gift to my girlfriend. She's originally from North Carolina, and Gone With The Wind is one of her favorite movies of all time. When she open the box and saw all the beautiful artwork, along with all the extras, she nearly was in tears! She told me that this collector's version of the movie would become one of her most treasured possessions. You can't do any better than that! One mildly disturbing aspect, she's been using phrases from this movie on me since we first met. After viewing Gone With The Wind with her, the reality struck me that I'm about to get married to Scarlett! We had both a good laugh over that."

"I feel that if you are going to write something about what is arguably considered the greatest movie ever made, one really needs to know the back ground of the subject. One "critic" by the name of Michael, writes that he does not understand why the film has never been released in wide screen format like the original theatrical version. Michael, my friend, the film was made in 1939 and there was no such thing as 70mm film. That, by the way, is what wide screen frequently is. All films of the time were shot in 35mm. What one sees on DVD is EXACTLY what Victor Fleming, the director, directed. And someone else complains about the stilted acting. Again, the film is dated 1939. That IS how film acting was done at the time. Film was still relatively new, and so when the spoken word arrived on film a scant ten years before, they used the same style of acting that was used on the New York stage at the time. I know this may sound pompous, but what I just read really irratated me. Before one critiques something, be sure you know what you are critiquing!!! Oh, one last thing, to the writer that said Clark Gable was the only one putting on a decent performance, watch it one more time. He and Leslie Howard do not even attempt to fake Southern Accents. Only Vivien Leigh and Olivia Havilland attempt them, after long and intensive coatching by David O'Selznik. "Nuff" said."

"Classic or contemporary, black and white or color, I love movies. And in my book, GWTW is one of the greatest movies ever made. I'd probably need ten more hands to count the number of times that I've seen it. It never fails, when Rhett asks Scarlett if she would divorce him if Ashley were free, I ALWAYS find myself wishing that she would say no and tell him how happy she is. There are other instances like this where an honest response would have brought the two together. But then this constant conflict is what makes GWTW the love story that it is. I think you can forget about Rhett and Ashley's missing southern accents. Actually, you can forget about the attempts at them (remember, Vivien Leigh was british and needed much coaching!), the movie speaks to you just as the book does. Sometimes I think better. I've read the book several times and it tells of a woman so in enamored with a man that she'll do whatever it takes to have him. However, there's another man in her life that she's inexplicably drawn to(I wonder why?!!). You can imagine or feel Scarlett's feelings when you read the book. But, I think Vivien Leigh's portrayal makes you imagine and feel plus you get a cherry on top, you also get to see Scarlett's mind at work. It was a portrayal deserving of the best actress oscar. I'm not a critic or anything this is just my opinion. I know that it may sound silly to some, but to me, Clark Gable was the ultimate Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh was born to play Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler. It's almost like Scarlett lived inside of her and that she let her out and offered her up on a hugh movie screen for everyone to see. Some may refuse the offer, I very much appreciate and kindly thank her for it."