Movie #50: Gone with the Wind

Movie #: 50
Movie Title: Gone with the Wind
Year Released: 1939

Director: Victor Fleming
Notable Cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland

Short Description: A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #6
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: #61
Lifed.com: #67
Empire.com: #31
FilmCrave.com: #85
FlickChart.com: N/A



Date Watched: 9/14/2016

Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)
Adjusted Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)

Rationale: Gone with the Wind is one of a handful of movies that I struggled mightily with determining a grade. My initial rationale for a lower grade was based around my surprise that Scarlett O'Hara never had a redemption. Even as the credits started to roll she was still a spoiled, selfish, impulsive child. Realizing that's who she is and not a fault of the movie for the lack of a redemption helped raise the grade from a "Good" to a "Very Good". Though it's a very long movie at mere minutes shy of four hours, I was never bored which also helped the case of the higher grade. In addition, the leads of the movie, Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, were both strong with their respective performances and I particularly enjoyed the scenes with Rhett Butler.