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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-30-07 10:32 AM
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64. The difference: Casablanca is a good movie. GWTW sucks.
Scarlett has no redeeming qualities, and learns nothing while doing her best to ignore Civil War, which just keeps intruding in her self-worship. The only reason any man would be interested in this selfish twit is to get their hands on her father's fortune. Anything else is implausible, as is much of the film.

Comparing it to Casablanca is downright bizarre. It is hard to think of two films with less in common.
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  -I don't care what anyone says - I think "Gone with the Wind" is a crappy movie LynneSin  Mar-29-07 01:55 PM   #0 
  - Ahem, spoiler alert  taterguy   Mar-29-07 01:58 PM   #1 
  - You'll thank me for the 3 hours of your life I just gave back to you  LynneSin   Mar-29-07 02:02 PM   #2 
  - Heee. You can't really spoil a 68-year-old movie, can you?  Left Is Write   Mar-29-07 04:58 PM   #39 
  - I like it, but thinking back..  mvd   Mar-29-07 02:04 PM   #3 
  - Hell I think "From Justin to Kelly" might be a better movie  LynneSin   Mar-29-07 02:05 PM   #5 
  - frankly scarlett  wildhorses   Mar-29-07 02:05 PM   #4 
  - I can love a movie for the pretty faces and costumes alone.  crim son   Mar-29-07 02:05 PM   #6 
  - And don't forget  JSK   Mar-29-07 02:13 PM   #13 
  - Yeah, I like it  cwydro   Mar-29-07 02:52 PM   #18 
  - Hey Crim son  Madspirit   Mar-29-07 03:30 PM   #27 
  - First time I saw the movie all the way through, I was one of a group of  Aristus   Mar-29-07 02:06 PM   #7 
  - It rates up there with the scene where Mary Coppola gets shot in Godfather III  LynneSin   Mar-29-07 02:07 PM   #8 
  - It's like Casablanca- love it or hate it. I love them both.  Dr Fate   Mar-29-07 02:08 PM   #9 
  - I could probably have liked the movie if Rhett Butler wasn't so pussywhipped  LynneSin   Mar-29-07 02:09 PM   #11 
  - Heh- but then there would be no story!!!  Dr Fate   Mar-29-07 02:42 PM   #14 
  - Oh Please  Crisco   Mar-29-07 03:00 PM   #21 
  - how very astute of you to notice that  wildhorses   Mar-29-07 03:35 PM   #29 
     - Oh Yeah  Crisco   Mar-29-07 07:20 PM   #45 
        - that is my test for if they have really seen it or not  wildhorses   Mar-29-07 07:29 PM   #46 
           - When I Was Much Much Younger  Crisco   Mar-29-07 07:37 PM   #47 
           - melanie has a strength that is quiet but strong  wildhorses   Mar-29-07 07:45 PM   #48 
           - Melanie was a class act  Mad_Dem_X   Mar-30-07 08:01 AM   #60 
           - You go girl...  cwydro   Mar-30-07 01:40 PM   #76 
  - And then he got tired of it and left her.  Left Is Write   Mar-29-07 04:59 PM   #40 
     - i think its called conflict  wildhorses   Mar-29-07 07:46 PM   #49 
  - The difference: Casablanca is a good movie. GWTW sucks.  kwassa   Mar-30-07 10:32 AM   #64 
  - The book is better but still over rated.  azmouse   Mar-29-07 02:08 PM   #10 
  - You won't get any argument from me  skygazer   Mar-29-07 02:10 PM   #12 
  - I loved it...  MrsGrumpy   Mar-29-07 02:43 PM   # 
  - I might buy it too.  ronnykmarshall   Mar-29-07 03:48 PM   # 
  - Please. I beg of you.  Shakespeare   Mar-29-07 04:50 PM   #38 
  - I'd love that!  ronnykmarshall   Mar-29-07 06:02 PM   #44 
  - I can barely stand to watch the part where Bonnie dies.  Left Is Write   Mar-29-07 11:29 PM   #58 
  - I bought it once and will probably buy it again.  Left Is Write   Mar-29-07 11:27 PM   #57 
  - I loved it...  MrsGrumpy   Mar-29-07 02:43 PM   #15 
  - absofreakinlutely  Deep13   Mar-29-07 02:47 PM   #16 
  - "Frankly my dear, I want you found dead in a ditch somewhere."  Deep13   Mar-29-07 02:50 PM   #17 
  - The depiction of black people is appalling.  FuzzySlippers   Mar-29-07 02:57 PM   #19 
  - certainly NOT todays standards  Maine-ah   Mar-29-07 04:02 PM   #33 
  - That's Hollywood stereotyping  cmkramer   Mar-29-07 09:39 PM   #54 
  - I read the book long before I saw the movie  Maine-ah   Mar-29-07 02:59 PM   #20 
  - i was disppointed in the sequel also  wildhorses   Mar-29-07 03:37 PM   #30 
  - nothing. I would have just left it be.  Maine-ah   Mar-30-07 07:47 AM   #59 
  - ITA  cmkramer   Mar-29-07 03:48 PM   #31 
  - Funny. I got into a fist fight for saying the same thing about 35 years ago.  ohiosmith   Mar-29-07 03:01 PM   #22 
  - I wouldn't beat the crap out of someone for disagreeing with me but....  LynneSin   Mar-29-07 03:04 PM   #23 
  - A "friend" took a swing at me for saying it to a girl he was hot for. GWTW just happened to be her  ohiosmith   Mar-29-07 03:07 PM   #25 
  - In 1971 ? You must've been "Dazed & Confused" at the Time?  GalleryGod   Mar-29-07 04:15 PM   #36 
  - I didn't think it was that good either.  bigwillq   Mar-29-07 03:07 PM   #24 
  - I hate it  Madspirit   Mar-29-07 03:28 PM   #26 
  - don't care for it myself ... I fell asleep the only time I tried to watch it. n/t  Scout   Mar-29-07 03:30 PM   #28 
  - They might have a Will Ferell version coming out soon.  GalleryGod   Mar-29-07 04:17 PM   #37 
  - Oh, you are so going to hell for saying that  RubyDuby in GA   Mar-29-07 03:49 PM   #32 
  - Well.........OK  querelle   Mar-29-07 04:11 PM   #34 
  - Have another drink, Old Pal ! Where's Ramsey when we need her.  GalleryGod   Mar-29-07 04:14 PM   #35 
  - 'swarmy' or 'smarmy'?  hfojvt   Mar-29-07 05:18 PM   #41 
  - Early childhood memory  mentalsolstice   Mar-29-07 05:35 PM   #42 
  - "Scarlett honey, you know the Wilkes always marry their cousins" god i love  chimpsrsmarter   Mar-29-07 05:37 PM   #43 
  - "As God is my witness" so did I---pure mindless entertainment  MichiganVote   Mar-29-07 09:07 PM   #50 
  - the ONLY movie I've ever walked out of in my life....  mike_c   Mar-29-07 09:08 PM   #51 
  - It's A GREAT Movie!  Southpawkicker   Mar-29-07 09:10 PM   #52 
  - oh god spk  cwydro   Mar-30-07 10:20 AM   #63 
     - ROFL!  Southpawkicker   Mar-30-07 01:38 PM   #74 
  - Apparently, Clark Gable had horrifying halitosis during filming.  Beausoir   Mar-29-07 09:19 PM   #53 
  - Will you marry me?  SaveElmer   Mar-29-07 09:43 PM   #55 
  - I love that movie! And I like Scarlett O'Hara. Gritty broad. n/t  amitten   Mar-29-07 11:26 PM   #56 
  - Gritty is the last word I'd use to describe Scarlett O'Hara  LynneSin   Mar-30-07 10:39 AM   #66 
     - Yeah, but then she went on to deliver a baby, trek cross country  amitten   Mar-30-07 12:10 PM   #71 
        - It still was a crappy movie and she was annoying as hell  LynneSin   Mar-30-07 02:12 PM   #77 
  - I felt cheated to have watched it for 3 hours only to hear  MissMillie   Mar-30-07 08:12 AM   #61 
  - What does "swarmy" mean?  slj0101   Mar-30-07 08:22 AM   #62 
  - It's an adjective which applies to bees and wasps and other insects  ChavezSpeakstheTruth   Mar-30-07 01:22 PM   #73 
  - anyone remember Carol Burnett's "Went with the Wind"?  kwassa   Mar-30-07 10:37 AM   #65 
  - Who can forget this incredible sequel?  TommyO   Mar-30-07 11:05 AM   #67 
  - maybe one of the funniest moments on TV--ever  MissMillie   Mar-30-07 11:06 AM   #68 
     - "I saw it in the window and just couldn't resist it..."  Maccagirl   Mar-30-07 11:55 PM   #82 
  - I agree completely  Frank Cannon   Mar-30-07 11:24 AM   #69 
  - I think Casablanca as vastly more universal than GWTW.  kwassa   Mar-30-07 12:57 PM   #72 
     - Casablanca might be universal for you, but not for me  Frank Cannon   Mar-30-07 04:28 PM   #78 
     - I agree  cmkramer   Mar-30-07 10:30 PM   #79 
     - I've probably seen it a dozen times in the past 30 years.  kwassa   Mar-31-07 02:07 PM   #87 
     - I like Casablanca and have lost count of how many times  Hardrada   Mar-30-07 11:18 PM   #81 
  - My only hope is I never have to watch it...  ileus   Mar-30-07 11:46 AM   #70 
  - I always thought Rhett was a hypocritical jerk  noonwitch   Mar-30-07 01:39 PM   #75 
  - And Vivien Leigh looked beautiful, even if she was a disagreable character  Lydia Leftcoast   Mar-30-07 10:59 PM   #80 
  - Never understood the popularity of that movie  Canuckistanian   Mar-30-07 11:57 PM   #83 
  - You're right....  WCGreen   Mar-30-07 11:58 PM   #84 
  - I've seen it 37 times. 'Nuff said.  QMPMom   Mar-31-07 02:34 AM   #85 
  - Yes and no....  Zookeeper   Mar-31-07 02:46 AM   #86 
 

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