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Feb 03, 2012 00:11

I just watched Gone With the Wind for the first time, and I have to say a lot of problems could have been solved, and the movie drastically shortened, by a judicious threesome.

( Spoilers from the olden tiems )

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tabouli February 2 2012, 13:06:36 UTC

Interesting. What did you expect GWTW to be like? I saw it for the first time when I was 16, and it wasn't what I expected either (mind you, I saw it in French with no subtitles, so I missed much of the finer detail. Not to mention the fact that I knew next to nothing about the American Civil War, KKK, US race relations, etc. at the time). How is a movie a Grate Romance (TM) when the lovers never consciously manage to be in love with each other at the same time?

I can recommend reading the book instead...

antigone_ks February 2 2012, 19:32:26 UTC

I always figured it was Scarlett's great romance with herself + my romance with ALL OF THE CLOTHES.

I also recommend the book, but the racism in it is . . . I don't know if it's worse, but MM falls over herself justifying it.

the_antichris February 2 2012, 19:41:37 UTC

THEY WERE SO GORGEOUS. *___*

My friend N described their relationship as 'two stink people being stink to each other'.

narikalen February 3 2012, 01:10:14 UTC

OH MY GOD YOU ARE SO RIGHT. SO RIGHT. ALL OF THE CLOTHES. SCARLETT WITH HERSELF. RIGHT. YOU. RIGHT.

narikalen February 3 2012, 01:10:48 UTC

*cough* That... was something of a revelation to me, as I had never thought about it in any detail before. Wow.

antigone_ks February 3 2012, 17:15:10 UTC

OMG LOLing forever. Made my day. Also: ALL OF THE CLOTHES HERE.

the_antichris February 2 2012, 19:38:24 UTC

I had no idea *how many* times Scarlett got married. Or about the endless angst about Ashley - I vaguely knew he existed, but I thought he just went away early on. Or about the kids.

It was actually totally gripping, even when I was yelling SHUT UP SCARLETT SHUT UP ASHLEY at the screen.

antigone_ks February 2 2012, 23:19:09 UTC

And the movie doesn't even deal with all of her bebbies. It also, if I remember right, doesn't really talk about the stuff she's good at besides being hot and heinous - she's actually kind of a wiz at some things.

the_antichris February 3 2012, 04:00:54 UTC

There were more??

She was awesome at working the farm - I liked that bit best.She was much nicer when she couldn't indulge her Scarlett/money/clothes OT3. And then at business, but I will never understand why she had to steal her sister's boyfriend instead of letting them get married and borrowing all her new bro-in-law's money. She wouldn't even have needed to pay it back, because he was a pushover.

I wanted to know what happened to her youngest sister, too. She seemed nice. I didn't mention my theory that the charming-but-heinous/whiny-mean/kind-and-intelligent sister trifecta on Downton Abbey was TOTALLY ripped off GWTW, which makes #3 sister Sybil, so I hope she found a nice revolutionary somewhere.

antigone_ks February 3 2012, 04:04:56 UTC

Frank was a pushover, but Suellen wasn't. And Carreen . . . you have to read the book.

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