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A Critical View of Five Great Movies
Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind, is not only an ultimate favorite among many Americans of the past, present and even to the future generations, but also my favorite movie of all time. Taking place in several places among the South before, during and the ending of the Civil W and shows just a glimpse of life is given and the struggles that were faced at this time; including, but not limited to: love, financial hardships, jealousy, greed, murder and death while hinting at slavery and some racism.
Having to watch this movie over and over with my wife, I have come to know this movie quite well. The story revolves around a spoiled Miss Scarlet O’Hara. The movie starts off with the moment she finds her (what she feels is her) true love, Ashley Wilkes is going to marry his cousin, Melanie; to Scarlet “getting even” with Ashley by marrying Melanie’s brother, Charles (who dies in the war due to Measles); to marrying her sister’s (Suellen) betrothed Mr. Frank Kennedy, who dies trying to protect Scarlet after a run in with some ruthless fellows; to her third husband and the co-main character of the story rich, playboy and black sheep to his own family, Mr. Rhett Butler. The story line of how this all boils down and the events that take place before, during and after each of these events is what builds this story up to see how a jealous and less than perfect Southern Belle such as Ms. Scarlet O’Hara, why Tara is so important to her, why Scarlet is the self-efficient, will do what it takes to make this work kind of women and how she made it through all that she endured.
GWTW, the bestselling movie of all times for box office hits, was beyond it’s time for technology. The scene of Atlanta on fire due to the Yankees, the on-fire set was left over pieces of Hong Kong (MRQE n.d.), is just one example of this technology as never before had movie goers seen such an elaborate display of pyrotechnics. The colors used in the black
Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind, is not only an ultimate favorite among many Americans of the past, present and even to the future generations, but also my favorite movie of all time. Taking place in several places among the South before, during and the ending of the Civil W and shows just a glimpse of life is given and the struggles that were faced at this time; including, but not limited to: love, financial hardships, jealousy, greed, murder and death while hinting at slavery and some racism.
Having to watch this movie over and over with my wife, I have come to know this movie quite well. The story revolves around a spoiled Miss Scarlet O’Hara. The movie starts off with the moment she finds her (what she feels is her) true love, Ashley Wilkes is going to marry his cousin, Melanie; to Scarlet “getting even” with Ashley by marrying Melanie’s brother, Charles (who dies in the war due to Measles); to marrying her sister’s (Suellen) betrothed Mr. Frank Kennedy, who dies trying to protect Scarlet after a run in with some ruthless fellows; to her third husband and the co-main character of the story rich, playboy and black sheep to his own family, Mr. Rhett Butler. The story line of how this all boils down and the events that take place before, during and after each of these events is what builds this story up to see how a jealous and less than perfect Southern Belle such as Ms. Scarlet O’Hara, why Tara is so important to her, why Scarlet is the self-efficient, will do what it takes to make this work kind of women and how she made it through all that she endured.
GWTW, the bestselling movie of all times for box office hits, was beyond it’s time for technology. The scene of Atlanta on fire due to the Yankees, the on-fire set was left over pieces of Hong Kong (MRQE n.d.), is just one example of this technology as never before had movie goers seen such an elaborate display of pyrotechnics. The colors used in the black
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