Scarlett [DVD]

I must admit, I had reservations about this film. With the Liberal media of the day being so against anything Southern, and GWTW having been so very race-relations friendly, I wondered if this movie really would take up where Clark and Vivien left it! I was more than happy with the choices of Joanna Kilmer, and Timothy Dalton. He makes a much better Rhett than he does a 007! The feel of this movie - it's so... immediate! Every aspect, every character, and every angle is extremely well planned. This movie makes you feel good about the South, and goes literally back to its Celtic roots. Several times the symbology can bring a tear, like when Scarlett is scooping dirt at the original Tara in Ireland! Or meeting Katy Scarlett, the original, her grandmother, for the first time! Where do they get such great actors and actresses?True, most of the Southerners are depicted as either over-moneyed socialites or with morals bad enough to shame Oscar Wilde... but it is such a break from Southerners being depicted as race-crazed rednecks that I barely noticed... I know we will never get a movie about real Southerners like Thomas Jefferson, or Jefferson Davis (unless you count my film, The Great Sacrifice of President Jefferson Davis (2007) - Coming Soon to Amazon.com ), but in the interim, we'll take Rhett and Scarlett... again! When Rhett rushes home to see Mammy die, that's just priceless! I give it however many stars I can, and am glad it is six hours long! It is well worth it, and is quite re-watchable!

Scarlett, the movie, bears scant resemblance to either the Gone With the Wind book or its squeal. The plots have only the most superficial resemblance. Ashley Wilkes for one does not appear in Charleston at anytime, and he has nothing to do with why Scarlett left after the boating accident. The movie portrays Scarlett getting thrown out of Rhett Butler's house after word reaches Rhett's wife of a illict meeting between her and Ashley. That never happened in the book, quite the contrary in fact---Rhett's letter pleading for her to please leave after he admits he cannot stand the truth of his feelings is why she leaves, and her note to his mother is that she loves her; the angry confrontation is pure fabrication.After Charleston the movie deviates almost entirely from the book story. First Rhett does not divorce Scarlett while she is Savannah, nor does she leave America for Ireland with any expectation that he will. The story once she arrives in Ireland is completely different. Firstly, Earl Fenton is not there when she arrives at Ballyhara, nor does he appear in the book until 4 years after her arrival. She returns to America to sell here Atlanta real estate holdings some time after Rhett divorces her, but that has nothing to do with Suellen, and certainly has nothing to do with Fenton's growing violence as portrayed in the movie. Rhett discovers where Scarlett is on her return trip to Ireland with a port call in Charleston where they see each other, him from the dock, her from the boat deck, as the boat pulls out to sea. Rhett does come for her, but most certainly not with his new wife Ann Hampton in tow. Scarlett proves remarkably successful in rapidly advancing up the ranks Anglo aristocratic society in Ireland. That ultimately is how she gets Rhett back, as Rhett, an Anglo aristocrat himself, cannot stand the richest men in England and Ireland fawning over her while he's left out. He makes repeated trips to Ireland, purportedly to buy horses, employing his friends to keep tabs on her. Lord Fenton, the richest man in England, takes note after her début in Dublin Castle and dance with the Viceroy (and Rhett), and when he moves in to court Scarlett, this after his wife Ann Hampton has died, it is the last straw for Rhett. In the movie Fenton's role and character is completely misrepresented; his movie portrayal as a rapist is all wrong. Fenton never displays any violence toward Scarlett (except a brief encounter on horseback which she rather enjoyed). He displays supreme aristocratic arrogance viewing his marriage plans for her as an exercise in horse breeding (and tells her as much)---the plan being to mix his aristocratic blood with her quality strains and traits, which he sees in Cat her daughter, and produce an heir which he needs. She agrees knowing she cannot conceive a child anyway anymore. But he certainly does not rape her or anyone else in the book; nobody kills Fenton; and of course there is no murder trial. Rhett rushes to Scarlett after learning that she is to be married to Fenton, whilst Scarlett discovers from Moreland, Rhett's friend, the truth about Ann's death, convinced that he will come for her...The movie is alternate sequel to Gone with the Wind, not one "based" on the book...The objective of the movie seems to be to create a role for Sean Bean to play another villain, thus necessitating the changing of the story to make a villain out of Fenton...Joanne Whatley plays an excellent Scarlett O'Hara and carries the story, in many ways far more credibly than Vivian Leigh (1939) who is a bit too young and for her role...Whatley displays the mature Scarlett O'Hara remarkably.

What I liked the most, it's the sequel to gone with the wind, and it was amazing. The only thing is I wished the original characters would've been in this. But over all I would recommend you watch it, if you liked gone with the wind.

I enjoyed this movie. It is a sequel to Gone with the Wind. But I had to watch it on my pc. Even though it was advertised to be a Region ALL DVD, it will not play on my Sony DVD player. I was not happy about that at all. I thought ALL meant that I could play it on my machine, wont make that mistake again. But the movie itself was a good movie. It is very different from the book Scarlett, by Alexandra Ripley, which it was based off of. Very different indeed. But it was still a very entertaining movie. I would recommend as a new twist on how the story could have happened. My mother liked the movie story line better than the book, so maybe other Gone with the Wind fans will feel like she does.

This was a bit confusing to buy because of name mini series. However, I read other reviews which had same issues as I as far as my VHS player eating tapes etc. Have tons of VHS tapes from years which I love. Couldn't find any brand new VHS machines, so I tried this DVD. It is the same as VHS version. Came immediately without extra cost. Very, very happy!!! Thank you! Wish the movie version was more like the book, which didn't include making Scarlett into a very immoral and rather stupid woman who is completely fooled by a complete diviate Earl. Hollywood turned a rather unconventional woman not always high standards into a completely immoral sex crazed woman which Mitchell never inferred. I press skip a lot in part 2...to avoid unnecessary filth which ruined this DVD. Tho be careful...fast forward might be safer. I've noticed some messing up since using my remote skip so much to avoid the male diviate parts. Otherwise, it's just like VHS.... I didn't like that they ruined that one too. The part 2 of DVD is the worse. I recommend reading book version.

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