Gone with the wind has quite the interesting take on the time the civil war took place. The story itself follows a very wealthy young women named Scarlett O'Hara. In the story we see how differently the 1800s are compared to things now a days.
How different the culture is, how the state are with each other, how black people are treated, what technology they had back then, what the country looked like and so much more.
One thing I thing the movie could improve on is it's take on slavery. In the 3 hour long movie it has a weird take on slavery, it shows slaves as being part of the family and for the most part shows them equal to everyone else.
In my humble opinion I feel like the movie does a really bad job at depicting slavery. It is showing slavery like it is a fantasy or something, basically it really only shows how racists people view slavery. It by no means shows the reality of slavery.
For the most part the movie is focused around the main character Scarlett O'Hara trying to find love/husband. She does eventually find a partner but he dies half way into the movie. Then she becomes interested in someone else. His name is Rhett at first he is shown as a humble and mysterious character, but later in the story he becomes a great help to her.
Scarlet and Rhett first meet at Scarlett's house during a big party. Their first real interaction was a little rocky to say at least. She almost injured him with a glass, the reason why she did that is because she just had an argument, and she was letting out her anger by throwing a class at the wall.
But even after that, Rocky start between the two of them, they still got along. Which surprised me at first because I thought this would've had a bad impression on Rhett. Even though that Scarlett apologized to him.
Because he is the main reason she and her friends survive. Right before Rhett helps her she is trying to deliver Melanie's baby amidst a burning city, thanks to the civil war happing of course.
However, even emits the chaos of the Civil War and the town burning down around them they were still able to escape the chaos, and then they began to make their way back to Tara. But before they get back to Tara Rhett decides to leave them on their own. He says goodbye to them as he walks away to join the army for the war.
After that, finally after a long and enduring trip Scarlet comes home to her family's plantation and finds out that her mother has died and the house and land around it are in ruins. But luckily, her father is still alive, but he is very traumatized from the events that took place there; and that is how the story ends with her home destroyed.
If I'm being honest, I don't think this is my favorite movie, but I do see where it succeeded in some areas. Speaking about succeeding I personally think the reason why this movie was such a hit was because it came out not too long after the second world war and since this is about the Civil War, I think it hit the audience pretty good.
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