Anonymous
Post 10/01/2013 05:54     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Anonymous wrote:It, like Pride and Prejudice, is a well-written archetypal romance novel. Strong heroine, pining hero who won't declare how he feels who saves the heroine from disaster without the heroine knowing it, heroine who at first believes she hates the hero, etc. Even with all the other parts, it appeals to the romantic.


Gone With The Wind and Pride and Prejudice in the same sentence. I can't stand it.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2013 05:53     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Because of Clark Gable...Aww....They just don't make movies stars like him anymore.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 18:50     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
It, like Pride and Prejudice, is a well-written archetypal romance novel. Strong heroine, pining hero who won't declare how he feels who saves the heroine from disaster without the heroine knowing it, heroine who at first believes she hates the hero, etc. Even with all the other parts, it appeals to the romantic.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 17:36     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It portrays a strong feminist character.


Not quite.

The book's prose is actually not the greatest, but it is a sweeping saga, iconic characters that immortalized by the movie. The movie is a classic.


Sorry PP but you're wrong.



Do you think that the book is very well-written?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 17:33     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Anonymous wrote:I'm a massive classic movie fan but GWTW and Casablanca are so overrated.

There are a lot better films from that period or on TCM.



Casablanca is overrated? Gotta love the internet. Everyone gets to express an opinion.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 17:32     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well written book. Books are neither moral nor immoral but poorly or well written.


+1. My favorite novel since I was 12, I've read it probably 20 times. You do have to look past the racism. I just take it as a reflection of what attitudes were at the time. If you have critical thinking skills, this is not difficult.


Love the movie! And I look past the controversy of the subject matter because back then "it was what it was" and central to the story.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 17:28     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
I'm a massive classic movie fan but GWTW and Casablanca are so overrated.

There are a lot better films from that period or on TCM.

Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 17:17     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Anonymous wrote:It's a great book. Other favorite rereads of mine are Dr Zhivago and Outlander.



What a collection.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 16:46     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It portrays a strong feminist character.


Not quite.

The book's prose is actually not the greatest, but it is a sweeping saga, iconic characters that immortalized by the movie. The movie is a classic.


Sorry PP but you're wrong.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 16:42     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
It's a great book. Other favorite rereads of mine are Dr Zhivago and Outlander.

Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 15:54     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
It's a very good love story. Hang up on one guy, miss the other.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 15:48     Subject: Re:Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
I always felt like it was a movie about me - a female, left, through vagaries of history, without a country or a family and forced to do something she never thought she would have to - to fend for herself.
"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 15:33     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
It's a dramatic movie with strong performances and a dynamic female lead, a lot of romance and passion. Very captivating in the same way "Titanic" is.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 15:25     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
I'm surprised it's popular. Most Gen Y's have never heard of it, and isn't that the generation that dictates what's popular? They all know Scarlett Johanson, but not Miss O'Hara.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 14:58     Subject: Why Is "Gone with the Wind" So Popular?
Anonymous wrote:It portrays a strong feminist character.


Not quite.

The book's prose is actually not the greatest, but it is a sweeping saga, iconic characters that immortalized by the movie. The movie is a classic.