Watched: " Gone With the Wind " tonight, the original

[valley ranch]

Thought I had seen it, but guess I hadn't or was busy with something else at the time ~ I'll have to watch it again with ears on. so I can understand the vocab ```

Seen it recently ?

 

[flowerbug]

i have never watched it. some of the older movies i do like, but i've never gotten around to it...

i rarely watch tv and/or movies but the other day i was needing to distract myself so i watched a movie called _Archive_ which is science fiction. good special effects. i liked it.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

We watch tv every night while eating dinner. A friend let me use his Netflix so we are enjoying lots of types of show on there. My favs are/were Longmire, The Crown, Reign, Call the Midwife and some more.

 

[ducks4you]

Yep. Worth watching.
Scarlett is NOT the villain.
She never wanted the war, just her lifestyle.
Read, "The Slave Power: The Free North and Southern Domination, 1780--1860 "

Amazon.com

The author explains how the southern Democrats cheated their way to extra representation in Congress and extra votes for President by counting each slave as 3/5th's of a vote.
That is how they got many Democrat President's in the 19th century.
This is an old song that they sing.

 

[Zeedman]

DW loves watching the older movies on TCM, we've seen GWTW several times. A good movie is still fun even after watching it several times.

 

[DDfromIowa]

I love US history so watching such a ridiculous portrayal of US history, focused on such an irredeemable character is infuriating. I’d at least respect the film if they showed what’s her face beating a slave. But I think that’s why it remains popular. It’s a rose colored portrayal of an ugly time and culture in US history.
Two movies with great anti-heroines (admittedly w/ some problematic race stuff) are Jezebel (1938) https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0030287/ and Baby Face (1933) (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Face_(film)
I also recommend The Women (1939) to everyone!