Gone with the Wind

"She is the only dream I ever had that lived and breathed and did not die in the face of reality" --------- As you can imagine, I'm conflicted. On one hand, the movie revels in trying to paint a romantic, victimized portrait of the confederacy and the old south. On the other, it knew exactly - EXACTLY all the super specific things that make me love a movie and used them against me. It has a beautiful, sweeping score, incredible early-technicolor cinematography, an epic 3+ hour runtime, good pacing, was an important part of film history, had really good dialogue, AND a historical setting that I just so happened to be reading about? The critic in me didn't stand a chance. To make matters worse, the nearly 4 hour runtime didn't feel very long at all this time around. But if you're interested in a non-problematic alternative to watch that has everything I just listed above and more, please check out Lawrence of Arabia pronto. I'm looking at you, Cameron.