Timothy E
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I'm not even embarrassed by the fact that I've never seen it, but about the fact that the four disc dvd is in my collection for about a year or so. I never got got around to seeing it. Now I want to see it, but I might as well wait for the Blu-ray to arrive. Since my mother loves the film, the SE dvd will go to her. This way everybody's happy.Originally Posted by TonyD
I've never seen this movie.
phew there I said it.
I have the special edition set from a few years ago but somehow never got around to watching it.
Won't be buying this current box set but will rent it from netflix and finally after all these years will see Gone With the Wind.
Hmm what other classics haven't I seen yet......
Considering the price of the movie-only BD (unless you snag it on Black Friday), I recommend the 2-disc UK edition. You get all the extras from the 4-disc DVD version on the second BD, and it includes that recent TCM documentary on the great films of 1939, which is worthwhile, IMO and not included in the 2004 DVD set. My Amazon.uk order came to around $26.65 shipped. I'll probably give my 4-disc DVD set to one of my non-HD relatives.Originally Posted by CraigF
I think the movie-only BD release would be best suited for me, since I already have a lot of the SD extras and can decently upscale them at my end.
Post it here! You're among friends.Originally Posted by TonyD
If you are really wondering what I thought send me a pm.
My copy arrived Monday, so I may well have been one of the last to get one. Both the movie and the extra features on disc 2 will play in a region A player.Originally Posted by CraigF /forum/thread/295049/htf-blu-ray-re...ary-ultimate-collector-s-edition#post_3631868
Originally Posted by Steve Tannehill
I watched it yesterday, and it was a Melodrama with a capital M. Over-the-top Acting with a capital A. And I liked it. But I can see how this would not be everyone's cup of tea.
That's always been the movie's biggest flaw. The section of the story covering the war and the south's defeat is so compelling that Selznick and his writers spend more screen time covering the first half of the book to the detriment of the second. The second half of the book's historical background deals with the politics of Reconstruction which Hollywood wisely didn't want to touch. That left them with just the marital woes of the Butlers and the story's historical sweep with all those Ben Hecht titles are gone with the wind as well. The basic tone shifts from vast historical epic to interesting historical melodrama.Originally Posted by Robin9
With all due respect etc., only the second half is Melodrama with a capital A. The first half plus the beginning of the second half is a really good story, brilliantly told.