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Different from the book but better
A much better video than I expected. I had taped parts of the movie when it was first shown on TV but as I did not like the book, never watched it until last year and then was quite surprised and wanted to see the entire movie, so bought the video. Best advice - forget both Gone With The Wind and the book Scarlett and view this video as an entirely separate entity otherwise you will be both disappointed and frustrated. There is none of the feel of Gone With The Wind and while the characters bear the same names and relationships, there is no other resemblance to Gone With The Wind. The costumes, sets and scenery in this movie are a feast for the eyes and the story is pure soap opera. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer plays Scarlett as both flirty Southern belle and ruthless business woman. Timothy Dalton's Rhett takes a bit of getting used to. He is a bit wishy washy in the beginning - hard to forget Clark Gable's Rhett - but he definitely grows on you as the movie progresses. He was much more longsuffering than Gable's Rhett. Sean Bean's Fenton is charming rogue on the surface but quite menacing and evil underneath that facade. Whereas the book deals more with Irish politics and the Sinn Fein movement, the movie deviates from that after the first murder and the story focuses more on the murder trial following the second murder. That drags on a bit too long and then the movie has a sudden ending which is very different from the book. I enjoyed seeing various Irish actors from the Ballykissangel TV show and Waking Ned Devine showing up in this movie. It was fun seeing them here which wouldn't have been possible earlier as this movie was made before either BallyK or Waking Ned Devine. The movie is overall an enjoyable period soap opera in spite of the sordid twist to the story line.

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The ending is horrible! What happened????
First off. . . the so called sequel to GONE WITH THE WIND will never measure up to the first. Kinda like to many Jason & Freddy movies! As a big time fan of GWTW I jumped on the band wagon. . . bought the book. . . waited for the movie. Let's just say the book is actually great! Different but great. The movie . . . well I will try to be nice. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett? What a joke! They should have got Delta Burke for that role! Timothy Dalton was an ok Rhett Butler better than the Scarlett. If they had stayed with the way the book was written instead of changing the ending it would have been much better. Where does Hollywood come up with some of their stuff? The ending in the book is so much better than what they showed! It was a crock of you know what!

When it took place in Savannah,GA and Ireland that was really nice. Gave you a so-called new take on that time frame instead of the poor south at that time.

Jean Smart played Sally Brewster's role wonderful. Gave the charater the spunk she needed!

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Starts well, then falls apart
I enjoyed the first part of this film, Timothy Dalton is, of course, devestatingly gorgeous as Rhett Butler, the woman playing Scarlett is a bit insispid but who cares, so long as I could drool over Dalton I was happy. The part where they get shipwrecked on an island together, aaaaah! If only! I found it quite interesting to meet Scarlett's posh relations on her mother's side, and I was glad that Suellen had finally got herself a husband, she wanted one os much, poor soul. The killing off of Mammy is of course a big mistake, but the author clearly doesn't know how to portray black characters convincingly, which is I suppose why the film suddenly shifts to Ireland, where Scarlett goes to discover her roots. From here on it's downhill all the way. Pure melodrama, and Sean Bean is so blatantly wicked he might as well wear a hat with 'villain' written on it. If only Margaret Mitchell had written a sequel herself! Naturally I want Scarlett to get Rhett back, who doesn't, but the way it happens in this film is just too silly for words. I persevered to the end because, of course, Timothy is still there, and still devastating, but honestly! It just gets sillier and sillier.