Scarlett

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Summary: Flawed but well worth watching
Review: This movie is actually very good and well worth watching even if you didn't like GONE WITH THE WIND (and I didn't particularly).
Yes the accents are lamentable and the characters are somewhat stereotyped (how many "mean old Yankee" diatribes do we have to listen to?) but then this was made by FOREIGNERS so that is to be expected.
Yes it is soapy but is that a fault? Millions of people like soap operas.
The movie is beautiful to look at, the characters a quite engaging and the plot is quite brisk.
There is one flaw however that gives a slight feeling of dis satisfaction: Lord Fenton and Rhett never meet and somehow I think they should have had at least one confronation scene like Ashley and Rhett in GWTW.
But it is not serious. And the ending is wonderful.
A really worthwhile purchase.

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Summary: I love this movie!!
Review: I've always been a fan of Gone With the Wind so when I heard of a sequal airing on television, I was there every night watching it unfold. I loved it then so much that I ran out and got the dvd as soon as it was available. I loved seeing what happened to Scarlett and Rhett and what tommorow really brought. All the actors did a fantastic job portraying these wonderful characters. The sets, locations and costumes were just amazing. I also fully enjoyed the behind the scenes making of the film included with the dvd. A must see for any fan of these cool characters!!

Rating:
Summary: pretty good
Review: i watched this movie the other day after i watched gone w/ the wind. i thought that the movie was good and that joanne whalley did as good of a job as anyone could do. lets face it there is only one vivien leigh and no one is going to measure up, but i think that joanne did a good job. joanne wasn't quite as sassy and selfish as vivien's scarlett which i missed. timothy dalton looked just like clark gable with that devilish grin but wasn't as quick tempered and passionate as clark was. oh and what is the deal w/ him marrying that stupid ann girl or whoever in the movie? um i don't think so. has the person who wrote that part in ever seen gone w/ the wind. that was definitely a mistake. all in all, scarlett was pretty good and i think that it takes a lot of guts to make sequel to gone w/ the wind. everyone has to at least respect that.

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Summary: What Were They Thinking!!??
Review: The book was bad enough. At least with the book, we could use our imaginations and try to see Rhett and Scarlett. Now, they force this movie on us. For any die hard Gone with the Wind fan (which I am), this movie is one to stay away from. Their Scarlett (Joanne Whalley) has brown eyes. Fine, but hello, ever hear of green tinted contacts!!? They didn't even try to cover up the fact that Scarlett has green eyes, yet the woman portraying her has brown. And Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler???!! Honestly, some people may feel these two actors are good actors, and that's fine. They just aren't worthy of being two of the greatest characters of all time.

Okay, let's say you liked the book, which was okay at best compared to the orginal. This movie barely follows the book. And it really never should have been made.

This movies only entertainment value is in giving the viewer the ability to point out everything that is wrong between it, the book, and Gone with the Wind.

Again, any true Gone with the Wind fans want to stay as far away from this movie as possible. It really isn't worth seeing more than once. And once is pushing it.

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Summary: picked up where Gone with the wind left off
Review: To be able to pick up where Scarlett left off and to still be able to capture the atmosphere of the original was a genious Idea
I loved gone with the wind and I had always wondered what had happened to scarlett and rett and I enjoyed the answer to my question and I beleive there could still be another in the making
I have watched this movie over and over again over the years I had a copy and lost it and I will continue to view it for years to come.

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Summary: diferances in the book and movie
Review: After I read the book by Alexandra Ripley, I couldn't wait to watch the movie. However, It left much to be desired. Yes, the casting was alright, though Joanne Whalley is not half as beutiful as Vivan Lee.Rhett was a pretty good looking rhett, with many similarities to clark gable
The plot was a plot for a regular movie. If it was a regular movie I wouldn't have minded it, but since it was based on the book they shouldn't have added all the Lord Fenton scenes or the murder and trial scenes. Where was scarlets town? How come in the book cat seems to be about 6 or 7, but they leave her at about 4 or 5 in the movie? Where is this tower that she always plays in? Where are the other kids that supposedly tease her?
I must say the costumes in this movie were nice but the ones in the origional were spectacular. I suppose, though, that many times scarlett mentioned she felt she wasn't dressed appropriately, so that might have been the reason.
Overall this was a good movie, but not a good movie of the book

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed "Scarlett" because it is such a beautiful film in many ways. I am a big fan of Timothy Dalton, and he was wonderful as Rhett Butler. Joanne Whalley was excellent as Scarlett as well; it took a little while to stop comparing her interpretation of Scarlett to that of Vivien Leigh, but she does a terrific job. A good piece of the film is shot in Scotland and England, so the scenery is amazing. It is of course a period piece, so the costumes are beautiful as well. I have not read the book, but the film gave closure to the suspense as to what happens to Rhett and Scarlett at the end of "Gone With the Wind." Scarlett seems more feeling and human in this film--more grown-up and concerned about others' feelings. It was a truly great film, and I sincerely recommend it to all.

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Summary: The Wind Cant Rise Again
Review: After reading the reviews for the sequel to Gone With The Wind, all I can say is GET OVER IT!!!!! First of all Vivien is gone and so is Clark, Joanne Kilmer does the best she can and so does Timothy Dalton. The scenery and the costumes are beautiful althought they can never rival the brilliance of Selznicks demands on the set, the sequel brings a closing to the saga of the fall of the south and the Scarlett's emergence as a woman.
Although the movie is very different from the book, it gracefully wraps up the story and the passion that is Rhett and Scarlett.

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Summary: Different from the book but better
Review: 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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Summary: The sequel that shouldn't have been
Review: This movie has excellent actors, lavish sets, lovely costumes and scenery, but the script and story is merely average. The novel wasn't much better. Predictably, "Scarlett" is far more politically correct than 1939's "Gone With The Wind", giving it a modern-day outlook which is not accurate. Joanne Whalley is beautiful to look at, but really, there's not much substance to "Scarlett."