i love gone with the wind. i may sound old, but i truly enjoyed this film. in fact, i enjoyed it so much that i even ordered two books online: the original gone with the wind novel and rhett butler's people: the sequel to gwtw. but anyway, that will be for another blog entry.
truth be told, the story is really bitin. just when scarlett realized that she truly loves rhett, rhett finally gives up his love for scarlett. "frankly my dear, i don't give a damn", as his famous last line says.
but then again, scarlett answers "there must be some way to get him back... after all, tomorrow is another day".
and so the lingering question is, whatever happened to rhett and scarlett? was she successful in getting him back?
according to margaret mitchell, the author of the novel gwtw, she didn't know either. and as rhett puts it plainly, she "doesn't give a damn" as well (source unknown). but deep inside all of the die-hard gwtw fans' hearts, there is always that flickering hope that somehow, against the stubbornness of these two characters, they will have a happy ending - together.
however, some would say that scarlett had it coming and that in reality, people will grow tired of waiting for you to love them back, and "even the deathless love can die".
what a misfortune.
but what's nice about the story is that it leaves enough room for the viewers and readers to create their own ending. it ended in a manner that questions of "what-ifs" are triggered and heightened, hence keeping its mystique.
what a classic.
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