Scarlett
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend This soapy but highly watchable television "sequel" to Gone with the Wind, the most popular Hollywood movie ever made, has nothing to do with memories of a vanished antebellum South. But it does end up in Ireland, where the determined Scarlett O'Hara Butler (played with frosty passion by Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) turns hard times into an opportunity by buying the ancestral home of her family. Before that happens, however, Scarlett fights to win back… Product details and pricing info |
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196 Customer Reviews Posted
- Worth a look.
- I think Scarlett is a movie worth viewing! My advice is to leave your expectations at the door, AND view the director's footage before actually watching the movie for some perspective - he talks about why the mini-series was made the way it was, and what his goals/ambitions were for it. It is a long movie (however I was engrossed all those hours), and it has it's fair share of DRAMA, but it's a movie that delivers storylines that won't disappoint. Think over-the-top "Soap Opera" material! Joanne Whalley-Kilmer plays a convincing Scarlett with much grit and elegance. Her well-known (and well-dressed) character goes through a lot of emotionally charged dramas which she acted well. Timothy Dalton plays a stand-offish Rhett. I would've liked to see more emotion in his performance. Sean Bean plays evil, evil Lord Fenton. I cringed at the scenes he played in because I disliked the character. Ann-Margaret was disappointing in her small role as Belle Watling. She was boring. Overall, I watched it in one viewing BUT ONLY JUST and I would recommend it BUT DON'T EXPECT Gone With The Wind calibre.
- 2007-10-16, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Fantastic Sequel To Gone With The Wind
- This is a fantastically written sequel to " Gone With The Wind ". The performers are teriffic.
Linda McCollum - 2007-09-22, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Surprisingly GOOD !!
- If you like "gone with the wind " North and South, you will love this!!
Highly Recommended!! - 2007-09-01, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- This to me was a sleeper
- I think Scarlet is one of the best movies I've ever seen. The first time it is hard to get used to the new lead. I am so used to them now it is hard to watch GONE WITH THE WIND. Gone with the wind had no closure, Scarlet gives that closure. I watch this movie over and over. I've worn out my copy, and am fixing to reorder it. During to the time lapse between the movies, I'm sorry folks but they could hardly have Clark Gable, whom I love, or vivian Leigh. If you like long movies this is for you. The finish to a great romance.
- 2007-08-30, 3 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- The Pros/Cons of Scarlett the movie...
- First of all there are a lot more cons than pros, but somebody did go to the trouble of adapting the book to the screen even if it was the small screen. For a hardcore Gone With The Wind Fan this movie may be too much to fathom. I've read GWTW and Scarlett twice. Now, this is the movie so I won't go into the book issues.
The pros: The costumes are pretty amazing. Timothy Dalton does a surprisingly good job as a rough Rhett Butler. The movie itself is entertaining enough and easy to follow. I wouldn't consider it a worthless piece of tripe and wasted celluloid space so it gets an average 3 stars from me. If you can sit through five hours of movie it's pretty ok. I will admit I liked the end of the movie better than the book. It expanded more on Rhett's relationship with Cat and life with Scarlett once they were reunited.
The cons: Well lets face it, there's no outdoing the original. Gone With The Wind is a classic and it's in the top 100 movies ever made list. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer grates on my nerves in the beginning and also Scarlett's emerald eyes didn't show up in this movie. Ever heard of color contacts people? Hello!!! But eventually after a couple of hours I got used to Joanne's Scarlett. The creative license the screenwriter and director took in adapting this movie from the book is ridiculous. First of all, the scene where Scarlett looks at herself in the mirror and is appalled at the vision and then breaks the mirror with the liquor bottle happens a lot earlier in the book... like before she went to Charleston to win back Rhett. But that's a small liberty and who cares when it happens. The biggest issues I have are in the latter half of the movie in Ireland. First of all old Katie Scarlett dies. Second there was an old "witch" who helped Scarlett give birth on Halloween. Third the whole Fenian brotherhood subplot was completely destroyed. Why include that if they were going to completely write it out when it was in the book until almost the very end!!! Fourth Colum didn't get killed by Lord Fenton. Fifth Lord Fenton was not the evil man they portrayed him as and he never raped Scarlett. Scarlett was NEVER on trial for murder in the book. That was taking interpretation beyond anything normal or right. I was really irritated at that... even yelling at the tv about how that wasn't in the book! I understand you have to leave some things out or the movie would be 10 hours long, but seeing as how it was 5 they should have stuck a little better to the story. Why completely change the plot?
Overall if you like period movies with sappy, suspenseful romance plots that are around 5 hours long then this is the movie for you. If you are looking for a true sequel to the original movie in the same splendor don't hold your breath. Even if you are looking for a movie version of the book don't expect much. In my opinion it's watchable - at least 2.5 stars worth but half stars aren't an option so I was generous. - 2007-08-25, 2 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
