For about 30 years I have enjoyed reading GWTW many times. The film seemed like a great production to me, especially notable for the performance of Vivien Leigh, for the great adaptation (made by its author) and for the money well invested.
On the other hand, this mini-series is a great disappointment. But I admit that it might not be the fault of the production itself. It is evident that the mini-series was tried to be serious and money was invested, but to begin with, the shoes were too big to fill by the new interpreter (big mistake, being the she the one who carries all the plot). And the second big reason for the failure is simply that the novel on which it is based is terrible, as I could verify for myself: Mitchell gave a perfect ending to the original story, free of sweeteners: Scarlet harvested what he sowed but knew that in the end she would recover Rhett. Period. That was the end of the story.
But the author of "Scarlet" (and presumably some others who didn't quite grasp that the story is more than a romance for teenagers), probably felt that people had a right to be pleased until the very end, and she got down to work passionately: She retake the tale hours after the original is finished and from the beginning establishes that the unbeatable Scarlet O'Hara will fulfill her task of recovering Rhett. And between that and achieving it (of course, and so much more than that!) she tells us an absolutely unnecessary story that includes more romance, more pity for Ashely, much more wealth and power for Scarlet, more landscapes than the original novel mentioned without being visited, more 'spicy elements' and even a graphic affaire. Excessive and even ridiculous.
Nothing that an admirer of the original work can rescue here. But perhaps you should see it to add your own complaints.
On the other hand, this mini-series is a great disappointment. But I admit that it might not be the fault of the production itself. It is evident that the mini-series was tried to be serious and money was invested, but to begin with, the shoes were too big to fill by the new interpreter (big mistake, being the she the one who carries all the plot). And the second big reason for the failure is simply that the novel on which it is based is terrible, as I could verify for myself: Mitchell gave a perfect ending to the original story, free of sweeteners: Scarlet harvested what he sowed but knew that in the end she would recover Rhett. Period. That was the end of the story.
But the author of "Scarlet" (and presumably some others who didn't quite grasp that the story is more than a romance for teenagers), probably felt that people had a right to be pleased until the very end, and she got down to work passionately: She retake the tale hours after the original is finished and from the beginning establishes that the unbeatable Scarlet O'Hara will fulfill her task of recovering Rhett. And between that and achieving it (of course, and so much more than that!) she tells us an absolutely unnecessary story that includes more romance, more pity for Ashely, much more wealth and power for Scarlet, more landscapes than the original novel mentioned without being visited, more 'spicy elements' and even a graphic affaire. Excessive and even ridiculous.
Nothing that an admirer of the original work can rescue here. But perhaps you should see it to add your own complaints.
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