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Not even CLOSE to GWTW

posted 10 years ago by cpoet
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I've had Raintree County playing in the background all afternoon. (They lost my full attention with the extensive footrace shenanigans.) It's the last hour and as I look up, Lee Marvin is trotting some Confederate officer along at riflepoint. The music is "dweedle-dee dee" in the background.

Good grief. This scene looks (and sounds) like it was shot on The Ponderosa set for Bonanza.

I respect the fact that some people have a great affection for this movie, but there's no way the cinematography or score or characters rival GWTW.

[–] apriceaboverubies29 10 years ago

The closest connection to this film and GWTW is the costumes by Walter Plunkett. While wathing Taylor in her last scenes, I could imagine Vivien Leigh in the same outfit.

An overblown film with an irritating, unsympathetic central character (Susanna, overplayed by Taylor).

Better editing could have easily trimmed this bore of a least 25 minutes (what was the purpose of Nigel Patrick's character?)

"The flip side of fear is understanding."

[–] liscarkat (16496) 2 years ago

"Raintree County" was not intended to be like "Gone with the Wind". They are unrelated stories. GWTW takes place in the Civil War-era South, and part of RC takes place in the Civil War-era South. That's the only overlap. Of course they are visually similar, because they're partly in the same setting at the same time. Each movie stands on its own merits, and having seen both, I enjoyed "Raintree County" more.