We All Need A Little Bad Romances.

after watching FOUR discs of 'Gone With The Wind', you'd understand how dissapointed i am about romance movies of the 21st century. this movies haven't got 10 Academy Awards for no reason, believe me.

Gone with the wind is nothing like you expected in terms of storyline, its the heroine the one to blame. Scarlett o'hara is a promiscuous temptress who has set her heart on her lover Ashley (its a guys name in that era) only to find he married someone else. she takes revenge in hope of hurting him by marrying a total of 3 husbands, 2 of whom died. it only came to her 3rd marriage only did she realise loving ashley was merely infatuation and it was Rhett, her 3rd husband, whom she really loved. but she got dumped at her mansion at the end.

Scarlett is a complex character, like how we all are. she is strong and brave and outspoken; but brash and flirtatious and scheming with plans to take matters in her own hands. im still not quite sure whether to love her or hate her, but, i love the story MORE :D

why am i so obsessed in poring into comparing romances from different times? Cause im thinking this generation is absolutely delusioned into thinking love can be so perfect sometimes. there are a huge number of failed romantic movies nowadays, and i believe some who watch it buys the idea that how love works : boy likes girl, girl likes boy, boy and girl get together, something bad happens and they break up, something happens again and both get together happily ever after. the end? thats what the movies says at least, for 2 hours max. this is what i think from casual observations: i know there are people who fall in and out of love without thinking properly, like how much commitment you should put into.

and there i was used to think that old movies were corny, cheesy, old-fashioned, and shallow in every sense. turns out WE, who should have learnt from past mistakes, live in castles dangerously high up in the air.

aish. maybe one hopeful day, God will blow those clouds away, we'll fall back into reality, and start giving out love to people who need it, people we have given a thought first before giving, and even people who deserves it or not.