Everything was alright UNTIL Scarlett O'Hara, a flawed person --she was still a kid, I know-- but the heroine nonetheless, beat that poor horse to death. At that moment, and despite the very context of the scene, she lost me --and I still had to see the second half of the story. But hey, that's me: I can't seem to ever get over anything like that from a major character in a movie (e.g. Plato shooting puppies as his background in Rebel Without a Cause). Of course, Gone with the Wind continues to be the ultimate epic melodrama, and arguably one of those films that will never get beaten by time.
