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Pearl Reviews: We actually loved this film. As a woman watching this film I have to admit that this was a certainly a guy flick, Now doubt about it, It has no strong female lead. All the men in the film have those tough London accents that all sound freakishly like Phil Mitchel from 'Eastenders' because apparently it makes you sound more tough to talk like that.

But for a guy movie, with all the faults and stereotypes I just mentioned, I actually quite liked it. The soundtrack was pretty awesome also and gets bonus points for lacking Stallone, who seems to be fairly standard for movies of this type.

We would not necessarily watch it again as it isn't our kind of thing, But for a one off we will agree that it was pretty good viewing.

Until last year neither of us had actually seen this film. But once we found ourselves the large amount of time necessary to partake in watching this film, we thoroughly enjoyed it.

Having not read the book, we didn't really know what we were getting into and the synopsis of the film on this and other sites was not exactly appealing. But it was the gritty characters and spectacular acting that really made this movie as enjoyable as we found it.

Saying that, the character of Scarlett O'Hara was insufferable most of the time. You spend the whole film shouting at her to grow up and get over it. Then you can't help but feel at the end of the film that she totally had it coming to her. But if she had been the meek and subservient woman that her sisters and friends were then there wouldn't have been a story to start with so you can forgive her for being a complete and utter insufferable snob.

Wow! I forgot how much that movie deeply disturbed me . I have the deepest respect for Natalie Portman, and she really did deserve her Oscar for this movie. But holy s***balls this movie disturbs me. It mostly just made me cringe a lot. Especially the part with her nails, and when her legs go backwards. (Shudders) I mean I loved it! I really loved it. But every time I watch it, and this is the third time I've watched it now, I end up with a severe need to shower repeatedly to get the creepiness off me. This is a fine piece of film work and is beautifully shot and directed. It mixes the beautiful, the perverse and the passionate together incredibly well and you can't help but become kind of hypnotized. I can totally understand why Natalie Portman won the Oscar for her performance in this film. She is simply stunning. Her portrayal is superb and even my beloved wife here, who always has something to say about Natalie Portman, cannot fault her flawless performance here. If this movie were not so disturbing I would watch it over and over. But as it is, I tend to watch large chucks of it hiding behind my hands and peeking out between my fingers.