I have been anticipating this movie since I first heard it was being made. Well, I finally saw it and it was AWESOME. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books so I was very critical while watching the movie, but as soon as the movie began, I forgot all about criticizing it and became completely swept up into the movie.
The Great Gatsby is in 3D, though I did not see it in 3D. It is an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name. The film was co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, and Joel Edgerton. It follows the life and times of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his neighbor Nick, who recounts his encounter with Gatsby at the height of the Roaring Twenties.
The costumes in the movie were absolutely stunning and the cinematography itself really made the costumes 'pop' on screen. In my opinion, this movie is so much better than the 1974 Great Gatsby. The emotion and drama of the story was captured so much more than in the 1974 one. I also thought that the actors they used fit their roles a lot better than in the 1974 film.
The soundtrack was awesome. I really didn't think that contemporary pop and hip hop were going to help portray the jazz age at all, but it was really cool and really helped bring out the details that Fitzgerald wrote about the parties.
All in all, this is definitely a movie worth seeing!
Just saw this last weekend after rereading the book. It was definitely an interesting interpretation of the book. At some points, it was EXACTLY like the book, and at others it was completely different. Overall, I liked it, but I think the end was rushed and I didn't like how Daisy was portrayed during the second 1/2 of the film. You're right, the music worked well, and it was definitely a visual spectacle (much like the shallow emptiness of the spectacle at Gatsby's parties/ the roaring '20s in general?). I think Luhrman deserves a little more credit than he's getting for this movie.
ReplyDeleteWould have liked to hear a bit more about your thoughts, but nice job!