The Great Gatsby

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Nans R One of my favorite movie. Beautiful. Colorful. And what a soundtrack. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Audience Member It's the 3rd version of the best-selling book by F. Scott Fitzgerald It's the summer of 1922 and Nick Carraway recalls his experience meeting Jay Gatsby talking to his psychiatrist He was pals with James and his wife Daisy Buchanan Nick became a stock broker after giving up being a writer James is a philanderer and Daisy begins a romantic affair with Gatsby himself Nick then falls into a world of gambling, deceit, and love Pretty stylish directed by Baz Luhrmann It looks great, colorful, and richly detailed Terrific collection of actors with Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and Joel Edgerton It does suffer the heart of its source material and is overly long at 2 and a half hours Then again the book wasn't well-received when it was first published You can't repeat the past or can you?, you can reinvent yourself, sometimes we chase ghosts that aren't there anymore This serves as a study of the decadence of the 1920s era and seeing the irony of the American dream by using the poor to get by It's all about reinventing ourselves There truly is more flair in this version with a colorful cast of characters with some good themes and analogies The costumes, the camera techniques, the set designs, and the music stand out so much Even the billboard with the metaphorical 'skull of god' is here with the infamous eyes watching over the poor Luhrmann has no subtlety that's for sure yet this is still a story of class warfare and an exploration of a gilded false happiness even after 10 years Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/11/24 Full Review Savannah G I am a fan of this book and I think the more modern version of this movie was really able to bring to the table the imagination of what the book intended. Leo was incredible for this character. Loved the soundtrack and the imagary of this movie was well done! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Alexander H I'm higher than most on this, but it's visually stunning, has some decent performances, and a killer modern soundtrack to juxtapose the 20s. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/07/24 Full Review Audience Member This might be a generous rating. I thought it had a few good moments, but it was overall a dumb story that was very Baz Luhrmann in a bad way. I would stay away from wasting your time on this one. Cary Mulligan is the best part for what it's worth. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/24 Full Review Erral A Wow, I have never read the book but had heard good things about it. The mystery behind Jay Gatsby, the acting by Leonardo DiCaprio and Toby Maguire was great! The development of the story is amazing, it does a great job of developing interest and hooking you more and more as the movie goes on. I loved it so much!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/29/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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