The Great Gatsby (2012)

[Stringer Bell]

Dudes.

This looks fantastic.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgzhtUeER7o

[Tramp]

It does?

[Fro]

Looks pretty good but I'm not sure Vinny Chase has the chops for a dramatic role like this.

[Mik]

Cant believe nobody else has been posting about this, its one of the big cinema releases of the year.

I'm not usually much of a Luhrmann, but I really enjoyed this. Not familiar at all with the novel or the other films, but it had a great visual style, a load of good performances, it was long but it fair zipped along and I thought that it was surprisingly good. Its made me interested in reading the novel anyway.

Anyone else get to see it?

[El Capitano Gatisto]

It looks awful, I don't think I'll ever bring myself to watch it.

I recently read the novel coincidentally but didn't really enjoy it that much. I didn't really get the big deal, whereas normally a "classic" novel I will enjoy so it's not just me being a contrarian. The film doesn't really seem to have the same sort of tone.

[son_of_foley]

I watched this with Mrs. She's a big fan of Luhrmann and I'm not. We both thought it was very much style over substance.

The soundtrack is pretty much awful. Don't know what the fuck they were thinking with putting songs off Watch the Throne in a film set in the 20's for gods sake.

They made Isla Fisher look rough as well.

Poor form.

[Mik]

It looks awful, I don't think I'll ever bring myself to watch it.

I recently read the novel coincidentally but didn't really enjoy it that much. I didn't really get the big deal, whereas normally a "classic" novel I will enjoy so it's not just me being a contrarian. The film doesn't really seem to have the same sort of tone.

I dont really seem to 'get' these American literature classics. Catcher in the Rye was maddening, Catch 22 was fantastic, On the Road was dull. I havent read all that much and I really do aim to read more, but they do seem to have a lot of blank and soulless characters in them.


I watched this with Mrs. She's a big fan of Luhrmann and I'm not. We both thought it was very much style over substance.

The soundtrack is pretty much awful. Don't know what the fuck they were thinking with putting songs off Watch the Throne in a film set in the 20's for gods sake.

They made Isla Fisher look rough as well.

Poor form.


Oh its definitely style over substance, but I dont mind that from time to time.

[The Rogerer]

I read half the book and lost interest, I keep meaning to but haven't gone back to it in over a year. It reminded me a little bit of Wuthering Heights, in that I really wasn't convinced by the epic all-consuming-love that just seemed to exist for its own sake, and wasn't convinced how any of that related to the American Dream American Wealth American - although this isn't the books problem, but the esteem it's held in.

[Bad Collin]

I went to see this last weekend. The first half is dreadful, just loads of terrible music videos strung together. As S_o_F said the modern music was jarring and annoying.

The second half was better but I think that was just the strength of the story.

[Mik]

I read half the book and lost interest, I keep meaning to but haven't gone back to it in over a year. It reminded me a little bit of Wuthering Heights, in that I really wasn't convinced by the epic all-consuming-love that just seemed to exist for its own sake, and wasn't convinced how any of that related to the American Dream American Wealth American - although this isn't the books problem, but the esteem it's held in.

Yeah. I came out with the same comparison the other day too.

[Ringo]

Based off the trailer I thought it looked awful as well. Reluctantly went to see it fully expecting to hate it - so unsurprisingly I was feeling pretty cynical and unmoved by it for the first 25 minutes or so... Wasn't feeling Maguire as Nick, wasn't even feeling Leo as Gatsby - but by the end I was loving it and thought both were spot on. Leo is a really good Gatsby. Have been a fan of Carey Mulligan for a while. Also thought the "Nick is a recovering alcoholic in a sanitarium" thing worked for the way they presented those famous last lines.

As for the book, I've been pretty cynical about it for some time (mainly in response to "BEST NOVEL EVER!" claims) but the film did remind me why I had once loved it so much when I was 16. It was probably the first novel to really connect with me in that special way that only the written word can. I ended up really loving English classes and picked it for uni so in that sense it's a pretty important book for me.