The Great Gatsby - Review

This film is probably one of the most anticipated films of the summer and rightly should be. The story comes from the great piece of literature from F. Scott Fitzgerald revolving around a wealthy and enriched individual named, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). The movie itself has quite a few flaws in comparison to the book, but aren’t all book to movie story lines, like that? If you didn’t read the book, I don’t think your missing out on much. The film was a length two and half hours, but it really does drawer your attention as you become fascinated with character of Jay Gatsby who holds many big parties, dresses with great attire, and comes from old money. It is amazing to see such an intriguing character like this. DiCaprio really does steal the show with his performance. Throughout, the film you ponder on a fact if Gatsby is a ghost or not. The acting all around was very well except for the performance of Joel Edgerton in which I thought his performance was very hard to watch due to the poorness in the way he presented his character. I thought throughout the film is character’s tone of voice changed a lot and was very boring to watch on the screen. I think Edgerton needs more acting classes under his belt. However, in comparison to the book, I felt the film was stretched out a little to long in the description of the many events that occur in the story. The one thing that really did fascinate me was the presentation of the setting in the early 1920′s, the filmography was absolutely stunning and was a joy to watch on the screen, convincing me for the two and half hours I was in the time period before the Great Depression. The one thing that discouraged me about the film was the use of modern day hip hop and rap used in the background of most of the film. The time period is the 1920′s not 2013 unfortunately, it irked me in many ways, this concept. If your going to do a film, maybe use some jazz or blues which was very popular at the time. Overall, the movie was very enjoyable to watch and if you see it in 3D or 2D, I don’t know if it will make a difference much, but its a must watch. If you have the time to only see one film out, see Gatsby.

Rating – 4/5