There is an incredible playboy-millionaire philanthropist - Jay Gatsby, who is well to such an extent rich and widely known in narrow circles that many people are not even sure that he even exists.
The main character in the past dreamed of coming to New York in order to become a writer, but over time he abandoned his idea and began a career in finance. Our gent lives, coincidentally, right next to Gatsby’s house, he learns about this only from his relatives, since he himself neither hears nor spirits about Jay, only noise at night and is heard from a huge mansion.
And now, returning from the party of his son-in-law and his mistress, already in the morning waking up without a lie at his house, the gent receives an invitation to the house of Gatsby.
In the end, what can I say?
Quite a trivial story. Perhaps I expected more than that the story of Gatsby and Daisy touched me because I was a man of love. No disclosure of their relationship that would claim sympathy. The same flashbacks from the war showed us three times, which I was very bored.
At first, the film seemed to be in a hurry. The dialogues were very fast and confusing, switching from topic to topic, as if wanting to quickly miss the formalities and go to the essence.
The picture looks really good. In some places you can feel the atmosphere of the American 20s, but what I wanted, unfortunately, did not get.
The music of the first two-thirds of the film is really terrible. I don’t know who decided that electronics and rap would fit in the time of, once again, jazz, dry law and women in bets. This is natural blasphemy.
But there were really laudable jazz attempts in the last hour of the film. In some places, modern compositions have tried to remake just under those realities. Some of them really look authentic or at least do not cut the ear, which is already good.
I can only say that it seemed too simple for a film for two hours. A good, albeit rather predictable, ending. Great acting, and the roles themselves are selected super (except Tobey Maguire). I love him very much, though he looks good here, and he's his Spider-Man, I'm generally in awe of him, but in some places he doesn't seem to smile right away.
The story of a man who could be truly great, but decided to give everything, including his life, for the sake of sincere, pure love, which turned out to be irreciprocal, still absurdly betrayed him.
Solid assessment. Great work, but not the most interesting and promising plot.
I knew that if I kissed that girl, I would forever bond with her. And I froze... I waited... I waited a few more moments... He knew he would lose the freedom of God’s thought forever. This love will change his destiny forever. And I kiss.
For as long as I can remember, I was a man who was crazy about movies. If you didn’t know, if you have a list of three, five, ten or a hundred of your favorite movies, you’re already different from most people who watch movies just to make time or have fun. I asked one golden-eyed girl, who was no different than most, what her favorite movie was. To my astonishment, the answer came within half an hour: The Great Gatsby. Based on the book, a film of incredible beauty, where DiCaprio fights for a fatal woman.
But The Great Gatsby isn’t Hollywood’s Apple Orchard, and it’s much deeper. This is a story about a man who was born in poverty but thought he was the son of God. It's about a man with great ambition who was destined to be just as great. It is about a man who fell in love, and, torn between his ambitions and love, went to achieve his greatness, and left his head with the woman he loved. About a man who could not leave the past in the past and devoted everything he achieved to a pretty fool. The Great Gatsby.
Nick Carraway moves to New York to become a broker. He lives off the coast. Next door he has the richest man – a certain Gatsby, who keeps watching the unfortunate narrator, and on the opposite side of the bay is the estate of Nick’s sister and her husband, who likes to chat about racial exceptionalism and go left.
Very pleased that stunningly and unconventionally revealed Gatsby himself, pleases the narrative on behalf of the character Tobey Maguire, who is a pretty nice person. I can’t say that there was any special chemistry between these two, but it was nice to look at these gentlemen’s data, and it was interesting to follow their characters.
Gatsby is a difficult and ambiguous person, I can’t say that I support him, but I understand him well. As for the narrator in Toby, my level of sympathy is higher, though not absolute. I can also praise Joel Edgerton, who played well the scumbag husband of Nick’s sister. But here's the sister. How annoying she is. Yes, that's what she was supposed to be, like everyone else in her company, a whimpering patient who had to be persuaded to get away from a male, a New York Hitler and a great polo player. Yes, it's intended, but it's a step towards Apple Orchard, not a good love drama. In fact, almost the entire drama of the film is based on the fact that every act of her is the act of a complete fool.
Well, she's a fool, sometimes. It's bad that the Great Gatsby has a small mind to fall in love with her. Yeah, it looks nice, but you're not another idiot prince from a fairy tale. Character and intelligence are important, and she has none of that. Why did he choose her?
That's the beauty of the movie, it looks amazing. The 'high light' of the so-called society reminds me of a twisted 'Cinderella', and the world of the lower class and the general view of New York reminds me of the Mafia series of games. Lana Del Rey on the soundtrack is also a gift. The atmosphere of the film is great.
A beautiful film with an ugly story about an interesting person on behalf of a charming narrator.
8 out of 10
«Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…
Twice I read Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in Russian, then listened to the audiobook in the original language. I watched only once the film adaptation of 2013 once in voiceover, but now it was revised in English. And God, DiCaprio and only DiCaprio has the right to play Gatsby!!! Leo was born for her, Imho. I don’t know how to watch other years.
And it’s such a fun feeling when the characters are talking, and you clearly remember those lines, or when the voiceover says whole paragraphs from the book, and you can directly continue them.
You can see that in the creation of this film was done a huge work on the scenery and costumes, these rooms of New York and colorful Gatsby parties. I didn’t quite understand the choice of the soundtrack (except for lunch, of course), but not a very critical moment. Also, the actress playing Daisy, in my opinion, unrealistically strongly fell into the character of the heroine, her gestures and movements, facial expressions are exactly what they should be (as I saw from the book). In fact, I love how the main character is a pure storyteller, and he doesn’t care, the whole main plot takes place between the others.
Whatever the traditional interpretations of the book and the film (something about the American dream, the consumer society), for me, this story has always been about the fact that when we dream about something with all our hearts and live in the moment when this dream comes true, there is a high probability that we will simply miss this moment, will not be able to grasp it, because our ideas are too hyperbolized, ideal, and reality always turns out to be worse, and somehow we will still live in the dream without noticing the obvious. Daisy was Gatsby's dream, and we all know the end.
You know, before I first watched The Great Gatsby, I thought it was another mediocre adaptation, but I was wrong about it.
I am familiar with the work of Francis Scott Fitzgerald, and while watching the film I compared it to a book. The film is not shot “on motives”, but as a full-fledged film adaptation, so a strong plus, I met only a few full-fledged good adaptations. Many people notice that in the Great Gatsby, the narrative and dialogue are exactly like in the text. I can not call it a minus, but rather say that the film adaptation can be built in this way.
Next, I will turn to the selection and play of actors. Leonardo DiCaprio played just brilliantly Gatsby, strongly pulled charisma, we can say that even one of his best roles in cinema.
Tobey Maguire can be both praised and scolded for the lead role. It seems that he does not play much, but this presents the narrator as a very calm person who is not interested in much, as I imagined him in the book at the first reading.
The only slight upset is Cary Mulligan, she played the truth a little mediocre, but between the main characters she quickly merges.
The music in the film is perfectly matched, the combination with modern beats makes the film a little more modern. I can't say anything about it, it's pure taste, but I've got it.
The last aspect is the picture of the film. The Great Gatsby won two Oscars for Best Costume and Best Performance by a Production Artist. This greatly affects the perception of the picture and turned out just brilliant! Everything harmonizes and combines, which gives a huge plus to the film.
So what's the bottom line? Excellent picture of the film, one of the best roles of DiCaprio and an excellent adaptation of the cult work of Fitzgerald.
10 out of 10
What's the movie about?
New York, 1922, the age of jazz. Novice writer Nick Carraway (Toby Maguire) tells the story of rich playboy Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio) and his love for married Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan). A story that captures the decadent era in all its splendor and disgust.
Why watch?
Although the author of the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald, based on the film of the same name, did not shy away from social life and martini glasses, he could hardly imagine such a film adaptation of his book - the era of jazz on steroids with a good portion of 3D and Jay-Z. First published in 1925 and considered a great American novel for great Americans, Fitzgerald's Gatsby has a mystery that has proved unattainable to filmmakers. Four previous attempts to put the book on the film did not achieve much fame (although the 1974 version with Robert Redford received a couple of technical Oscars). Gatsby is as big a player in American literature as Moby Dick. He is a metaphor for desire, greed, hope and the fragility of memory. Such a source needed a megalomaniac director and Baz Luhrman, a hysteria-monger with the latest technology, suited the position perfectly. Leo also fit perfectly: his Gasby, a man fireworksman in a pink suit, is served as a cross between Orson Welles and the Roman deity and fully corresponds to the adjective made in the title.
This is a lacquered tale in the style of pop deco, complemented by postmodern brilliance and stuffed with sticky melodies. It is hung with tons of tinsel and very far from the measured dynamics of the book. And yet, it’s a delightful experience of escapism: for a couple of hours you’ll find yourself in a very different reality, unrestrained and implausible, but wildly incendiary.
9 out of 10
This film is the most famous adaptation of the magnificent novel The Great Gatsby, which was written in the distant twenties of the last century by the famous American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
The film is very cheerful, extremely bright and in some ways even boldly follows the literary source, trying not to lose sight of anything significant, elegantly, using modern music, leads the viewer through the corners of the American world of the time of Prohibition, when alcohol in mass form was forbidden, than the unholy people used enterprisingly, nobly cashing in on the hot liquid desired by many, selling it from under the floors. One of these hyper-entrepreneurs (albeit unproven) was the central character of the whole story - Jay Gatsby.
The thirty-two-year-old rich man summons almost half the city to his large-scale weekend parties, secretly allowing people of various professions, social strata and with very seriously differing financial wealth to have fun to fall on the territory of his personal giant mansion, allowing them to do everything they like - drink, dance, splash in the pool and everything that can be considered extravagant. But what is the purpose of such high-profile celebrations? Why does Gatsby squander fabulous amounts of green money? What is he looking for? Or who? Questions that arise from some particularly perceptive visitors to these parties, in the process of developing the narrative will be revealed to the fullest extent before the audience, providing an opportunity to get very lively answers that can extremely sadden any sympathetic fate of a neighbor. . .
This film has a stunningly talented cast, the main characters of which are such well-known artists as Leo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton and Carrie Mulligan. Each of the actors quite accurately got into the literary image of his hero, definitely brightly animating his movie screen, which undoubtedly deserves the respect of true fans of the original text.
Of course, there are people who do not agree with this point of view who will say that "Baz Luhrman" - the director of this picture - ruined everything, almost completely distorted the basis of the original novel, which seems to be overly exaggerated. On the contrary, this attempt to shift the amazingly dynamic and deeply dramatic novel of Fitzgerald into a cinematic framework can be called extremely successful not only in comparison with film adaptations of the past (for example, with a very monotonous and really boring version of 1974 with Robert Redford in the title role), but also if we consider this film as an independent work, one of the amazing, although not immediately accepted, the advantages of which is a modern musical accompaniment containing such dance hits of the tenth years of our century as Neveri Kill and Little Nobody.
In this regard, when, as they say, “how many people – so many opinions”, the final perception of the tape in connection with acquaintance with the original literary masterpiece is formed in a purely individual way, why disputes on the theme of the correctness of this film adaptation, its expediency and clear adherence to the spirit of the source do not carry a reasonable seed, because there are indeed too many opinions (it is good if a person, in principle, is able to personally form an adequate, consistent and independent opinion from anyone else).
Thus, Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby is without undue modesty an excellent cinematic adaptation of the great novel of the stunning American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald, which, carefully exploring the themes of the literary original, smoothly follows the basis of its plot, using a colorful visualization of history, an energetic modern musical range and the talented work of the cast.
I will say at once: I am not completely familiar with the novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, but I have read the summary. I won’t be able to evaluate it from the source down to the smallest detail, but at least something will work out.
The Great Gatsby is an incredibly interesting film with a cool plot and, in many ways, it is the merit of Fitzgerald. The film is very interesting storytelling, which is conducted by Nick Carraway. The plot is simple: Jay Gatsby tries to return his former lover, Daisy Buchanan, with whom he broke up 5 years ago. During this time, she married Tom Buchanan. Jay Gatsby, well aware of this, asks Nick, his new neighbor and second cousin Daisy, to help him with this.
Gatsby tries to bring back the past, which Nick notices and tells him:
- You can't go back to the past.
- Can't we go back to the past? Well, of course you can, Gatsby replies.
But that thought is wrong. Don't live in the past. Do you learn anything new from the past? Will you be able to relive those carefree times with your loved ones? Will you feel the same emotions as before only by living in the past? Nope. No matter how sweet memories are, the past is the past. Think about the future, not the past. That's the essence of the movie. Gatsby tried to bring back the 5-year-old event and told Nick directly, “I’ll do exactly as I did before...” This is where Gatsby makes a fatal mistake.
There is another thing: money and greed. Everyone wants you, but only when you have money. But if you disappear, everyone will forget about you.
The actors played delightfully, but the highlight here is Leonardo DiCaprio, playing the role of Jay Gatsby.
Separately, I want to talk about the soundtrack “Young and Beautiful” by American singer Lana Del Rey. This song is incredible and adds only the chemistry of the incredible emotions from the shots with Daisy and Gatsby.
This film, for me personally, has an incredible atmosphere. The times of jazz, pointed collars, Prohibition and everything else are transmitted incredibly.
Verdict: The film is very good and with a good message, where there are two food for thought: the past and money. I love this movie and thank you to Francis Scott Fitzgerald for the best Jazz Age novel I never read.
9 out of 10
Initially, I was somewhat wary of this film adaptation, since at the time of its creation I had a very long and not particularly pleasant history of acquaintance with Mr. Fitzgerald and Gatsby.
It all started at school when we were supposed to read The Great Gatsby in English class. Fitzgerald certainly enriched my vocabulary, but I spit on the novel itself. It seemed to me this weak American version of the Count of Monte Cristo for those who could not afford Dumas’ two-volume father. The parallels are obvious: Gatsby - Edmon, Tom - Fernand, Daisy - Mercedes. Only instead of being imprisoned in a war, and instead of Abbot Faria, a Jewish bootlegger. Well, if Edmond was a strong, intelligent man, at whose feet virtually all Paris fell, then Gatsby in the book appears as some kind of disembodied boring sugary shadow, whose only function is to love a girl who does not love him. And the reader should be humbled and shed tears over his unrequited love. The other characters are written no better. Daisy is an empty beauty, Tom is a richer narcissist. Except Nick and Jordan are interesting, and Nick is only revealed because he's a storyteller and we can at least follow his thinking.
After that, we all watched the adaptation of the 70s at the same class. But she couldn’t change my mind for the better, because she was a complete copy of the book. There is no attempt at rethinking the original — rather weak and quirky — material. Still no Gatsby, pretty Daisy, aggressive, assertive Tom. Moreover, even Nick and Jordan somehow faded.
In fact, the story
I think you wouldn’t be surprised if I said that I didn’t want to watch Luhrmann’s version with such a background. But that music -- it was everywhere. And she was beautiful. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody, Bang Bang, Crazy in Love, Young and Beautiful... a lot of that is still on my playlist.
But I still haven’t decided to watch the movie. And so, many years later, a friend of mine suggested I watch this movie together... and I decided.
And for good reason.
Long live DiCaprio and Lurman! I don't know what a miracle it was, but they managed to breathe life into this mediocre romance. Gatsby, Daisy, Tom — literally before my eyes, from flat templates, they have turned into real three-dimensional people. Daisy is not a stupid doll, but a entangled and more pragmatic person than Jay. It is perfectly shown the wounded pride of Tom, who, in fact, has not achieved anything in life and lives at the expense of his family. Gatsby seems to have remained a naive romantic, but for some reason you look at him and think: “I believe!” And added touches revealing him as a living person rather than an ephemeral romantic hero. For example, he is insanely shy and awkward and often goes to extremes because of this, creating comic situations: for example, in a scene when he floods Nick's living room with flowers. And he's like that in everything. Excessively large. If you order flowers, then to fill the entire living room. If you build a house, it is not worse than a castle. If you love a girl, then the one you have dreamed of all your life. He is kind and naive like a child. Much more noble than all the “aristocrats” around him.
Now this film will be the true story of Jay Gatsby for me.
Disappointment to the reader, charm to the ignorant
Francis Scott Fitzgerald's book has long stood on a shelf untouched. But when her time came, I drowned in Gatsby’s romantic and distant love for Daisy.
I was expecting a movie. As soon as I appeared in the movie, I ran to watch and... was disappointed.
Daisy isn't from the book at all... That's the kind of guy he's been suffering for half his life? Really? She's empty, she's ugly... she's just not...
The authors have very badly damaged this image.
But DiCaprio perfectly played the role of a trembling lover who is ready to put everything at the feet of his beloved, who is ready to turn mountains to be worthy of her, silently wait for her and hope that she herself will hear about him and come to his party.
And all those scenes that concerned DiCaprio fully justified the film, especially that perfect shot with a glass of champagne under fireworks.
But the stylish picture of the early 1920s did not fit in my head with the modern soundtrack. Dissonance did not allow to put everything together.
But when the book was already forgotten, and the images from the films became familiar, the second viewing was not as painful as the first. To the fore came a really beautiful picture, the experiences of the protagonist, giving him all his attention.
And in general, how this film did take place, but it was not easy for me to accept this fact.
It’s hard to say which is better, a movie or a book. Probably, these are two completely different works that almost do not relate to each other. And if you take the film separately, it is worth watching. It has already entered the cultural code of our generation.
But to understand the whole story more deeply, you need to read. Only then will the whole meaning of the green light and the character of the guy who was too in love be revealed.
7 out of 10
I love movies about the rich and always watch them. “The Great Gatsby” is a film about a kind man with a broad soul who was not spoiled by money.
He generously throws the biggest parties in his mansion, and for whom? Absolutely not for myself. For others? For her. For the love of his life, which every time he hopes to see among the pile of people in his house.
The main character himself does not appear in the frame immediately. At the beginning, there is intrigue, and then, finally, he is a beautiful, pin-dressed, stunning Leonardo DiCaprio (aka Gatsby).
The film describes the era of the 1920s, the style of clothing and everything else that is necessary. Here the costumers worked for glory, each costume is a work of art.
Gatsby, despite being surrounded by crowds, is very lonely. And in fact, he doesn't suffer from it. He doesn't need many people around him. All he needs is his love, which is not easy to get.
The story of a rich man and a very poor man. A movie that I highly recommend you watch!
Watching the next (fifth!) adaptation of the novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby, I caught myself thinking that this book was definitely lucky with film adaptations, since each of them at the time of release was a bright product of its time, hopelessly outdated by the time the next version was released. In other words, for each generation of viewers there was a different version of the film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, whether it was the silent film of 1926, the black and white noir of 1949, the rather long retro drama of 1974, and the more condensed television film of 2000. And if anyone had a desire to once again tell the famous story of the unfortunate love of the mysterious rich Gatsby to a married woman, then in this case the director had to try hard to surprise the viewer. And fortunately, there was one. They turned out to be Baz Luhrman - an Australian director, who shot a once modern interpretation of the famous tragedy of Shakespeare ("Romeo + Juliet") and a colorful retro musical with anachronisms in the form of popular songs of the late XX century ("Moulin Rouge"). In my opinion, it was Luhrman, with his directing handwriting, who led the 2013 film to success, making this version one of the best film adaptations of The Great Gatsby. And here's why.
First, as with Moulin Rouge, The Great Gatsby is a vibrant, colorful, retro-style musical film. But Luhrman went further, turning his attention to fashion in the early 2010s to 3D imagery. Today, 3D is no surprise to anyone. But then, in 2013 were trying not just to translate into the format of stereo pictures, and literally created whole frames with a future such effect. Even without 3D glasses, you can see that snowflakes are literally flying into the eye for a reason in the first scene of the film, as well as all these flybys of a bird’s-eye camera with the aim of identifying Nick Carraway (Toby Maguire) from the entire crowd. Also, speaking about the picture, I cannot but note the abundance in the shooting of chromakey, who managed to “immerse” the viewer in the atmosphere 1922. However, it was not without historical blunders, because in the film in the background for some reason drew even those objects that at that time were not yet built in New York.
Secondly, having received a young viewer brought up on comic books, Luhrman found a solution to keep the attention of an ordinary melodrama, giving out a film no worse than blockbusters from Marvel. This solution was quick clip editing (just note that the frame duration is no more than 2-3 seconds). After that, these 2.5 hours fly by quickly, and the mind does not have time to get tired of long scenes and long frames (which are not).
Thirdly, the film is remembered atypical for retro melodrama soundtrack, consisting of modern songs. Yes, this is a controversial directorial decision, but I liked it. As if telling the viewer about the events of 90 years ago, the creators tell a modern story. So the film didn’t get any worse because someone wanted to replace jazz with hip-hop and R’n’B. Even separately praise the beautiful love ballad "Young and Beautiful" singer Lana Del Rey, which was the main musical theme of love Daisy and Gatsby. Although if someone expected to see the authenticity of the level of the “Underground Empire”, then of course this musical anachronism will be for such a viewer a minus rather than a virtue.
And, of course, not without top actors in leading roles. Here and the favorite of the Oscar-winning race Leonardo DiCaprio, who worked with Luhrman in "Romeo + Juliet", and Toby Maguire (who in real life is friends since childhood with DiCaprio), and Jason Clark ("The drunkest county in the world", "Goal number one"), and nominee for the Oscar for Best Actress Carrie Mulligan, and Joel Edgerton", "Something". There was a place in the film even for Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan (although he did not look like the Jew of Wulfshim, by the way). In addition to the fact that the cast turned out to be “star”, even getting into the book image was very accurate. Although if you take the main couple of the film - Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, here the creators made the film more melodrama than social drama. DiCaprio seemed to return to his roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when he played romantic and naive objects of girl’s tears (“Titanic”, “The Beach”, “Catch Me If You Can”), and Carrie Mulligan seemed intentionally so beautiful that her windy relationship was a disappointing factor for the viewer (with “chemistry” with a partner on the set). Even Tobey Maguire was good in this image of a narrator, who everyone pushes around and uses to their advantage.
In general, the film turned out to be a beautiful, bright spectacle. As such, I did not see the cut (what sins modern cinema) because the plot corresponds to the book. Well, if you compare with previous film adaptations, then this picture can rightfully be considered one of the best film adaptations of Fitzgerald’s novel.
10 out of 10
A film about excitement, happiness, dream and love
I don't usually watch melodramas about love. But the painting “The Great Gatsby” stands out significantly in this genre. This is a film about a man who achieves heights for the sake of his beloved. The main character, who was magnificently played by Leonardo DiCaprio, reveals his identity during the film, as he wears a mask for a woman. The cast is excellent, which makes this film one of the best in its genre.
It is important that the actors make their characters part of the film. So much so that the movie is really good. Not just for the money, as they say. And almost everyone did. Except that Tobey Maguire looked a bit rustic in the background of the others. Although, perhaps, this is due to the role, since he plays a man, by and large, random at this "feast of life."
Separately, I want to note the text part of the film. Phrases are built beautifully, a lot can really be cut into quotes. The scenery is also impressive: everything is very elegant, spectacular, they perfectly reflect the time shown in the film. The costumes can also be found here. No wonder the film Oscar for them, for the best work of the director. The music perfectly complements the scenes.
The ending of the movie is gorgeous. These are missing in many films. It’s a movie about love, but it’s different. You won’t see another Cinderella story. This is a film about excitement, about happiness, about dreams and love. Lifelike and impressive.
Aesthetic, visually beautiful, but very fresh film
I will immediately say that I am not familiar with the original source - the novel by American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald, the assessment of the film is based solely on what I saw.
After watching it, my first question was, why was Gatsby called the Great? The picture did not answer this question absolutely, the character of Leonardo DiCaprio is not open from the word at all in this regard, he is the most ordinary person, whose luxurious life was read as a shell of an aesthete with attention deficit disorder. There are no questions about Leo’s acting, here he is as always good, his character is lively, emotional. As for the voice, I am equally pleased with the original and dubbing Burunov (Burunov genius).
Nick Carraway (Toby Maguire), on behalf of which the narrative is conducted, is a shy, kind, timid viewer in the play that Gatsby, Daisy and Tom staged. He pointed to the fact that at the beginning of the film, Nick is diagnosed with depression, and in the first act of the film, Nick tells one girl that he has no problems with his nerves (I don’t know how attracted the facts here, but here). Toby reminded himself from the first part of Sam Raimi that I can’t call a bad or good fact, just such a person and an actor, probably. As for the voice, it was because of Toby’s original voice that I had to switch to dubbing, I couldn’t get used to it.
Daisy (Carey Milligan) is an empty character. No disclosure, easily influenced by Tom or Gatsby, and generally laid-back. I don’t even remember the names of the characters Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher, Jason Clark, their roles are very modest, and we won’t know anything about them. As in general about all the characters in the film, because they are not disclosed.
The best thing about Gatsby, I think Joel Edgerton, he looked very convincing, seemed calculating, his acting is excellent, especially against the background of Leo. Their scenes together are something.
The plot - for me, not a strong side of the film, it is rather boring, and it can be characterized by the phrase - money can not buy happiness.
The tape is very, very beautiful, it has a pleasant color filter, visual pleasure, it can literally be disassembled frame-by-frame, but there is something to blame. Too many ragged frames, in my opinion, "tinsels", minting and all that. For the soundtrack I could praise, but not quite. The fact is that sometimes music plays, in my opinion, not quite suitable for certain events, especially this is the 1920s, but here taste. I'll have to add a few songs to the playlist, anyway.
I've heard a lot about this movie. I just decided to watch it now. When I saw the time of the film, I thought it would be boring and not very fascinating, but I was wrong. Throughout the film, I was worried about the heroes of the story, imagining myself in their shoes. Until the end I believed that it would end fabulously and wonderfully, but no.
Leonardo played his role magnificently, making him worry about his character throughout the plot. In the end, when he's killed, practically for nothing, your heart freezes and you realize that not everything in this world is as beautiful as we think. And you understand that we should follow our dreams without listening to anyone, and only then, we will succeed.
Maguire is hard to imagine in a role other than Spider-Man, but after watching this movie, your opinion will change. Good game Toby personifies the second half of the world - good-natured, simple and very timid.
Maguire is the storyteller, but at the same time, its main character. At the beginning, he talks about it with admiration, but by the end, realizing the past, he realizes that it was just a brilliant wrapper of bitter candy. . .
In conclusion, I want to say a few words about the soundtrack, because here it is amazing and without it the film would not fly so fast!
In general, who has not watched and is going to see, I advise, I think that after watching, you will not leave without emotions, and what exactly, this is your business???
Unfulfilled dreams, imaginary ideas of the past can no longer be translated into reality.
Green light is a mirage, illusion It symbolized the life with Daisy he had originally dreamed of. The green light tricked him. Morality - live what you are given.
Daisy’s arrival reminded me of Conan Doyle’s story 'The Discovery of Raffles Howe'.
People fell in love with Rafles only for his wealth, they literally grinded their attitude towards a person, after they found out that he was infinitely rich. The film has the same idea. Nobody remembers Jay Gatsby as a man. For everyone, it was just a news headline, a cause for discussion, nothing more.
If we draw a parallel with ' The Discovery of Raffles Howe' then Daisy Buchanan = Laura McIntyre from the story. For her, life revolves around material wealth; money, subjects, prestige. Her character did not get any development, she returned to the very beginning of the film - a beautiful carefree girl.
Be human, live in the present, analyze yourself and your surroundings.
Money, influence, recognition of society can sometimes be a sweet illusion for the uninitiated. A fairytale world for those who have never been behind the screen. But what can a person who has everything that most of us dream about hide in his soul?
': Money can’t buy happiness' is an often quoted phrase of the rich that ordinary people sneer at. Perhaps reaching the top and really lose the magic charm of this life?
We are all surrounded by many people, especially if your world is an eternal holiday. True, sometimes you can forget that before 'the present ' you do not have anyone. And you are a grey shadow of your bright image.
The eternal contrast of extraordinary illusion and notorious reality, which are constantly changing and comparing themselves throughout the picture. What is true happiness and love? These and other questions are raised in this film.
This film, despite its rather long timekeeping, keeps the viewer’s attention until the very end. Leonardo DiCaprio as always sets the bar for acting, and literally falls in love with his image. I also want to note a strong caste, which perfectly complements the picture.
Despite the fact that the semantic load of this film is extremely large, in terms of ideas and meanings. This film is extremely dynamic and alive. It's interesting to watch every element of the frame.
The only drawback that comes from my subjective opinion is a fairly large search for post-production work. More precisely, the choice of visualization style of many moments. Excessive computerization of effects, destroys 'spirit' early 20th century. Such transitions and visual solutions, in my opinion, are more suitable for a futuristic era. This film does not deserve the highest praise in my eyes.
9 out of 10
To the original novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald I have a rather strange attitude. It is not clear that to some greatness inflated the story of one idiot, in fact. First, the fact that the hero wants to win a long-term love after a break of several years, already looks stupid. During this period, of course, many find a mate and return to the past – not so feasible task. Second, is that what Gatsby was doing to get attention? He threw noisy parties without even inviting his ex-girlfriend to them! Yes, he was just lucky that there was a man who was in kinship with a girl who brought them together. And third, the very fact that Gatsby manages his wealth. We haven't been told exactly where he got that much money from, but you'd throw it all at parties? I'm definitely not.
'The Great Gatsby' filmed not once, but as many as five times, given today's film. I don’t know exactly what this love for this book is about. F. Scott Fitzgerald for Americans, what is Pushkin for us?
The film takes place in 1922. The U.S. economy is thriving (just a short time to feast on them left, in 7 years everything will collapse...), young and ambitious people strive for growth and a prosperous life. One of them is the main character, Nick Carraway. He rents a small house on Long Island, overlooking the bay. On the other side of the bay lives his second cousin with her husband. Unexpectedly, Nick discovers that his closest neighbor is Mr. Gatsby, a young party-goer with a fabulous fortune. Nick dives into the world of the rich and writes a story about love, dream and tragedy.
It was great to see Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire starring. First, the actors in real life are bosom friends, so you look at the communication of their characters (Gatsby and Carraway) in a different way, with warmth. And second, Maguire should be associated with other films besides the Spider-Man trilogy. Well, I don't like Maguire Spider-Man, no matter how shocking it is.
Leonardo DiCaprio played well the favorite of the public, a man with a big dream who throws parties, the scale of which reaches the level of the opening of the Olympics. Six months later, he will play almost the same character in Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street & #39; with the difference that 60 years have passed and new mores prevail in society. In the second half of "The Great Gatsby" & #39; we reveal his soul, show his connection with Nick's second cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan played it well), with whom he once had an affair, and demonstrate the experiences of the hero. Maguire, although he passed with a face of the type ' What am I doing here?', still showed himself well.
The entourage of that time is well shown. All this 1920s fashion, these hairstyles, these locations. For this work, the film was awarded two statuettes ' Oscar' And cameraman Simon Duggan showed a good picture, like focusing on Daisy's house on the other side of the bay.
Let’s move on to a couple of things about the movie. I have already highlighted the misunderstanding of the plot conflict, but now we will talk about the little things. Gatsby first. More specifically, his wealth. We were shown where he came from, but the question did not leave me: ' Where is the money, Lebowski?'. Like the characters in this movie, I don’t know where he made his fortune to go every weekend. Yes, we made a slight hint where the money could come from, but it is perceived somehow superficially, or what.
What the hell happens to the music in this movie? The novel was published in 1925, during the "Age of Jazz" & #39;. So what the hell does some kind of electric music play instead of jazz at parties?
After the release of the film, society sharply divided into two categories: those who defend the film adaptation, and those who foam at the mouth prove the true value of the original novel. I don’t want to be a fan of such confrontations, because these cholivars are like fighting windmills. I can only say that despite the good impression, I don’t think I’m going to return to the film with such enthusiasm.
'We were swaying on the waves of chemical madness'
Oh, the Great Gatsby!
How great and powerful is this mysterious name. Gatsby. For all the glass in the kaleidoscope, he was different: a prince, a spy, a murderer or a mad romantic. That is how he was in my case... in love, irrepressible, sometimes sad, going after his beautiful dream – a man. His flesh and soul were given to Leonardo DiCaprio. You know, I can’t say that I like him, even to tell the truth he was indifferent to me, even after playing in the exhilarating heart & #39; Titanic'. But after that movie, it was as if he had said with his play, ' You were wrong about me! I can, just believe it!' And I believed it. If the actor, having played a role in the film, seems to you as bad or good in life, then the work was done by all 120%.
How deeply, soulfully, mysteriously he conveyed the image of Jay Gatsby. A shot of his character holding a glass of alcohol exploded the Internet.
Every wrinkle on his flawless face was justified, every indentation conveyed all the anguish, all the anguish, all the pain that he had kept in his heart for 5 long years... behind a beautiful smile and a tired look.
He didn't believe in selfless people until he met the only true friend who loved him just for being him - Nick Carraway. The character of Tobey Maguire has a paradoxical disposition: he is cheerful, touching, kind and responsive. But at the same time, his thoughts are deep and mysterious. His eyes are attractive. Blue eyes have magnetism and spirituality. And his speech is always convincing and eloquent.
It was Toby who moved me to retrieve a long-forgotten record from the far corner of my closet.
Of course, I have read and knew many tales about love, but I have never met such... anywhere else. To love so faithfully, passionately and at the same time tenderly, selflessly, refinedly and in the style of jazz. Under this music in the soul there are real miracles. Have you ever tried to dance while cooking a delicious dinner or singing while taking a shower? Better to have sex with jazz music. It's divine. What I’m writing right now is nothing compared to what you feel. Try it yourself.
To love a man so much as to wait for him on the other side and dream of him. Have a messy fun every week, hoping it will come and love will come back. That he would touch her again and kiss her. . .
I encourage you to watch this film so that you understand that you can not be afraid and wait for the love of your life for so long. Appreciate every moment of your beautiful life with someone you truly love.
Stunning scenery, elegant and luxurious costumes, an ideal cast, an incredibly strong director. Ah... this look ... at the first meeting of the two lovers after a long separation ...
Everything is fine here, and there is nothing to complain about. . .
I don’t understand why Gatsby is presented as a positive character in this film.
When Daisy came into his life who loved him and he loved her. He somehow decided that she couldn't be happy with him until he was financially stable, without even asking her how she'd be better off. Gatsby just disappeared from her life. Then after 5 years, when she is already married and managed to survive the separation with the love of her life and have children with another man, he appears and wants her to tell the person with whom she was married for 5 years that she never loved him (as we learn from her words she still loved him). Gatsby wants her to be with him and says she couldn't be happy with him because, you see, he was unsteady financially and spiritually. That is, he believes that this girl cannot be happy with a poor man. That is, he believes that for Daisy money is more important than pure and bright love. I believe he offended her (if I understood it correctly).
I was also outraged that Gatsby had been driving his car so irresponsibly as if the rules of the road were just a formality. He could have hit someone. He also showed that it is possible to create such lawlessness and his environment because no one will do anything to them and his entourage anyway, since he has connections in the police. From that point of view, Gatsby is more to blame for Daisy hitting that girl. He should not have let her accelerate to this speed and should not have driven so himself.
Gatsby constantly boasted about how much he had achieved in life, constantly showed everyone how rich and influential he was, vanity was never honored and considered a sin. If he really loved Daisy, he wouldn't have left her because of his internal conflicts and insecurity. After all, only because of self-doubt, a person can think that no one can love him if his wallet is not filled with bills enough.
Gatsby also showed himself to be a weak man when Daisy's husband began to pressure him and Gatsby lost his temper. Is a great man going to fight and freak out because someone reasonably criticizes him, because there was no physical threat from Daisy’s husband and there were no prerequisites for this?
If anyone wants to challenge my point of view, I will be interested to know your point of view on my vision of this character.
At the age of 15, I decided to watch a movie. Honestly, I did it only to find out what this sensational picture was, and not out of real interest. Watched fluently, perhaps in excerpts. Initially, the picture did not catch at all, then a lot of events. There is only some confusion and confusion left in the memories.
After 8 years, it so happened that the book "The Great Gatsby" lay on my shelf for a couple of years. After reading Fitzgerald’s book “The Night is Tender”, I wanted to know some more of his works and I decided to try to see what the novel of this film is all about.
I read it. Frankly, I did not like it very much, but after that I wanted to watch the film again.
And after watching the film, I want to ask only one question to people who chastise it for being unlike a book: are you completely out of your mind?
This film is the first to go through the book at 98%. I've never seen that before. It's just a movie win, my friends! The dream of the bookmaker came true!
In principle, the actors are well-chosen, although in my opinion many looked different, but that does not mean that the characters of this film are not worthy of it. WORK! They revived him. For the scenery, as in childhood, seemed absurd to me: motley, childish, fabulous. Although maybe this was the idea of the director: to show all the pun and, at the same time, the indiscriminateness and luxury of this era.
The only thing I want to say is that you should not watch a movie without reading a book. Don't tell me, it's a messy movie. There's too much of a circus that doesn't really feel all the drama. All my emotions and understanding developed only thanks to the knowledge of the book. If I sat down for this film, like the first time, without any basis, I would not have penetrated a drop.
In general, summing up: the film exactly according to the book is worthy; the actors are well selected and played as they should, well done, especially Dicaprio; I do not advise without reading the book, if you do not want to be disappointed, and without having time to try to penetrate:
8 out of 10
Francis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most famous and influential representatives of American literature. In the 1920s, it was he who introduced such a concept as "The Age of Jazz", which became an important definition in the public consciousness of the country's citizens. “The Great Gatsby” is the author’s most important and famous novel, a work that had a huge impact on world culture in general and American in particular, although at the time of its release the book was not such a success. However, from year to year the novel enjoyed increasing popularity and soon gained cult status. The work was repeatedly filmed and each cinematic version aroused great interest. Here is a modernized version of an outstanding novel.
Australian director Baz Luhrman always knew how to work in the genre of costume cinema and did not cheat on himself this time. Using classical literature as a basis and invariably following the source in terms of the historical period, the director added many elements of modern culture to his version. Before us is a classic drama headed by a grandiose love story, shrouded in a mystery from the distant past. The author wanted to show the exquisite world of the brilliant glamour of New York in the 1920s, reflecting the moral foundations and mores of high society. In general, the film shows the clash of social strata, and this was important for American society at the beginning of the last century.
Theatrical style of the director, the best suited for the genre of historical melodrama. But this time, Baz Luhrman went for artistic innovation and the crossbreeding of cinematic technologies. Classic costume retro is a movie that immerses the viewer in the atmosphere of the historical period of the early twenties. However, he does it with the popular 3D format, I’m not a fan of this direction, but the colorful style of the film is very suitable for three-dimensional imagery. Bright, rich visual style allows you to enjoy the fountain of colors, which beats the key throughout the action. The amazing work of costumers has rightfully received universal recognition.
Special mention deserves a unique musical accompaniment of the tape. During the film, jazz retro compositions are mixed with hits of modern music. Among the artists involved are Jay-Z, Beyonce and Lana Del Rey, whose composition "Young and Beautiful" sits in memory for a long time and perfectly reflects the essence of the whole film.
The role of the narrator named Nick Carraway is performed by Toby Maguire, having an excellent acting talent, he is able to play both simple eccentrics and complex extraordinary personalities. His immersion in the colorful world of the rich completely turns the consciousness of the protagonist. Jay Gatsby was played by the magnificent and unsurpassed Leonardo DiCaprio, he manages to brilliantly show the whole range of emotions, mystery and confidence are replaced by modesty and shyness. Another performance by a wonderful actor.
The Great Gatsby is an atmospheric cinematic cocktail of sentimental romantic melodrama, human drama and original musical. History is simple and banal, but in this case form is more important than content. This is one of the most beautiful, rich and bright pictures with stunning acting, visual feasting and an unusual soundtrack. I definitely recommend it.
“From loneliness and some embarrassment, I decided how to get drunk.”
The Great Gatsby (This is a two-hour canvas, which is also an adaptation of the most wonderful work of Francis Scott Fitzgerald, who also wrote the famous “The Mysterious Story of Benjamin Button”, which I happened to read, I looked literally five minutes ago and write, so to speak, on a clear head. I will not talk about the plot, of course, because I try to save you from unnecessary details in most of my reviews, which can subsequently spoil your impression of the film.
Let me start with what struck me in the first place. The film is unusually colorful, with bright color correction - everything is full, shining, sparkling, AAA. In general, the film is in many ways similar to a fairy tale for adults with its exaggerations, conditional inaccuracies for the sake of a better effect, such as blacks traveling on the Cadillac in gold chains, when blacks were not particularly respected, and so on. I think you would have noticed this without me.
However, this picture has another feature that struck my youthful mind. The editing of this film ... it's extraordinary. Unusual as the setting of the frame, and camera work in general. Again, I think you will notice this from the very first frame, and I do not need to explain what is what.
Soundtrack. Let's talk about him. The soundtrack here is very... strange, could not find another word. What do I mean by "strange"? No, it's not like the main theme of Birdman, I'm sure you still remember it. The fact is that the events of the film take place in the early twentieth century, and it would be logical to fill the picture with the music of those years, but this was not the case. The director does things differently. He takes well-known compositions of contemporary artists and connects them with the atmosphere of the twenties, thereby achieving an amazing bouquet that came to my liking. Actually, I just love these bold decisions. Why do I call them brave? It’s just that not everyone will be able to organically combine some pop with the nascent twentieth century on the screen, but that’s all right here, believe me.
I also want to mention the flights that I like so much over both computer-painted and real landscapes: medieval-style houses, city blocks, bays. This is a complete picture.
I was also pleased with the simple but entertaining visual decision to highlight the suburbs of the city in a bright and warm color, and the city itself and the dump, serving as a dividing line between these two worlds, dark and cold colors.
I also enjoyed the graphics in this film, which, by the way, there is plenty here. In some moments, the whole action even resembles a kind of cartoon, but this does not almost affect the perception of the picture, and even brings even more colors to it. I don’t know if it was intentional or accidental, but in any case, this move deserves your attention.
Well, now I think we should move on to the actors. I will immediately note that this film may be familiar to you from a picture of memas, where Leonardo DiCaprio raises a glass filled with champagne over his head, smiles affably, and the sky in the background is dotted with bright lights, fireworks. Actually, I'll start with DiCaprio. Here he is inimitable and plays Gatsby himself. And, oh my God, he's as good in this role as he is in any other. You look at the character played by him, and you see a person with a bright smile, but you do not rush to trust him with your secrets, because at first he does not cause a drop of trust. Almost the whole film Leo walks with this smile, but in the end gives out a spectrum of emotions that stirred my consciousness. And he gives out this spectrum of emotions so suddenly that I, I confess, even jumped slightly with surprise. I would even call the character Leo the main character of the film, if not here Tobey Maguire, known to you from the very first Spider-Man, who played Nick Carraway, a bond dealer who later became a close friend of Gatsby. It is from his words that we learn such a complicated story about Jay Gatsby. And, unlike Gatsby, looking at Toby’s character, you see a young man with an open heart, ready to do a favor in a difficult moment and come to the rescue, with a cute appearance and a bright smile, not a man hiding his skeletons in the closet behind a strained Hollywood smile. There are very few scenes in the film where Maguire's character would scream with anger or just shout, which personally pleased me, since you don't really want to say goodbye to the sight of a good-natured guy with dimples on his cheeks. I will also mention a girl named Carey Mulligan, who played a heroine named Daisy here. She played the role of a heroine who regretted lost time. There is no need to talk about her role in the plot, since in fact the entire plot is built on it. I’ll note better than her husband on the plot of the film, played by Joel Edgerton, who managed to get dirty in many medium-sized films that can only be seen from nothing to do, but here he is very good, especially his antennae. You know, he's got a look that allows him to believably embody on the screen a kind of asshole who always looks for excuses for his misdeeds. There is no one else to talk about, except for Elizabeth Debicki, who got the role of Daisy’s friend, Jordan Baker. From her heroine the whole film pulls some mysterious mystery, I apologize for the tautology, but, in my opinion, this is the perfect phrase to describe this character. I will tell you more about Jason Clark, whose hero works at the gas station and played a very important role in the plot, even if his character is secondary. He, by the way, like Joel Edgerton, managed to lie in shit, for example, in the last part of “Terminator”, which I just hated for parasitizing on the classics and frankly stupid and stitched with white threads plot, but we are not talking about it now. In this movie, Joel is in his place. The rest of the actors here are just as good, and during the film I didn’t notice a single falsehood or replay. In general, as the great Stanislavsky said, I believe!
To sum up, this is an instructive romantic story, after watching which some people will definitely think and which is worth watching at least for the sake of Leo and Toby, a colorful picture and a wonderful soundtrack.
The spotlight fell on the film for several significant reasons: 2 friends of the actor in life, who are not only great friends, but also excellent actors (it was more than interesting to see their duet), a pile of positive reviews, twice read a delightful book - and as a result of this - interest in cinematic adaptation, and even with such a "baggage of diamonds".
I will quickly list a small number of pluses: 1. the incomparable performance of all actors. I will not separate Leo and Toby, because it would be unfair to the work of the other caste. 2. fascinating scenery, costumes, cars, justifying the chic of the time, the growth of the money reserves of individual bourgeois; 3. Lana Del Rey with her summer hit and a scene of motley underwear in the room of the main character, these emotions and some touching. This is probably all the pluses, El finale.
The main reasons for my dissatisfaction with the adaptation are Fitzgerald’s book and the little historical knowledge of that time. Minuses slightly more, but their weight is much more impressive: 1. musical accompaniment. Was there à la electro music at the time? I don't think so. This cannot even be called a pitiful parody of such mysterious and emotionally sparkling jazz; 2. the poor and exhausted life of the common people living on the poverty line is shown in the same vivid colors as the life of the fat-bags; 3. important symbols from the book were put on the background. The green light is mentioned more than once, but the rest of the symbols were not honored; 4. too fleeting narrative, lacked more romance and fluidity. The camera work was not very pleasant, too confused, purely my opinion; 5. depicting immoral acts in the key of something delightful and worthy of copying.
If I had such an actor’s stock, such smart decorators and, of course, green papers in abundance – I would shoot in a completely different way. I would emphasize Jay's pain, the plight of the poor, Daisy's meanness, Tom's duplicity, Jordan's strength. Nick's experiences were accentuated with excess. Of course, had I been at the helm, the characters of the book would have been revealed and clearly conveyed their hidden and deepest meaning to the beholder, especially to the audience who had not read the book.
I have never understood that it is so difficult to make a film based on a book, when it should be easier to feel the book and the message of the author, especially for people like directors and producers, when all the descriptions are on a platter. It's not that easy.
Movie screenings: The Great Gatsby. The 2013 version is the most postmodern.
In 1996, director Baz Lurman directed a modern version of Romeo and Juliet, where a young Leonardo DiCaprio played one of the main roles. In 2013, he turned to Fitzgerald’s novel and did so in a highly postmodern manner. On the visually luxurious parties of the era of the roaring twenties, as it turned out, modern musical compositions fall very well. From the technical side, the film was shot at a high level. No wonder two Oscars for the best costumes and work of the artist. However, unlike the mass scenes chamber Luhrmann do not succeed so well.
In the center of the picture, Luhrman put Toby McGuire as Nick Carraway. On behalf of his character is a story. Although the hero turned out plot too passive and rather faceless. But Gatsby by DiCaprio is definitely good. I can say that this is the best embodiment of this character in the movie. Joel Edgerton plays Tom Buchanan. Cary Mulligan didn't like Daisy. In general, a strange choice, because so many more suitable actresses were considered initially. On her background, Elizabeth Debicki looks better as Jordan Baker.
The postmodern version of Baz Luhrmann’s famous novel won’t appeal to everyone. At the same time, the director rather recreated the novel on the screen, although focusing more on the melodrama. The picture holds well emotionally, excellent acting work DiCaprio and Edgerton. And, by the way, in 2013, the release of the film led to the fact that Fitzgerald’s novel hit the top ten best-selling books in the United States.
7.5 out of 10
Once upon a time, a Mexican TV series was shown on television - "The rich also cry", although its content remains a mystery to me, nevertheless, the title of the series stuck in my memory because of its deep meaning. This meaning is also permeated by the next adaptation of the novel by the American writer Francis Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby 2013.
In fact, trying to transfer a non-fat book to the big screen over the years. The original time is 1926, the post-war time is 1945 and the sexual revolution is 1974, and twice in a less stable time is 2000 and now in 2013. Unfortunately, the novel did not have to read, but in my humble opinion, the version of 1974 best coped with the task of filming the book, where the main characters are played by the famous, at that time, Robert Radford and to the “fragility” of the feminine Mia Farrow (remember her brilliant role in Rosemary's Baby 1968?). Honestly, it is hard to imagine other actors in place of the characters of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan in the mid-70s.
But this review is not about the film almost forty years ago, but about the tape, which is currently fighting for the main prizes in Cannes and thundering in cinemas of the planet, beating off its not small budget.
Immediately before the session, it became clear from the fashionable 3D format and modest age rating that the film was not made for a certain audience within a certain age, but actually for everyone and everyone. 15 minutes from the beginning, the brain is visited by the idea that the director of this creation is not a “playwright”, but a more specific subject. Subsequently, the feeling fails and it turns out to be a person who all his life shot musicals and similar things.
Fortunately, after exactly half of the film, all this excessive directorial tinsel, glamour and fun comes to naught and the viewer opens up an almost natural drama about a man’s battle for the love of his life. I don’t think I should describe the plot, because something tells me that many people are familiar with the book and with the films based on this book of previous years.
As in other films, their roles were best played, of course, by the main characters - Leonardo DiCaprio, whom everyone knows, and the young, while little-known, English actress Carey Mulligan, nominated for an Academy Award in 2010 for her role in the sweetest film "Education of feelings". So, in general, there are no complaints about the entire cast of the film, which cannot be said about the technical production of the film.
American cinema, like the United States itself, has long been held hostage to its prosperity. The production costs of any large-scale project (not only in the cinema) sometimes grow so much that you have to go on all sorts of tricks and savings. Here, in The Great Gatsby, it seems that I had to save a lot on everything except the actors. For each frame of the film is extremely cheap (compared to the real scenery) computer graphics. I’m not afraid to say that 75% of the film is shot against a so-called green background, with the help of which cities, interiors, exteriors, trees, cars and even people grow. So this is a double-edged sword, you will not save - you will not recapture the budget later and you will no longer be entrusted with the shooting of the film, and if you save - the viewer will sit and twist in the brain only the phrase like Stanislavsky: "I do not believe!". What I was doing today, by the way. Sitting, watching and never left the thought of watching some blockbuster about Superman and his friends. Why? For what?
There are similar questions about the soundtrack. What the hell, in a strong film about love in the 20s of the last century, shot on a serious novel, does the genre of dubstep music, rap and modern electronic jazz that is fashionable now among young people? Where the hell are the natural double basses, saxophones, trumpets and other attributes of 20s jazz and swing? If this is such a director's idea, in order to please the young generation of viewers for the film, then I do not understand such an impulse.
For a long time you can dig the details of the film for credibility, truthfulness and other things, but I will not do this and try to draw a line under all the above. So, if you want to pass the time perfectly, in the company of friends or girls, chewing popcorn and watching beautiful shots and beautiful actors, then this film is for you. If you smolder a more refined nature and you want to fully taste the plot of the novel in order to later reflect on it, then I advise you to watch the film of 1974, from those times when there was no computer graphics and the shooting of films was treated somehow more responsibly than now.
In general, choose you, but do not forget that this story, in fact, is very bitter, believable-looking and in general - the rich also cry.
May 17, 2013
The film “The Great Gatsby”, is the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, with the participation of such a mastodon of modern cinematography as Leonardo DiCaprio. This fact alone is worth watching this picture, where the famous rich gentleman in the person of the above-mentioned actor, throws in his house (castle) weekly stunning parties, with complete separation and the maximum possible detachment characteristic of that time. Heaps of influencers, celebrities, businessmen and models, twitching to jazz in modern processing and Lana Del Ray, bathing in champagne, debauchery and doing hell knows what. To the question of music, by the way, I must say that the soundtrack was selected as a hell of a great and atmospheric soundtrack, despite the dissonance with the era displayed. Definitely one of the main features of the film.
Returning to the plot: all this for one thing - Gatsby must find his beloved in this "antill", for which everything was started. Isn't that absurd? Probably. But this does not change the fact that the work turned out to be very dramatic and strong. In any case, I think Fitzgerald himself would have approved.
Beautiful scenery, authentic costumes and a pleasant voiceover immerses us from the very beginning in the days before the Great Depression of the 20s. And the beginning was delayed only by its atmosphere - it needed food for thought or some shake-up, which had to wait for a good half of the film. The final was expressive and interesting, flavored with the life-affirming signature of the hero Toby Maguire.
My dream has gone somewhere across the thundering seas and not reach...
Jay Gatsby believed in the green light. He believed in the ephemeral light that melts in the morning.
Gatsby built a perfect world in his dreams, where there are only two - he and Daisy, and there is no room for the rest. But life, as the famous song goes, “it’s not just a May day...” Over the past five years, this story has formed Tom, little Pammy, Nick, Miss Jordan Baker. Live people with their own emotions and passions that did not expect that they would have to fit into someone’s picture of the world. Or fall outside of it.
Daisy Buchanan is a "pretty fool," as she admits. It’s like a lot of shit these days, but God knows what. He loves you too, he doesn't know who. The embodiment of soullessness, along with her husband, breaks people and things like furniture. The main thing is that her little world was whole, and the rest does not matter. But if you look closely, her world is a rotten apple, just slightly touch the skin and that's all, this world is destroyed.
Tom Buchanan is a man of double standards. Does he like Daisy? Good question...
And Nick Carraway? You recognize yourself in him? How often do we become unwilling participants in someone else’s drama and then feel guilty and devastated.
Against the background of luxury of outfits and scenery, this devastation is felt somehow in a special acute way.
P.S. I've seen this movie 3 times, but I think I've only really understood it now. Because I fell in love. After watching the movie, I was scared. We want to dream about what our life can be like.
Gatsby believed in the green light. He believed in the ephemeral light that melts in the morning.
You can't get too carried away with dreams. The dream should lead, not fill the entire space of your world. You have to be able to choose a dream.
I don't know, maybe it's easier to live without a dream. Although that's not possible.
10 out of 10
Dedicated to an unearthly angel with the icy eyes of beautiful eyes.
I read The Great Gatsby five years ago. Not to say that the book surprised me, but rather left me indifferent. I'll leave the details. And then I heard that they filmed the film adaptation, which was praised by most friends. I decided to make sure and see. The film left a rather mixed impression. There was a constant thought that if the Coen brothers had made this film, they would have done better. Especially with such problems as historical authenticity and zeitgeist, they have always coped perfectly. Here most of all caused rejection excessive freedom of reading, editing, bordering on the aesthetics of comics and video clips; an abundance of computer graphics, acid colors which begin to vomit after fifteen minutes of viewing. Yes, a beautiful picture, too perfect and unnatural, and therefore annoying. You might think it was an experiment, a sort of pop adaptation to get as many viewers as possible, and the graphics here were definitely abused. This isn't fantastic, is it? The expected jazz soundtrack was replaced by party hip-hop - idiotic scenes of splashing under modern pop motifs (and this is at least 40% of the total footage). Why? Dramaturgy is generally satisfactory, nothing more. Although the work is not so easy to film.
It's always so exciting to watch a film adaptation of a book you've read. Unfortunately, the film, for all its entertainment, almost does not catch (the book catches more).
Unfortunately, but not to disappointment. The film leaves a neutral impression. To me, it lacks intrigue and a little depth. However, it was fresh and original to add modern music to the stylization of the 20s. How amazingly fit into the “jazz age” Lana Del Rey. And although, in my opinion, Leonardo DiCaprio is not very suitable for the role of Gatsby, having gone through all the actors I know in my imagination, I did not find anyone better.
Of course, you can say that the director grabbed a little with the grotesque parties, but it is for the atmosphere, for the best transfer of that era, in order to show the money invested in the picture. In the end, it can be forgiven, because this is undoubtedly the brightest, most beautiful and spectacular adaptation of the novel.
Heroes, however, except for Nick Caraway, I imagined a little different, and the houses in my imagination were smaller. Well, the director told us his story of the Great Gatsby. And although the film is only slightly different from the original, it is these small details - smoothed out in the film as unimportant - that create a special, more subtle atmosphere in the book.
So what is it about, this story, this book, this movie? The collapse of the American dream, the post-war era, the jazz age? Absolutely. But for me, it will always be a love story. Everything else is just scenery.