I don’t know how to write long reviews with many epithets, metaphors and other beautiful, abstruse words. I just want to say that this film has already been reviewed by me probably 10-15 times since its release, and every time it touches me to the core.
In my opinion, Baz Luhrman was able to reveal and show the character of each character so vividly and diversely that the novel by Scott Fitzgerald (here, forgive me fans of the book) reminded me more of the script for the film, rather than an independent work. The cast is brilliant! And DiCaprio, and Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan – an exact hit in the image.
From playing DiCaprio, I had goosebumps dancing on my skin and rivers of tears flowing from my eyes. Look, facial expressions, intonation, what to say, Actor with a capital letter.
Mulligan-Daisy, who was able to brilliantly play a lost in life mercantile brainless doll that just floats with the flow of life.
Tobey Maguire, played very well, his character was always in sight and is quite an iconic figure in this film.
- Gatsby believed in the green light, the light of an incredible future of happiness, which is pushed back every year. Let it slip away today, no problem — tomorrow we will run even faster, even further stretch our hands. And one beautiful morning... So we try to swim forward, fighting the current, and it demolishes everything and demolishes our ships back in the past.
The Great Gatsby is a beautiful film about love, hope, aspirations, dreams and tragedy. I’m not going to list everything, just watch this movie.
10 out of 10
For a long time I didn’t want to sit down and talk about the movie. And not because there are no good movies, but it just touched the strings of my soul. Before watching the movie, I read the book. The impression she made on me was stunningly depressing. A story of sincere, unreal love and unreal betrayal. After digesting the book, I decided to watch the film and make a general impression.
The film didn’t disappoint and I knew it would. Leonardo DiCaprio, for me, is a truly brilliant actor, my love for him has lasted since the days of Theianic and every time he shakes me with his performance. The film is shot entirely on the book, almost one in one, but the better the film, gives the viewer more emotions, more entertainment, greater scale, helps to better understand the whole meaning of the tragedy of Gatsby, a one-man romance.
The actress was pleased, she seemed not very expressive, spinless, such a light carefree butterfly, but this is what Daisy is in the book. Beautiful, but as a person very ordinary. And the more you experience the futility of Gatsby to return the past, to return love, because our fantasies are always more beautiful than reality.
Separately, I would like to highlight the musical design of the film, especially John Wide’s hit “love iis blindness”. The song just makes me cry.
To be honest, it’s hard to call me objective, I was too imbued with DiCaprio’s book and play, but this love story struck me, a story of love and people – so different, but they are not worth the Great Gatsby.
My comment was too enthusiastic, but isn’t that what books and movies are written for, to awaken the best feelings and emotions in us?
Is there a girl who never dreamed of a prince under a scarlet sail? Even in earlier times, when Greene had not yet written his beautiful fairy tale and the niche of scarlet sails in the collective unconscious was occupied by the more traditional white horse?
And leaving behind the epochal event that completes most fairy tales, often with a feast for the whole world, in extreme cases - with the exchange of rings in the district registry office and dinner in a restaurant with parents, many of those who dreamed of (see above) get their "and they lived happily ever after, and died in one day"?
I won’t say anything seditious if I answer – none! And how many young and not-so-women look back sadly, at the days of waiting for their prince, thinking: wrong, no, wrong chose... The flowering of “Classmates” in zero, cast-iron “foolish” passed through the walls of many marriages that shuddered then, will confirm this quite eloquently.
The girl with a completely Green name Daisy Fay was lucky twice: the prince sailed, and after he showed his frog essence (sorry, this is from another tale), the beautiful far from youth sent her a gray-eyed king. This is a good thing, of course not.
Look, girls, a movie about love and about the fact that we always get what deep down we want.
P.S. It's a very good movie.
You have to be able to leave the past in the past.
I haven’t read the book, so I can’t compare it to the movie. And maybe my impression would be completely different. So don't judge harshly.
“The Great Gatsby” is an incredibly beautiful film about the events that occur in the 20s of the last century, and the main character of them is Gatsby himself. But if you expect to see the story from his face, then alas. The person who tells us the story is a friend (or friend) of the main character, Nick. And Gatsby himself, whom we see, is an image through the eyes of the narrator. And this is very interesting, in my opinion, when the viewer recognizes the hero not from the inside, sees the whole story not directly, but through the “mediator”, so to speak. A clearer and more truthful view is formed, you can adequately assess and characterize the main character. At the same time, there remains a certain mystery of Gatsby, an understatement, we do not fully know the reasons why he became what he is, this is his feature that beckons. And no one in the film knows what is true about the main character, and what is not, who he is, where he came from. Absolutely nothing.
But the reason why Gatsby's usual, inconspicuous neighbor-- Nick, has been noticed by such an important person that everyone is talking about, was related to Daisy, a cousin. Under other circumstances, these two would never have spoken a word. And to get to know him, Jay Gatsby invites him to one of the parties he throws every day, and no one can figure out why. And it's all for Daisy, so she can just drop by for a minute, so he can see her for a moment. At first, I was struck by such devotion, because the heroine was already married and it was a long time since the last meeting of Jay and Dase. And the hero doesn't even ask questions: What if she stopped loving me? he's sure she loved him all the time, what if she couldn't leave her husband to be with me? And these are the scenes where they spend time together when Daisy goes to him in secret. This interior is his castle. God, it's really chic, incredibly romantic and beautiful. Even for a moment you fall out of reality and think, “How do you live after this movie?” But Gatsby's love for Daisy is incredibly blind, he doesn't realize that what happened between them is already in the past. And the best way out of this situation is to leave everything as it is, and in general, to leave as far as possible. Give yourself a chance to love again, rather than holding on to your illusions. Especially to cherish and cherish the one for which you are only a toy, a way of distraction. I guess Daisy's not capable of strong feelings. She's used to comfort. In my eyes, this heroine is a wasteland, which is not very beautiful. And she was able to find a similar, superficial, immoral husband. They only know how to use people, suck everything they need out of them, and throw it away, because there is no benefit from these new victims now.
I think until the end, you too will secretly dream of such love and devotion. But it will be so until you see what such love can do to a person.
One of the features of this picture is that the music you will hear is not a typical song of the 20s; it is modern hits that bring the events of that time closer to the 21st century. Interesting move, isn't it?
What will certainly please you is, of course, the “picture” itself, that is, the scenery, the performance of the actors, the quality of the shooting – all this is just at the top. One organ at Gatsby Castle is worth it! And the landscape in which the heroes live is just a fairy tale! But for the viewer to see all the beauty, this idyll in the film is contrasted with the dirty and depraved New York. So the contrast becomes even more delineated, and we can understand that Gatsby lives in the world of his dreams and does not want to be in reality.
Leonardo DiCaprio is always a master of his craft. Only he could have played that role. In my opinion, he is very keen to play roles with such a psychological load. So DiCaprio is another reason to watch The Great Gatsby.
This is an amazing film that personally managed to teach me to leave the past in the past, not to try to make it your future; to understand that blind, crazy love is not something worth dreaming about.
9 out of 10
Based on my recent observations, The Great Gatsby, and in general, all the work of the American writer F. S. Fitzgerald, increasingly attracts attention. The new adaptation of “Gatsby” was much fancied by its scope: chicly depicted New York of the 20s and its parties, carefully selected costumes and music, star cast and, of course, director Baz Luhrman, who has already worked in a similar style on the film “Moulin Rouge”.
However, not everyone liked the film adaptation and even the novel itself. The adjective “great” is foreign to Gatsby. Jay Gats (one of the variants of surnames) fell in love with a girl named Daisy, soon had to break up, but wrote her letters, all that. He regularly squanders money throwing his rampant parties, his business and past are unkind rumors. In addition, Gatsby lives with dreams of the future and remnants of the past, but not the true present. Controversial, however, greatness...
But there are huge arguments that will cross out the image of Gatsby as an image of a naive, weak-willed major. Watch how stubbornly he goes to his dreams. From a poor family, he builds a profitable dangerous business; without education, he acquires resourceful intelligence and manners; he never gives up and is ready to fight to the last. Are there so many people with such data that Gatsby’s character and abilities are unimportant? And finally, look at love from Gatsby’s point of view, eternal, ascended, unshakable. This is truly a great love, hence the greatness of Gatsby.
Let's go back to the movie. I respect the Luhrmann base - the film adaptation is pleasant to watch and the dialogue is filled with meaning. True, the timing could be slightly reduced, but the climax and denouement are juicy and dynamic. Leonardo DiCaprio, who played the main role, strongly imbued with the image of Gatsby, which was evident in his unsurpassed play. I also wanted to mention Joel Edgarton.
And finally:
It was hard to even think that the atmosphere of the age of jazz is so suitable modern dance music. The soundtracks of Lana del Rey, Jack White, Florence Welsh, the XX I listened to holes, for which a fabulous compliment.
I definitely advise everyone to taste the greatness of Gatsby masterfully conveyed in this film.
8 out of 10
According to the famous novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, in 2013, another adaptation of The Great Gatsby was filmed for new generations who have never heard of this story. The film undoubtedly attracted colossal attention, because the main role of Gatsby is played by the audience's favorite Leonardo DiCaprio. The budget of the film is huge, the trailer and poster were beautiful and tempting, so it is difficult not to watch this movie. But to be honest, I expected a little more from this film, something deep and incredible, but it turned out something bright and colorful.
In 1922, a hero named Nick travels from the Midwest to New York City. He settles in one cozy house, and next to him lives a mysterious millionaire named Gatsby. He is famous for his parties, where everyone gathers. Soon Nick meets Gatsby, and finds out that he is in love with his cousin for many years. Before us is a love story, a story of wealth and loneliness, a story of dreams and tragic accidents.
This film captivates with its colors and all the surroundings. We see spectacular parties, dresses, costumes, luxury, a sea of champagne and beautiful girls. It all looks with eyes wide open. But behind all this lies the sad love story of Jam Gatsby. Watching this movie, I kept thinking, can there really be so much love in a millionaire who could have it all? Or was he just a dreamer? His love for a clean and sweet girl was all-consuming, and he could not think of anything else. That kind of love is beautiful, and if it's true, Gatsby's story is inspiring.
Well, what modern actor could play Gatsby now, if not Leonardo DiCaprio? He's an actor from God, and he always plays clean, as if he lives his every role. He is the heart of this film, and all the scenes with him will laugh with great interest. For the role of a girl in which a millionaire was in love, a bunch of famous actresses were considered, and this role got Carey Mulligan. I think that was the right decision. She played exactly as you imagine a heroine when you read a novel. I also wanted to draw attention to the fact that the song “Young and beautiful” was just perfect for the film, and every time you remember this film adaptation, immediately on hearing this beautiful and subtle song.
The film is definitely worth seeing once, but I insist the film lacked some more depth. Everything looked spectacular and beautiful, but something was missing, some more drama and truth. It's a movie like a beautiful cover, but it lacked power and a little bit of different direction.
“The Great Gatsby” is a costume drama with a taste of the melodrama directed by Base Luhrmann about a famous and beautiful novel. The movie turned out to be large-scale and colorful, but seeing it, you feel a certain dissatisfaction and desire for something more. In any case, the game DiCaprio was chic, which is what gives the film charm.
7 out of 10
The sunset burned. Lana del Rey sang sweetly about her youth and threatened to part, the camera soared to the tops of skyscrapers, diamonds crumbled across pleated hems, champagne beat against the walls of glasses, and the audience sighed at times when love was more loveable, and cars shone brighter glossy sides, striving along one endless track to something meaningful distance. Dreams, illusions, youth, innocence, voluminous dawns, juicy night views - Fitzgerald's novel is beckoningly cinematic, and Luhrmann's film is frighteningly moist. A tearful cacophony, acid-colored pools and berths with the same beacon, we are squeezed to a state where it will no longer matter what the camera meaningfully describes the next circle there for the twentieth time - just to cry for pleasure, feel the languor from the deftly presented love affair and weep again. He like Nosferatu looms in the openings of Gothic turrets, stands with a glass in the middle of a roaring crowd, and she shines with sad eyes, remembers the past little and not always, and suffers very much - either because she has money, or because they are not enough for such cool silk shirts, but, devil knows - about money-money and some social background all suddenly remember at the very end and bad, and before that, the Statists only seemed to be full of money, and everyone seemed to be comfortable. Only the narrator with us is a little stupidly staring at these strange rich people and sprinkling from somewhere on top of confetti.
Live happily, die young - this conventionally calcified translation is no more meaningful than Luhrmann's deep research. In 2001, the Cannes Film Festival opened his "Moulin Rouge," with Montmartre lined up in Sydney, shaken by a cocktail of David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, Placido Domingo and Spanish tango, elephants, sequins and the melancholy Ewan McGregor. “Gatsby” is not so eclectic, but much more unbridled, tasteless and militant. Blossoming between the two world wars, Art Deco here turns to the camera one side, then the other, calls 3D effects, and turns into a continuous kitsch. From the Australian filmmaker and did not expect a cute illustration, only variety, only with the notorious elephants, feathers and production of the series “you did not cry even on the Titanic” (somewhere there ran one DiCaprio). The problem is that Fitzgerald’s short novel is so visually written out that it seems that any film adaptations are completely contraindicated: anyone will still cling to heartbreaking dialogue, recreate unbridled luxury and finally bury himself under vulgarity. That is exactly what the new “Great Gatsby” has become, more like some “Gatsby + Daisy”, a directorial stamp of unthinkable size, where the slow mo is enthusiastically shoved into episodes of varying degrees of disgust, a poster with giant glasses comes out on every corner and a boomerang returns again and again, and finally spitting on at least a visible correspondence of form to the content of Lurman gives such a vacuous mess that it is called stylish or at the worst innovative, the language simply does not turn. It's just a core pop, where the design has pushed everything that Nick didn't mumble clearly enough in the original and that doesn't have to do with the he-she-shirt love triangle.
But still, Luhrman is persuasive. At least occasionally, when he does not try to squeeze a stingy audience tear and completely gives himself to insane postmodern dances in the mansion, on the street and in general around the world - this is, at least, sincere and from the heart. And even want for a moment to succumb to provocation, joining the charmed ladies of all ages, to which a melodramatic exaltation pulls through the screen. Only this desire is momentary, because in the film about the age of jazz there is not a hint of a jazz motif, and good actors are forced in the midst of some kind of beauty to stand up in ridiculous poses, freeze and hold pauses, tangled in bloated white curtains and swollen with the importance of the romantic line, however, not enough to attach to her cool metal Oscar. Mr. Baz does not know how to speak at all, not only in a half-whisper, but simply in an adequate voice - he only screams, and every book contact with his fingers becomes a hot hug, a hot hug - a bed scene, a bed scene - a drunken orgy, a swaying curtain - a circus du Soleil, and clenched fists - a muzzle. Nick Carraway constantly resonates, but his phrases are only enough for a dozen quotes, peeled and attached to gifs in tumblr blogs. Yes, the subtlety of the original source can be seen even through the heap of tinsel and fake jewelry, but there is no escape from the differences in the attitude of the writer and director. And the green ray flashes with a pinching symbol at the beginning, but in a series of endless self-repeats it will become only like a white fever.
The Great Gatsby: How I fell in love with Francis and rejected Baz
To view this creation prepared himself for a long time morally. I definitely did not intend to see worse than the novel itself, because the original source did not impress at the time. And so, inspired by the delights of the audience (mostly young, who had never heard of the novel) coming out of the cinema halls, I did it. I saw...
I saw something that made me very disappointed. Well, why is everyone so excited after watching? The 3D effect? “What else do we need? Bread and circuses! In fact, this gave Baz Luhrmann, not going far from his 2001 hit “Moulin Rouge”. Here only his green fairy was not enough for a complete entourage.
What could be expected from the fifth film adaptation of the American classic, which so begs for it, but so hard to move from page to screen? Luhrmann did everything he could. If you try to abstract from Fitzgerald’s novel, you can see the faint shadow of the once great films of Hollywood. And this is commendable, because now it is rarely noticeable such a scale.
From the epochal, full of hints and omissions, the novel “The Age of Jazz” we get a blanket in tinsel, behind which there is absolutely nothing – zero. Some semblance of cabaret, burlesque and variety theater moved from the Moulin Rouge in the 20s to New York to one of its fashionable areas of the “golden coast” of Long Island. Nick Carraway cries into the shirt of his psychoanalyst a few years after the events. The diagnosis of alcoholism has already been made, and in the role of the novice writer from the Middle Fuse Toby McGuire is still visible that pimple teenager climbing the walls.
Nick visits his infantile married cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan) and finds himself in a world of luxury, desire and a dream so close that it’s worth extending a hand. Although all this is just a shell of a soap bubble, which sooner or later will burst from sloppy movement, Nick stubbornly does not notice it. He meets his mysterious "indefinite age" neighbor, who rolls a soiree on a wide foot every weekend. Here our hero with the habits of a voyeur learns the tragedy and the shadow of sadness that are hidden in the soul of Jay Getsby.
Of course, Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is fertile ground for lovers of “twisting” in a large way. The film adaptation of 2013 came out really full of gloss, shocking flappers, sham scenery and the same feelings. But it is the feelings paid the minimum attention from what could be carved out of 140 minutes of this viscous, like sweet sugar gum, ribbon. We get a story about the life of the amoral American bohemian during the “dry law” under the Voblov dubstep. The budget of the film was divided accordingly between technicians and costumers.
The melancholy novel about the swords and hopes of the nouveau riche, who chases a fragile image of his beloved, turned into a cliché and absurd tragicomedy with recognizable and sold faces. There was an obvious overkill with an attempt to quote the novel in the frame, for Di Kaprievkoye “old”, which sounded no less in two and a half hours than flashing colorful, like feathers of parrots, toilets of then ladies, cut not the ears, but the cerebellum. Yes, and the notorious “green light” is quite tired, appearing in the frame with an enviable frequency (could have paid a fee to allocate a lantern, he became a full-fledged hero of the film). And, of course, the eyes of Dr. Ecklberg, with pupils a meter. Luhrmann is clearly “battling”: these are only auxiliary details that reveal the intricacies of the story, and not the crutches that the Australian director piled on in an attempt to be identical to the original source.
But it is worth giving credit to the picture that turned out: to remove such a luxurious and believable mansions, using only chromakey and computer graphics, is worth praise. But Base can only be scolded. The Australian deceived us by slipping instead of the expected fragile drama unfolding to the distant whistling of fireworks and the roar of music, a noisy scrap of circus masquerade with horses and poodles, where the curtains in the hall are inflated not by a light breeze walking between windows, but a whole tornado that tears the fabric to the beat of an endless wob-wob. And that's almost 3 hours. “Can't the past be brought back? Of course you can! (tagline) - No, Baz. You can't.
4 out of 10
Gatsby may not have been the Great, but his love certainly was.
It's very difficult to write reviews of movies like The Great Gatsby because it's all said. However, I still decided to write this review.
In order not to give you the impression that I am biased, I will say that I read the book, and it made absolutely no impression on me. An ordinary, rather boring novel. That is why only Leonardo DiCaprio and just amazing soudtracks forced me to go to the film. The film was so good that I was only able to taste all its beauty the next day after watching it.
Baz Luhrman managed to tell this story in a way that touched even the most callous person. Everything is perfect to the smallest detail: the cast, the script, the scenery, the soundtracks (which I will not tire of paying my respects)... For the main character you worry so much that you cry and laugh with him. Leo DiCaprio, as always, is simply divine, he completely withstood this image, the image of the ideal and loving Jay Gatsby.
Is it possible to bring back the past? Gatsby was wrong. Nope.
Restraint in judgment is a guarantee of inexhaustible hope.
This is one of the few times the film has jumped the book. Despite the fact that “The Great Gatsby”, I consider my most favorite literary work.
It’s a movie that’s just useless to talk about, because words can’t describe the grandeur and pomposity of what Baz Luhrmann managed to create. I have never seen a more beautiful picture in cinema. At the highest level, every technical aspect: shooting, staging, director’s work, acting, costumes, dancing and a separate mansion here is Music. She's gorgeous! And let those who say that many compositions do not correspond to time be silent. Yes, they are all modern, but damn it, they are so harmoniously blended into the atmosphere of this holiday that to reproach the creators of the film does not turn the tongue.
A word about Mr. Gatsby. I didn’t like DiCaprio all my life and was very upset when I found out that my favorite literary hero would be played by him. But after the first scene with the appearance of Leo and his smile, I realized that I forever fell in love with the work of this great actor.
I’ve seen this movie 7 times and always with different people. After watching it, I asked everyone what the movie was about. And I got 7 completely different answers. For girls, most often this story is about the love of a chic man to an unworthy woman. For guys, this is, for the most part, the story of the formation of a personality – a kind of “mud to princes”. Someone has noted that here the greatest emphasis is on the division of the aristocracy and the middle class. And it is wonderful that in 2 hours the director managed to touch on and highlight so many problems and tell so many stories in this film. Such a beautiful and intelligent movie is a rarity in our time.
I recommend this film to everyone and everyone. First, for the sake of incredible aesthetic pleasure, and secondly, to find something in the film and draw the appropriate conclusions from it.
P.S. He will definitely read the book, gentlemen. Perhaps you will fall in love with literature after it, as happened to me.
10 out of 10
This is a story about a poor guy who dreamed of breaking out of poverty, of a better life. Fate once gave him such a chance. Every person can have a moment in life when you can change your life, go on one of the proposed roads. You just have to not miss it and make the right choice. The main character was given this choice. He began to “write” his own fate, past and future. But one day he met her. Realizing that without her he can achieve everything he wanted, he decides to leave her. It is not that this decision was given to him with ease, and he did not hesitate to give up love for the sake of respect, money and position in society, but it was made.
A few years later, he became what he was. There were legends about him, which he often spread. It was all about getting her back to the moment they broke up. He truly believed that it was possible to fix everything. But life does not stand still and while he went his way, and she went her own. She has a family, a daughter. It would seem that here you can correct and return when life does not stand still and you have to destroy something or again lose what has already been lost.
Ultimately, it is up to her to decide what to do, who to choose and who to lose. She has a lot to lose. She didn't choose him. This choice was also not easy, but it was natural. He made a name, a fortune, and he had “friends” who disappeared as soon as he was gone.
Any choice in life entails certain consequences, sometimes irreversible. Especially if we don’t just decide our fate. We don’t always understand this, but when we make a decision, we still have a choice. And the one whose fate is connected with us, this choice no longer exists and he has to live as we have decided.
8 out of 10
The fifth film adaptation of Fitzgerald’s textbook American novel is like a flash of multicolored fireworks in the sky of cinema. This is an exciting reading of the literary classics of the past century, reflected through the poetic prism of the vision of Australian Baz Luhrmann. And just as Nick Carraway’s simple house with a light hand and a thick Gatsby purse turns into a luxurious flowering greenhouse, so Fitzgerald’s novel turned into a kaleidoscope of lights and a cascade of postmodern variations of retrosuits. The bizarre fantasy moves uncontrollably in a rhythmic mix of jazz and hip-hop, dragging the viewer into a grand carnival with an accented connection of the beginnings of two centuries. Don't look here for historical reconstructions and traditional emblems roaring in the 20s. In many ways verbatim to the original text, this visualized lubricated film adaptation with its aesthetics intermarried with the most chic masalas of Bollywood. The words of the novel literally come to life here. Written by hand and typed on a typewriter by Nick, they swim into three-dimensional space, gaining the ability to change shape, size, color. Words soar, flutter, swirl in snowflakes and break up into separate symbols, then approaching, then floating into the distance. This expressionist method, supplemented by layering of frames, turns the action into a charming cinematic poem.
A soft retouch of the self-irony of the main characters hides the sharpness of unambiguous anti-capitalist hints and at the same time allows you to play new faces of meaning. Gatsby’s phrase, “Tell him that you have always loved only me,” is so intrusively repeated that it turns into an obvious mockery bordering on farce. The background, entourage and drawing of the hidden forces that launched the mechanism of the development of dramatic events, becomes more important than the attractive beauty of romance. After all, the amorous component itself is banal. But the idea of an unusually sensitive and simply extraordinary nature, which has no place in a world mired in immorality and indifference to other people's problems, does not exist. At the same time, even Gatsby’s clothes, accessories and cars with their striking combination of elements of style and tastelessness work on the image of a person from a number of outs. The monstrous collective organism, abstractly and safely called the social environment, does not want to tolerate a foreign individual within itself. And he will not hesitate to destroy it, along the way smearing and making the poor fellow a posthumous pariah. Human nature is internally flawed and, having fallen into conditions close to Paradise abundance, begins to rapidly decompose to a quasi-demonic state.
New York, this multifaceted ultra-dynamic metropolis is another equal hero of history. The steel-concrete creation of the mind and hands of men is reflected as in a magic mirror, grotesquely refracting reality into a festive extravaganza of color and sound. A city with a triple body and a dual soul, falling in love with itself, poisoning the mind and soul. In it, you can simultaneously be a participant in the thick of events, and an outside observer. A golden mirage bogged down in the unrestrained pursuit of money and the pleasures bought with it. Its inhabitants were having fun and partying in the imperceptible anticipation of the Great Depression. And even the gloomy neighborhood of the valley of Schlak - this piece of hell that broke through the depths of the earth to the surface, could not sober them. But it was in this valley on the old billboard that one could find a look strikingly reminiscent of the divine in its sad pervasiveness. Fatuma is particularly strong in this place. Devil's City with Angel Face. A place where nouveau richi, a careless aristocrat, an arrogant snob, a vulgar immoral maid and an inconspicuous slag man converge. Their destinies were touched and whirled by the whim of an urban whirlwind, which turned some to dust and carried away others further by the wind of carelessness.
Gatsby’s life was like a meteorite. Suddenly appearing above the horizon, he drew a bright stripe in the dark sky of New York and sank into eternity. He was a lone wanderer in the world of clothing fetishism and the cult of idle pleasures. Getz turned into Gatsby, achieved fabulous wealth, made acquaintances in the highest circles of society. He became the owner of a colossal mansion full of splendor and comfort. He arranged the most stunning parties with fashionable music, fireworks, a sea of champagne, waterfalls of multi-colored sequins and the rampant immoral unbridledness of homosapient creatures. Real feasts of Trimalchion in the castle of earthly pleasures. Fortune gave the guy from the people his cornucopia, but the parks, hiding the golden thread, laughing, suddenly cut it. The carnival ended with a dream requiem. All achievements in an instant turned house of cards, which swept the first unforeseen impulse. Dreaming in a dream and reality about a wonderful creature simply cannot incarnate into a beauty of flesh and blood, spoiled for free money, sticky attention of fans and excessive luxury around. Trying to bring back the past is like a distant green light. You can pull your hands as much as you like through the twilight, fog, space and time, but it will still remain out of reach.
Well, finally, and my exhausted sleepless night review.
I am a biased viewer because I am a fan of Fitzgerald, it is difficult to please me. “The Great Gatsby” I sucked to the bones, I love this autumn-sad, full of hopelessness and at the same time cozy peace work. It has mystery, love and money, the magic of words and atmosphericity. Lurman's good for me. If I don’t like it, I respect directors with their own unique handwriting. Some, like Gilliam and Bertolucci, we didn’t make friends, but it’s the raisins, the style that I respect in any gesture of the characters. I love and respect Luhrman. He knows how to be a fairy tale and vice versa. Now for the movie.
It was as if I had been tipped over by a basket of colorful tinsel, bathed in bright garlands, given a sip of champagne, and then quietly admitted that there was no Santa Claus. The three dashing horses suffered from the very beginning, moving to the end on a light lynx, but at the same time the heart did not stop beating frantically and the feeling of flight and weightlessness still beats in the temples. Dynamic, poignant, luxurious, shameless, grotesque on the verge of foul - such I could not imagine Gatsby. It was an era when people went crazy, falling into insane euphoria, knowing that in 10 minutes they would be overwhelmed by a tsunami wave and it would no longer matter if someone walked naked on the bar. The film is coolest framed by modern rhythms, the beloved BacktoBlack covered Bions, organically inscribed hip-hop as if born here in the 30s, in this haze of cigarette smoke and the delicious smell of “green”... Who is Jay Gatsby? Schuler, a hopeless romantic, a guy shirt or just a ghost living in his Gothic castle stuffed with expensive junk? I think Gatsby is a man who was not there in his time. He tried to look up to stupid cynical slackers, fell in love with an empty porcelain doll that put weight in society above love. He could not buy friends, the only witness to his endless loneliness was a random man, sensitive but powerless. In the finale, I confess, a man’s tear slid down his cheek, and so did the sobs of my sensitive friend. I didn’t feel so sad and devastated even after Juan Antonio Bayona’s unrealistically terrifying “The Impossible.”
DiCaprio could be said to have grown up in front of my eyes, first wearing a Titanic jersey and then witnessing a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Incredible game. The rage clutched in cheek-playing gums, the look turning to stone and the fear of being rejected - Leo did it playfully. Well-chosen for the role of the enchanting fool Daisy Carey Mulligan, the stunning “just a polo player” Joel Edgerton, and even Toby McGuire with the face of the toad pleased me at the expense of the others. Elector and Nirvana.
Look, do not regret two hours, try to solve the mystery of the great unfortunate Jay Gatsby.
Paphos, dynamism and play with colors, instead of the atmosphere and spirit of the era.
The movie “The Great Gatsby” left a very mixed impression on me. The picture turned out to be very strange: the storyline of the book in the film was not interpreted and shown in detail, which is a plus, but the spirit and atmosphere of that time are completely absent - in my opinion, the most significant drawback of the film, it is this detail that spoils the entire film adaptation. Baz Luhrman made a real stupidity: suddenly imagined that it was not worth concentrating on the 20s of the last century. Therefore, in the “age of jazz”, instead of jazz, we hear in general it is not clear what to do. Yes, as soon as it occurred to Luhrmann people living in America at the beginning of the 20th century, to make dance to some hip-hop or club music; such absurdity, to put it mildly, is very embarrassing, and the famous Gatsby parties are so generally stuporous - so unreal and pathetic, anyone who read the book imagined it in a completely different way. Further, our director suddenly forgets that he is filming a drama, and for some reason fills the film with some dynamics, such as a fast ride, these mentioned frenzied parties and the like, which distracts the viewer from the experiences of the characters, thickening attention on these bright dynamic pictures, and in fact it is the concentration on the heroes of Fitzgerald that is the main thing, Gatsby’s pursuit of his dream, his feelings and tragedy, well, and of course this essay about New York of the 20s, which, as I said, in this film, is devoted to almost zero attempts at this computer era, and does not look at the beginning of the film.
In my opinion, the film pulls the play of DiCaprio, Leonardo coped well (but only well!) with such a difficult role. I won’t say bad about the rest of the game, but the actors could open up much better if the creators of this film without laziness worked on secondary characters. Despite these shortcomings, for a live film still hurt me, made me think.
In a great book, it is possible to make an equally great movie, in this case the opportunity is missed. It could be a truly praiseworthy film adaptation, could be such a serious and interesting drama, which is the book. But because of the commercial calculations of the creators to simplify the film in order to capture a large audience (and of course large box office), it turns out to be a bad adaptation, not worthy of high ratings, but also I can not evaluate this creation too low, because I still feel some sympathy for the film.
7 out of 10
It is impossible to bring back the past. Of course it is.
A hysterical extravaganza of colors - this is how I would characterize the atmosphere of F. S. Fitzgerald's work "The Great Gatsby", which was tried to recreate the director Baz Luhrman. It is clear what else to expect from the director of such a picture as Moulin Rouge, for which he was even nominated for an Oscar. In my opinion, The Great Gatsby is the same Moulin Rouge... only from another era in another country. A lot of tinsel and similar decorations.
Before watching the movie, I didn’t set out to compare whether it was a movie or a book. Either way, the answer will be obvious. I was wondering whether the film will be a worthy adaptation or will become another Hollywood mass product based on a famous manuscript to attract even more attention.
And, to my greater regret (I like Leonardo DiCaprio movies a priori), with complete disappointment I noted from the very first minutes that the inappropriate dynamics of the change of frames, sharp scrolling of close-ups, photoshopped landscapes and characters, absolutely falling out of the overall picture of the sound series did their job - I am not delighted with the film. The latter, of course, especially cut the ears, so the sound was not in the topic. What is hip-hop in the Roaring Twenties?
On the other hand, if we take into account the opinion that "Baz Luhrman decided to equate the era of that time with ours, draw parallels of the past and the future, thus embodying the main idea of the novel - the desire to return the past to the present", then modern arrangement will not be convenient.
Then the question arises – is it a film adaptation of the book or an independent film based not on the work, but on a purely personal vision of the director? Baz, decide.
However, most of all, I was struck by how superficially revealed the characters, the complete lack of causality of the actions of the characters and literally chewed the meaning of the “green light”. I will not enter into discussions about the deep meaning of the work, blind faith in a dream, the danger of excessive illusions, meaningless hopes, the tragedy of love and the collapse of the human soul. None of these problems the director did not solve in the film, and descended to a detailed show of banal parties with subsequent consequences and love triangles.
When you decide to play such a role, such an iconic character in the literary world, you need to understand that the viewer will not always agree with your interpretation, "" - says Leonardo. Of course, Leo, you are right, but everything has a measure.
Speaking of his favorite. To be honest, in my opinion, this is not the strongest role of Leonardo DiCaprio. Moreover, after watching the film, I had the impression that he cheated - inappropriate smiles, grins, awkward movements ... It happens that you watch a film with his participation and experience the emotions and feelings of his hero, as your own, honestly, but in this case I want to say: “I do not believe!”
Still, I would like to note the game Joel Edgerton (aka Tom Buchanan) - one hundred percent hit. He was perfect for the role of a kind of villain-gulyak husband, spoiled by a careless lifestyle. The rest of the actors are background, especially not remembered.
In conclusion, I want to say that the Great Gatsby, in my opinion, is one of the most unsuccessful adaptations (or interpretations?) of the book by a famous writer. If you haven’t read the book, you might like it – the film is bright, dynamic, not particularly burdensome, of course, drawn out, but bearable. If you have read the book, you will not be disappointed. It is worth seeing only for general development and, of course, handsome Leonardo DiCaprio.
A fan of Leonardo DiCaprio and Fitzgerald himself, so perhaps my opinion will not be so objective, although I do not understand how it was possible not to feel the atmosphere of the time, the acting, the spirit of the film itself, and most importantly, how it was impossible to understand why Jay Gatsby was truly a great man.
First of all, this is a film about humanity, about friendship, cynicism, carelessness, betrayal, and finally about how much a person can be blind when wearing pink glasses of passionate and at the same time cruel love.
All lovers of cruel reality and drama definitely need to see the picture.
The production is beautiful, bright, eccentric, I would even call it jazz-drive.
I ask everyone to pay attention to the costumes, every detail has been thought out, emphasizing the image of each of the characters - what to say here, they know what they gave an Oscar for.
For me, the main intrigue was the very appearance of Jay Gatsby on the screen. All the characters talked about him (Gatsby, what Gatsby? no one ever saw Gatsby!), questioned, looked, searched, but no one had any idea who he was. Everyone was content only with some guesses, rumors and their own considerations. And then... suddenly, spectacularly and most importantly, the appearance of the beloved Leo (Gatsby) occurs. He appears as if from nowhere, from the crowd, noise, fun to the sound notes of Cliff Springer, drawing his silhouette against the backdrop of an incredibly beautiful fireworks.
And then, of course, you need to watch, you will not regret it!
The desire at the beginning of the film to watch until the end is high. Fitzgerald’s book, which is based on the film, I have not read. The desire to read is weak, since the plot is quite linear, and knowing what will be in the end affects the choice in favor of other books where curiosity is not yet satisfied.
The ideological content of the film did not leave any moral or emotional experience. The belief that history is not real. Although the book may explain how Gatsby learned that his neighbor knew his beloved girlfriend; why in the end the love of his life turned away from him, since it is difficult to believe that mutual feelings disappeared due to the emotional breakdown of Getsby. It's not clear why Gatsby kept wanting to change the past when he had everything in the present, even new-found love. The idea that Gatsby has a unique quality of hope, enthusiasm and faith is voiced by his neighbor, which you don’t come to in the process of watching a movie. At the beginning, it says that no one knows about Gatsby, it turns out that everyone knows, and it is not disclosed why no one came to the funeral except for a neighbor, and if this was fraught with suspicion of complicity, it is not clear why the neighbor continued to work for a financial company.
At the beginning of the film, the narrator intrigued that there was a time of financial euphoria, when money flowed and society consumed, leaving nothing / creating in return. But what this leads to is not clear, the torment of conscience on this topical issue the film does not leave. And it is not clear why and with whom the narrator slept, being a responsible employee. If you are alone in grief, the reasons are not clear.
The desire to watch the film is not.
A masterpiece of world literature, the calling card of one of the best authors of the XX century Francis Scott Fitzgerald, an ode to romance and at the same time the quintessence of vice and decay. This is a book, but what about the movie?
In any film adaptation, The Great Gatsby is no exception, the director faces the temptation to make his own adjustments to the original plot. In some cases, we can say that the film is in an unacceptable divergence from the book, loses the original idea and morality. This is definitely not the case.
The film captures attention from the first seconds and does not relieve tension until the very end. Bright colors, stunning music, chic women, life in the American dream and all this in contrast to the dirty gray reality of the era. You can point out that the film is too categorical, too contrasting. If Gatsby is in love, his love is so strong that it justifies his whole unclean existence, if Carraway is emotionally shaken, he goes to a psychiatrist. All this only emphasizes the differences in the perception of the film and the book, but does not beg for the final impression.
The main merit of the work, in my opinion, is that it shows the power and danger of illusions. Who's Gatsby? He is rich, thousands know him (do they know him?), everyone wants to get into his environment, he is on everyone’s lips, a legend, a “great” man. But what is behind the exterior splendor? How did he achieve wealth and fame, is he happy, what does he want? None of the thousands of people know or care about it. When people come to his house, they do not come to his master, but only to his name. It is the masterful transfer of all the above (thanks to the actors and the director) that makes the film a masterpiece.
P.S. Green light, one of the brightest literary images ever created, symbolizing hope, a bright future, a dream, is shown in the film in an unforgettable beautiful way.
10 out of 10
I still do not understand how I feel about the new adaptation of Fitzgerald’s novel. For quite a long time, confusing and contradictory thoughts did not want to add up to the text – just like the narrative itself. Undoubtedly, it's a beautiful movie. Too beautiful, too talented done, but it has a vague relation to the novel itself. Although the storyline is carefully preserved.
It's probably not about Fitzgerald, it's about Luhrmann, it's about commercial cinema that entertains and shocks. Yes, “The Great Gatsby” by Luhrmann amazes with the power of fantasy, music, decorative sweep. It’s a great movie that is worth seeing at least once. But this film only vaguely resembles the original.
And I don't really know, maybe the movie and the book can live in parallel: a novel about lost love and a narcissistic movie. In any case, Luhrmann's film is breathtakingly beautiful, and that is its undeniable virtue.
This wonderful film I wanted to see for two main reasons: 1) Here is my favorite actor from a distant childhood - the legendary Leonardo DiCaprio; 2) It was shot based on the famous novel of the same name by Francis Scott Fitzgerald - "The Great Gatsby"!
In general, I have always been amazed by films based on novels or stories by such great writers as Bulgakov - "The Master and Margarita", Stendhal - "Red and Black", Dostoevsky - "Crime and Punishment", etc. You kind of compare your imagination to the imagination and vision of a certain director or writer. In this case, we encounter the imagination of director Baz Luhrmann.
Briefly about the plot:
I really liked the production of the film, the storyline is very exciting. The main character - Jay Gatsby, a pupil of Oxford, a former officer, is currently one of the richest and most elegant people in America. He loves a charming girl named Daisy (played by the charming Cary Mulligan). But the problem is that she has been married for 5 years to Mr. Tom Buchanan. For 5 years, the wonderful sentimental romantic Jay Gatsby has been throwing jazz parties in the hope that one of them will be visited by Daisy, the girl he left without a trace, and then accidentally wrote a letter right before his marriage to Buchanan. He loved her at first sight. He believed that the past could be changed. He was a kind, sympathetic and naive sentimental romantic who simply dreamed of loving and being loved with the girl of his dreams he once passionately kissed. It is not for nothing that he built a house just opposite Daisy’s house, so romantic to constantly go to the pier and admire the light that constantly burned near Daisy’s house on the other side. Any girl could just dream of such a person who can love so passionately and sincerely. Daisy was the meaning of his life. And how beautifully picks up the romantic wave of the song of my favorite American singer "Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful". Gatsby was ready to love the charming and innocent Daisy all his life until his death. He would love her even when she stopped being young and beautiful, young and beautiful. He was ready to take a star from the sky for her, move mountains, conquer the whole world, for for him Daisy is the whole world.
But unfortunately, you can't bring back the past. Daisy's already married. And this husband is not worthy to be her husband, because he cheats on her with his wife of the gas service. And Gatsby's only friend in this vicious world, who is involved in the passions of rich people - Nick Carraway, trying to get rich on American bonds, helps organize the long-awaited meeting with Daisy after 5 years. Nick is the person you can always rely on. That’s what you need to appreciate friends who don’t need anything from you. They are selfless and not at all mercantile. They appreciate you for being in their lives. Who will never tell anything, but will only keep your, for them, other people's secrets.
Gatsby unfortunately fails to realize his dream. His lifelong dream is to be with Daisy and live in the luxurious mansion he built for her. He'd better have agreed to run away with her when he had the chance. Such opportunities should not be missed. After all, she offered him to escape, but he wanted to live with her in his luxurious house. Due to difficult circumstances, Daisy knocks the wife of the same mechanic and gas station owner to death, thereby setting Gatsby up and making him guilty. While swimming in the pool, the husband of the deceased woman shoots Gatsby in the back, who, unfortunately, never waited for the long-awaited call from Daisy. And even after he dies, Daisy doesn't come to his funeral. After Gatsby died, all the blame was laid on him. Gatsby is the man who never annoyed Nick Carraway, who amazed with his extraordinaryness and uniqueness. DiCaprio’s charming smile in the role of Gatsby against the background of fireworks I remember for life.
The conclusion is that the movie is worth watching because someone loves or wants to be loved. Imagining yourself in the place of the main character, immersed entirely in the depth of the plot, you imagine yourself in the place of a particular situation in the film, how would you do yourself and it is very exciting! Love women with all your heart and soul. And if the beautiful half offers you to escape together to the ends of the world, run and run without looking back, for this opportunity is not given to everyone. And the main character, Jay Gatsby, unfortunately, missed her.
The film "The Great Gatsby" Base Luhrmann, is a product of its time, wrapped in bright packaging politely to the public, and in this confectionery product is beautiful and pleasant virtually everything: music, the work of artists, which is worthy of only high praise. Only all the advantages I listed looked like in a video clip, and it looks like that, beautiful, musical, but carelessly edited and with a confused narrative. Out of all the confusion in it, the value of Francis Fitzgerald’s novel faded into the background, which eventually caused conflicting emotions in my viewing.
Even a good selection of music, which I often listen to, here sounded sometimes out of place, as, for example, and the acting Tobey Maguire leaves much to be desired. And the timing was worth a little cut, because of its duration I wanted to sleep, despite the fact that I was then asleep. I admit that the picture has not only disadvantages, but also pros, which should not be forgotten, Gatsby played by an actor who does not yet have an Oscar in his piggy bank, cute naive but charming Carrie Mulligan and a couple of good actors, as well as the excellent work of artists that I have already praised. Only errors in the script, editing and camera work, made me wake up while watching the film an evil critic, although I wanted to enjoy this picture, but, alas, the disadvantages here were very noticeable to my eye.
So, of all these disadvantages, the film does not cause me wild sympathy, probably it is also because Luhrman prepared everything in his own way, only here he went through a lot with his eyes. By the way, I am interested in his statement, said by him before the release of the film, in one of the interviews in 2008, then he planned to shoot the adaptation of the novel “The Great Gatsby”, but, by the way, these words: If you put people in front of a mirror that tells them you were drunk with money, they won’t want to look at it. But if you project the reflection on another era, then such a story will be in demand. Is that what he wanted to show, or did he just know that such a reflection would be in great demand?
So what happened to the film in the end? But what, "The Great Gatsby" earned a good box office, the audience remained in principle, satisfied with such sweetness. Critics, as before, continued to complain and accuse Luhrmann for his excessive love of shocking and fireworks, which, incidentally, is not in vain.
Well, for me, this pompous and posh performance I saw in the theater the year before last, and then revised at home, caused confusion in my head. Leaving in mind a sweet picture, a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio stands with a fouer in his hand and good music, the rest was empty for me and devoid of semantic zest.
Sorry about the grade. For me, the film became a sweet candy with a sweet aftertaste, and also lost the smart filling from the novel. Think for yourself whether you should watch it.
The great Gatsby will appeal to those who from the film - without suspecting it - expect nothing but a beautiful picture. There are many. People who claim that the film is excellent, in my opinion, do not understand that they are occupied by, undoubtedly, delightful scenery, music and costumes, but the story itself is not touching (not entertaining). This lowers the tape to a completely soulless word - Usually. The Great Gatsby is an ordinary, dozen, ordinary and generally accepted film.
With a good male cast. DiCaprio could be anyone. Maguire may not be Spider-Man. The women decided not to spoil, but what was enough.
What a book, what an adaptation - without comment - to an amateur. Baz Luhrman, the director of the film, knows exactly who his paintings are aimed at, in fact, he shoots for them and only for them. One of the most famous of his tapes is the short-lived, but with its charms, Moulin Rouge, and this charm is not Nicole Kidman. Everything is beautiful, but nothing.
As for the overall impression. Sharp camera approximations were superfluous, there is a clear handwriting of the Great Gatsby 40 years ago. There's no personality. After all, cinema is not only a picture - they began to forget about it.
Watching this movie or reading the book of the same name is worth only to answer the question: what is its greatness? For me, his greatness is nothing more than irony, and there is nothing to talk about romance.
Film. Beautiful costumes, expensive scenery, excellent shooting, good actors, an interesting plot - the film is definitely worth watching, because here it is clearly shown - where dreams lead.
Gatsby. The main character lived his dream, so he died with it. And they did not bring him joy in this life: neither luxurious parties, nor money, nor a house, nor expensive costumes, nor cars, nor acquaintances, nor his illusory ghostly love, which he pursued. Nothing. A luxurious, expensive life is wasted.
Daisy is a girl who chased her ghostly love, temporarily finding refuge in the arms of one man or another. He does not know what he wants, he loves, he does not love. For her, men will do anything! It's not something she doesn't appreciate - she doesn't even notice.
A rich man who has everything: a large estate, many awards, hundreds of servants, a beautiful wife, a child, a rank, cars, a name... everything you can dream of. But even that didn’t make him happy.
Nick. Unwitting witness to the vices of the lives of rich people, on whose lives, he could not influence. But by observing the lives of other people, he can live his life with dignity if he learns from the mistakes of others.
Result. All material things exist only to give us joy. What is the point of being rich and not being happy? In this movie, all the rich and all the unhappy people. External perfection and impeccability do not give anything. Rich lives are often vicious. Behind the beautiful scenery hides - deception, murder, treason, betrayal ... All the characters of the film lived in their illusory world, chasing their dreams, and love, true love, true love - in this film there was no one. Everything was like a bubble, an illusion, self-deception.
The film is worth watching, sometimes from the outside.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest literary works I have ever read. And of course, this wonderful novel perfectly filmed Baz Luhrman, giving us an amazing opportunity to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere in which the characters of the work were. Both the book and the film made a unique impression on me. I will try to explain why they touched me.
The film and the book are not identical in content, and this is understandable. Fitzgerald wrote about the "age of jazz" (1920s). Almost a century has passed, tastes and consciousness of the public have changed, and therefore Lurman decided to orient his film to the modern era, adding brightness, pathos, elements of today's culture. Many critics considered this a disadvantage, but I am convinced that this is a positive side of the picture, as it helps to overcome this significant time gap and improve the perception of the work as a whole.
The uniqueness of the film and the book, first of all, lies in the abundance of problems that arise in them. This is the problem of unrequited love, the problem of choice, the problem of hypocrisy and falsehood of society, the problem of true friendship and betrayal, the problem of the predominance of material values over spiritual ones, and many others. The author does not hesitate to expose the vices of society and thereby shows his real face. And most importantly, these questions cannot be called artistic fiction, because they are really based on reality, which does not change from year to year.
It is impossible not to mention a truly grand cast. Honestly, after watching this picture, I changed my attitude to Leonardo DiCaprio, who coped with his role by just five. He managed to convey the inner state of the main character, his feelings and experiences, which would not turn out for everyone. I also admired Toby Maguire, who opened with a new side. After jumping on the roof in the image of Spider-Man, the actor clearly grew in terms of the game, very accurately reflected the features of the character of Nick Carraway. And Cary Mulligan quite successfully played the “good fool”, conveying the specific manners of Daisy’s behavior.
It seems to me that the very content, the plot of the picture cannot leave someone indifferent in principle. Even the most ardent critic, having watched the film from beginning to end, will surely make certain conclusions for himself, finding a piece of himself in this work. The ills of society are usually carefully hidden from view, but some particular cases expose them. So, on weekends, all the people of the district systematically came to party with Gatsby. Some praised him, others denigrated him, others built illusions about his person. But they agreed that the idea of unlimited hospitality was wonderful. However, not a single living soul comes to Jay’s funeral from those who constantly brazenly used the material benefits provided by Gatsby. This is the reward of society for the gratuity and unselfishness of one person.
To sum up, I will say one thing. If you have not met the "Great Gatsby" in your whole life, then you have lived your life in vain
I was going to watch the film for a long time, first I read the original The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald and the first 15 minutes I wanted to press the stop, so comically inorganic seemed the action on the screen. The faces of the main characters, the atmosphere of stylization of the twenties for modernity. But at some point everything changed dramatically. Yes, the film is a work based on a novel, and this is just the rare case when cinema reinforces the main idea of the writer.
Gatsby the Great, a man burning in the flames of his dreams. And around us, watching the blinding flames. And sleeping on a shabby couch of a living friend is the price of not burning, but being a witness. Those who do not want anything, do not risk living longer and calmer. But there are others, they are ready for the sake of their dreams to give up the charms of old age and serenity. They have hope, one big dream. Despite all the fantastic story of turning a poor boy into an idol of the greatest city in the world, you definitely believe in it. Yes, it is a miracle, but God created man in his own image and man, some of us are capable of miracles.
And next to Gatsby, there is Nicky, Tom and Daisy, who owe their exclusivity not to birth, but to the fact that due to birth, they can more often than others be near such people, and already next to them, Marty and Georgie Wilson, to whom the light of Gatsby reaches hundreds of times with a twist and ... kills them.
Although, the simple human decency of Nick is also worth a lot, against the background of a crowd of admirers.
A great movie in which the death of a hero tells you how to live.
Baz Luhrman surpassed himself and created The Great Gatsby, which at one time made a lot of noise and immediately gained cult status. This is a film that fits its time. All this is hidden under the mask of the United States of the early 20th century, but in my opinion it was done largely for the brightness of the picture. Events described in the film could happen in our time.
So, the greatest strength of the film is, of course, the decoration. These are scenery and costumes and attributes of time. All together creates the necessary atmosphere of celebration, complicity in what is happening on the screen. And behind all the variegated lies the drama of one man, Gatsby. The situation is made even better by a great musical range. Many tracks then became regular audio recordings of all the people around. And these same music tracks for many became the motivation to watch the film.
The story came out lush, filled, dynamic and at the same time not flat, not empty. I would like to thank you for the closeness of the film to the original source. You really feel for the main characters. The truth to the acting can be blamed. Together with Nick Caraway, we lived the whole story of his acquaintance with the mysterious Gatsby. And if it is difficult to find fault with Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton, then the tandem from DiCaprio and Mulligan was not impressed. After "Island of the Damned" in DiCaprio, I always see some kind of pain. The beautiful, rich color scheme of the film played a cruel joke with Leonardo, making his face also incredibly purple. If it were a lower-level actor, it would be a success. However, DiCaprio is a legend of our time and every mistake, unfortunately, is perceived more acutely. More can be said about Cary Mulligan as Daisy. I didn’t see her as the girl of my dreams. She rather gives the impression of a stupid simpleton, but they say something quite different about her. Some dissonance is not good for her.
The ending of the film leaves a double impression. It certainly wouldn’t be a happy ending, and in general, it’s a kind of payment for all the luxury we’ve seen before. This is where morals fit. And here you can draw some analogy with the movie “Big Fish”, only “The Great Gatsby” in this case would be its inverted version.
In general, in a nutshell, love friends and family, never stay alone and do not live on display.
I don’t know why, I kept postponing watching this movie. But the positive feedback from my friends still made me look at this picture. And I don't regret it.
First, what the cast itself is worth! Tobey Maguire is amazing. He got used to the role, and perfectly conveyed the character of the hero. For me, this is his best movie to date.
About the favorite of all women in the world, Leonardo DiCaprio, you can write and write. He was as good as ever. I am convinced that Leo is a talented actor.
But Cary Mulligan didn't impress me. Her character Daisy turned out plain. It was not expressive against the backdrop of luxury of the 20s.
As far as the scenery and costumes are concerned, I was very impressed. Throughout the film, there was a rebellious and disconnected spirit of the time. I liked Jay Gatsby's party the most. I was the only one who was upset by the music. The compositions did not fit into the style of the 20s. They had modern notes, so for me the music didn’t match the picture. Everything else was beautiful and rich.
I want to start with the most memorable for me - with music. Music in his films Baz Lurman has a special place. Luxurious soundtracks of all the cream of the modern music industry, such as Beyoncé, Jay Z, Lana Del Rey, Sie, Fergie and the xx (especially them!) were competently selected for each moment of the film. Not for nothing some songs, specifically 'Back To Black' Amy Winehouse, 'Crazy In Love' the Carter family and 'Love Is Blindness' U2 were re-recorded in their own way. And yet, the soundtracks sounded through the chur ' modern' that slightly spoiled the picture of events in the early 20th century.
I'll move on to the plot. You can look at it from many different angles. On the one hand, this is the story of the mad love of a gentleman who did everything to get his beloved. On the other hand, it is the story of a frivolous young lady, blinded by wealth, who accompanied her from birth. As a result of this blindness, she could not see all the things that were done for her as a result of passionate love. All this happens against the background of parties, drunks and gossip. Incidentally, even in this story, we do not abandon the idea of the destruction of morality in all sectors of society.
And I don’t want to say anything about shooting and acting, because it is flawless.
This film is perceived quite hard, I only after the second viewing understood the meaning. Baz Luhrman gave the material competently, but not without misses. There are shortcomings in the plot itself, but for this it is worth contacting the author personally. The film deserves a lot of credit.
The novel “The Great Gatsby” by Francis Scott Fitzgerald is included in the mandatory list of the school curriculum in literature in the United States is not accidental. This work widely demonstrates the medal of the true Western mentality from its two contradictory sides. On one side of this medal is the majestic and noble "American Dream" in the person of Jay Gatsby (a poor guy who achieved heights for love), on the other - the many-faced "Prose of Life" (his unwaited bride, class prejudices, cynicism, time). There is a third party here, the side of watching writer/banker Nick Carrawale, Gatsby’s only friend, who once again discovers the uppermost truth that each side of this coin is never destined to see the other.
The film adaptation of 2014 has a pronounced directorial handwriting Baz Luhrmann. If you are familiar with his other works: Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge! or Australia, you will notice a clear similarity in the colorful picture, dynamic camera, an abundance of emotional music, etc. All these "branded things" very decorated the film adaptation is quite adynomic, in the plot, classics and created a bright feast during the plague, which is fascinating to watch!
The only phenomenon that seemed foreign to me in this film masterpiece is Leonardo DiCaprio. Despite the impeccable acting work, I did not forget for a second that I was an ambitious, charismatic, sharp-eyed Hollywood actor, and not a romantic and sensual lover billionaire ready to build castles in the sand again and again. In my opinion, both externally and internally, Mr. DiCaprio is too tough for this role.
Whatever it is, a great movie!
The Great Gatsby is certainly a film that leaves questions, but it’s not a philosophical question, because it’s very clear. The first question after viewing: Why great, and why for a long time you were forced to watch a very stretched beginning, intended to whip up intrigue, and as a result, killing the interest of further viewing?
I haven’t read the work that this film is based on, and perhaps, like many novels that are being filmed, the book is better than its cinematic interpretation. In general, the adaptation of literary novels, the thing is always complex and ungrateful. No matter how much you do not shoot the “Inspector” and do not put it in the theater, there will be no better literary version, and you do not even want to watch these futile attempts. On the other hand, in my opinion, the works of Stephen King, for the most part, always interesting and successful on the screen. It’s just not that simple.
What is Gatsby's greatness? It is great for the person on whose behalf we hear the voiceover. However, the creators of the picture failed to express it beyond the shell of this character, and to awaken a similar feeling in the viewer. Everything else is a good movie and picture, with, of course, outstanding DiCaprio, who still does not save many shortcomings that arise clearly through no fault of his.
Probably the female part of the audience will not agree with me on the question of the incomprehensibility of the greatness of DiCaprio’s character. I must note that for a long time the first part of the film does not leave the feeling that the picture is just created for the fair sex. But, as I said, later this feeling dispelled and there was some interest.
Indomitable spirit and cynicism, love and betrayal, faith and unscrupulousness, money, and again money.
The movie is definitely worth watching. For the heart and the mind. Nothing new, but as always something useful. And the long denouement and answers to the questions that the picture causes all the long and tedious beginning, will not disappoint, although I would not dare to watch the Great Gatsby a second time.
Thanks to Leonardo and the second part of the film, subjectively and unconditionally:
7 out of 10