Laikals
The greatest movie ever made..!
Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Jacomedi
A Surprisingly Unforgettable Movie!
Jerrie
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
emistratti
This film is probably the most visually stunning I've ever seen. Luhrmann's style is just breathtaking.
leethomas-11621
Fabulous. Over the top. DiCaprio perfect. Faithful to the book with Maguire as Nick Carraway looking uncannily like Fitzgerald himself. The book is almost impossible to transfer to the screen as language is a large part of its effect. Cleverly, Luhrmann has thus made Fitzgerald's text part of the movie by having Carraway narrate it and even writing the words on the screen as he says them.
juneebuggy
Enjoyed this one, an adaption of the classic novel following Toby Maguire as aspiring writer Nick Caraway. I liked Toby's narration and how the story was told from his perspective after he moves next door to aloof millionaire Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). The two from a friendship... of sorts as Gatsby throws ever elaborate parties in the hope of rekindling his romance with Nick's unhappily married cousin Daisy. While these celebrations are spectacular some of the dancing/party scenes went on too long.It's a visually stunning film with glamorous costumes and lavish production design, to the degree that it looks almost artificial or cartoony at times especially the New York scenery/bridge sections.I liked the music (Jay Z ) even if it was jarring because it is so far removed from the period this is set in. Toby's character while, yes meant to be an observer actually got to be a bit creepy as he is always lurking around watching with no real development on his part -flat.Leonardo DiCaprio is fantastic as Jay Gatsby, displaying mystery, ego, madness, shy, nervous, longing and ultimately sad and lost. Joel Edgerton, also impressive as was Jason Clarke as George, a scene stealer I'd never head of before.
mr_cooljay
This is one of the few movies that I had to stop watching. I managed to endure 1h of it, then I just turned it off. I don't even know where to start, this was terrible.
