Great Gatsby

[mrbizzard]

Who has seen the Great Gatsby? How was the movie?

[BATISTAGIRL663]

i have not seen it but my daughter did (her class had to go watch it for school credit) and she said it was really good!! she talked about it for days after she saw it

[landonb82]

Word is its very good but I have not seen it myself yet.

[Tresbn00]

The movie, with Leonardo Di Caprio, is the best attempt at capturing F. Scott Fitzgerald's story yet. Fitzgerald and Hemingway are my two favorite authors and I don't think that cinema can capture the usage of metaphors and similes that the written word can(coupled with the individual imagination). The money spent on this movie and the elaborate scenes were awe inspiring. I wasn't that impressed with the music. Jay Z is talented in some genres but not non-rapping show tunes.  The movie had me experiencing what I think most would say was a somewhat dysfunctional, drugged way of looing at the world.

[rusgiftsaolcom]

I have not seen it yet, but my wife wants to go see it. We might check it out.

[bremer51]

I haven't seen it, but intend to.  I saw the old version with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.  I like both actors.  However, that film looks rather tame compared with the ads I've seen for the new movie.  It will be interesting.

[ShadeTree]

Haven't seen it. Not really sure if I even want to see it. I read the book a long time ago, like maybe 10 years ago. I wonder though, is it anything like the book? How closely does it follow the book, if at all?