The 1974 film disguised as a 2013 film

Rating: 2/10 (27 June 2016)

Baz Luhrmann is an accomplished Hollywood director, no doubt about it. However, when he created this movie he really must have had his fingers crossed that no one out there actually watched Jack Clayton's 1974 adaptation of The Great Gatsby because it is 92% a scene for scene rehash of the same exact movie(which btw wasn't well received which makes me wonder why originality was not discussed in the boardroom meetings). Quick copy checklist between the 1974 and 2013 films..Opening filming sequence introducing Tom and Daisy Buchanan along with Jordan Baker to Nick Carraway in the living room at the Buchanan household, COPY CHECK√ ..The Jay Gatsby logo JG, COPY CHECK√ The first meeting between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby at the Carraway house, COPY CHECK√ even the dirt road with the forks outside Tom and Myrtle Wilson's gas station where the billboard of the ever-watchful eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg lay, COPY CHECK√. Lots more, but I like to keep it short+sweet. Call it an unfair review but when you translate book to film you create magic the first time, and the only way to duplicate that magic a second time and so on is by being bold, daring and fresh. In an era of crowd pleasing movies where the audience begs and cries for originality (Inception, TY Mr. Christopher Nolan) I am not sure how this movie made it past the green light phase. Leonardo Dicaprio's name and presence alone probably is the only reason why you or anyone else in 2013 who watched it, watched it. Thank goodness he is an intellectual actor and went on to star in better and greater films and Oscar glory (Wolf of Wall Street and The Revenant). Sorry Mr. Luhrmann, I'm sure it's not your fault this movie came out, bad pieces of celluloid are usually the brainchild of many. Please continue to make wonderful musicals and adaptations and hopefully your next movie is a success and you can put this one behind you, wayyyy wayyyyy behind you.