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Rating: 5/10 (3 June 2013)

There is no way all luhrmann's pyrotechnic glamour can match up the poetry of the book. Apparently The Great Gatsby is one of those books that no matter how accurate the movie is, (which it is) can't compare to the ABSOLUTE beauty and profoundness of the book. Its imagery, the character's complexities, did not transcribe. There is hardly any dialogue in the book and that is also the beauty of it. But obviously a blockbuster movie can't base a whole movie just on looks and words unspoken. It needs a story and all those unnecessary conversation have to take place for an average audience to understand the plot. So it just goes down to this compromise, while you are fascinated by Luhrmann's scenography, you are left with nothing for the brain to think on and you might just assume it's one of the other thousand of ordinary movies on corrupt marriages of the upper class. There is no way the movie portrays Gatsby's Greatness. But again, it's nobody's fault. Just some books of a certain caliber should be left books.