God awful soundtrack, over the top and pretentious beyond belief

Rating: 3/10 (17 July 2015)

There are two things that save this film from being an utter abomination, they are the literary work from whence it emanated and the acting prowess of Leonardo DiCaprio. Tom Buchanan looked more like Nick Caraway's father than a friend from school and Tobey Maguire is poor casting as the wide-eyed imbecile; his lack of talent stark contrast against the skill of his co-star.
The first half hour or so was simply a riot of colour and terrible music which did not befit the film at all! I believe that a carefully selected modern score can compliment a film which is set in an earlier period however the choice was poor, unflattering and so divisive that i nearly turned off. The costumes are well selected but again the early sections of the film were simply a riot of colour, noise and fashion which rather than add to the celebration of shallowness and wealth that it so overtly tried to depict, distracted from any nuance by way of the directors own ego. In conclusion, subtle it ain't!