Simply Beautiful

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2013)

I saw the 3D version of The Great Gatsby yesterday and it was such a beautiful movie. The costumes, the music, the views and the general atmosphere of the movie were just amazing.
I did have some prejudice against this movie because 1) This is one of my two favorite novels and I didn't want to see it ruined, and 2) The IMDb scores for The Great Gatsby are relatively low for that kind of movie. Moreover, reading the reviewers ratings, gave me the impression that this score should be corrected downwards. However, my girlfriend , who didn't read the novel, wanted to see The Great Gatsby more than other available movies in the cinema.
I can't say the movie lived entirely to my expectation from the novel, because the novel has some depths that the movie doesn't possess. There is a sub-context and a meaning that F.S.Fitzgerald had gave to the book, and it's slipped from Baz Luhrmanns' adaptation.
Someone noted here that the director has managed to cover about 75% of the novel. I think I could easily give it another 10 and say that the movie was true to about 85% of the book. All the characters, except for Nick, were perfectly matched and played amazingly. The only complain from my side was about Tobey Maguire, who looked slightly immature for the role of Nick. It was very visible at the beginning, but it got better as the movie progressed.
It's not only that the director has matched the novel well, he has mostly matched my imagination of the views, Gatsbys' castle, Nicks' rented house, character look, cars and so on. In cases he didn't match my imagination, he outdone it. Some scenes were so beautifully done I couldn't even imagine it. And the 3D experience has only augmented my joy of watching The Great Gatsby.
Some context has been lost, but it's very true to the story and there is also value added (the visuals and the sound). Beautiful movie.