Gatsby really Great?

Rating: 5/10 (27 August 2017)

I never had read the book but because of Dicaprio and Decki's birthday, I thought of giving this movie a try. But to my dismay, there was no character development at all. I mean no matter how hard did Maguire tried to elevate Dicaprio's status, it all remained flat and served no purpose. Even the writers didn't cared for showing Mulligan displaying any regret after DiCaprio's death.
Where was the greatness in Gatsby? He could have run an orphanage in the later half of the movie to show that: a) the movie and the book differ in each other. b) how really the movie ends in a satisfying note and surprise the audience that Gatsby was not materialistic after all.
The only positive part was the soundtrack and DiCaprio's romance in the cruise boat with Mulligan.