Awesome film.

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2014)

Upon second and third viewing, DVR I saw on November 16, 2016, I call this film surreal art deco. It was an artistic way of showing empty, immoral decadence of a young populace demoralized by the horrors, tragedies and losses of the recent World War One.
Yes, on my second tour I saw this film twice, seeing more than I did the first time. I think that Maguire is not as wooden as reviewers here make him out to be. Is Nick the author Fitzgerald, or is Gatsby? Did Nick ever have any romantic involvements, not mentioning the wild drunkenness of the earlier part of this film?
I also kept seeing the films The Aviator and again Citizen Kane upon seeing this film in November 2016. DiCaprio's eyebrow looks reminded me of his Howard Hughes in The Aviator, and the trashy and garish opulence of too many material goods reminded me of Citizen Kane.
Upon first viewing some years ago: Awesome film. Beautiful costuming. I never saw the 1974 film version of this F. Scott Fitzgerald story, but perhaps some other time. Di Caprio dies in this movie, just like he did in "Titanic". The early 1920s were shown as a period of extreme wealth and crime, post-World War One, which was the War to End All Wars. Nick worked on Wall Street, later to come crashing down on everyone including the wrongdoers.
Movie reminds me of "Citizen Kane". A man rich in material wealth, but a sad, lonely little boy in spirit. All Gatsby wanted was Daisy. All Kane wanted was Rosebud. Both men lost their material riches. There is snow or something fluttering in Citizen Kane, as well in this Gatsby film.
The exteriors of the homes of Gatsby and Daisy were superb and exquisite. The interiors were, of course, plush and elegant.
I enjoyed seeing the dancers. One reminded me of Josephine Baker. Spot-on image. The party-goers were both elegant as well as decadent. Poor Nick was just determined to get drunk. It was all very realistic.
The cars were just beautiful. The acting was excellent. All were believable, in my opinion. The actors did a great job. I hope to even read this novel sometime.
The bloodiness of the woman killed by the car was an excellent fake bloody makeup job. The cut on her breast was very realistic.
The extreme anger of her husband was justified. His wife had been playing around with Daisy's husband, who sneakily inferred that Gatsby had killed the wife. The twist was that the husband went after Gatsby; earlier, I had thought that Daisy's husband (I forget his name) was going to do the deed, but the garage owner beat him to it. :(
10/10