Good enough

Rating: 5/10 (11 May 2015)

The story is about a man, newly rich Jay Gatsby, who throws big parties and befriends his neighbor Tom. For me, the whole story wants to be about the mystery around the man named Gatsby, but it is mostly about his tragic love with Daisy that leads him to ruin. The craziness of the era is presented at the sidelines, even though the start did show some promising scrapes of a more critical eye on the events. Maybe the whole atmosphere of 1922 is supposed to be portrayed by the quick, up lifting music, that tip toes between being the savior and the ruin of the movie. The set and the costumes are magnificent, and some of the scenes are very powerful, but, for me, the movie is a bad mess of events that are presented in a crazy, back forward way. The actors did their best to support complicated characters, even though the script didn't help them, but their effort is worthy of mentioning. For all that, I give the great Gatsby a 5 out of 10.