Great adaptation of a great novel

Rating: 9/10 (28 September 2013)

I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this adaptation of the classic American novel. Lurhmann makes his mark on this without diminishing the central themes of the novel. Instead he brings forth a modern dimension to the near century old novel. He manages to deftly bring to the screen the major accomplishment of the novel which is the presentation of the Jazz Era. While Fitzgerald brings this forth through words, Lurhmann uses supreme cinematography. I saw this in real 3D and it was thoroughly worth it. The casting was excellent with Maguire and DiCaprio playing very well opposite each other. Maguire's Carraway was aptly mesmerized with DiCaprio 's Gatsby. Dicaprio pulls off Gatsby with his slightly smarmy deliverance of some of the lines, which I found to be true to the novel.I was most surprised at Mulligans portrayal of Daisy. I didn't see her as rightly cast put she is more than able to share the screen with DiCaprio and shows Daisy to be the smart but submission female that she is.