Well I thought it was good..

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2013)

Well I just don't know why this movie hasn't been as greatly loved by all as it has by me. One thing is a certain, Leonardo Di Caprio have a stunning performance. Starring as J Gatsby, Leonardo really helped me to get lost in the film.
One of the major dividing points was the soundtrack. An audience may have felt that the music was distasteful and out of place. I have a different view. I feel that although the movie was based in the era of jazz and the majority expected the music to follow the same ilk, the movie had to be different to the original, and the music although modern it did have aspects of jazz littered throughout and I liked that. You may think that the music was a weak attempt to relate to youths. I believe otherwise it is such a generalisation that teens would go to watch a movie because Jay-Z is rapping in it. The music in the film is so much more than that it has had a lot of thought put into it and it is full of different styles all with jazz elements.
The acting was generally good but Leonardo was clearly the stand out performer. You could really get lost in the story because he played the eccentric gentleman in the way that any great actor could. The story generally kept with the novel and that was a good thing as it doesn't disappoint those of us who have read the book as most of the time it is very hard to make a film as good as the novel. Baz Lurhmann has done a fantastic job in directing such a great film he never fails to impress and and most of all be original. It upsets me that he hasn't go the recognition he deserves.