I have never read The Great Gatsby

Rating: 6/10 (12 September 2015)

I know of the story but nothing more then that, so I was totally oblivion to what to expect and what the story was about. I figured that this was going to be a long drama with romantic episodes and a story that would be interesting but not filled with any surprises as such.
The settings of this story is very good, it is very extravagant and fancy at the big mansions, very lively, jazzy and vulgar in New York City and down to earth, dirty and different in the coal production between them.
The Jazz music is great, new songs that you know but in a jazz setting and sound, it works very well for the big mansion settings, the parties and the the smaller New York City apartments and really give the movie extra life.
The movie is moving slow, not that nothing is happening and parts of the movie is certainly happening and screaming and shouting, but the story behind it all is a slow one and in my opinion a bit boring.
All-in-all the film is entertaining, but it becomes a bit long and tedious, I liked most parts of it, but it didn't capture me as other big dramas have done before, it is mostly an okay movie.