Just watch it and make your own mind up about this film.

Rating: 8/10 (12 November 2018)

I for one, thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The stand out for me, like for most people, is the cinematography, it is simply breathtaking. From the incredible lavish, beautiful, completely over the top scenes, to the cold, stark and heart wrenching scenes... also the soundtrack, a blend of atmospheric 1920's style music and jarringly modern which fits so unexpectedly well with the story. In some the camera angles become a bit dizzying, but other scenes are stylishly laid back and mesmerizing like a painting. Leonardo Di Caprio is absolutely superb as Gatsby and as far as I remember his character stays true to the one in the original story. Clearly the purists here disagree, I must read it again to see what the fuss is about!