Not what I expected.. *spoiler*

Rating: 5/10 (16 June 2013)

Don't get me wrong, I loved many elements of this movie, but I hated just about as many as well.
The one thing that frustrates me most about this movie is the music. There is literally maybe one song from the actually time-frame this is from in the entire film (and I'm nearly positive it was a remix). They play dubstep and hip hop over what sounds to be speakers. Now this wouldn't bother me except in the library scene at Gatsby's you can hear the bass through the walls like this music is actually playing there, not to mention it's the 1920's and there would never be bass bumping through a big ole' house anyways. This was an excuse to make money off of music artists as they seemed more interested in putting as much popular music as possible(and not even in a tasteful way), instead of keeping it even slightly realistic. They have to put some popular hip hop song in 30 second increments since the scenes they're intended for are extremely short. Short 30 second spurt of some rap song here, stops dead, change scene, a rap/dubstep song for 30 seconds, none of which ever fit the mood other than for the party scene.
Realism was a bit absent for a lot of this movie as no music from the era is played, the issue with the bass as stated above, and it was simply too flashy, the party scene in particular. The kind of lights and things going on are a movie watching realists nightmare. It literally is made to look like a nightclub, and its in the 20's.. And to top it all off, Gatsby' car apparently has the speed of a Ferrari and this is set in the 20's. Gatsby drives recklessly EVERYWHERE and no one seems to mind, not even the cop that pulls him over (more like just drives next to him). Gatsby and Tom also apparently felt it necessary to basically race to the hotel for whatever reason..
Now that that rant is done, I loved the actors chosen and how they performed. Leo was tailor-made to be Gatsby (except for them making him say old sport nearly every time he talks to someone), as was Daisy's actress. Myrtle wasn't as good as I expected having loved the actress playing her. Tom was excellent considering my former seeing him as a family man in Warrior. When it comes to how this was shot, other than the music and a lot of short scenes, it was well filmed, such elements as Dr. Eckelburg's eyes and the settings were amazing. The ending was perfect IMO to the book, and the way this was told (Nick being a drunk speaking to a therapist) was a very interesting way to do it.
Had it not been for the music and lack of realism this would easily get an 8 from me, but those two things just bring it down so much as they really don't fit the movie at all.