Spectacular

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2013)

We went to see "The Great Gatsby" last night. Don't believe the bad reviews; we all loved it -- me, my husband, my teenage daughter, and her 2 girlfriends. It was a long movie, we went late AND I stayed awake the entire time. It was visually stunning -- the cinematography, the costumes, even the opening graphics; the 20's were brought to life in all of it's glory and grit. The entire cast did a beautiful job -- very well cast and acted. The movie stayed true to the book in all ways; my husband's never read the book, I have, we both were very satisfied. The teenagers all came out saying they wanted to read the book; can't get a much better review than that! I just don't know what was not to like. If critics think it was too fantastical?; the book was written that way and much like HBO's "Boardwalk Empire", it brings to life my family's fantastical stories of the northeast in the days of prohibition, flappers and the Charleston. The movie very much delivered what I had hoped and then some. I didn't want to see it in 3D; I couldn't understand why it would be necessary. Now I understand and may have to go see it again in 3D.