The Great Gatsby: The Vapid & Hip Edition

Rating: 2/10 (3 June 2013)

When Nick Carraway and Gatsby drive over the Queensboro Bridge, Nick says, "I didn't know what to think." Unlike Mr. Carraway, I "do" know what to think: This adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" must have F. Scott Fitzgerald rolling in his grave! If the setting is 1922 Long Island during the Jazz Age, then what the hell is "hip hop" doing in the soundtrack? Are we now catering to the vapid generation because they don't wish to read the classics? And if they do manage to crack open a book now and then, is this the way to make literature more palatable? Yes, I'll have a syrupy coating of tasteless CGI, irregular scene transitions, mediocre acting, and hip hop to go, please?
DiCaprio held his own, as usual, but why did he sign up in the first place. He should have thrown the script out the window and walked out.
As for Director Luhrmann, forgive me when I say, your job at the gas station is still waiting for you. Better stick to what you know.