Over the top stylized film

Rating: 7/10 (1 December 2013)

I was thinking about making a proper comment about The Great Gatsby(2013, worth to remember that there is two oldest films based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald ), then i just realized that stylish modern french-wave romance would be a perfect definition for this film. Stylized, perhaps is a word that causes eeks in some cinema conservatives, and this kind of 'stylized' films nowadays tend to be received with a strange low brow and bigotry by the critics, which not for coincidence dislike this film.
While i agree that in some parts the fact that this film inexplicably starts to play contemporary rap instead of playing a common music from the 50s is kinda weird, the quick frenetic editing, also criticized by some for being way too frenetic, it is nothing new in cinema. In fact, it was inspired in an old very known style of films: the french new wave, which one of the most notorious characteristics were the utilization of quick editing almost every time to constantly reminds the viewer that he is watching a film, contrasting with the super blockbusters by Hollywood, who managed to put the viewer as close as possible to the characters and to the film itself. This trick was used in The Great Gatsby, and it totally fits the story the crazy special effects and also the beautiful cinematography. Cinematography is indeed good in this film, it is really made in a way that you can even feel the ambient, and also to delight the panoramic shots of the Manhattan island in external and internal views.
But despite all this effort in taking our attention constantly away from the film, Gatsby's story is really interesting, and you really want to know the secrets he keeps and the why of everything. The 'cause' in question couldn't be more cheesy in a romance film _ A Woman _ and he is entirely moved by his passion for that woman. But this is not a conventional romance story, despite the fact that it really looks like one. In the end, Gatsby was the heart of NY. If he was good or not, does not matter.
A recommended film, though not for everyone. 7.0/10