The Great Gatsby: Elegant, Beautiful and Dramatic! This film has it all...

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2017)

I have watched many great films in my short 16 years; however, none have caught my attention like 'The Great Gatsby'. Because of my age many people will be turned off from this review but young as I may be, I still know so much about movies and can spot a great one from a mile.
Baz Luhrmann uses his signature cinematography as well as fast paced story and edits to create a World in which anyone can be rich and everyone will always love a party. As well as some signature features Luhrmann put into this film, he also added his skill as a master of colour and light. The semiotics used here are perfectly placed with a touch of subtlety to reach down into the watchers soul and pick out all emotion previously hidden.
I have never cried at a film but watching this I couldn't help but well up as Nick Carraway - portrayed with such raw emotion and talent you will not see again by Toby Maguire - leads us to the climax that is heavily foreshadowed but still has the effect of making any audience member gasp in shock. As well as an excellent narrator, Leonardo DiCaprio shines as the title character J. Gatsby; he acts with such grace and elegance that no matter what happens you cannot help but fall in love as actor and character become one. But every great film cannot have just two stunning actors, it requires a host of talented actors and Baz Luhrmann does not disappoint. Along side the two leads we see incredible talent in: Joel Edgerton (Tom Buchanan), Elizabeth Debicki (Jordan Baker) and Carey Mulligan (Daisy Buchanan).
With such an awe-inspiring cast and world renowned direct this film could hardly be anything but perfect, yet it - like any film - still has its faults. The minor faults this film does have do not compare to the films incredible coming to life and should not effect anyone's opinion on this beautiful story.
This film is about a man called Gatsby and how he changed so many lives but really I believe this film is about how "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Gatsby's belief in the green light and his hope for everything is an inspiring message that we should all take deeply; it is said best by the film itself and cannot be easily forgotten.