An Excellent Movie But An Average Adaptation of the Novel

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2013)

The general opinion about the movie is divided; there are many who believe that the movies wasn't a good adaptation of the famous F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name, & then there are many who believe that the movie on it's own was excellent. I am part of latter, for i believe that the movie, itself was excellent. The portrait of 1920's life style was adequate, the story was coherent & easy to follow, unlike the convoluted novel on which the movie was based. DiCaprio's performance was unsurprisingly brilliant, Maguire & Mulligan did a fine job as well. Sure the movie didn't have action or twists that you come to expect from modern flicks, but that hardly comes as surprise considering that the novel itself was written in 1925, when unlike today, extreme wealth & murder weren't as commonplace occurrences. The gist of the movie was the unraveling of Jay Gatsby's character; Jay Gatsby, the quintessential American male hero, the original scarface/ Self made man with a shady background. It was also about a man's struggle to get his past back.... Yet in the end the ultimate reality prevailed: 'Time & women wait for no man'.... Great Movie. Bravo Baz Luhrmann - Job Well Done!