Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (5 December 2016)

This film is one of Hollywood's greatest accomplishments, in my honest opinion. I read this book in high school and fell in love with the roaring 20s during the process. I haven't been able to shake off that admiration for that era ever since. So you can imagine my excitement when the film was announced. Yes, I know there was a film already made about it, but the thing that really caught my eye was that Leonardo DiCaprio himself would play Gatsby. My admiration for DiCaprio is unlike any other. He's one of the greatest actors of our time, without a doubt.
The acting was exceptional, and the screenplay mesmerizing. The film translated from the book perfectly. Not a thing was left out. It was exactly how I pictured in when I first read the pages all those years ago. Some can argue that Toby Maguire's acting was a little flat, but that can be expected so it doesn't come as much of a surprise to me. The casting was absolutely marvelous. Everything was just perfect. It's one of my favorite films of all time.