The Great Gatsby is an amazing movie that you should not miss!!!

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2013)

The Great Gatsby glides into my top 5 movies of the year.The setting is New York in the 1920's post world war 1 and wall street is bustling with activity.The rich,the elite,the actors and anyone popular are all invited to larger than life parties.Their host is an elusive figure going by the name Gatsby.Gatsby,Gatsby who is this Gatsby?He is the name on everyone's lips yet little is known about him.Rumors circulate about him,who he is and what he does.He is hardly even seen by anyone.Leonardo Di Caprio plays Jay Gatsby a suave rich businessman with a colorful past.I am a Leo fan and once again loved his performance and enjoyed his rendition of Gatsby.Nick Carraway(Toby Maguire) is a young ambitious man who is a writer of sorts but currently looking to invest in bonds.He happens to end up as Gatsby's neighbor and gets a surprise invite to one of Gatsby's parties.The real reason for that invite(and the parties) is revealed later.Nick is the cousin of a beautiful woman called Daisy(Carey Mulligan),Gatsby's past love life.The two fell in love when they met but the war meant Gatsby was separated from her for five years.In the meantime Daisy marries Tom Buchanan(Joel Edgarton).Nick is roped in by Gatsby to re-introduce her to Daisy who has been ignoring Gatsby's parties.It was amusing to see that when the two meet again,an impeccable and charismatic Gatsby stutters,falters nervously and sits in uncomfortable silence-A total transition.The movie is all about how he tries to re-ignite the flame between him and Daisy and how they have to tussle with Tom,her current husband.All this as Nick the silent observer watches on.
What can I say about the acting?It was superlative.It was the first time I got to catch Joel Edgerton and the pretty Carey Mulligan and their acting prowess and screen presence was amazing.Toby Maguire was brilliant and this role should be a renewal of sorts to his career.Leo as always was outstanding.There is even a cameo from Amitabh Bachchan(He had a centric role to the plot,wish there was more of him though).
What is enjoyable is the development and the depth of every character.Finally it's about whether or not you give a damn about the characters and what happens to them and in this case you totally do.At 142 mins it's reasonably long,but it never felt so.Time flies when you have fun they say.I was totally absorbed in the world interested to know what happens next.The narration(it's Nick recalling) is superb and told with a thrilling touch.Now the sound element-The score was apt and well made,it would rise with cadence whenever things got tense.The dialogues are exceptional.Beautiful story telling.
In all I have n't enjoyed any movie this year this much since 'Silver Linings' and i think you should n't give this movie a miss-It may turn out to be one of your all time favourites.