Just wouldn't say it was horrible

Rating: 5/10 (12 June 2013)

This movie is a failure because the director failed to realise that , while its true that Great Gatsby is one of the best novels in American literature, it doesn't necessarily mean that any film based on it would automatically be good.I don't think there will ever be a good film which follows the plot of a novel consistently,it'd be like drawing a photograph. Take Frankenstein films as an example, most of them changed the general storyline because the maker realised that some reworking is necessary to fit within the nature of cinema, as a conversion from the tendencies of literature to cinema. The casting was also weak, notwithstanding the poor performance i saw from Dicaprio, Denis' husband character(I think Tom was his name) was very poorly developed and the party scenes were poorly filmed. I'd like to think of it as a "video book"for those lazy people who cant be bothered to read the great "Great Gatsby". I was anticipating this film for moths but I cant say it was good- i mean i want to- just can't. P.S Please excuse my bad English, I'm still a learner of English and thanks for reading