The Great Gatsby

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2014)

Despite other bad reviews, I thought that this movie was so well done. Baz Luhrmann is one of my favorite directors in the movie industry. I thought the acting was spot on amazing and so was how the film was edited and put together.
To start off with the acting, I thought it was spectacular. Leonardo DiCaprio(Jay) begins to prove his talent in this movie. Do I think this should be his Oscar-nominated role? No. But I do think that he begins to impress and his acting in The Great Gatsby was nothing short of perfection. Carey Mulligan(Daisy) plays Daisy beautifully. She portrays her as a likable person (until the end) and she makes you want Gatsby & Daisy to get together. Tobey Maguire(Nick) has amazing acting as well. In this movie, you can see he's trying to shed his Spiderman image, but it's still there. Joel Edgerton(Tom) plays a self-centered rich man. He portrays Tom just as he's supposed to be portrayed in the book. Elizabeth Debicki(Jordan)'s character has the most spunk. Out of the whole cast, Debicki's character is definitely the most likable in my opinion. Overall, all of these talented actors were put together to make the movie of The Great Gatsby.
The music choices were hated on a lot. Personally, I loved them. I thought the music had edge instead of being just 1920's Jazz. Yes, Jay Z music was not in the 1920's but that's just the style of Baz Luhrmann's films. Luhrmann's films with edge (Ahem, Romeo & Juliet). The edge that Luhrmann put in The Great Gatsby is the music. Plus there was numerous jazz songs, as well as rap. I'd say the movie had half jazz, half rap.
I rated this ten stars because the movie made me think for months. It made me think how selfish the Daisy and Tom were. It made me adore Nick's compassion. It made me want to be loved like Gatsby loved Daisy. The only movies that I rate ten stars are the movies that make me think about the story for months after I've seen it. The Great Gatsby was one of the movies that made me think.