The great gatsby review
My Rating: 8/10
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 48% Metacritics Rating: 55/100 My Favorite Quotes 1. "Old sport" - J. Gatsby 2. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - Nick Carraway 3. "Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope." - Nick Carraway Very Different So the plot of this film is not like any I have seen. It follows a young man (Tobey McGuire) who rents a home on the water in order to try and write a novel. He lives beside a very mysterious man named J. Gatsby and their relationship. If you plan on watching a pure drama film you are in the completely wrong place. This is strictly a romance film. Which I did not particularly like, but I did enjoy the trials and tribulations that unfold with Gatsby's back story and how it is different from what people think. I also really liked the first person narrative. And all the spectacular settings and the time period of which it takes place. The plot is forever original and the acting is phenomenal along with the soundtrack which plays at perfect parts. Unfortunately there was no true rising conflict except Rose and Gatsby's attempt to get together. I really thought Leonardo Dicaprio did an absolutely amazing job and the ending totally grasped the essence of his character along with his characters ambitions and understanding. A good movie overall but it fell short in some aspects. |
Positives and Negatives
+ Amazing Acting
+ Originality
+ Great Soundtrack
+ Fucking amazing ending
+ First Person Narrative
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- Hard to understand the romance triangle
- No real conflict
- Kinda long
+ Originality
+ Great Soundtrack
+ Fucking amazing ending
+ First Person Narrative
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- Hard to understand the romance triangle
- No real conflict
- Kinda long
Criteria /10
Acting/Characters: 10/10
Plot: 6/10
Originality: 9/10
Pacing: 7/10
Soundtrack: 9/10
Dialogue: 8.5/10
Special Effect: 7/10
Theme: 8/10
Ending: 10/10
Plot: 6/10
Originality: 9/10
Pacing: 7/10
Soundtrack: 9/10
Dialogue: 8.5/10
Special Effect: 7/10
Theme: 8/10
Ending: 10/10