Hello readers,
I am here today to write a review on this profound The Great Gatsby which I watched it yesterday on my laggy laptop. This film is based on the 2013 version which you can easily tell by the cast including of course, Leonardo DiCaprio as the amazing Jay Gatsby. I remembered wanting to watched The Great Gatsby last year after watching the trailers and listening to the soundtrack. However, I was hold back by other commitments and thus, I was not able to watched the film.
So here I am going to write up for The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is told from the narrator, Nick Carraway (Tobey McGuire)'s perspective. The film started off with Nick telling his therapist about his good, old days back in 1922 where Roaring Twenties was happening and as a Yale graduate, he moved into a small cottage in West Egg and got a job in a firm based in New York. While West Egg was a neighbourhood for the 'newly rich', Nick has a cousin, Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan) who was married and lived on East Egg which was known for the oldest, wealthy people.
There you go for the summary of Nick Carraway and his lovely, blonde cousin, but this is not the most interesting part. Nick has a next door neighbour who always held big, crashing parties and guess what? None of the guests ever met the neighbour. Here you know the obvious, the neighbour was Jay Gatsb (Leonardo DiCaprio), the man who swept away on headlines.
I have given the full summary of the characters who are in this film. The Great Gatsby is an enchanting film which would grab you in and joined the fun in the Roaring Twenties. People dancing to Charleston, big band playing Foxtrot and also alcohols are cheaper for the wealthiest. But there was something troubling in this film, I shall described this as 'Roaring Twenties in a Great Depression Era'. Why that? The Great Gatsby is not only a wild, happy going film but a sadness being covered up by the roaring culture.
I was moved by the flashback scene which featured Gatsby and Daisy, who were former lovers before separating as the war came. Gatsby showered her with love and did all his best to practically impressed her. Sadly, Daisy went along and married Tom Buchanan, a business tycoon. The Great Gatsby is a film which shows the vulnerability of the amazing man as his past was revealed. While watching the film, something touched me. Not only was the Gatsby's character a pity, but how about the author? F. Scott Filtzgerald was somehow vulnerable in the Roaring Twenties.
Although I haven't see the previous versions of The Great Gatsby, I would like to praised the director for his well research into the classic novel and for his beautifully, powerful scenes which totally let me felt I have spent my 142 minutes wisely. The film production of making the 1920s setting was very well done and does absolutely need a standing ovation. If you haven't watched The Great Gatsby, I recommend this film as it will touched you and make you fall in love with the Roaring Twenties, the glamour and sadness of 1920s. Do checked out the soundtrack of the film as well!
Ratings: 9/10
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