Reader
I’ve never been a fan of the book even though with among my writing friends
that’s a shocker, but I never liked it. Even though it talks about the empty
side of the 20s, the sadness behind all the glam, glitz and jazz! Still it
didn’t do it for me. I did mention earlier that I won’t see the movie, but I
was tempted only for one thing: The Fashion!
So I
saw the newest movie and even though I think I’m probably the last person on
the world to see it, the story goes like this:
Nick
Carraway (Tobey Maguire)
moves to New York in the summer of 1922 right next to the illusive and
mysterious Jay Gatsby (Leonardo
DiCaprio). The billionaire who holds big fabulous parties and invite
Nick to his world, because Nick is the cousin of the beautiful Daisy Buchanan (Carey
Mulligan) who Gatsby is deeply in love with and try to seduce away
from her husband.
At
the beginning I was really hooked. The 20s is my favorite era and the fashion
is so breath taking! And this movie did it well because it one the Academy
Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design. The dresses were timeless! And
the Tiffany jewels made the biggest buzz when the movie came out. It also won Best
Achievement in Production Design. The setting was magnificent! And the
cinematography was a melody.
I
loved the soundtrack especially because it was a mix of the crazy Charleston
song with current beats. I think the highlight of the whole movie is the first
party that Nick went too.
However
the more I watched the more I got BORED!! I was checking the time left every 10
minutes. The movie got flat. It was way too long! 2 hours and 15 minutes was
too much for that story. Even though the beginning made me think I should read
the book and give it another chance, but by the end of the movie I remembered
why I hated the book! It made me sad L
To
talk about the cast, it was funny because the other day I was wondering what
happened to Tobey Maguire.
I didn’t see him in any new movies then bam he was right there in the middle of
the movie. He was pretty good as well. Leonardo
DiCaprio as well played his part well. His reaction when he saw
Daisy again was so cute! I love Leo, he always was a brilliant actor. He needs
an Oscar, soon!
So
this is an ok film, but you need to be in a very good mood or probably sick in
bed and have nothing better to do to tolerate the length of the movie.
To
read more on the movie and check the trailer, click here.
On
another note, I opened the blog to more writers! If you want to join, just send
me an email to kemz@kemzmovies.com
Till
next time!
Kemz
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