The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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di caprio , as usual , continues to dazzle.
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Growing up I adored this book for its beauty and subtlety, however in the movie I found this lacking quite a bit. Obviously the picture was entertaining, the parties were spectacular and the crew was glamorous, but they lacked the same vibes that F. Scott brought to the table.
I always felt Gatsby had a cool sense about him, "the man in the cool silk shirts." As described by Daisy. But in the movie he was an obsessed and weak man who seemed to constantly be irritated or worried, fidgeting relentlessly. He is not the magnificent and romantic man he should have been, and who better to play him than Leonardo. Either way I think it just goes to show how much movies miss in the details of things. They can never really capture the emotions, feelings or true essence of a character the way a book can.
(I realize this does not even come close to answering your original question, but I found myself writing and unable to stop.)
Cheers.
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Hey laceyehrlich,laceyehrlich wrote:In preparation for the summer film, The Great Gatsby, I re-read the book. Of course, it was just as good as it was the first time I read it, but I was able to pick up on some things that I hadn't noticed (or cared to pay attention to) in high school. I am interested, though, in talking about the differences and similarities between the book and the movie. It's easy to say "the book was better;" we know that, it always is. But what did you think about how the symbolism and the foreshadowing came across in the book vs. in the movie?
I thought that I would bring up an article that I read about a month ago. I don't remember the authors name but she wrote an article on the book, and how it is overrated and makes women seem petty. Well as you might have already guessed I don't exactly agree with her, as I see Gatsby's struggles in life to be similar to others that I have read about or seen. He is arguably a hopeless romantic who has idealized a certain woman for years, in the hopes that she really was a good woman and that he and her would end up together. But I think that what we see from the woman, Daisy I believe her name was, it's been a while since I read the book, is that she is arguably ignorant and possibly afraid of leaving her current lover, husband. And so since I love A Song of Ice and Fire, I will compare Gatsby to Jaime Lannister. They both love a women who already has a man, and they are willing to jump from a bridge for their loves, despite the women not loving them at all in the same way. And so I see the Great Gatsby as a sort of 20s version of a love story, and a tragedy at that mixed with the modern dilemmas of materialism and what have you. I haven't seen the movie but if Leonardo's Gatsby was a hopeless romantic kind of guy, then I would say that he likely got the part down well. He's at the very least a decent actor after all. Have a good one.
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I had to read the book at secondary school and at the time I really didn't like it but reflecting it was actually a really good book.
I recently saw the film but I wasn't too taken with it.I felt there were a few things missed out that were quite important and I felt needed to be put in.
I also felt the film went on for quite a long time...so not only were there bits they could have edited in they could have also edited out lots too.
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I like how all the characters are imperfect in some way; they all have flaws, which makes them seem more real. The problem I find with a lot of novels I read is that a lot of the characters are very one-dimensional.
I'm also surprised he could fit so much detail and description into such a slim book.
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laceyehrlich wrote:In preparation for the summer film, The Great Gatsby, I re-read the book. Of course, it was just as good as it was the first time I read it, but I was able to pick up on some things that I hadn't noticed (or cared to pay attention to) in high school. I am interested, though, in talking about the differences and similarities between the book and the movie. It's easy to say "the book was better;" we know that, it always is. But what did you think about how the symbolism and the foreshadowing came across in the book vs. in the movie?
The recent movie of The Great Gatsby was phenomenal on it's own! But when it's compared to the original story, everything seems highly magnified and a bit over dramatized, as opposed to the book. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely wish I could go to a fantastical party like the ones portrayed in the movie, but let's be realistic.. the original movie with Robert Redford has many more scenes that follow the book at a closer range. I felt the movie adequately revived the symbolic nature of the book. It portrayed the ideas of wealth traveling from old to new, the American dream being nothing more than a wonderful fantasy and the way Gatsby idealizes Daisy to be something she can never be... I enjoyed the film immensely even though my criticism sounds harsh. I definitely recommend it! I just feel that it clashed slightly with the standard ideals of the original story.
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