The Great Gatsby Movie Essay
So Close, Yet So Far By Jacob Trieber
Baz Luhrmann resurrected the dying story of “The Great Gatsby” from the 1920’s by modernizing it to appeal to today’s audiences. People almost 100 years ago had greatly varying morals and lives compared to those of today, which Luhrmann realized and took that as a chance to tweak the storyline to grasp the attention of newer viewers. Anyone who has read the novel can instantly tell how different it is from the movie. Nonetheless, Luhrmann’s style and idea to take on the story from a new angle is fascinating and indubitably caught the attention of the nation when it came into theatres. Luhrmann’s reworking of this story was as extravagant as Gatsby himself; with today’s music in every scene, alcohol, drugs, the dramatic settings, and even just the way the character’s communicated with each other. As seen in the movie though, extravagance is not always the best quality, as it is usually just a shield to protect a person or movie from having …show more content…
His esoteric personality was cleverly shown as going from a naive man longing for the love of someone he met years ago, even though she is now married, to a pitiful mess when things fall through. Leonardo does a great job expressing Gatsby’s pain with his facial expressions and voice. He really took on this role and did a wonderful job actually becoming the part.
Although this rendition of “The Great Gatsby” is noteworthy, Luhrmann included many of the main points but forgot to include the smaller reasons that explained these convoluted messages to the audience. Some critics say this movie “mirrored the novel”, and while this movie did reflect some good ideas and moments from the novel, it seems as if it was mirrored from a carnival mirror since everything is stretched and twisted into an odd new way. 2.5 out of 5
Baz Luhrmann resurrected the dying story of “The Great Gatsby” from the 1920’s by modernizing it to appeal to today’s audiences. People almost 100 years ago had greatly varying morals and lives compared to those of today, which Luhrmann realized and took that as a chance to tweak the storyline to grasp the attention of newer viewers. Anyone who has read the novel can instantly tell how different it is from the movie. Nonetheless, Luhrmann’s style and idea to take on the story from a new angle is fascinating and indubitably caught the attention of the nation when it came into theatres. Luhrmann’s reworking of this story was as extravagant as Gatsby himself; with today’s music in every scene, alcohol, drugs, the dramatic settings, and even just the way the character’s communicated with each other. As seen in the movie though, extravagance is not always the best quality, as it is usually just a shield to protect a person or movie from having …show more content…
His esoteric personality was cleverly shown as going from a naive man longing for the love of someone he met years ago, even though she is now married, to a pitiful mess when things fall through. Leonardo does a great job expressing Gatsby’s pain with his facial expressions and voice. He really took on this role and did a wonderful job actually becoming the part.
Although this rendition of “The Great Gatsby” is noteworthy, Luhrmann included many of the main points but forgot to include the smaller reasons that explained these convoluted messages to the audience. Some critics say this movie “mirrored the novel”, and while this movie did reflect some good ideas and moments from the novel, it seems as if it was mirrored from a carnival mirror since everything is stretched and twisted into an odd new way. 2.5 out of 5