The Great
Gatsby is a love story. Nick carraway played by Tobey Maguire is narrating the
story of J. Gatsby, someone who has stories behind him, who lives in a huge
mansion, and stairs at the green light coming from home exactly on the other
side of the river bank.
The film
is directed by Baz Luhrmann who has earlier made Strictly Ballroom and Romeo +
Juliet among others and many shorts. Leonardo De Caprio is on a high with some
great films behind this one. The film has been made many times before, and the novel
it is based on is a classic in itself. Therefore the film carries so huge
expectations that it can't sustain itself even being very good.
So
excellent it is. The story is the strongest part of the film. And we must F. Scott
Fitzgerald for giving us a beautiful novel of Hope and Love.
The
story is about Nick Carraway and how Gatsby comes in his life, someone who has
big plans in life and some stories floating by. He has acquired amazing wealth
from almost nowhere, and he has big plans until he meets a girl. The dialogue
'I knew that when I kiss her I'll be wed to her' is the crux of the story.
Film’s
cinematography is amazing, it takes you back to those times, with some black
and white effects and grains added to show you the timeline. The sets and the
lifestyles shown are great. The direction and editing is top notch.
Tobey Maguire shines as a boy next door again, after Peter Parker (in the Spiderman).
Leonardo does a great job as usual, and so does the rest of the cast.
Amitabh
bachchan has a cameo, and as an Indian? I wish to write it felt proud to see Amit
ji bring life to a character. Even though it was a miniature role, going by his
reputation, he'd still have got into the skin of the character, notwithstanding
the amount of role.
It’s not
a perfect film, it has certain loose ends. But it's beautiful depiction of a
perfect novel.
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