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I Guess I'm Okay?: The Movie Based on the Novel (The Great Gatsby thread)
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In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
So Baz Lurhmann has been directing a film adaptation of The Great Gatsby for a little while now. And finally, the first of what I can assume can be many trailers, has been released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgzhtUeER7oThis isn't the first of its kind, and I suspect it won't be the last by far. Previous we've had the original, silent film, with no existing prints of it available
Then the film from 1949
Arguably the most famous of the bunch, the 1974 adaptation starring Robert Redford, followed
As well as all of these we've also been treated to a more modern version with G, only available on DVD in Spain, Iceland, and Hungary. Throughout it all every version has been faithful in their own ways, but all seem to miss the very essence of the Jazz Age, glorifying the loose morals and opulence of the wealthy during this period while ignoring the music and soul. Baz Lurhmann's adaptation looks like it may follow this tradition in stride.
I hope to be proven wrong, though! Lurhmann has a unique, some might say gaudy, style to all of his films and I'm not exactly a fan, but hopefully this movie turns out to be the perfect storm.
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hope this one is good! looks...eye-catching at least.
I mean I'm loving the use of colour, and the setting looks great despite the fact that it was all filmed locally here in Sydney, Australia. I even got to see part of the set they used across the street from my at my local park, and they nailed the aesthetic at the very least. I'm just not going to set my expectations any higher than they should be.
I was once dragged by my mother to see strictly ballroom. Which, as an eight year old I wittily reconstructed the title to strictly boring. My mother found this hilarious.
If I remember correctly that day I wanted to read an Enid Blyton book. It was the one with a parrot.
Satans..... hints.....
If they try and play it straight well they've already fucked themselves by using Frank fucking Ocean as the first song in the trailer.
1: I have no idea what The Great Gatsby is even about. I have never seen nor read any version.
2: I love Baz Luhrman movies. Romeo+Juliet is one of my top five favourite movies.
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do better research!
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You should though.
Julian is right when he says the book's strength lies in its depiction of the roaring twenties.
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Figure I know all I need to know from that.
Why I fear the ocean.
seriously @gatsby you aren't even okay
barely passable
grade c- at best
I forget.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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The Great Gatsby is about an outsider's perspective on the lewd, crude, and shameless era of the Jazz Age during the early 20th Century after the First World War. Surrounded by the opulence the narrator, Nick Carraway, is introduced to the man behind the local extravagance, Mr. Jay Gatsby. From there on the story becomes an exploration of Gatsby's slowly unveiling past, which can be seen as a commentary on the period and its lack of scruples, as well as Carraway's relationships with the people of New York.
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Is it that gatsby is as lame as doctor who
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tut tut
I thought you were better than that
oh jeez yeah I forgot about Australia what a stinker
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that great at all blech
He is sharing the role with Will Forte
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and another thing mr. gatsby forgot was the 2000 made for tv paul rudd version:
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0210719/
seriously I am not even trying, and I am getting more info than @gatsby
who is terrible
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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it is very out of place
would it kill them to have some
I dunno, jazz?
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That's a Dalek in his sig. Kind of a hint.
Why I fear the ocean.
the man can do no wrong in my book
the fuck is a dalek
monster from doctor who
looks like a trash can with ray guns on it
Like I said in the youtube thread, friend of mine was an extra during one of the lavish dance sequences and they used Party Rock Anthem. I mean if it's done well, I can't complain, but goddammit that just makes me a little concerned.
sounds dumb as hell
so apt to entertain a small, australian mind