I just felt very proud of that blog title, despite the likelihood that I am not the first to have thought of it. I like to think of myself as an original, like Werther's. I really hope you all get that reference.
I am about to give away the entire plot to The Great Gatsby, so if you are like the 90% of students who did not actually read the book when they were supposed to and didn't read it when you went through a post-college classic literature phase, you may want to skip reading on. If you are one of the aforementioned individuals AND have a sick sense of literary masochism, then by all means charge on. Just don't get all offended about me putting oh-so-terrible spoilers in my blog. You have been warned like a cigarette smoker (have you seen those carton warnings these days??).
My particular teachers growing up never actually required that their students read The Great Gatsby. After reading the book in my later years, I was thankful for this- I was irritated enough by Daisy when in my twenties and able to contain my ire- I probably would have lost it Christian Bale style had I read of her obnoxious antics in my teens. Carey Mulligan (one of my major Hollywood girl crushes) captured the irritating naivety of Daisy, the love interest of J. Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio, my Hollywood guy crush), perfectly. I know this because I wanted to wring her stupid little neck and beat some sense into her. She has Leo pining for her and seeking his fortune so he can feel worthy of her love and spend the rest of his life with her, and how does she repay him? She kills a woman with his car and lets him take the blame which gets him revenge-murdered (one of the worst kinds of murdered. Gotta love those crimes of passion). Nice gal. I guess the major takeaway from that is don't let hysterical women drive cars after they have been drinking.
Cinematically, Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann, was very Luhrmann-esque. Anyone who has seen Moulin Rouge ought to know exactly what I mean by that invented adjective. Vibrant colors splashed in every scene and hip hop music completely out of place given the time period are plenty to induce a migraine on their own- throw in the 3D element and we are talking epileptic seizure-inducing. I saw it in good ol' fashioned 2D and trust me- it was more than enough.
Worth seeing? Sure, why not. I've seen worse. Worth paying $9 for? Probably not. Will it piss off loyal fans of the book? What movie based on a book doesn't?
I am about to give away the entire plot to The Great Gatsby, so if you are like the 90% of students who did not actually read the book when they were supposed to and didn't read it when you went through a post-college classic literature phase, you may want to skip reading on. If you are one of the aforementioned individuals AND have a sick sense of literary masochism, then by all means charge on. Just don't get all offended about me putting oh-so-terrible spoilers in my blog. You have been warned like a cigarette smoker (have you seen those carton warnings these days??).
My particular teachers growing up never actually required that their students read The Great Gatsby. After reading the book in my later years, I was thankful for this- I was irritated enough by Daisy when in my twenties and able to contain my ire- I probably would have lost it Christian Bale style had I read of her obnoxious antics in my teens. Carey Mulligan (one of my major Hollywood girl crushes) captured the irritating naivety of Daisy, the love interest of J. Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio, my Hollywood guy crush), perfectly. I know this because I wanted to wring her stupid little neck and beat some sense into her. She has Leo pining for her and seeking his fortune so he can feel worthy of her love and spend the rest of his life with her, and how does she repay him? She kills a woman with his car and lets him take the blame which gets him revenge-murdered (one of the worst kinds of murdered. Gotta love those crimes of passion). Nice gal. I guess the major takeaway from that is don't let hysterical women drive cars after they have been drinking.
Cinematically, Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann, was very Luhrmann-esque. Anyone who has seen Moulin Rouge ought to know exactly what I mean by that invented adjective. Vibrant colors splashed in every scene and hip hop music completely out of place given the time period are plenty to induce a migraine on their own- throw in the 3D element and we are talking epileptic seizure-inducing. I saw it in good ol' fashioned 2D and trust me- it was more than enough.
Worth seeing? Sure, why not. I've seen worse. Worth paying $9 for? Probably not. Will it piss off loyal fans of the book? What movie based on a book doesn't?
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| You don't get a guy like that murdered. What a witch with a B. |
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