https://cliqueclack.com/p/the-not-so-great-gatsby/ Big voices. Little censors. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 https://cliqueclack.com/p/the-not-so-great-gatsby/#comment-39579 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:05:27 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=10171#comment-39579 I never read the book, but I enjoyed the movie. It’s probably not cool to say, but I like Baz Lurhmann movies. I do have to agree that the performances were not all that engaging, but I do disagree about Joel Edgerton, who brought a lot of life to Tom Buchanan (from what I’ve been told). I liked the music and the film looked gorgeous, and I actually thought the 3D worked beautifully (and I’ve learned the process can vary wildly from theater to theater). I’ve not seen Life of Pi, but Gatsby was one of the most gorgeous 3D films I’ve ever seen, and I was watching very closely how Lurhmann composed his shots to take advantage of the process. Maybe I was just wowed by the flash and pizzazz, but I loved it.

]]> https://cliqueclack.com/p/the-not-so-great-gatsby/#comment-39360 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:35:34 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=10171#comment-39360 Oh, well if you’ve never read the book, there you go. There’s nothing likeable about any of the characters, or the story. I don’t honestly understand why it’s supposed to be great literature; it’s just a story about miserable people doing horrible things in the most boring way possible. I do want to see the movie just because I like Baz Luhrmann and his unique style, and maybe if it’s horrible enough, it’ll make me laugh. That would be enough to make up for having to read the book in school AND watch the movie in high school. (That’s how much I hated it – we got to watch a movie in school and it was the worst part of the day!)

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