The Great Gatsby

Yesterday sudden events led me to a movie.Who am I kidding, making it all fancy, I was bored again.

The Great Gatsby starts off very well placed with original book references flowing either through your eyes in written words or by the mouth of Nick Carraway, portrait by Tobey Maguire. The environment is amazingly well constructed so within minutes you feel right in the epicentre of the glamorous New York City of the 1920, or at least how I imagine it. Everything is golden, expensive and futile and the pieces rapidly come together as it would be expected. The scenes are as enriched as the people and probably as the mind blowing soundtrack, which by the look at the features, can't be even be putted together on a Emmy Award Show. Camera movements makes you regret for a good cinema experience but they're maybe a bit "GCIed" even for an animation enthusiastic as myself. I pretty much enjoy the first part with the mist in this unknown Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) that everyone apparently knew only rumour about and this Nick Carraway, a new neighbor in the post WWI Long Island shore, that is mysteriously invited to one of his extravagant parties.

But suddenly there is a break in the mist. Turns out, everyone knows Mr. Gatsby after all and this apparent minor God of flamboyant house parties it's just a man with feelings.

Feelings not very well resolved for Mr. Carraway's already married cousin, Daisy Buchanan, who Gatsby met as younger boy and has to abandon in war duties. So the "already married part" makes all the drama by itself. Not going to over spoil it, but the story grows as beautiful as any classical greek tragedy. 

Not let's tall performances. I'll skip the minor roles.

DiCaprio is DiCaprio. Great interpretation, not as exaggerated as it would be expected from this type of role, but not last coke on the dessert. Classy and minor god like ambitious, Leonardo made this one count for his resume, even though I got more impress with his last Monsieur Calvin J. Candie in Django Unchained. When it comes to Tobey Maguire, this got a bit more out of hand. Not that he was bad in the movie but Tobey always has this presence that is depromoted of life and always makes me want more. I have to admit I think he was a nice Peter Parker but a Red Bull now and then never hurted anybody.

As for Carey Mulligan as Daisy, the part was well putted. Soft, adorable and cute make the film even more desirably and paradisiac. I felt in love with the fact that this so naive young girl comes out as 90% of the cause of all the tragedy. It's a nice touch, Mr.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald!