HERE COMES THE SERIOUS or not so serious GATSBY TALK.
First thing you have to know is that exactly 8 months 54 days and 32 hours before the Baz Lurmann's movie came out I officially claimed: This is probably my most favorite movie and I haven't even seen it yet! So you know expectations were high... VERY HIGH!
The second fact is that I am a huge F. Scott Fitzgerald novel's The Great Gatsby lover. Therefore, I had a grand preparation in advance. Besides from reading book I watched 1974 version with Mia Farrow and Robert Redford, saw all of the trailers embarrassingly many times (As well made everyone else to see them: Have you seen Great Gatsby's trailer? No? Oh, I have it right here, lets watch it together... oh, do you want to see it again? Amazing, isn't it?) and scrolled through Prada's costume designs over and over again. Expectations? Increases even higher. Later, when they postponed the release date to middle of may. The excitement grew in the speed of rocket. So you know at that point... the expectations were somewhere in the universe.
Then the date came along with the baffling question: 3D or not 3D. I mean... I have to reveal that I sort of can't stand 3D. Every time I hope that maybe... maybe it is just me and I do not understand all the charm of modern 3D technology... but all I get out of it is tired eyes, headache and puzzled feeling. Ahhh I guess I am just old school. (Wait, there is an exception - animation, which looks kind of cool) Nevertheless, my never give up on everything character still made me choose 3D. If the director wants me to see it in this way - let it be so.
At the moment when movie started there was this BAM! and the weird 3D stroked me (had this half animated half Alice in Wonderland dazzled feeling). And a little too much of everything circus touch. What is going on?
But then Leonardo DiCaprio as a Jay Gatsby appeared and all fell back into its place.
Speaking with Fitzerald's words: "It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."
Bravo! Astonishing actor!
My second bravo goes to Miuccia Prada... costumes were fascinating.
Third one was for music, so powerful!
In the end an actual tear ran down my cheek. Even though I knew the story by heart and expected all that happened its beauty and sadness hit me. After the movie I just wanted to stay in silence. No words, nothing.
So, I know I ain't no critique but these where my thoughts on The Great Gatsby movie. What did you think?
Photo by Madara Freimane
