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Haven't seen any of the six or so movies of this title, never read the book either.
I did read the wikepedia entry and had a hard time keeping up with all the twists, turns and persons in the story line. Struck me as perfect for a TV series of the prime time soap opera type like Dynasty or Dallas, etc.
FWIW / IMO: The excesses of wealth strike me as a poverty; the sadness of seeing something squandered, the waste of human potential, of living a futile life, and inevitable loss. There's a deeper meaning to all of this Gatsby stuff, maybe someone will take a stab at it.
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FWIW / IMO: The excesses of wealth strike me as a poverty; the sadness of seeing something squandered, the waste of human potential, of living a futile life, and inevitable loss. There's a deeper meaning to all of this Gatsby stuff, maybe someone will take a stab at it.
Actually I think you just summed up The Great Gatsby pretty nicely!
“I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Haven't seen any of the six or so movies of this title, never read the book either.
I did read the wikepedia entry and had a hard time keeping up with all the twists, turns and persons in the story line. Struck me as perfect for a TV series of the prime time soap opera type like Dynasty or Dallas, etc.
FWIW / IMO: The excesses of wealth strike me as a poverty; the sadness of seeing something squandered, the waste of human potential, of living a futile life, and inevitable loss. There's a deeper meaning to all of this Gatsby stuff, maybe someone will take a stab at it.
yes it shouldve been a show. omg someone pitch that!!!
That's how I look at it, too. I can even see the similarities between the 1920s (and Fitzgerald's commentary on them) and the present day, but that doesn't mean I want to see one of my favorite eras in modern history overlaid with current pop music (which I don't even like).
There is a similarity. Many are referring to current times as the new gilded age and I have to agree considering the present economy and the small percentage that is benefitting from it. Other than that, I was loooking forward to seeing it, but the soundtrack just might ruin it for me too.
The movie was absolute rubbish... I agree with all the negative reviews of the film. It wasn't enjoyable as the Great Gatsby, nor was it enjoyable as anything other. I felt like walking out immediately and I'm surprised I stayed for the entire film. I felt a lot of pain while watching it. It was more like physical exercise and an exercise in will than a night out at the movies. One of the worst movies I've ever seen, and I even watched the first third of Silver Linings Playbook.
If you're talking about the new movie Gatsby, just watched it tonight on BluRay. I shut it off about half way through, just horrible. The acting, the stupid rap music, just everything about this movie is awful. If I didn't know better I thought I was watching The Spoils of Babylon again.
Luhrmann is indeed a risk-taking director which suits me fine; 2001's 'Moulin Rouge' was wonderful. The 1974 version of TGG with Robert Redford, Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern & others was okay, but one line from one of the many reviews I read about that version summarized it very quickly and was short and to the point.
It simply stated that 'the lives of rich people are very empty'.
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