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gjaky
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:51 am Post subject: Great Gatsby: which one to watch? |
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I am planning to watch The great Gatsby movie, on a hungarian movie site the older (1974, with Redford and Farrow) got higher score than the newer DiCaprio version, on IMDB the new got higher score. So which one is better? I expect the new outperforms the older in visuals, but that is not enough to make it for a better movie... Any opinions?
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I preferred the original but I'm no critic. PQ is better on the new one of course.
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I never saw the appeal of this story????
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | | I never saw the appeal of this story???? |
Yeah, I honestly don't like either version at all.
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| CIR Engineering wrote: | | AnalogRocks wrote: | | I never saw the appeal of this story???? |
Yeah, I honestly don't like either version at all.
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Last year I stumbled upon the book at a garage sale. Seeing as I have heard about this 'great' story all my life, I thought I would read it. SO I did...still don't see the appeal??
To me it comes off as a 'Movie for a Sunday afternoon' or a 'Lifetime network presents' kind of story. Something to be on the tube when there's nothing on.
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Well I only know a few titles from the American literature, so I thought if even I know about it is a good one. I only know vaguely the story plot.
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| gjaky wrote: | | Well I only know a few titles from the American literature, so I thought if even I know about it is a good one. I only know vaguely the story plot. |
I will be interested in your opinion once you see this film.
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | | I never saw the appeal of this story???? |
it's an allegory, and a brilliant one by one of America's greatest writers. I was actually going to say based on a story by Steinbeck, but it's F Scott Fitzgerald.
The movie to me was about the lives of the ultra wealthy , the glitz, the glamour, and hollowness and phoniness of it all. In the end you find out Jay Gatsby's wealth comes from Criminal activity, and really all the people in the story are fake and phony, kind of an indictment of the entire upper class in some regards. The characters are unsympathetic and you might or might not feel sad at the end when Gatsby is killed.
Other writers on Wiki see it differently
The progressive interpretation
| Quote: | | Sarah Churchwell sees The Great Gatsby as a "cautionary tale of the decadent downside of the American dream." The story deals with human aspiration to start over again, social politics and its brutality and also betrayal, of one's own ideals and of people. Using elements of irony and tragic ending, it also delves into themes of excesses of the rich, and recklessness of youth. |
The Conservative viewpoint, this one's a stretch and seems ot miss the point entirely IMO but it's a mark of great literature that it can be interpreted many different ways depending on who the reader is
| Quote: | | Others, like journalist Nick Gillespie, see The Great Gatsby as a story "about the breakdown of class differences in the face of a modern economy based not on status and inherited position but on innovation and an ability to meet ever-changing consumer needs."[59] This interpretation asserts that The Great Gatsby captures the American experience because it is a story about change and those who resist it; whether the change comes in the form of a new wave of immigrants (Southern Europeans in the early 20th century, Latin Americans today), the nouveau riche, or successful minorities, Americans from the 1920s to modern day have plenty of experience with changing economic and social circumstances. As Gillespie states, "While the specific terms of the equation are always changing, it's easy to see echoes of Gatsby's basic conflict between established sources of economic and cultural power and upstarts in virtually all aspects of American society."[59] Because this concept is particularly American and can be seen throughout American history, readers are able to relate to The Great Gatsby (which has lent the novel an enduring popularity). |
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oh and I like the new one, I would give it 4 out of 5 stars
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So, we just watched the new version. The story was OK for me, it definitely wasn't the 'if nothing else is on the TV' category. On the other hand the RnB tunes under those scenes took the fuse and the computer graphics they used looked so cheap and unfaithful, the Jurassic Park was even better, and that was 20 years ago! (OMG)
So I'm looking forward to see the older one, obviously have to wait for the story to settle down a bit.
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