I LOVE this movie. I was so into the characters when I watched the movie, even though it is 2 hours 30mins long, time flied and i felt it finished so fast !!
1. Very well actors. Very famous and known as amazing actors. So their portray of all the characters are AMAZING. But please be aware that I did not read the tick as book. So I had no idea about the story plot. I didn't know about the characters. BUT despite the fact that I did not know or because I didn't read the book, all the characters' acting were amazing and that I automatically created the invisible connection between me and the characters. I would probably react differently if I was Daisy or Nick. I'm not a huge omg fan of Leonardo but again, he proved how he is good at acting. He was AMAZING. This was probably in equivalent movie as Les Miserable which I LOVED in terms of singing and acting..oh my..acting..they were all amazing and so is this movie. Daisy was SO attractive and beautiful. I loved her voice and I am so happy that they cast her because she was amazing. Her baby face was soo good that made me somehow understand how Gatsby was in love with her and only in love with her and how he wanted to be rich for her. She is a glamorous and rich girl but in someway, very very mean (B%^&*) because she left Gatsby even though she knows how much he loves her and how he did everything for her and even took the blame of the car accident. Overall, the casts are amazing and they all proved how great they act.
2. Very well hidden product placement. As some of you know, Tiffany & Co, Prada created the jeweleries and party dresses, Brook's Brothers sponsored male costumes. This is part of the product placement but more hidden and used in advertisement purpose where audiences cannot tell which brands of dresses and jeweleries that the movie has used when they are watching the movie. It is the only way for the audiences to know that such brand was used and sponsored the movie is to use tie-in advertising. This is where Tiffany & Co and Brook's Brothers' main websites have all the products that was used in The Great Gatsby. On the movie, Yellow Dusenberg car, Moet champagne, Remington type write and Plaza hotel were the product placements. Moet was shown repetitively but the brand was only shown twice. It was interesting how the movie did not show the Moet brand itself but if you have noticed it once, you can tell that the entire champagne in this movie is Moet Champagne. Yellow Duesenberg car can only be noticed by people who are interested in old car, certainly not me. Remington type write was surprisingly used and shown on the movie twice. When Nick was typing and narrating his novel, The Great Gatsby.
3. Interesting structure of the storyline to deliver the message. At first, it starts with Nick telling the audience about how he hates New York before he meet Gatsby. Then the story about Gatsby is illustrated. The narration was purely on Nick and it was as if he was writing a book about Gatsby. So the movie was about Nick telling us about his side of story about Gatsby. Nick has experienced all sorts of stuff, he knows all the dark secrets.
4. I can't help but wonder what would happen if Nick has said that the women who died on a car crash was Tom's mistress. If Nick has told Myrtle's husband, Gatsby won't be shot to his death and Daisy could have called Gatsby and it would have been a happy ending. Also, what would happen if Nick has told Gatsby the truth about Daisy about how she has told Tom about the car accident and was relying on Tom, not Gatsby. Also, what would happen if Nick has not left Gatsby's house on the morning when Gatsby was shot on his pool. What would happen if Daisy and Gatsby ran away just like what Daisy has said on the party. Because I personally hate tragedy love story, I want to know more about what has happened after Daisy ran away from New York after Gatsby's death. Would she feel guilty? sad? or just cruel and live as if nothing has happened? and what was in the letter that made Daisy cry before her wedding five years ago?
5. At first time, I simply hated Daisy for leaving New York with Tom and not attending Gatsby's funeral and didn't come clean with what she did and how Gatsby is not the car driver and Gatsby has never had an affair with Myrtle. But for the second time, I hated Daisy because of how she refused to call Gatsby after hearing about how he got rich from Tom at Plaza. Gatsby only worked with those people so he can get rich so Daisy can look at him and live with him. Daisy just simply went back to Tom because Gatsby was not originally rich and is working for the gangs. She knew that she was the driver and she killed Myrtle and yet she hesitated to make a call because Gatsby was not from loyal family or rich originally. She is coward. If feels like she only cares about the loyal family who has money from generations for her sake. No wonder she looks so glamorous in the first place.
6. It made it feel like this was based on a true story. It was very realistic for me. This whole love story and car accident and Gatsby's death and about how Nick was writing this story into a book. Some parts of me still wishes that it was based on a true story because I wish Nick's story became legend like today and that everyone now thinks of Gatsby as a great man and Daisy knows about Tom and his mistress and how she killed his mistress. I hate injustice. Would have amazing to have the second movie about this but after how Nick has published this in to a book and how Daisy's life is now in trouble. It would be a good movie too but I know it won't happen because the book never had after story of Gatsby's death. so sad
7. Love the camera features, colour of the movie and the music. I bought the music CD as I am in love with Young and Beautiful song. It is amazing and really reminds me of Daisy. Jay Z has done an amazing job at the music. It was modern and yet fit with the timeline of the movie. Love the glamorous party and their costumes.I loved everything about this movie including the macaroon on the tea time with Gatsby and Daisy. They look delicious..
Overall, 4 out of 5 and definitely watch it in cinema.
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