My husband took me to see The Great Gatsby last night. I knew I would enjoy seeing the fashion, hairstyles, and cars even if I didn't like the movie. I haven't read the book and me and my husband were both wishing we had while we were watching this. This movie was at least 20 minutes too long. It was pretty drawn out. Baz Luhrmann has a pretty unique style and I'm a fan of his other films but this one didn't have quite the same pizazz as some of the others. Don't get me wrong, there was some pizazz for sure, but this was a much slower moving film. The costumes and cars and everything were great but I think I was expecting more of a WOW factor as far as the scenes went. The characters in this story are hideous people so I didn't really enjoy watching them for 2 and a half hours. Leonardo Dicpario was outstanding as usual though. I think I'd see any movie he starred in. Carey Mulligan did this really annoying thing with her voice the whole movie. It was like a high pitched whine. I did not enjoy that for 2 and a half hours either. The story all said and done is pretty intense and unique. I'll probably read the book this summer to compare.
I'm going to grade this one a B.
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