El Gran Gatsby [Blu-ray] [Spain Import]

The Great Gatsby is about a man named Jay Gatsby who chases his past love Daisy. Gatsby lives in West Egg on Long Island and Daisy lives in West Egg across the bay from East Egg. Nick Carroway also lives in West Egg and he is the one telling the story. Nick gets Daisy and Gatsby to meet at his house and they renew the love that they once had five years ago. Tom, who is having an affair with a working class women and wife of George Wilson, Myrtle, finds out about Gatsby and Daisy. One day they all take a trip to New York and Gatsby and Tom get into an argument about Daisy. They all leave but Gatsby and Daisy go ahead. Tom comes back to find that Myrtle was hit by Gatsbys car and she was killed. Daisy ends up staying with Tom whereas George shoots Gatsby and kills himself. Daisys performance was intriguing and delicious. Why Tom would cheat on her, I dont know. Because she had convinced me she was such a good person and lover, I mean. Nick had a good performance too. He was a narrator and made it sound like he had in the book, or at least to me. He portrayed a good Nick in my mind. The movie was quite accurate to the book, of course it left some things out, but I accepted it. One thing I found weird was that Myrtle was not as attractive in the movie as I had been led to believe in the book. Also, Pammy, what the hell? I hope that girl who was playing wasnt getting paid? How the...? What the..? No! It was unrealistic that Daisy had a daughter of Pammys proportion. I must dwell on this point. What is this little girl doing with an afro on her head? That puzzles me for hours. I have sat down for an extended length of time trying to figure out the genetics behind Daisy and her offspring. I am no genetic scientist, but it doesnt make any sense. The movie had no big problems until Pammy walked on screen. My English class with Mr. M responded with a disgusted Ah! It was rather shocking. Other than this and other small differences between the book and movie, it was all good. The production was grand. One thing that bothered me was the inflatable cushion that Gatsby was sitting on in the pool. I thought it was too futuristic for the time. The soundtrack was rather lame considering the used the same song ten times. The camera angles were good though, not what I had pictured, but good. The costumes were excellent and depicted the 1920s very well. It was well produced for the most part.

This version comes very close to matching the orginal movie. It is defently worth a view. If you have not seen the orginal, I recommend you watch both.

Toby Stephens is very good in the role of Gatsby. Most of the other acting is pretty plain when contrasted with the characters in the book.

The Great Gatsby For those of you who have not read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald I will provide a brief summary. The narrator, Nick Carraway, has come east to New York to try out his hand in the bond business. Nick rents a bungalow on West Egg, next door to Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is extraordinarily wealthy and in love with Nicks cousin, Daisy. However, when Gatsby went to World War I five years before the setting of the movie Daisy married a man named Tom Buchanan. The story evolves into a fight between Tom and Gatsby over Daisy, but youll have to watch the movie to find out the result. Or better yet, you could read the book. While Im not saying The Great Gatsby is a good book, far from it, I am saying that it is a step above the movie. The movie version begins with the end of the book, while this may be appropriate for Hollywood, I have always found that these beginnings make me wonder why Im watching the movie if I already know the ending. Also some important events are left out, mainly Daisys reaction to Gatsbys wealth, and Gatsbys flashbacks have been altered for no apparent reason. Many small things, such as the color of Gatsbys car, are changed although this does not take away from the story. Indeed, for an A&E movie The Great Gatsby was quite good. Costumes and settings were fitting and the casting was adequate. I thought that Nick (Paul Rudd) and Daisy (Mira Sorvino) were well cast and did an excellent job for their parts. Gatsby (Toby Stephens) did an outstanding job acting his part, however I dont think he fit the role Gatsby. He couldnt quite pull off Gatsbys favorite line of old sport, and his smile didnt convey the meaning it did in the book. I found Tom did not appear to be the great football player he was supposed to be. He was not sturdily built and in fact seemed very old considering he is supposed to be the same age as Nick. Also, George Wilson was not the old, defeated-by-life man Fitzgerald portrayed him to be. In contrast he was young and energetic. If youre going to watch one movie watch Gladiator, if youre going to read one book make it Once a Runner. But if youve been forced to read The Great Gatsby in class its interesting to see the movie version, and Id recommend you do so. As far as books-to-movies and A&E productions go The Great Gatsby was surprisingly good. Despite being `Hollywood-izied from a bad book the movie rose above its material. *Mad props to Mr. M. for our private viewing of the movie* -The Seanster

Incredible movie, and storyline. If youve read the book then you will want to see this version. The newer one doesnt give an accurate or close storyline. This should truly be in every movie lovers collection.

This was actually a fairly faithful adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgeralds book. Many of the lines will sound very familiar. Whether or not that faithfulness is a good thing depends on your perspective. After all, Fitzgerald was writing a novel, not a screenplay, and some of the scenes dont transfer as powerfully to film. For example, at the end Nick tells Gatsby, Theyre a rotten crowd...Youre worth the whole damn bunch put together. This is an important and powerful moment in the book, but it appears stiff and strange in the movie. The acting performances were tremendous. Rudd was perfect as Nick. When I first saw Toby Stephens, he didnt strike me as a good fit for Gatsby, but he had won me over by the end of the movie. The DVD also comes with an A&E bio on F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The Great Gatsby has become a classic in American literature, a novel respected by academics, analysed by students at all levels, and enjoyed by the reading public. It also makes a smashing film, as Fitzgeralds writing is, in itself, almost cinematic. Unfortunately, this most recent adaptation does not do as well as the earlier adaptation with Robert Redford, which now is itself a classic in its own right. This film is, still, lovely to watch, as the Montreal scenery does well in setting up the East and West Egg environs. But what seems missing in this version is the spirit of the thing. Mira Sorvinos Daisy is perhaps the weakest aspect of the film, her character being without any appeal and her voice certainly not full of money. Toby Stephenss Gatsby is annoying, trite and vacuous, and by the end of the film, one has sympathy only for Nick (who is played here excellently by the by), and perhaps Tom, but none for Daisy or Gatsby. Without this small necessary amount of sympathy for these two central characters, the pathos and beauty of the story falls flat, and one would rather sit and look at the green light glowing at the end of the pier than at the film. Viewers who didnt enjoy this film should either read the novel or have a look at the Robert Redford version for a better idea of how Fitzgeralds world looked.

It is shocking that, in the Age of Political Correct-ness, students and teachers have moved away (with polite obtuseness) from the central issues of personality and identity--when they run parallel with race. Gatsby, for instance. Why was the character so willing to part with his original name, Gatz? --The answer: Gatz (a corruption of Katz) is a German Jewish name. The character--a social climber of the 1920s--was emulating the wealthy and privileged Anglo-Saxon society from which he was forever barred. This issue of the ethnic upstart, who tries--to somewhat embarrassing effect [old sport]--to efface his past and assimilate is a major theme of 20th Century American culture. But everywhere, this very obvious component of the story is neglected . . . or else passed over in an embarrassed conspiracy of silence as director after director cast they wasp-ish looking actors they can find--at one stroke eliminating the characters motivation in changing his name, moving away from his home and creating a false past. Secondly, it goes a long way toward explaining his rejection by the shallow Daisy character. In this current cinematic treatment of Gatsby, all of the mistakes are repeated from previous motion pictures--with a whole new batch of gaffes, blunders and just plain bad acting. For this reason, I suggest to anyone who sees it to read the novel--itll make much more sense.

I still prefer the Robert Redford version of this film. Hes the only one who played Gatsby as I thought he should be played. Mira Sorvino, who I like, was not a great Daisy.

Liked better than I did when it first came out...however, do not understand the casting of Toby Stephens...ranges from an understated performance to an almost not present performance. Not my favorite Nick, but better than I had anticipated. Strong Jordan. But this is not a memorable production even though everyone is trying...to me it is disappointing. My DVD defective...pauses and stops, excellent seller ...replaced immediately but still defective...just better than the first one.