The Great Gatsby

The book "The Great Gatsby" is one of my favorite books of all time. For those of you who have not had the privilege of reading this book must read it. It is about young love in a sense. Jay Gats is a poor man who is in love with a wealthy girl Daisy. They meet while he is enlisted in the war. He acts the part of a very wealthy man to a T and tells daisy to wait for him until he returns from war. Well the day comes and the war is over and he does not return. She waits and waits and waits for him but he does not return. She then falls for another wealthy man Tom Buchannon and he constantly cheats on her, and embarrasses her. A new person arrives in New York (where daisy lives) and he throws his money about throwing party after party. It turns out his name is Jay Gatsby recently rich and people faun for him. Well needless to say there is much more that goes on and I don't want to give away any spoilers. but what I do want to talk about is the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio is to me one of the very best actors of our generation and displays it again. He gets lost in the roll and becomes this Gatsby. Tobey McGuire is sensational as Nick Carraway who befriends Gatsby and comes to adore who he is. He loves the hope that Gatsby has. Daisy (Played by Carey Mulligan) is radiant and makes you fall in love so quick with who she is and at the same time hate her. As the story unfolds the audience is caught up in Gatsby doing everything he can to woo Daisy. The elaborate things Gatsby does speaks volumes to the love he has for her, and you find yourself rooting for the encounter between the long lost lovers to finally take place. When it finally happens and Gatsby starts courting Daisy you aren't involved. It was more the chase everyone was excited for and when he finally got her it was almost anti-climatic. But Gatsby is frustrated with them keeping their love a secret and wanted Daisy to come clean about their relationship. Just like any married woman getting action on the side she didn't want too. She was afraid of the ramifications. it is truly an amazing story and enjoyed it very much. the way the movie was shot gave some people doubt about how good the movie was going to be. It was shot in soft focus more about the vibrant colors and really made the scenes pop. It was very grand scale kind of movie with the elaborate parties and extravagant cars. Almost had a comic book feel to it. I loved the movie, I thought it was masterful and even though the movie wasn't released during award season should still get critical acclaim. I am going to see this again and Leonardo DiCaprio proved why he is one of the best actors out.