…what a waste of time! Toby Maguire is awful

Toby Maguire is awful

Isn’t he always?

Agreed. Possibility that Maguire was cast as they needed DiCaprio and he’s best buds with Maguire.

When I first heard, I thought that Karey Mulligan would make an excellent Daisy, but she was a bit…meh.

Don’t really know why they bothered to remake it.

It looked promising from the trailer, but the film itself was 2:22.0 of numbness!

The book is such a classic that it would always be difficult to bring it to film, sadly by casting both Di Caprio and Maguire plus adding a load of CGI they made it even more difficult.

Baz Luhrmann is a hugely over rated director and a one trick pony if ever there was one. If in doubt make everything as gay as possible = fabulous darling.

Enjoyed it although I can’t help feel that seeing it in a gloriously restored 1930’s Art Deco cinema made me more well disposed towards it. Seemed somewhat appropriate in that setting.

With the exception of Titanic, I like anything with DiCaprio in it….

Di Crapeo is becoming OK – see Departed. Much of his stuff is dross though.

Mixed bag – loved Catch Me If You Can, didn’t mind him in Inception, Departed decent, The Beach not bad either.

Essay question: “Jay Gatsby is a crook, not a tragic hero.”
Discuss.

Essay question: “Jay Gatsby is a crook, not a tragic hero.”

Is there anyone who thinks he is a tragic hero?

Is there anyone who thinks he is a tragic hero?

Some people read him as a tragic hero – citing his self-sacrifice for Daisy over the car accident, or his heroic vision – as a Platonic figure who believed you could fight against the ravages of time.