The Great Gatsby

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Summary: Stupendous!
Review: Unlike many of the other reviewers, I found the movie to be quite faithful to the novel. Redford played the transperent. love-driven arriviste with just the right amount of insecurity and naivete. Daisy Buchanan is beautiful but shallow, and Mia Farrow did justice to the role. Similarly, Bruce Dern made Tom Buchanan into the selfish, oafish playboy that he is in the novel. The costumes and the period detail were magnificent. This is a movie to own and go back to with pleasure.

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Summary: One of the better Movie adptions of a novel
Review: I assume that the people who didn't like this movie didn't like the book either. The novel has a slow and languid pace - particularly when they go to New York and the weather is so hot - You're suposed to feel that way! I thought this movie perfectly captured the mood of the novel. It's a melancholy film because it's a melancholy story about a man who lived his life, and built his life, for a woman who turned out to be something rather less than he had imagined. A very good movie. Perhaps some of these yahoos who gave it a negative review were looking for a gangster movie. It's not action packed - it's sad. It was a sad novel. The costuming was great as was the choice of music - a very classy movie.

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Summary: LOUSY
Review: "The Great Gatsby" is one of those books that should not be a movie. Redford is pretty good as Gatsby BUT that's all the credit I can give this horrible addaption of Fitzgerald's classic. Mia Farrow gives one of the worst performances I have ever seen anyone give and no one else besides Redford is that good in it. For classic Robert Redford watch "The Sting". To enjoy "The Great Gatsby", read the damn book don't waste your time with this garbage.

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Summary: Robert Redford captures the heart and soul of Gatsby
Review: This brilliant screen adaptation of F.Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece captures what all movies adapted from books should capture. The story has not been changed or mutilated to fit some directiors vision, it is pure Fitzgerald. Robert Redford and Mia Farrow realy embrace the characters of Jay Gatz and Daisy and completely set the tone of the Jazz age. I highly reccommend this movie and even more so the novel that it was born from.

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: Why do I see all these horrible reviews? I don't understand. I thought Great Gatsby was amazing!

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Summary: Boohoo.
Review: I felt so much better after seeing how low everyone else rated this. This ranks right up there with the worse movie I have ever seen. The movie is kind of sickening and boring!

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Summary: The Great Gatsby
Review: The Great Gatsby ended up being, not so great. I am a movie fanatic and found this to be one of the most boring films I have ever saw. I literally caught myself dozing off at times during this movie. I don't think that they should have had Redford or Farrow playing Daisy and Jay. They should have had new faces to play the parts, people who would have actually cared about the movie. The best played character in the movie was the store owner Wilson. He was very dramatic and the only one who kept me awake. Nick and Tom were also well portrayed. I wouldn't waste my money on this film if I were a viewer and I wouldn't carry this film if I were you Amazon.com, sorry.

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Summary: Irving Berlin....
Review: It is merciful that the Irving Berlin song " What,ll I Do" is not in this video version. In some manner the song is the best part of this film which had so much promise and delivered so little. In this interesting malaise..Bruce Dern is a standout as Tom. If only the other parts were of his calibre of acting. Fitzgeralds final lines are ably spoken by Waterston....."it was all behind him" Thankfully, if one watches this to the end it will all be behind the viewer!

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Summary: It should have been better than it was.
Review: I think the most that could ever be said in praise of this film is that it was better than the 1949 version, which was vulgar and insipid. This film is still insipid, but in a somewhat more classy way. However take away the huge budget and there is nothing left, except an indifferent screenplay and an allowably good performance by Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway. Robert Redford is really at his best during the close-ups, which should come as a surprise to no one. It is a shame however, that he was completely incapable of delivering a sincere and convincing portrayl of Jay Gatsby. Mia Farrow is consummately affected throughout the whole peice. She tried to capture the captivaitng persona of Daisy Buchanan, but somehow failed in the process, and acts rather like obnoxious infant being weaned and not much liking it. Lois Chiles is all right as Jordan Baker. Considering her role as an important character in the novel, her dialogue and involvement in the film was meagre. Bruce Dern caused more amusement than annoyance. His portrayl of Tom Buchanan could have been worse, however he does get kudos for delivering the most honest performance. He rides horses and beats his mistress all with equal energy and callousness (this was after all the 20s) and the audience ends up hating him in the end, perhaps the only one of Fitzgerald's intentions that was brought properly to the screen. The costumes were divine. Robert Redford looked great in a pink-coloured suit, and Mia Farrow's hopelessly over-the-top frills and spills caught the period glamour well. Viewers who have not read the book, should read the book. It is an enriching experience that leaves the reader almost breathless. The film, with its budget and stable of talent, ought to have delivered the genuine article. It didn't however, and although it may be enjoyed as an expensive, classier version of a Mills and Boon novel, it is not a proper adaptation of Fitzgerald's masterpiece.

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Summary: I hate this movie!
Review: you can't get any worse than the great gatsby