I should start by saying I didn’t care for the book.<\/p>\n
I get all the symbolism, so shut up.\u00a0 I just didn’t care for the story.\u00a0 I feel like I could have had a waay better time in prohibition New York than any of the retards in the story.\u00a0 Also I feel like Gatsby wouldn’t have risen to the near top of organized crime.\u00a0 He’s A) not smart enough or B) ruthless enough or C) crazy enough.<\/p>\n
I like the movie better than the book.\u00a0 All the actors do fine, no part in this story asks a great deal of anyone.\u00a0 I probably mostly like it because the visuals were larger than life while not making the movie look too green screened and the soundtrack was very quality.<\/p>\n
And Leo has become adept at playing the dude you root for.\u00a0 Not sure how that happened, but it did.<\/p>\n
Anyway the movie nails what the only point of the story: What happened before is what really happened.\u00a0 There’s no going back.\u00a0 You can dump all the money time and effort you want, life only flows in one direction.<\/p>\n
Even if you dislike the book, this film is eminently watchable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I should start by saying I didn’t care for the book. I get all the symbolism, so shut up.\u00a0 I just didn’t care for the story.\u00a0 I feel like I could have had a waay better time in prohibition New … Continue reading